Media, Conflicts and the National Security Question: Communicating (In)security in Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel [Hardcover]

This book explores how the media, and journalism in a cross-disciplinary sense, has treated conflicts in Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel. Contributors connect theoretical foundations with practical experiences in the study of media, conflicts and national security, seeking to unravel the mediated and communication logic(s) in news coverage and analyse the media's role in pre-conflict, in-conflict and post-conflict discourses. The work maps out the impact of mediated narratives on security, risk, terrorism, banditry and general society, relying on local, on-the-spot and ontological cultural experiences in Africa, especially Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and other parts of West Africa.

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION MEDIA CONFLICTS AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY QUESTION.- Chapter 2: Competitive Prisms of Conflict Communication and the Mediated Politics of Reporting Crises in West Africa: From Boko Haram to Military Coup detats.- CHAPTER 3: Evaluating Diasporas and Migrants Perspectives on Conflicts and Insecurity The Case of Nigerian Nigerien Burkinabe Ghanaian Guinean and Liberian Diasporas.- Chapter 4: Cross-Disciplinary Approach in Theoretical Underpinnings of Media Conflict Peace and National Security.- Chapter 5: Understanding the West African Media Landscape in Times of Conflicts.- Chapter 6: Media Military Relationship in Nigeria Context Practices and Constraints.- Chapter 7: POLICE CIVILITY AND THE MEDIA NEWS COVERAGE AND POLICING IN AN AGE OF DEMOCRATIC TURBULENCE.- Chapter 8:Emerging Conflicts in Nigeria and Sahel Region Professionalism and Challenges of Media Reportage.- Chapter 9: Media Gender and Conflict in West Africa.- Chapter 10: Mediating National Security Citizenship and Public Communication.- Chapter 11: Mapping Political Elections Induced Conflicts in W Africa Competition and the Origins of National Security Crises.- Chapter 12: Natls!