ABSTRACT

This article addresses digital cultures within the context of the fluid association between the media and the state in the African post-colony. 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 co-producers, of news.

摘要

本文在非洲后殖民时期媒体与国家之间的流动联系中探讨数字文化。在新闻机构构建和传播知识的前提下，本文将现场理论应用于分析肯尼亚广播电台和新闻学校的观察和推论实践。该文章发现新闻学课程依赖于预定义的，非上下文化的规范，并且尚未完全纳入数字技术。此外，肯尼亚媒体界在培训，组织结构和叙事形式上融合了传统和较新的方法。但是保留了传统的采购文化，以及作为新闻的消费者而不是联合生产者与受众互动。