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Different Global Journalisms

Cultures and Contexts

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Presents an in-depth exploration of global practices that departs from the typical Western-centric approach
  • Promotes and deploys a culturally-specifically and politically-relevant journalism
  • Seeks to better understand how journalism across cultures differs

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South (PSJGS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Understanding Journalism Within Non-Western Contexts

    • Saba Bebawi, Oxana Onilov
    Pages 1-8
  3. Harnessing Data and Digital Journalism in Latin America

    • Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos, Lucia Mesquita, Gabriela Gruszynski Sanseverino, Giuliander Carpes, Kamila Fernandes Federal, Ramón Salaverría
    Pages 9-33
  4. India: Mapping Journalism in the World’s Largest Democracy

    • Daya Kishan Thussu, Anilesh Kumar
    Pages 107-125
  5. Investigative Journalism Is Global

    • Hugo de Burgh
    Pages 155-171
  6. Confessions of Two Well-Meaning ‘Mzungu’ Journalism Trainers

    • Ivor Gaber, Naomi Goldsmith
    Pages 173-191
  7. Understanding Different Journalisms

    • Saba Bebawi
    Pages 193-199
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 201-205

About this book

This edited collection seeks to better understand how journalism across cultures differs, presenting an in-depth exploration of global practices that departs from the typical Western-centric approach. 



Journalists across the world are trained, generally speaking, within Western models of reporting and are taught to do so as a practice where reporters need to aspire and aim for. Yet what such training is short of achieving is teaching reporters how to 'do' journalism within their own environments. In turn, what is required is a method of journalistic training and practice that is reflective of the actual practice reporters encounter on the ground. In order to do so, a better understanding of how journalism is practised in different parts of the world, the context surrounding such practices, the issues and challenges associated, and the positive practices that Western journalism can offer, is necessary. Promoting and deploying a culturally-specific and politically-relevant journalism, this book provides just that.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Arts, School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Saba Bebawi

  • Faculty of Arts, School of Communication, Sydney, Australia

    Oxana Onilov

About the editors

Saba Bebawi is Professor of Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She has published on media power and the role of media in democracy-building, in addition to investigative journalism in conflict and post-conflict regions.​


Oxana Onilov is a social researcher with a PhD in communication and media studies from the University of Technology Sydney. She has worked as a researcher on various topics, including the role of social media in protest participation, health communication and measurement and evaluation of communication. 

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