The socio-political news of Bejaia in the 19th century in the local press Case of the newspaper « L’oued-Sahel » in Béjaia

Abstract

This text questions an important aspect of French colonization in Algeria, it is the media facet of colonialism mobilized to establish the hegemony and supremacy of the colonists and facilitate the control of the colonial administration over the indigenous populations. This "soft power", which accompanied the French presence in Algeria, is apprehended from the point of view of local information and social and political news in the region of Bejaia in Kabylie, through the content of the local newspaper "l’oued Sahel". The content analysis of this title revealed a glaring distinction in the treatment reserved for settlers and natives, considered as second-class citizens, even if the official discourse is unifying and egalitarian.