Assimilation, Appropriation, and Exit: Role Negotiation of New Media Professionals in China

2013 ◽

pp. 118-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ullamaija Kivikuru

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Social History ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Media Content ◽

Editorial Office ◽

The Media ◽

Media Professionals ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Definition Of

The 1990s brought radical changes to Sub-Saharan Africa. In the rhetoric, the ownership mode appeared as a crucial marker of freedom. However, neither the access to the media nor the media content has changed much. The media mode, inherited from previous phases of social history, seems to change slowly. Old modes reproduce themselves in new media titles disregarding ownership mode. In this chapter, empirical evidence is sought from Namibia and Tanzania. The empirical evidence is based on two sets of one-week samples (2007, 2010) of all four papers. In this material, a government paper and a private paper from one particular country resemble each other more than when ownership modes are compared. Bearers of the journalistic culture seem to be to a certain extent media professionals moving from one editorial office to another, but the more decisive factors are the ideals set for journalism. The “first definition of journalism” reflects old times.

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The New Media Union: What New Media Professionals Can Learn From Old Media Unions

Surviving the New Economy ◽

10.4324/9781315631790-14 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 163-178

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Media Professionals

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When the History Turns Stronger than the Rhetoric

Advances in Public Policy and Administration - Management and Participation in the Public Sphere ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8553-6.ch006 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 117-146

Author(s):

Ullamaija Kivikuru

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Social History ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Editorial Office ◽

The Media ◽

Media Professionals ◽

Sub Saharan

The 1990s brought radical changes to Sub-Saharan Africa. In the rhetoric, the ownership mode appeared as a crucial marker of freedom. However, the media mode, inherited from previous phases of social history, seems to change slowly. Old modes reproduce themselves in new media titles disregarding ownership mode. In exceptional cases such as pre-election reporting, ownership mode might have a role: government papers tend to give more support to the existing leadership. In this chapter, evidence is sought from Namibia and Tanzania. The analysis is based on two one-week samples (2007, 2010) of all four papers. In this material, a government paper and a private paper from one particular country resemble each other more than when ownership modes are compared. Bearers of the journalistic culture seem to be media professionals moving from one editorial office to another, but the most decisive factors are the ideals set for journalism.

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Influence of the New Media on the Watchdog Role of the Press in Nigeria

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2017.v13n2p126 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 126 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Benedict Obiora Agbo ◽

Okechukwu Chukwuma

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Government Policies ◽

Government Performance ◽

Investigative Journalism ◽

The People ◽

The Press ◽

Media Professionals ◽

The Impact

Section 22 of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution indicates that the watchdog role is a constitutional duty of the press to ensure that government is responsible and accountable to the people. However, one major approach deployed by the press to enforce this crucial watchdog role is through investigative journalism. Investigative journalism provides a very potent platform for the press to unravel what is known as “facts behind the facts” particularly in governance. More so, the press is no doubt a beneficiary of the advantages of the new media. The rapidity and ubiquity of the new media is now very visible in journalism practice. The question however is, what is the impact of the new media in the enforcement of the watchdog role of the press? Consequent upon the above question, the researchers assert that the new media have fundamentally aided the execution of the watchdog function of the press. This was premised on the fact that the press now utilise the new media to add depth and context to the coverage of events and issues. The new media now provide wider platforms for not just the press but also the citizens to hold government accountable. With the new media, both the citizens and media professionals now hold government at all levels accountable based on their activities. The new media are now massively used to oppose and criticize government policies and programmes as well as expose government misdeeds such as bribery and corruption with a view to engendering improved government performance.

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