Producing Journalistic Discourse on War
A Congolese Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22169391 |
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| Authors | Justine Brabant (Journalist, independent researcher, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 58-65 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanitarian Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2515-6411 • E-ISSN: 2515-6411 |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7227/jha.044 |
| OpenAlex | W3110867686 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Based on the author’s experience as both a journalist and an independent researcher working regularly in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this article examines the many constraints that journalists face in areas of armed conflict. It considers two unusual aspects of journalistic practice observed in the DRC: first, the reporters’ lexical dependence – that is, how the language journalists typically use to describe war is borrowed, sometimes unconsciously, from the war-related rhetoric developed in other fields – and second, journalists’ practical dependence on humanitarian organisations and how this might influence the articles they produce
Democracy · Linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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