ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the "tokenisation of development" in the news, aiming to provide an overview of the key problems in news coverage of development. It exemplifies some of the problems of development economics through a detailed examination of measurable indicators that are often used to substantiate economic claims in the news. The book examines how geopolitical prerogatives defined development news discourses during the Cold War through the case of John F. Kennedy administration's Alliance for Progress in Latin America. It also examines news representation of foreign aid, another problematic area of development news discourse. The book discusses an anatomy of the deeply problematic news discourse about population growth, namely the Malthusian belief that it is the root cause of resource depletion and underdevelopment in the Global South.
