This book critically considers how and why centring race in analysis of journalism deepens our understanding of how race is constructed and experienced in society and offers a theoretical framework for unpacking and dismantling racism within journalism practice and representation.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Media-INGO relations in a post- and decolonial frame
Chapter 2. Decolonial journalistic field theory: A toolkit for unpacking colonial and decolonial practices in dominant Western journalism
Chapter 3. In the newsroom: Being diverse, being Black, being included?
Chapter 4. In the field: Black journalists' experiences of reporting on Africa for Western news
Chapter 5. INGO sources for Western international news on Africa
Chapter 6. Black journalists, INGOs and representations of Africa
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Index
This book critically considers how and why centring race in the analysis of journalism deepens our understanding of how race is constructed and experienced in society. In doing so, it offers a theoretical framework for unpacking and dismantling racism within journalism practice and representation.
Linking race critical, post- and decolonial theories to the structural-constructivist framework of journalistic field theory, this book examines the role of Black journalists and INGOs in reporting on sub-Saharan Africa in dominant British news organisations. This study goes beyond journalistic representation to consider the racial dynamics informing the production of Western news and the complex relations between journalists of colour and the institutional culture of dominant Western news organisations. Through a case study and in-depth originlS
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