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- Title
Postcolonial Reflexivity in the News Industry: The Case of Foreign Correspondents in Kenya and South Africa.
- Authors
Nothias, Toussaint
- Abstract
Over the past 30 years, scholars have criticized the propensity of the international media to reproduce damaging and racist stereotypes about Africa. How do foreign correspondents, who are key actors in the production of Africa's media image, position themselves in relation to this criticism? Based on 35 interviews conducted with correspondents in Kenya and South Africa between 2013 and 2017, I find that many correspondents recognize the negative contributions of the news industry to representational Othering, thereby agreeing with the general tenets of the criticism. This paper is an in-depth exploration of this phenomenon, which I call postcolonial reflexivity. I outline the features of this postcolonial reflexivity, discuss its impact on journalistic practices, and explore the reasons for its prevalence among correspondents. Overall, the research contributes to bridging the gap between the textual orientation of postcolonial studies and the inclination for analyzing production practices in journalism studies.
- Subjects
KENYA; SOUTH Africa; FOREIGN news; FOREIGN correspondents; STEREOTYPES in mass media; REPORTERS &; reporting; JOURNALISM
- Publication
Journal of Communication, 2020, Vol 70, Issue 2, p245
- ISSN
0021-9916
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/joc/jqaa004