La radio en Afrique de l'ouest, un « média carrefour » sous-estimé ? L'exemple du Burkina Faso

Capitant, Sylvie

doi:10.3166/réseaux.150.189-217

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“…Yet there is little, if any, research on the media's role since Burkina's 2015 coup (Ouédraogo, 2022;Heywood, 2022a, 2022b, Heywood et al, 2024 where, as in other African states, the daily lives of citizens, journalists and politicians have been shaped by the ongoing (political) insecurity. Initial work on Burkina Faso has addressed terrorist violence and media in the country and the effects of the security context on journalists' discourses and practices (Yaméogo, 2018a(Yaméogo, , 2018b; specific aspects of Burkina Faso's media (Bagare, 2019;Balima, 2001;Capitant, 2008); and Burkinabè radio. Yaméogo and Heywood (2022) have also contrasted the trust placed in radio with that of social media, considered by radio audiences to be sources of misinformation.…”

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A cog in a wheel? Journalism under pressure during coups d’état in Burkina Faso

Fierens,

Heywood,

Yaméogo

2024

Media, War & Conflict

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This article explores how the (attempted) coups and popular uprising that occurred in Burkina Faso between October 2014 and January 2022 have impacted the professional boundaries of journalism. These events are considered crucial in understanding the complex and ongoing interactions between political actors and the media, and contribute to a better understanding of the broader reality of journalism’s boundary-making process across Africa. Drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted with journalists, editors and journalism teachers in Ouagadougou in 2022, this article investigates the roles that private and public media journalists aimed to play in these extreme conditions and how their reactions reflect the constantly evolving nature of the journalistic profession.

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