"Responding to mounting calls to decenter and decolonize journalism, The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South examines not only the deep-seated challenges associated with the historical imposition of Western journalism standards on constituencies of the Global South but also the opp
...
ortunities presented to journalists and journalism educators if they choose to partake in international collaboration and education.
This collection returns to fundamental questions around the meaning, value, and practices of journalism from alternative methodological, theoretical, and epistemological perspectives. These questions include: What really is journalism? Who gets to, and who is qualified to, define it? What role do ethics play? What are the current trends, challenges, and opportunities for journalism in the Global South? How is news covered, reported, written, and edited in non-Western settings? What can journalism players living and working in industrialized markets learn from their non-Western colleagues and counterparts, and vice versa? Contributors challenge accepted “universal” ethical standards while showing the relevance of customs, traditions, and cultures in defining and shaping local and regional journalism." (Publisher description)
more
"This paper outlines the main debates surrounding De-Westernisation, which addresses global imbalances in the creation and distribution of academic knowledge. In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the field, the working paper suggests further steps in order to enrich a global set of p
...
hilosophical, social and political theories. The paper foregrounds East and South Asia, as well as Africa, in its consideration of non-Western philosophical traditions." (Executive summary)
more
"Die vorliegende Studie verfolgt zwei Ziele. Sie testet einerseits, wie homogen in deutschen und arabischen Medien über islamistisch motivierte terroristische Anschläge berichtet wird. Andererseits fragt sie nach der potentiellen Herausbildung einer Weltöffentlichkeit angesichts von Krisen, die d
...
en Charakter von globalen Medienereignissen annehmen. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine empirische Untersuchung von deutschen und arabischen Elite-Zeitungen durchgeführt, die über die Anschläge in London und Sharm El-Sheikh im Juli 2005 berichteten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
more