Authoritarian Journalism
Controlling the News in Post-Conflict Rwanda
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 6 December 2023
- ISBN 9780197623411
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages218 pages
- Size 156x235x16 mm
- Weight 445 g
- Language English 443
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Short description:
What happens to journalism when its credibility has been decimated and journalists no longer believe in themselves? Can the journalism field reinvigorate itself, either from within or with assistance from global journalism actors? This book examines journalism practice in Rwanda to draw conclusions applicable to journalism fields everywhere. Drawing on seven months of fieldwork, Ruth Moon argues that, not only is the force of globalization inadequate to shift practice in a local context, but it in fact serves to reinforce local practices and boundaries, highlighting the limits of globalization to effect change.
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Journalists working in authoritarian countries contend with competing institutional logics. This is particularly the case in post-conflict countries, where journalistic practice is simultaneously shaped by historical antagonisms, global development initiatives, and the authoritarian state. While journalism schools and professional organizations speak a Western logic of objectivity and independence, political history instills a logic of subordination, and organizational business models instill a logic of financially motivated censorship. As more countries move away from democratic models, more and more journalists will face these seemingly irreconcilable pressures.
Building on months of ethnographic work, Ruth Moon looks at journalistic practice in Rwanda, a country where journalism has developed into a stable field in the two and a half decades since the nation's 1994 genocide. At the same time, its journalists, facing pressure to please the State, have lost confidence in themselves, and readers have lost faith in local media. Can the nation's news media reinvigorate itself, either from within or with assistance from global journalism actors? This book examines journalism practice in Rwanda to draw conclusions applicable to journalism fields everywhere. Moon argues that not only is the force of globalization inadequate to shift local practice, but it in fact serves to reinforce local practices and boundaries.
This book is challenging in all the right ways. It challenges our assumptions about the role of autonomy in journalism through a nuanced dive into the overlapping pressures that shape news in semi-authoritarian contexts. It challenges how we understand the ways in which myths and narratives interact with structural constraints to limit what journalists do. It challenges our conceptions of the relationship between transnational journalism and local journalists operating in the Global South. And it challenges us to think about how journalism might look in the many other places that are confronting democratic backsliding and a diminished free press."
- Matt Carlson, University of Minnesota
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why Study Rwandan Journalism?
Chapter One: On the Margins: Understanding Peripheral Journalism
Chapter Two: Strong State, Weak Field: The Forces Shaping Journalism in Rwanda
Chapter Three: Founding Myths: Stories as Building Blocks of Journalism Practice
Chapter Four: Underbaked or Unrealized: "Underdevelopment" as a Journalistic Keyword
Chapter Five: Money Matters: The News Values of Business Pressure
Chapter Six: Bridging Worlds: Working Global While Living Local
Conclusion: What is Weak Journalism Good For? The Power and Potential of Peripheral Practice
