Foreign Correspondence from Sub-saharan Africa: an evolving communicational paradign shift

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dc.contributor.authorVicente, Paulo Nuno
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-20T09:04:01Z
dc.date.available2014-02-20T09:04:01Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractA sizable portion of our everyday knowledge about Sub-Saharan Africa comes from the work of international news reporters. Even though these news actors play a critical role in the communication of the distant Other, frequently criticized for its representational deficits, scholar empirical research on the work of foreign correspondents has been considerably neglected: it is now decades old, it lacks a systematic examination of the on the ground realities of journalism in Africa and of the evolving work of professionals and Pro-Ams supported by networked digital media. This article analyses the evolving professional cultures and newswork of those individuals (micro). It inspects long-term trajectories in international journalism combined with short-term developments based on trans- formations on microelectronics and digitization. We conduct the first recorded Pan-African online survey on the work of international news reporters, collecting answers from 124 participants in 41 countries. These findings are complemented by semi-structured interviews with 43 professionals based in Nairobi, Dakar and Johannesburg. Our findings challenge the narrative of international news report- ing as a dying breed. Instead, they support a nuanced view towards localized conti- nuities and localized ruptures in contemporary post-industrial mediascape: its socio-demographics express a considerably precarious new economy of foreign correspondence – particularly, in the case of freelance workers – while the use of network-based digital media is driving the field towards the rising of a multilayered confederacy of distinct correspondences.pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2174-1859
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.ismt.pt/xmlui/handle/123456789/369
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
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dc.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
dc.subjectCorrespondente estrangeiro - Foreign correspondentpt_PT
dc.subjectReportagens internacionais - International news reportingpt_PT
dc.subjectJornalismo em rede - Networked journalismpt_PT
dc.subjectPro-am - Pro-ampt_PT
dc.subjectRedes sociais - Social mediapt_PT
dc.titleForeign Correspondence from Sub-saharan Africa: an evolving communicational paradign shiftpt_PT
dc.typearticlept_PT
degois.publication.firstPage13pt_PT
degois.publication.lastPage35pt_PT
degois.publication.titleindex.comunicaciónpt_PT
degois.publication.volume3pt_PT
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