"Responding to mounting calls to decenter and decolonize journalism, The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South examines not only the deep-seated challenges associated with the historical imposition of Western journalism standards on constituencies of the Global South but also the opportunities presented to journalists and journalism educators if they choose to partake in international collaboration and education.
This collection returns to fundamental questions around the meaning, value, and practices of journalism from alternative methodological, theoretical, and epistemological perspectives. These questions include: What really is journalism? Who gets to, and who is qualified to, define it? What role do ethics play? What are the current trends, challenges, and opportunities for journalism in the Global South? How is news covered, reported, written, and edited in non-Western settings? What can journalism players living and working in industrialized markets learn from their non-Western colleagues and counterparts, and vice versa? Contributors challenge accepted ""universal"" ethical standards while showing the relevance of customs, traditions, and cultures in defining and shaping local and regional journalism.
Showcasing some of the most important research on journalism in the Global South and by journalists based in the Global South, this companion is key reading for anyone researching the principles and practices of journalism from a de-essentialized perspective."
List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Chapter 1: Regionalizing Journalism Bruce Mutsvairo, Saba Bebawi and Eddy Borges-Rey PART I: THEORIZING JOURNALISM IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH Chapter 2: What Defines Journalism in the Global South? Insights from Latin America Silvio Waisbord and Adriana Amado Chapter 3: Terrorist Journalism in the Middle East Ahmed Al-Rawi Chapter 4: Poverty News in Latin America: Too Much to See but Too Little and Too Polarized to Say Jairo Lugo-Ocando Chapter 5: Theorising Indigenous-Language Journalism in Africa Abiodun Salawu Chapter 6: Rethinking African Journalism Cultures in the Context of Global Professional Interdependences Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara Chapter 7: The Political Economy of the Xenophobic Lens: Reporting African Migrants on South African Television News Last Moyo and Allen Munoriyarwa Chapter 8: Retheorizing African Digital Journalism in the 21st Century Allen Munoriyarwa Allen Munoriyarwa and Dumisani Moyo Chapter 9: The Challenge of Competing Loyalties for Journalists in Non-Western Cultures Terje Skjerdal PART II: PEDAGOGICAL PARADIGMS Chapter 10: Deliberation as Pedagogy: Gender, Intersectionality and Journalism Education in India Preeti Raghunath Chapter 11: Challenges and Opportunities at Decolonizing the Curriculum: Narratives from Selected Southern African Journalism and Media Schools Shepherd Mpofu and Trust Matsilele Chapter 12: Journalism Education in Pakistan: Key Gaps in Curriculum Development Sadia Jamil and Kriti Bhuju Chapter 13: The Promises and Limitations of Journalism Education in Ethiopia Téwodros Workneh Chapter 14: Piecemeal Pedagogies: Reflecting on the Nature, Context, and Impact of Journalism Training and Education in Malawi and Zambia Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris, Chanda Mfula, Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu Chapter 15: Teaching Investigative Journalism in a Transnational University in China Diana Garrisi and Jiahui Huang PART III: DIVERSITY OF JOURNALISM PRACTICES Chapter 16: Constraints on Journalistic Practices in the Arab World Post-Arab Spring and Post-Covid-19 Sahar Khamis Chapter 17: News Journalism as a Civil Norm Builder in Post-Conflict Settings: The Example of the Daily Nation and The Standard News Reporting after the Kenyan Election Violence, 2007/2008 Stephanie Pukallus and Gemma Horton Chapter 18: Journalism 2.0, New Practices, and Culture in Nigeria: A Critical Examination of Nigerian Television Authority and Nigeria Info FM Ufuoma Akpojivi Chapter 19: Extractivisim and Its Discontents: Al Jazeera English's Coverage of Latin America Marcela Pizarro Coloma Chapter 20: