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Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa

Systems, Practices and Identities

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Authors:
  1. Marie-Soleil Frère

    1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism, and politics in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa
  • Shows the historical, political, economic, and sociological characteristics of the media systems
  • Presents common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 1-27

  3. The Emergence of Modern Media and Politics in Africa

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 29-66

  4. Media, Journalists, and Ideologies in Independent Africa

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 67-102

  5. Democratic Transitions and the Emergence of Pluralist Media

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 103-147

  6. The Media and the State in French-Speaking Africa

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 149-203

  7. Journalism and Changing Professional Identities

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 205-244

  8. The Media Economy in Francophone Africa

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 245-295

  9. The Audience and the Media in French-Speaking Africa

    • Marie-Soleil Frère
    Pages 297-327

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 329-347
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About this book

This book provides a comprehensive approach of the media, journalism and politics in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa. The author argues that there are common features that the media and journalism share in the seventeen countries of Francophone Africa and these make the local media systems different from what they are in neighboring English-speaking African countries, and in the rest of the world. The approach of the media in French-speaking Africa has not only to be “de-Westernized”, but also to step out of general overviews considering “African media." This project shows the historical, political, economic and sociological characteristics of the media systems of seventeen French-speaking countries of Africa.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Marie-Soleil Frère

About the author

Marie-Soleil Frère was Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles and Director of Research at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Brussels. She passed away on March 2021.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Politics and Journalism in Francophone Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Systems, Practices and Identities

  • Authors: Marie-Soleil Frère

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99399-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99398-6Published: 24 August 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99401-3Published: 25 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99399-3Published: 22 August 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 347

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: African Politics, Political Communication, Regionalism

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