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Role of Journalists in Development: An Exploration of the Professional Autonomy of Kenyan Journalists

Role of  Journalists in Development: An Exploration of the Professional Autonomy of Kenyan Journalists
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Author(s): Joel Kibet Ngetich (Kabianga University, Kenya)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 15
Source title: Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Alfred O. Akwala (Technical University of Kenya, Kenya), Joel K. Ngetich (Kabianga University, Kenya)and Agnes Wanjiku Muchura Theuri (National Youth Service School of Business Studies, Kenya)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8091-1.ch008

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Abstract

The Kenyan media is marked by an unpredictable and changing political, social, cultural, economic, and technological environment that has heavily influenced the professionalism of journalists. The journalistic work is being threatened by the political influences, the emergence of online journalism, and citizen journalism, which the journalists have no control over. The big dilemma is the seemingly declining professionalism of journalism. Given these contextual trends coupled with the structural changes in journalism as a practice, this chapter explores the professional autonomy of Kenyan journalists based on a study carried out in Nairobi County.

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