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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century : From the Heart of Darkness to Africa Rising.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317334286
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.23096
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Contents:
Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century - Front Cover -- Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword by Beverly Hawk -- Introduction: a new Africa's Media Image? -- Africa's changing media image -- The power of the image -- A changing narrative -- New image makers -- Africa and geo-politics -- Note -- Bibliography -- PART I: Framing Africa -- Chapter 1: The international news coverage of Africa: beyond the "single story" -- Methods -- Results: topics in news agency reporting -- Results: tone of newspaper articles -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Subjects for coding -- Chapter 2: Media perspectives: in defence of Western journalists in Africa -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Reporting and writing Africa in a world of unequal encounters -- References -- Chapter 4: Media perspectives: how does Africa get reported? A letter of concern to 60 Minutes -- Notes -- Chapter 5: How not to write about writing about Africa -- What do we really know about representations of Africa? -- Maintaining the myth of representations of Africa -- Counter-productive claims -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6: Bringing Africa home: reflections on discursive practices of domestication in international news reporting on Africa by Belgian television -- Methodology -- Findings -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: The image of Africa from the perspectives of the African diasporic press in the UK -- Introduction -- Mainstream media coverage of Africa -- Frames in African coverage -- Research design -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II: The image makers -- Chapter 8: Mediating the distant Other for the distant audience: how do Western correspondents in East and Southern Africa perceive their audience?.
The grandma, the tourist, the businessman, the political elite... -- ...and the digitally connected Other -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Media perspectives: television reporting of Africa: 30 years on -- Cultural chauvinism and imperial stereotypes -- Changing news agendas -- International reporting and local sensitivities -- References -- Chapter 10: Foreign correspondents in sub-Saharan Africa: their socio-demographics and professional culture -- Who is reporting across sub-Saharan Africa? -- How is international news reporters' culture defined? -- News work: what constraints limit reporters' practices? -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11: Media perspectives: reflecting on my father's legacy in reporting Africa -- Chapter 12: Media perspectives: We're missing the story: the media's retreat from foreign reporting -- Note -- Chapter 13: Instagram as a potential platform for alternative Visual Culture in South Africa -- National identity and access to Visual Culture -- Digital divide -- Instagram: multiple narratives -- Aesthetics and the social -- Collective culture -- Potential versus reality -- References -- Chapter 14: Media perspectives: social media and new narratives: Kenyans tweet back -- Technology and storytelling in Kenya -- The importance of national narratives -- Note -- Reference -- Chapter 15: A "New Ghana" in "Rising Africa"? -- Who/what is New Ghana? -- Branding the self, rebranding the continent -- Who and what can be heard in the New Ghana? -- Implications -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Development and humanitarian stories -- Chapter 16: Media perspectives: is Africa's development story still stuck on aid? -- Bibliography -- Chapter 17: AIDS in Africa and the British media: shifting images of a pandemic -- Methods -- "Death is simply a fact of life" (1987-1997) -- AIDS as a global crisis (2000-2003).
Towards a depoliticalisation of AIDS (2004-2008) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18: Media perspectives: a means to an end? Creating a market for humanitarian news from Africa -- References -- Chapter 19: It was a "simple", "positive" story of African self-help (manufactured for a Kenyan NGO by advertising multinationals) -- Corporate social responsibility, promotional cultures, and expats -- Selling representations of African "empowerment" -- "Dramatising reality" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20: Media perspectives: Africa for Norway: challenging stereotypes using humour -- Using parody as a tool for change -- Awarding the Goldies and shaming the Rusties -- References -- Chapter 21: Bloggers, celebrities, and economists: news coverage of the Millennium Villages Project -- Background on the Millennium Villages Project -- Our study -- Findings -- Discussion: constraints on reporting -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART IV: Politics in the representation of Africa -- Chapter 22: Africa through Chinese eyes: new frames or the same old lens? African news in English from China Central Television, compared with the BBC -- News for Africa made "more African" - Africa Live and Focus On Africa TV -- CCTV: a new type of news for Africa? -- Framing theory with a Chinese twist -- Harmony and stability -- Analysing the frames -- CCTV Africa: a different but occluded perspective -- Note -- References -- Chapter 23: Media perspectives: new media and African engagement with the global public sphere -- Civil society voices -- Note -- Chapter 24: Shifting power relations, shifting images -- China-Africa media relations -- The implications for Africa's media image -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 25: Communicating violence: the media strategies of Boko Haram -- Methodology -- Boko Haram background.
Media strategies -- Cassette radicalisation -- Mainstream media relations -- Guerrilla media strategy -- Direct dropping strategy -- The online drive -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 26: Perceptions of Chinese media's Africa coverage -- Note -- Chapter 27: New imperialisms, old stereotypes -- Trends in reporting Africa -- New imperialisms -- The view from global online news -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 28: Nollywood news: African screen media at the intersections of the global and the local -- References -- Index.
Summary: Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international news coverage of Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore the current state of news coverage of the continent and its people. The book makes a substantial contribution by moving the academic discussion beyond the traditional critiques of journalistic stereotyping, Afro-pessimism, and 'dark Africa' news coverage, and by exploring the international power dynamics, and the structures and technologies of global news production which shape and reshape the contemporary media image of Africa.
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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century - Front Cover -- Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword by Beverly Hawk -- Introduction: a new Africa's Media Image? -- Africa's changing media image -- The power of the image -- A changing narrative -- New image makers -- Africa and geo-politics -- Note -- Bibliography -- PART I: Framing Africa -- Chapter 1: The international news coverage of Africa: beyond the "single story" -- Methods -- Results: topics in news agency reporting -- Results: tone of newspaper articles -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Subjects for coding -- Chapter 2: Media perspectives: in defence of Western journalists in Africa -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Reporting and writing Africa in a world of unequal encounters -- References -- Chapter 4: Media perspectives: how does Africa get reported? A letter of concern to 60 Minutes -- Notes -- Chapter 5: How not to write about writing about Africa -- What do we really know about representations of Africa? -- Maintaining the myth of representations of Africa -- Counter-productive claims -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6: Bringing Africa home: reflections on discursive practices of domestication in international news reporting on Africa by Belgian television -- Methodology -- Findings -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: The image of Africa from the perspectives of the African diasporic press in the UK -- Introduction -- Mainstream media coverage of Africa -- Frames in African coverage -- Research design -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II: The image makers -- Chapter 8: Mediating the distant Other for the distant audience: how do Western correspondents in East and Southern Africa perceive their audience?.

