Lexington Books
Pages: 258
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-8335-0 • Hardback • September 2020 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-4985-8336-7 • eBook • September 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Jairo Lugo-Ocando is director of executive and graduate education and professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Imposition of Common Sense
Chapter 3: How Journalism Came to Be in the South
Chapter 4: Journalism and Post-colonial Aid
Chapter 5: Spreading the Ideology of Objectivity
Chapter 6: Educating and Training Journalists in the South
Chapter 7: Foreign Aid for Media Development in the Digital Age
Chapter 8: Shaping Values and Practices
References
About the Author
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the developing dynamics of journalism in the Global South. Not only does Jairo Lugo-Ocando cleverly historicize regionally-focused journalistic developments and discourses but he also presents fresh ethical and conceptual critiques that underline the troubling relationship between journalism and foreign aid.
— Bruce Mutsvairo, Auburn University
Jairo Lugo-Ocando’s book makes an excellent contribution to the burgeoning studies of global journalism. The book focuses on critiquing Western models of journalism and practices which have been ideologically driven by the idea that journalism was a sole product of the West. Specifically using the example of foreign aid for media development, Jairo critiques Western view towards southern journalists as a hegemonic exercise of power. Lugo-Ocando takes a path-breaking approach to suggest that journalism has played a distinct role in postcolonial and non-Western societies in contributing to nation-building and that practices of journalism are an outcome of class struggle and nation-individual tensions unique to particular regions. I highly recommend this book for students and researchers interested in the history of international journalism, journalism studies, and international relations.
— Shakuntala Rao, State University of New York, Plattsburgh