1st Edition

The Routledge Companion to Global Journalism and Media at the Borders

472 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Bringing together contributing authors across six continents, this volume addresses critical questions around conceptualization, theorization, and ethics related to media and journalism research and practice along borders and around the Majority World. In the twenty-first century, notions of borders, globalization/deglobalization, and transnationalism would not be possible without media and... Read more

Introduction  

Celeste González de Bustamante, Jeannine E. Relly, Ammina Kothari, and Jyotika Ramaprasad

Section 1: Pushing the Boundaries of Border and Global Journalism and Media  

1. How (Not) to Decolonize: Theorizing Media and Communication from the Majority World  

Bilge Yesil

2. "African Journalism Fields: What's Bourdieu got to do with Them?"  

James Wahutu

3. Border Narratives: How Overseas Online Discourses are Reshaping Domestic Journalism Practice in Ethiopia  

Endalkachew H. Chala and Téwodros W. Workneh

4. Beyond Geographic Binaries: Epistemic Bordering and Western Media Control of Social Movement Coverage  

Maha Bashri

5. Emotional Labor and News “Fixing”: A Decolonial Approach  

Lindsay Palmer

6. Led by Line: Pacific Indigenous Storytelling as Decolonial Journalism Beyond Western Media Borders  

Selina Tusitala Marsh

Section 2: Problematizing Geographies, History, Culture, and Media  

7. In-between Scholarship in Communication/Media Studies: Beyond the Global North-global South Lens  

Silvio Waisbord

8. Bordering and Debordering Ethnic Media: Structural Constraints, Strategic Innovations, and Future Considerations  

Sherry S. Yu and Matthew D. Matsaganis

9. The Border ‘Invasion’ in Public Memory  

Melita M. Garza

10. Asserting a Regional Approach to the Global South: The Complex Cases of Latin American and South Asian Media/Journalism  

Víctor García-Perdomo and Paromita Pain

11. “Storytelling is our inherent right:” How the Indigenous Journalists Association is Working to Protect Indigenous Media on a Global Scale  

Melissa Greene-Blye

12. Challenging Hegemonic and Normative Ideas about Journalism: Strategies for Covering Communities on the “Periphery”  

Maria Raizza Renella P. Bello, Robbin Charles M. Dagle, and Sorhaila L. Latip-Yusoph

Section 3: Expanding the Boundaries of Methodologies and Approaches  

13. Expanding the Boundaries of Methodologies and Approaches for AI in Media  

Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos and Andrea Medrado

14. Towards an International Feminist Ethics of Care: Exploring Feminist Journalism Research Trends in the #MeToo Era  

Andrea Baker

15. Trauma-informed Journalism Studies and Practice: Reviewing and Interrogating Scholarly Debates  

Wellars Bakina and Sally Ann Cruikshank

16. Beyond Borders: The Imperative of Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research in Media and Journalism  

Javier J. Amores, Martín Oller Alonso, Patricia Sánchez-Holgado, Maximiliano Frías Vázquez, and Carlos Arcila Calderón

17. Towards a Global and Holistic Approach to Studying the Relationship between Journalism and Backlash Movements  

Rachel R. Mourão

18. The Ethics of Border and Global Journalism and Media Research  

María E. Len-Ríos

19. Reporting in Exile and Within Diasporic Communities  

Vanessa Bravo and J. Israel Balderas

Section 4: From Conflicts to Collaborations  

20. Supporting Resilience in the Journalism Profession: Violence, Conflict, in and along the Peripheries  

Ayesha Siddiqua

21. Violence and Conflict, in and along the Peripheries  

Fatma Elzahraa Elsayed and Bassant Mohamed Attia

22. Transnational Collaboration in Hostile Latin American Environment as Safety and Press Freedom Opportunities  

Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce and Lourdes Cueva Chacón

23. Boundaryless Initiatives to Support Journalists and Media Workers in Latin America  

Diego Noel Ramos

24. Decolonising war and conflict reporting through peace journalism  

Ayesha Jehangir

Section 5: Geopolitical Forces and Media Engagement in Uncertain Times  

25. Geopoliticization of Journalism  

Peter Berglez and Lea Hellmueller

26. Chinese Media Engagement in Africa: South-South Collaboration or Colonial Ambition?  

Emeka Umejei

27. The Geopolitics of Information after U.S. International Broadcasting Cuts  

Emily T. Metzgar

28. Application of solutions approach by media in deconstructing negativity bias: People, power, perception  

Rebecca Mutiso and Anne Mikia

29. Western Balkans and Resilience-building Efforts via Cross-border Fact-checking Capabilities  

Dren Gërguri, Lindita Camaj, and Edlira Palloshi-Disha

30. An Intersectional Approach in Journalism Practice and Media Research Needs to be a Norm  

Usha Manchanda Rodrigues

Section 6: Power, Media, and Counterpublics and New directions in Border and Global Environments  

31. Towards a 'Rhizomatic Organic Counter-Hegemonic Public Sphere' Framework in Africa: Journalism Reconfigurations through Networked Social Movements  

Itunu Bodunrin and Trust Matsilele

32. The State of AI-Driven Journalism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Transforming Newsrooms and Redefining Media Ethics  

Gregory Gondwe

33. Analyzing Power Imbalances in Cross-border Collaboration Projects Involving Local and Hyperlocal News Organizations  

Ana Lourdes Cárdenas and Mago Torres

34. Media and Social Change: A Latin American Perspective on Participatory Communication  

Luis Santana and Vicente Schulz

35. Bullets for Bylines in Balochistan  

Akbar Notezai

36. From the Neighborhood to the Cloud: How Syrian Communities Built a Cross-Border Investigative Model  

Mais Katt

37. Empowering Grassroots Journalism: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide for Inclusive Media Coverage  

Gangadhar Patil

Conclusion  

Celeste González de Bustamante

Biography

Celeste González de Bustamante is the Mary Gibbs Jones Centennial Chair in Communication in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, USA and the founding director of the Center for Global Change and Media. Her research focuses on historical and contemporary global-facing issues related to media and journalism.

Jeannine E. Relly is a professor in the School of Journalism with a courtesy appointment with the School of Government and Public Policy at The University of Arizona, USA. She is affiliated faculty with the Center for Border and Global Journalism.

Ammina Kothari is Dean of the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences at Simmons University, USA and is an international communication scholar whose research focuses on the role of technology in transforming communication and journalism practices.

Jyotika Ramaprasad is a Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Management, School of Communication, University of Miami, USA. Ramaprasad’s research focuses on journalism studies and social change communication. Her research, teaching, and outreach are all globally focused.