Reporting African Elections: Towards a Peace Journalism Approach

ISBN-13: 9781032094175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 136 str.

Joseph Adebayo

Opis

Reporting African Elections examines the impact of media messages on society, focusing on electoral processes in Africa. The book also explores the impact training has on election reportage and makes a case for a peace journalism model as an alternate approach to reporting African elections.

Spis treści

1. Contextualising Peace Journalism  2. Political Reporting of Elections in Africa  3. Instigators or Mediators: Exploring the Role of the Media in Electoral Violence  4. The Need for Peace Journalism Training  5. Bringing Peace Journalism to Journalists Engaged in Reporting Elections in Nigeria: An Action Research Case Study  6. Journalists' responses to Peace Journalism  7. Journalism or Advocacy? Understanding the limits of Peace Journalism   8. A 17 Point Plan for Reporting African Elections  9. Conclusion: Towards a Proactive Approach to Reporting African Elections

O autorze

Joseph Adebayo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cape Town. He holds a PhD in Public Administration (specialising in peace-building) from the Durban University of Technology.