Project

The role of global power relations in the everyday professional lives and practices of the journalists of the online and print press in post-colonial Kinshasa.

Code

13v01221-07

Duration

01 January 2021 → 31 August 2022

Funding

Federal funding: VLIR-UOS

Promotor

Stijn Joye

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- International and development communication
- Journalism studies

Keywords

Print press online news media Kinshasa DR Congo global power relations post-colonial theory

Project description

By looking at the ways in which the journalists of the online and print press interact with foreign players, this research project aims to investigate the role of global power relations in the everyday professional lives and practices of the journalists in post-colonial Kinshasa.