Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism

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Autor(a) principal: Wahutu, j. Siguru
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i4.2552
Resumo: In sub-Sahara Africa, periphery contributors exist in a liminal space. They are at once valorized and treated with suspicion by the local journalism and political fields. Valorization occurs when they engage with, and challenge, journalism from the global north, and the opposite occurs when they do the same for the local fields. Focusing on the former and not the latter is a disservice to the complicated and nuanced relationship these actors have with the journalism field and perpetuates a mythologized and romanticized narrative about the redemptive qualities of online platforms.
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title Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
spellingShingle Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
Wahutu, j. Siguru
Africa; Kenya; journalism; social media
title_short Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
title_full Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
title_fullStr Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
title_full_unstemmed Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
title_sort Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism
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description In sub-Sahara Africa, periphery contributors exist in a liminal space. They are at once valorized and treated with suspicion by the local journalism and political fields. Valorization occurs when they engage with, and challenge, journalism from the global north, and the opposite occurs when they do the same for the local fields. Focusing on the former and not the latter is a disservice to the complicated and nuanced relationship these actors have with the journalism field and perpetuates a mythologized and romanticized narrative about the redemptive qualities of online platforms.
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