Full Description
This volume examines the trends and patterns of journalists' harassment in Africa and assesses the policy interventions and protection mechanisms that are put into place in the region.
Drawing from case studies from selected African countries, an international team of authors offer a broad insight into the state of harassment across the continent, while building new theoretical perspectives that are also context-specific. The chapters bring previous theories and research up to date by addressing the continual change and development of new discourses, including the use of big data and artificial intelligence in harassing and intimidating journalists and mental health issues affecting journalists in their line of duty. More so, the authors argue that the state and form of harassment is not universal, as location and context are some of the key factors that influence the form and character of harassment.
Offering new theoretical insights into the scope of journalism practices in Africa, this book will interest students and scholars of journalism, African studies, political science, media and communication studies, journalism practice and gender studies.
Contents
Chapter 1: 'Defence-less Defenders': Mapping Harassment in African Journalism
Section 1: Harassment of Female Journalists
Chapter 2: "There Were no Repercussions, Nothing, Life Continued": Experiences of Harassment by Female Journalists'
Chapter 3: Being a Woman-Journalist in a Polarised Context in Mozambique: A Forgotten Issue? Chapter 4: Emergent Forms and Patterns of Online Harassment of Women Journalists in African countries: A Scoping Review
Chapter 5: Gendered Threats and Attacks In and Outside the Newsroom: Nigerian Female Journalists' Experiences with Harassment
Chapter 6: Digital Surveillance, Online and Offline Harassment and Feminist Media Politics
Section 2: Online Harassment of Journalists and the Pitfalls for Democracy
Chapter 7: Independent Online Journalists' Harassment and the Emotional Repercussions: A Case of Selected Zimbabwean Journalists
Chapter 8: Journalists' Repression, Harassment and Attacks in Eswatini and Botswana
Chapter 9: Harassment and Threats Faced by Journalists in Kenya: Implications for Press Freedom and Independent Reporting
Chapter 10: The Cost of Dissent in a Governance System Characterized by 'Political Marketplace': A Phenomenological Study of Independent Journalists in Ethiopia
Chapter 11: Outsourcing Repression: Impunity and Harassment of Journalists in Malawi
Section 3: Journalists Safety and Coping Mechanisms
Chapter 12: Coping into Self-Censorship: Exploring coping strategies of journalists working in South Sudan
Chapter 13: Safety of journalists during elections coverage in Zimbabwe
Chapter 14: Time to Act: Measures of Curbing Harassment of Journalists in African Newsrooms
