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Title: 

Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism

Other Titles: Prophets without Honor
Authors: Wahutu, j. Siguru
Keywords: Africa; Kenya; journalism; social media
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: Media and Communication
Citation: Wahutu, j. Siguru (2019). "Prophets without Honor: Peripheral Actors in Kenyan Journalism." Media and Communication 7 (4), 127-132.
Abstract: In sub-Sahara Africa, periphery contributors exist in a liminal space. They are at once valorized and treated with suspicion by the local journalism and political fields. Valorization occurs when they engage with, and challenge, journalism from the global north, and the opposite occurs when they do the same for the local fields. Focusing on the former and not the latter is a disservice to the complicated and nuanced relationship these actors have with the journalism field and perpetuates a mythologized and romanticized narrative about the redemptive qualities of online platforms.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2451/61225
ISSN: 2183-2439
Rights: Copyright 2019 by the author; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY)
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