Using examples, discuss the key factors that shape and constrain the operations of the news media in Africa and the wider developing
Using examples, discuss the key factors that shape and constrain the operations of the news media in Africa and the wider developing world. This session will explore the different ways in which sociologists and media theorists have understood the concepts of ‘propaganda’ and ‘media power’. We will investigate their application in a range of contemporary studies including the work of the GUMG and Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model.
Key Reading:
Chapter 1, ‘A Propaganda Model’ in Herman and Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent
(2008 edition available online through library). https://chomsky.info/consent01/
Miller, D. (2001) ‘Media power and class power: overplaying ideology’, in Panitch, L.
and Leys, C. (eds.) ‘A World of Contradictions’, Socialist Register 2002, London:
Merlin Press. Available at:
http://socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/article/viewFile/5786/2682
This week’s lecture and seminars focuses on key factors structuring and constraining
news production in the developing world.
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