Tabloid Journalism In Africa

Author : Brian Chama
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Africa
ISBN : 3319417371

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Tabloid Journalism in Africa by Brian Chama Pdf

This book provides a timely and important summary of tabloid journalism in Africa, which clearly shows how tabloids in the African context play a unique role in the democratization process. Prior to this book, very little was known about how tabloid journalists operate in Africa. The book first explores the global practice of journalism and then focuses on tabloid journalism - finally situating the discussion within the African context. As well as concentrating on how tabloid journalism can be seen as part of the broader neo-liberal thinking in Africa, in which democracy and freedom of expression is promoted, it also looks at how tabloid journalism practice has been met with resistance from the alliance of forces. Chama draws on examples from across the continent looking at success stories and struggles within the sometime infotainment genre. Tabloid Journalism in Africa concludes that even though challenges exist, there is a strong case to suggest that the practice of tabloid journalism is being readily accepted by many people as part of the unique voices of democracy - even those which might be shocking yet true.

Author : Brian Chama
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030488680

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Tabloid Journalism and Press Freedom in Africa by Brian Chama Pdf

This book studies tabloid journalism newspapers within the broader context of press freedom in Africa. After defining tabloid journalism and professional practices within various political contexts, the book then proceeds to consider tabloids in Southern Africa and emerging cyberspace laws. Many factors of press freedom are considered, including the impact of public order and national security laws on tabloids in North Africa, the impact of defamation laws on tabloids in West Africa, the impact of the fake news laws on tabloids in East Africa, and the impact of sedition and treason laws on tabloids in Central Africa. Exploring tabloid journalism and press freedom in Arabic, Portuguese, and Francophone speaking countries across Africa, this book is a unique addition to this emerging field. The book concludes by providing a synthesis of the developing patterns from the cases analysed and by looking to the future to make recommendations and map the challenges and the successes.

Author : BRIAN. CHAMA
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030168247

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ANTI-CORRUPTION TABLOID JOURNALISM IN AFRICA. by BRIAN. CHAMA Pdf

Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253222114

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Tabloid Journalism in South Africa by Herman Wasserman Pdf

"A much needed media history and political and social assessment of a genre that is currently very much the subject of conjecture."---Sean Jacobs, University of Michigan --

Author : Brian Chama
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319417363

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Tabloid Journalism in Africa by Brian Chama Pdf

This book provides a timely and important summary of tabloid journalism in Africa, which clearly shows how tabloids in the African context play a unique role in the democratization process. Prior to this book, very little was known about how tabloid journalists operate in Africa. The book first explores the global practice of journalism and then focuses on tabloid journalism – finally situating the discussion within the African context. As well as concentrating on how tabloid journalism can be seen as part of the broader neo-liberal thinking in Africa, in which democracy and freedom of expression is promoted, it also looks at how tabloid journalism practice has been met with resistance from the alliance of forces. Chama draws on examples from across the continent looking at success stories and struggles within the sometime infotainment genre. Tabloid Journalism in Africa concludes that even though challenges exist, there is a strong case to suggest that the practice of tabloid journalism is being readily accepted by many people as part of the unique voices of democracy – even those which might be shocking yet true.

Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136911606

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Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa by Herman Wasserman Pdf

Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of ‘democracy’ and ‘development’. Drawing on diverse case studies from various regions of the African continent, essays employ a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to ask critical questions about the potential of popular media to contribute to democratic culture, provide sites of resistance, or, conversely, act as agents for the spread of Americanized entertainment culture to the detriment of local traditions. A wide variety of media formats and platforms are discussed, ranging from radio and television to the Internet, mobile phones, street posters, film and music. As part of the Routledge series Internationalizing Media Studies, the book responds to the important challenge of broadening perspectives on media studies by bringing together a range of expert analyses of media in the African continent that will be of interest to students and scholars of media in Africa and further afield.

Author : Brian Chama
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030168223

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Anti-Corruption Tabloid Journalism in Africa by Brian Chama Pdf

This book studies the role of tabloid newspapers in exposing corruption and embezzlement in Africa. It makes a timeless, original contribution to the field by examining tabloid journalism practices and anti-corruption forces that have not yet been introduced to Afrocentric journalism scholarship. Defining tabloid journalism practice as an infotainment genre, the book examines corruption exposure by tabloids in Arabic, Portuguese and French speaking countries across Africa, making it a unique addition to the field. In doing so, it also builds an understanding of the evolution of anti-corruption tabloid journalism in Africa and gains insights into the relationship between the anti-corruption actions of the state and the anti-corruption reporting by tabloid journalists focusing on major corruption scandals. Providing evidence of the successes and struggles of journalistic practice in Africa, the book concludes by providing a synthesis of the emerging patterns and divergences from the cases analysed, looking to the future of corruption in the continent and the role of tabloid journalism in uncovering and challenging it.

Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253004291

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Tabloid Journalism in South Africa by Herman Wasserman Pdf

Less than a decade after the advent of democracy in South Africa, tabloid newspapers have taken the country by storm. One of these papers -- the Daily Sun -- is now the largest in the country, but it has generated controversy for its perceived lack of respect for privacy, brazen sexual content, and unrestrained truth-stretching. Herman Wasserman examines the success of tabloid journalism in South Africa at a time when global print media are in decline. He considers the social significance of the tabloids and how they play a role in integrating readers and their daily struggles with the political and social sphere of the new democracy. Wasserman shows how these papers have found an important niche in popular and civic culture largely ignored by the mainstream media and formal political channels.

Author : Michael Serwornoo
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800640443

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The Image of Africa in Ghana's Press: The Influence of Global News Organisations by Michael Serwornoo Pdf

The Image of Africa in Ghana’s Press is of high conceptual, theoretical and methodological quality. It gives a good overview of the literature and the state of the art in the fields tackled by the author. The originality of the book lies especially in its methodological approach. Prof Guido Keel, Director of the Institute of Applied Media Studies, Zurich University of Applied Sciences The Image of Africa in Ghana’s Press is a comprehensive and highly analytical study of the impact of foreign news organisations on the creation of an image of Africa in its own press. Identifying a problematic focus on the Western media in previous studies of the African media image, Serwornoo uses the Ghanaian press as a case study to explore the effects of centuries of Afro-pessimistic discourse in the foreign press on the continent’s self-description. This study brings together a number of theoretical approaches, including newsworthiness, intermedia agenda setting, postcolonial theory and the hierarchy of influences, to question the processes underpinning the creation of media content. It is particularly innovative in its application of the methodological frameworks of ethnographic content analysis and ethnographic interview techniques to unveil the perspectives of journalists and editors. The Image of Africa in Ghana’s Press presents a vital contribution of the highest academic standard to the growing literature surrounding Afro-pessimism and postcolonial studies. It will be of great value to scientists in the field of journalism studies, as well as researchers interested in the merging of journalism research, postcolonial studies, and ethnography.

Author : Herman Wasserman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780252050282

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Media, Geopolitics, and Power by Herman Wasserman Pdf

The end of apartheid brought South Africa into the global media environment. Outside companies invested in the nation's newspapers while South African conglomerates pursued lucrative tech ventures and communication markets around the world. Many observers viewed the rapid development of South African media as a roadmap from authoritarianism to global modernity. Herman Wasserman analyzes the debates surrounding South Africa's new media presence against the backdrop of rapidly changing geopolitics. His exploration reveals how South African disputes regarding access to, and representation in, the media reflect the domination and inequality in the global communication sphere. Optimists see post-apartheid media as providing a vital space that encourages exchanges of opinion in a young democracy. Critics argue the public sphere mirrors South Africa's past divisions and privileges the viewpoints of the elite. Wasserman delves into the ways these simplistic narratives obscure the country's internal tensions, conflicts, and paradoxes even as he charts the diverse nature of South African entry into the global arena.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Journalism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132896007

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The Tabloid Explosion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony Gorman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474430630

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Press in the Middle East and North Africa, 1850-1950 by Anthony Gorman Pdf

The first book to look critically at digital technologies and the role they play within queer lives in contemporary India

Author : Onuka Kalu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : African newspapers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082033072

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Modern Journalism in Africa by Onuka Kalu Pdf

Author : Martin Conboy,Scott A. Eldridge II
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000373080

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Global Tabloid by Martin Conboy,Scott A. Eldridge II Pdf

This edited collection brings together a range of contemporary expertise to discuss the development and impact of tabloid news around the world. In thirteen chapters, Global Tabloid covers tabloid developments in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and both Eastern and Western Europe. It presents innovative research from eighteen expert contributors and editors who explore tabloidization as a phenomenon, and tabloids as a news form. With an awareness of historical dynamics where tabloids played a role in national news media systems, it brings the debates around tabloids as a cultural force up to date. The book addresses important questions about the contemporary nature of popular culture, the challenges it faces in the digital era, and its impact on a political world dominated by tabloid values. Going beyond national borders to consider global developments, the editors and contributors explore how the tabloids have permeated media culture more generally and how they are adapting to an increasingly digitalized media sphere. This internationally focused critical study is a valuable resource for students and researchers in journalism, media, and cultural studies.

Author : African Print Cultures Network. Meeting
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472053179

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African Print Cultures by African Print Cultures Network. Meeting Pdf

Broad-ranging essays on the social, political, and cultural significance of more than a century's worth of newspaper publishing practices across the African continent