Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria Intranational Approaches to African Media Systems /

• Main Author: Yusha'u, Muhammad Jameel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Journalism.; Ethnology-Africa.; Political communication.; Communication.; Africa-Politics and government.; African Culture.; Political Communication.; Media and Communication.; African Politics.

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 investigat...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Corruption Scandals and Intranational Framework for Media Systems Research in Africa
• 2. An Overview of the State of Media in Africa
• 3. Historical Landscape of Nigerian Newspapers
• 4. White and Black Press: Racial Parallelism in South African Journalism
• 5. Foreign Ownership, Local Dynamics: The Media System in Kenya
• 6. Corruption Without Borders: PTDF and Former Governors' Scandals in the Nigerian Press
• 7. Reporting Corruption Scandals in Nigeria: Perspectives from Journalists.