不再绝望:从媒体角度看非洲崛起辩论

No Longer Hopeless:A Media-Centric Approach to Framing the Africa Rising Debate

'泛非主义'、'非洲复兴'等概念日渐势弱,'非洲崛起'之说也未成势。'非洲崛起'这一华丽文辞与其说是非洲说法,不如说是西方创造的新词。这个说法被推为对历经磨难的非洲大陆出现新一轮乐观潮,但似乎并未进入非洲媒体话语之中。

Africa Rise has known disputations in its short course.The Africa Rise rhetoric is more a Western coinage than it is African,the Africa Rise construct has failed to click.African media are more optimistic than pessimistic about their continent without necessarily following the Western promotion of the Africa Rise construct.This stands in contrast to Western media’s“over-selection”of negative news on and from Africa.African media could play a pivotal role in the continent’s reclaiming its right to be in charge of its own representation and narratives.