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Author Frère, Marie-Soleil, author.

Title Politics and journalism in Francophone Africa systems, practices and identities / Marie-Soleil Frère
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Contents Chapter 1 The Emergence of Modern Media in Africa -- Chapter 2 Media, Journalists and Ideologies in Independent African Countries -- Chapter 3 Democratic Transitions and the Emergence of Pluralist Media Systems -- Chapter 4 Governments and the Media in French-Speaking Africa -- Chapter 5 Journalists and the Transformation of Professional Identities -- Chapter 6 Changing media economies -- Chapter 7 Media and Audiences in French-Speaking Africa -- Conclusion
Summary 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. Marie-Soleil Frere was Professor at the Universite libre de Bruxelles and Director of Research at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Brussels. She passed away on March 2021
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Journalism -- Africa, French-speaking
Mass media -- Political aspects -- Africa, French-speaking
Press and politics -- Africa, French-speaking
Journalism
Mass media -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Press and politics
SUBJECT Africa, French-speaking -- Politics and government
Subject French-speaking Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030993993
303099399X