Book contents
- In the Shadow of the Global North
- Communication, Society and Politics
- In the Shadow of the Global North
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Making Journalists
- Part II Narrating an Atrocity
- 4 African Journalism Fields
- 5 Africans at the Margins
- 6 Framing an African Atrocity
- 7 “That Is Lazy Journalism”
- 8 Lessons Learned
- Appendix Methodological Notes
- References
- Index
- Communication, Society and Politics
6 - Framing an African Atrocity
from Part II - Narrating an Atrocity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 November 2024
Book contents
- In the Shadow of the Global North
- Communication, Society and Politics
- In the Shadow of the Global North
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Making Journalists
- Part II Narrating an Atrocity
- 4 African Journalism Fields
- 5 Africans at the Margins
- 6 Framing an African Atrocity
- 7 “That Is Lazy Journalism”
- 8 Lessons Learned
- Appendix Methodological Notes
- References
- Index
- Communication, Society and Politics
Summary
What are the politics of choosing specific frames? This chapter is anchored on this question and finds a marked difference between frames employed at the field level and those by subfields in each country. It finds, for example, that the Kenyan national subfield’s favored frame resembled those selected by fields in the Global North. Concomitantly, it finds an ambivalence in using the genocide frame to talk about the atrocities in Darfur, arguing that this ambivalence is due to perceptions of how the frame would affect peace negotiations and the posture taken by transnational organizations such as the ICC, UN, and AU.
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- In the Shadow of the Global NorthJournalism in Postcolonial Africa, pp. 119 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024