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The Ethics of Engagement - Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa (Hardcover)
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The Ethics of Engagement - Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa (Hardcover)
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How can an "ethics of listening" guide the media to contribute to
the deepening of democracy in Africa? In Africa, the media plays a
significant role in conflict management and resolution. Which
conflicts the media report, which are ignored, and how conflicts
are represented can have a profound impact on the outcomes. While
the media can in some cases ensure the stability of African
democracy, critics have pointed out that in other cases, the media
actually increases tensions in areas of conflict. The media tends
to privilege only elite voices, offering superficial coverage of
marginalized groups in a way that increases polarization. In The
Ethics of Engagement, Herman Wasserman explores the ethics of the
media in conflicts that arise during transitions to democracy in
Africa. He examines the roles, responsibilities, and obligations of
media in contexts of high socioeconomic inequality. In doing so, he
looks at ethnic and racial polarization in the histories of
colonialism, post-colonial authoritarianism, and hybrid regimes.
Taking a critical view of the normative guidelines and professional
identities of journalism inherited from contexts outside of Africa,
he argues that a more reciprocal and collaborative approach is
needed. He develops a new ethics of engagement that would require
the media to facilitate the resolution of conflicts across
differences of ethnicity, citizenship, and class. A central point
of this theory is the development of an "ethics of listening" which
would enable the media to conceive of their role as facilitators in
democratic deliberation and community-building. Wasserman applies
his ethics of listening to case studies across the African
continent. He finds that by following this new model of conduct,
the media may actually deepen democracy and help de-escalate
conflict. This original study provides a useful framework for
reimaging the media's role in transitional democracies in
Africa-and across the globe.
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