Project

Out of the past. A multi-methodological research project on the role and representation of the colonial past in contemporary news coverage: Africa on Belgium and vice versa.

Code
01CD3221
Duration
01 November 2021 → 30 April 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • International and development communication
Keywords
Kinshasa globalization journalism practices online media print press
 
Project description

This project studies the role that globalization processes play in the everyday professional lives and local production practices of the online and print press in Kinshasa. By using a bottom-up approach, the role and implications of contemporary and historical key processes are identified, like the shifts due to the arrival of online media and interactions with global actors.