The grandma, the tourist, the businessman, the political elite... -- ...and the digitally connected Other -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Media perspectives: television reporting of Africa: 30 years on -- Cultural chauvinism and imperial stereotypes -- Changing news agendas -- International reporting and local sensitivities -- References -- Chapter 10: Foreign correspondents in sub-Saharan Africa: their socio-demographics and professional culture -- Who is reporting across sub-Saharan Africa? -- How is international news reporters' culture defined? -- News work: what constraints limit reporters' practices? -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11: Media perspectives: reflecting on my father's legacy in reporting Africa -- Chapter 12: Media perspectives: We're missing the story: the media's retreat from foreign reporting -- Note -- Chapter 13: Instagram as a potential platform for alternative Visual Culture in South Africa -- National identity and access to Visual Culture -- Digital divide -- Instagram: multiple narratives -- Aesthetics and the social -- Collective culture -- Potential versus reality -- References -- Chapter 14: Media perspectives: social media and new narratives: Kenyans tweet back -- Technology and storytelling in Kenya -- The importance of national narratives -- Note -- Reference -- Chapter 15: A "New Ghana" in "Rising Africa"? -- Who/what is New Ghana? -- Branding the self, rebranding the continent -- Who and what can be heard in the New Ghana? -- Implications -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Development and humanitarian stories -- Chapter 16: Media perspectives: is Africa's development story still stuck on aid? -- Bibliography -- Chapter 17: AIDS in Africa and the British media: shifting images of a pandemic -- Methods -- "Death is simply a fact of life" (1987-1997) -- AIDS as a global crisis (2000-2003).

Towards a depoliticalisation of AIDS (2004-2008) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18: Media perspectives: a means to an end? Creating a market for humanitarian news from Africa -- References -- Chapter 19: It was a "simple", "positive" story of African self-help (manufactured for a Kenyan NGO by advertising multinationals) -- Corporate social responsibility, promotional cultures, and expats -- Selling representations of African "empowerment" -- "Dramatising reality" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20: Media perspectives: Africa for Norway: challenging stereotypes using humour -- Using parody as a tool for change -- Awarding the Goldies and shaming the Rusties -- References -- Chapter 21: Bloggers, celebrities, and economists: news coverage of the Millennium Villages Project -- Background on the Millennium Villages Project -- Our study -- Findings -- Discussion: constraints on reporting -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART IV: Politics in the representation of Africa -- Chapter 22: Africa through Chinese eyes: new frames or the same old lens? African news in English from China Central Television, compared with the BBC -- News for Africa made "more African" - Africa Live and Focus On Africa TV -- CCTV: a new type of news for Africa? -- Framing theory with a Chinese twist -- Harmony and stability -- Analysing the frames -- CCTV Africa: a different but occluded perspective -- Note -- References -- Chapter 23: Media perspectives: new media and African engagement with the global public sphere -- Civil society voices -- Note -- Chapter 24: Shifting power relations, shifting images -- China-Africa media relations -- The implications for Africa's media image -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 25: Communicating violence: the media strategies of Boko Haram -- Methodology -- Boko Haram background.

Media strategies -- Cassette radicalisation -- Mainstream media relations -- Guerrilla media strategy -- Direct dropping strategy -- The online drive -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 26: Perceptions of Chinese media's Africa coverage -- Note -- Chapter 27: New imperialisms, old stereotypes -- Trends in reporting Africa -- New imperialisms -- The view from global online news -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 28: Nollywood news: African screen media at the intersections of the global and the local -- References -- Index.

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international news coverage of Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore the current state of news coverage of the continent and its people. The book makes a substantial contribution by moving the academic discussion beyond the traditional critiques of journalistic stereotyping, Afro-pessimism, and 'dark Africa' news coverage, and by exploring the international power dynamics, and the structures and technologies of global news production which shape and reshape the contemporary media image of Africa.

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