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Abstract:
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This article addresses digital cultures within the context of the fluid
association between the media and the state in the African postcolony. Based on the premise that news organisations construct
and disseminate knowledge, the article applies field theory in
analysing observed and inferred practices at a radio station and
journalism school in Kenya. The article finds that journalism
curricula rely on predefined, non-contextualised norms and are
yet to fully incorporate digital technologies. Additionally, there is a
hybridisation of traditional and newer approaches in training,
organisational structures and narrative forms in the Kenyan media
landscape. But traditional sourcing cultures are retained, as is the
engagement with audiences as consumers, rather than coproducers, of news. |