Mebarek-Daza, Daniel (2015) ‘Africa’ in the media: between starving children and smiling children. POLIS: journalism and society at the LSE (08 Dec 2015). Website.
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By LSE MSc student Daniel Mebarek-Daza Stories and images of hunger, conflict and underdevelopment have for long functioned as metonyms of Africa: a continent of vast ethnic, linguistic and geographical diversity. These narratives have reinforced the reductionist discourse of Africa as a site of monolith suffering, permanent crisis and hopelessness. Perhaps one of the most pronounced images to emerge from this trend has been that of starving children: a depiction which has largely been used by aid agencies in their campaigns to stir the reaction and the charity of the masses.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2017 11:01 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 14:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/76725 |
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