Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa: Systems, Practices and Identities

Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa: Systems, Practices and Identities
by: Marie-Soleil Frère (Author)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2022
Publication Date: 2023/8/25
Language: English
Print Length: 376 pages
ISBN-10: 3030994015
ISBN-13: 9783030994013
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism and politics in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa. The author argues that there are common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa and these make the local media systems different from what they are in neighboring English-speaking African countries, and in the rest of the world. The approach of the media in French-speaking Africa has not only to be “de-Westernized”, but also to step out of general overviews considering “African media." This project shows the historical, political, economic and sociological characteristics of the media systems of seventeen French-speaking countries of Africa.
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This book provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism and politics in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa. The author argues that there are common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa and these make the local media systems different from what they are in neighboring English-speaking African countries, and in the rest of the world. The approach of the media in French-speaking Africa has not only to be “de-Westernized”, but also to step out of general overviews considering “African media." This project shows the historical, political, economic and sociological characteristics of the media systems of seventeen French-speaking countries of Africa. Read more