3.6 billion euros per year loss for Africa

According to a report analyzed by the British daily The Guardian, the African continent loses more than 3.6 billion euros per year due to negative stereotypes conveyed by the media. Media portrayals, particularly during elections, focus excessively on conflict, corruption, poverty, disease and lack of leadership, he said. The Guardian.

To arrive at their conclusions, the researchers compared global media coverage of non-African countries with similar socio-economic and political conditions to those of African countries. Malaysia has been compared to Kenya, Denmark to South Africa and Thailand to Egypt.

The observation is clear: there are inequalities in media coverage between African and non-African countries. Corruption and violence of electoral events are amplified by the use of misleading titles, details The Guardian.

Misinterpretations

In addition, there is a gap between the negative connotations conveyed by the titles of the articles and the contents of these same articles, according to his side The Country. The Spanish daily, which also looked into this report, notes