This book focuses on ethnic journalism in the Global South, approaching it from two angles: as a professional area and as a social mission. The book discusses journalistic practices and ethnic media in the Global South, managerial and editorial strategies of ethnic media outlets, their content specifics, target audience, distribution channels, main challenges and trends of development in the digital age.
Table of Content
1. Introduction; Anna Gladkova and Sadia Jamil.- 2. Ethnic Journalism: Theoretical Context; Sadia Jamil and Anna Gladkova.- 3. Journalism Education and Ethnic Journalism in Ghana: The Case Study of Ghana Institute of Journalism and University of Education, Winneba; Gifty Appiah-Adjei.- 4. Mapping Ethnic Media in Egypt: An Examination of Counter-Publics, Reality, and Challenges; Sara S. Elmaghraby.- 5. Ethnic Journalism in Russia: Between Profession and Social Mission; Anna Gladkova and Elena Vartanova.- 6. ‘Misafir Media’: Domopolitics and Securitization of Displaced Syrian Ethnic Groups; Recep Gülmez.- 7. “Aquí no hay negros”: Policies of Invisibilisation and the Impact on Afro-Descendent Media in Argentina; Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris.- 8. Safeguarding Ethnic-cultural Identities through Ethnic Media: The Case of Radio Dhimsa in Odisha, India; Aniruddha Jena.- 9. A “Place for Our Small Problems”: Online Ethnic Media of the Turks in/from Bulgaria; Slavka Karakusheva.- 10. Ethnic Journalism as a Social Mission: An Exploration of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s (ZBC) National FM Radio Station; Trust Matsilele and Golden Maunganidze.- 11. Māori-Language Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand: Balancing Cultural Values, Journalistic Norms and the Constraints of the National-Language Revitalisation Agenda; Atakohu Middleton.- 12. Ethnic Newsmaking Through Citizen Journalism: Collective Content Production of Syrian Refugees in Turkey; Glenn Muschert, Ahmet Taylan, and Duygu Özsoy.- 13. Afro-Brazilian Journalism in Alternative Media: A Study of Alma Preta; Igor Oliveira Neves, Victor Fermino da Silva, and Mateus Yuri Passos.- 14. Understanding Ethnic Journalism in an Extinguishing Print News Media Landscape: Japanese-Language Newspapers in Brazil; Jessica Retis.- 15. ‘Here’ and ‘Back Home’: Imagining Diasporic Connections Through Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific News Media; Tara Ross.- 16. Ethnic Media and Racism in Brazil: The Case of Black Nation TV; Melina Santos and José Cláudio Castanheira.
About the author
Anna Gladkova is Leading Researcher and Director of International Affairs Office at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, where she conducts research on ethnic media and digital inequalities. She is co-vice chair of the Digital Divide Working Group (IAMCR).
Sadia Jamil is a post-doctoral fellow at Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates. She holds postgraduate degrees in Media Management and Mass Communication from the University of Stirling, Scotland, and University of Karachi, Pakistan.