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Reporting African Elections: Towards a Peace Journalism Approach book cover

1st Edition

Reporting African Elections Towards a Peace Journalism Approach

By Joseph Adebayo Copyright 2019
136 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The ability to be divided along ethnic and religious lines is inherent to much of Africa’s media. Such potentially divisive reporting has the ability to incite violence through prejudiced information, particularly during election processes. Reporting African Elections examines the impact of media messages on society, focusing on these electoral processes in Africa. Drawing upon the Peace... Read more

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

Biography

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.

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