Overview
- Provides a new media systems theory for coverage of corruption scandals in Africa
- Investigates coverage of corruption scandals in Africa using the Nigerian press as case study
- Contains interviews with journalists as well as qualitative content analysis to determine factors influencing corruption reporting
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria is a ground-breaking book that offers fresh perspectives on the character and role of the African media in covering corruption scandals. It explores whether reports regarding corruption stem from the efforts of journalists who employ investigative journalism, or if it is a mere coincidence promoted by the activities of anti-corruption agencies. To that end, the book develops a media systems theory for Africa based on the coverage of corruption scandals in the Nigerian press. This new theoretical paradigm, defined as regional parallelism, argues that African countries are nations within nations, and that therefore any comparative study of the media system should recognize this understanding. The book combines both interviews with journalists as well as qualitative content analysis of newspapers to determine the patterns and issues that influence the reporting of corruption. It also looks at corruption within the media itself, taking into account factors such as regionalism and ethnicity within the practice of journalism.
Reviews
“This book is a bold attempt at addressing the freedom and independence of the press in Africa, with a particular focus on Nigeria, a country that is often labeled as corrupt by local and international media alike. … an incredible read and should be mandatory reading for anyone studying African media systems, reporting African news stories, or working for African media houses.” (Africa Policy Journal, apj.hkspublications.org, April 21, 2021)
“This book tackles pertinent issues such as corruption, conflict and democracy in selected African countries to illustrate that neither the continent as a whole, nor the individual countries within it should be treated as monoliths. Rooted in a historical understanding of African media, the book demonstrates the importance of viewing African media systems as diverse and contested.” (Herman Wasserman, Professor of Media Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
“This book offers a timely and much needed critical analysis of Media Systems in Africa and significantly broadens the scope and depth of work on Media Systems theory. Through a nuanced and systematic analysis of the reporting of corruption scandals in Nigeria, Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u provides students and scholars with a conceptually rigorous and empirically grounded account of how the mediation of corruption scandals in Nigeria signal forms of regional parallelism and partisanship across religious, political andgeographical divides. Yusha’u also helpfully applies his media systems analysis to other contexts, with chapters on South Africa and Kenya, thereby significantly enhancing both the geographical reach of the book and its contribution to African Media Studies and Political Communication more broadly.” (John Steel, Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield, UK)“A good read, Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria details the historical and contemporary roles of media in sub-Saharan Africa. It fills a huge void in the literature of media studies in the continent.” (Abdullahi Tasi’u Abubakar, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University, London, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u is Founder and President of the online educational technology platform Uni Focus Academy, which provides free courses to students in higher education. He previously served as Senior Lecturer in Media and Politics at Northumbria University, UK and Lecturer in Mass Communication at Bayero University, Nigeria. He also worked as a producer at the BBC World Service.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria
Book Subtitle: Intranational Approaches to African Media Systems
Authors: Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96220-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96219-1Published: 24 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07159-2Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96220-7Published: 04 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 272
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Journalism, African Culture, Political Communication, Media and Communication, African Politics