Africa's Media Image

This collection arranged and edited by Beverly G. Hawk examines media coverage of Africa by American television newspapers and magazines. Scholars and journalists of diverse experience engage in debate concerning U.S. media coverage of current events in Africa. As each African crisis appears in the headlines scholars take the media to task for sensational and simplistic reporting. Journalists in response explain the constraints of censorship reader interest and media economics. Hawk''s book demonstrates that academia and the press can inform each other to present a fuller and more sensitive picture of Africa today.This volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in African studies African politics journalism and international relations.