Cracks in the Wall: Alternative Journalism in Turkey Bora Ataman and Barış Çoban Chapter 21: Contemporary Indian Journalism: Digital Response to Traditional Challenges Uma Shankar Pandey Chapter 22: The Day When Maids Went to Disney: Journalism and Neoliberalism in Brazil José Cláudio Siqueira Castanheira, Melina Santos, and Afonso de Albuquerque Chapter 23 Contemporary Critiques of Nigerian Journalism Adeyanju Apejoye Chapter 24: Reporting the MENA as Conflict: Political Influences, Routine Practices, and Journalists’ Struggles in the Field Claudia Kozman Chapter 25: Capitalizing the Social Media: Exploring Branding of Indonesian Journalists on Instagram Indra Prawira and Regita Anggraini Ekaputri PART IV: PLATFORMS FOR COLLABORATION WITH THE GLOBAL NORTH Chapter 26: Journalism as a Springboard for Collaboration between Scholars in the Global North and South Summer Harlow and Ingrid Bachmann Chapter 27: Collaboration in Journalist Education: Finding Multiple Perspectives through Global Journalism and Local Practices Kristin Skare Orgeret Chapter 28: Ethnic Journalism in Russia: Theoretical Approaches for Potential Global Collaboration Anna Gladkova and Elena Vartanova Chapter 29: The Challenge of Disinformation in the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries’ Journalism Susana Salgado and Nuno Andrade Ferreira Chapter 30: Central and Eastern Europe in Journalism Studies: The three-faced disadvantage of underrepresentation, isolation, and Westernization Gergő HÁLÓ and Márton Demeter Chapter 31: Ontologies of Journalism: Conceptualizing Objectivity and Emotions in India and the United Kingdom Antje Glück Chapter 32 Diaspora Journalism as a Platform for Collaboration between the North and the South Ola Ogunyemi PART V: ETHICAL AND OTHER EMERGING JOURNALISM CRITIQUES Chapter 33: Storytelling in the Age of Data: Data Journalism in Hong Kong Roselyn Du Chapter 34: Media Capture: The Conceptual Challenges for Studying Journalism in Transitional Democracies Mireya Márquez-Ramírez Chapter 35: Women Journalists in Mexico: They Will Not Silence Our Voices Yennué Zárate Valderrama Chapter 36: Unveiling the Master Signifier in Media Ethics Transgressions in South Africa Glenda Daniels Chapter 37: De-Westernising Photojournalism: From Photojournalism of the Global South to Photojournalism in the Global South Saumava Mitra and Brenda Witherspoon Chapter 38: Evolving Journalism Practices in the Global South: Convergence, Continuities, and Disjuncture Cleophas Taurai Muneri Chapter 39: Climate Change Journalism in Pakistan: Ethical Deliberations Muhammad Ittefaq, Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh and Ayesha Ashfaq Chapter 40: Journalism in Muslim Societies: Alternative Theories and Practices of Fairness and Justice Mohammed Musa and Sameera Ahmed Chapter 41: Conceptual Critiques to African Journalism Levi Obonyo Chapter 42: Journalism in Cameroon: A High Risk and Dangerous Profession? 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Bruce Mutsvairo is Professor and Chair of Media, Politics, and the Global South at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, where he doubles as UNESCO Chair on Data, Disinformation and Democracy. A former journalist with the Associated Press, he has published numerous scholarly books exploring the development of journalism in non-Western societies. Saba Bebawi is Professor and Head of Discipline for Journalism and Writing in the School of Communication at UTS. She has published on media power and the role of media in democracy-building, in addition to investigative journalism in conflict and post-conflict regions. Eddy Borges-Rey is Associate Professor at Northwestern University in Qatar. His area of academic expertise is digital journalism and emerging media, and his research looks at the interplay between media, technology, and power, particularly around issues in data journalism, critical data, code and algorithm studies, artificial intelligence and automation, mobile journalism, photojournalism, and data and media literacy. Prior to obtaining an MA and PhD in media and communication, Borges-Rey worked as a broadcast journalist, media producer, and PR practitioner for almost 15 years.
