Newsmaking Cultures in Africa

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv
 Reinvigorating ‘Age-Old Questions’: African Journalism Cultures and the Fallacy of Global Normative Homogeneity  (Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara)....Pages 1-27
Front Matter ....Pages 29-29
 Towards a Journalism Education Model Curricula in Africa: A Call for a ‘Glocal’ Rather than Global (Universal) Journalism Model  (Ibrahim Seaga Shaw)....Pages 31-52
 African Journalism Cultures: The Struggle for Free Expression Against Neo-Patrimonial Governance  (Robert A. White, Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara)....Pages 53-76
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 The Nairobian and the ‘Politics’ of Tabloidisation in Kenya’s Print Media  (George Ogola)....Pages 79-97
 When Your ‘Take-Home’ Can Hardly Take You Home: Moonlighting and the Quest for Economic Survival in the Zimbabwean Press  (Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara)....Pages 99-117
 Press Freedom in the African Great Lakes Region: A Comparative Study of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo  (Anke Fiedler, Marie-Soleil Frère)....Pages 119-143
 Newsmaking Practices in Uganda: A Comparative Framing Analysis of Two Leading Newspapers  (Brian Semujju)....Pages 145-160
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 Brown Envelope Journalism: The Contradiction Between Ethical Mindset and Unethical Practice  (Terje Skjerdal)....Pages 163-183
 Poor Capitalisation and Corruption Within the Nigerian Press  (Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u)....Pages 185-205
 ‘Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place’? A Comparative Study of How Business Journalists Negotiate Ethical Policies in Kenya and South Africa  (Admire Mare)....Pages 207-228
 Media Ethics and Journalism in Tanzania  (Ammina B. Kothari)....Pages 229-248
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 Journalism, Politics and Professionalism in Zimbabwe  (Wallace Chuma)....Pages 251-267
 Ideology as News: Political Parallelism in Botswana’s Public Media  (Letshwiti Batlhalefi B. Tutwane)....Pages 269-289
 The Journalistic Field in Ethiopia: Where Partisanship and Credibility Cohabit  (Abdissa Zerai, Fitih Alemu)....Pages 291-312
 From Watchdogs to Hostages of Peace: The Kenyan Press and the 2013 General Election  (Denis Galava)....Pages 313-334
Front Matter ....Pages 335-335
 ‘We Cannot Bite the Finger that Feeds Us’: Journalists’ Dilemmas and the Appropriation of ‘Alternative’ Media in Nigerian Print Newsrooms  (Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye)....Pages 337-356
 Reality Check: The Nigerian Press and the Potential of the Internet in the Domestication of International News  (Mercy Ette)....Pages 357-376
Back Matter ....Pages 377-396