Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the Heart of Darkness to Africa Rising by Bunce, Mel

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising" (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138962323)

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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the Heart of Darkness to Africa Rising by Bunce, Mel

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

$49.95
Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the Heart of Darkness to Africa Rising by Bunce, Mel

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

$49.95
Format: Paperback
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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media's coverage of sub-Saharan Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore representation of the continent, and the production of that image, especially by international news media. The book highlights factors that have transformed the global media system, changing whose perspectives are told and the forms of media that empower new voices.

Case studies consider questions such as: how has new media changed whose views are represented? Does Chinese or diaspora media offer alternative perspectives for viewing the continent? How do foreign correspondents interact with their audiences in a social media age? What is the contemporary role of charity groups and PR firms in shaping news content? They also examine how recent high profile events and issues been covered by the international media, from the Ebola crisis, and Boko Haram to debates surrounding the "Africa Rising" narrative and neo-imperialism.

The book makes a substantial contribution by moving the academic discussion beyond the traditional critiques of journalistic stereotyping, Afro-pessimism, and 'darkest Africa' news coverage. It explores the news outlets, international power dynamics, and technologies that shape and reshape the contemporary image of Africa and Africans in journalism and global culture.



Author: Mel Bunce
ISBN-10: 1138962325
ISBN-13: 9781138962323
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2016
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
By Mel Bunce
By Mel Bunce
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Mel Bunce is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at City University London, where she researches and teaches in the areas of global media, news production, and ethics. A former journalist from New Zealand, Mel has researched the work of foreign correspondents in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, and Nigeria.

Suzanne Franks is Professor of Journalism at City University London, where she is Head of Department and convenes a module on Humanitarian Communication. A former BBC TV current affairs journalist, she has made several films about Africa. Her publications include Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media (2013).

Chris Paterson researches and teaches at the University of Leeds, UK. He wrote in the original Africa's Media Image (1992), has co-edited five books, and has authored The International Television News Agencies (2011) and War Reporters under Threat: The United States and Media Freedom (2014).

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