The national audiovisual Institute (INA) has cast a stark light on the place of Africa in six major French channels, including three public (France 2, France 3 and Arte) and three private (TF1, Canal+ and M6). The study carried out by the INA was published this Sunday.
Africa less in terms of quantity of information
At first, there was the InaStat, barometer statistics from the national audiovisual Institute. He peeled the news from 2011 to 2019. It reveals that the media coverage of the african continent accounts for 5.4 % of the global offer of information of TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal+, Arte and M6. This is less than Asia (12 %), but higher than Latin America (2 %). If all the countries of Africa are mentioned at least once (except Sao Tome and Principe), more than half of the citations are concentrated on just 5 countries : Egypt, Libya, Mali, Tunisia and Algeria. At the level of the subjects, those which are put forward are mainly related to conflicts and other issues sounding negative.
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these nine years, it’s France 2 which has devoted the most of subjects to Africa, with 3 312 subjects, in front of Arte (3 169), TF1 (2 593), M6 (2 003), France 3 (1 995), and Canal+ (1 527). If one compares these figures to the supply of each channel is Arte, which is the head, having spent 10.8% of its JT on the continent, in front of Canal+ (7.4 %) and France 2 (5,1 %).
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Side personality, the palm of the media to remember (speaking to the JT) to the ex-head of State of libya Muammar al-Gaddafi, between 2009 and October 2011, the date of his death, followed by the egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The INA also notes the absence of women among these personalities, like the ex-president of the Commission of the african Union (2012-2017), the South African Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who has only 5 passes on the decade.
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