Three directions for further research are suggested, encouraging further empirical, anthropological and philosophical studies on brown envelope practices with the view to interrogate the phenomenon as an exemplar of wider professional and ethical issues. It is argued that the research body has clustered around four main topics: documentation of brown envelope journalism consideration of the impact of poor economic conditions analysis of the political and social influence and discussion of ethical and professional concerns.
The article discusses how the research tradition has invariably interpreted brown envelope journalism in light of the professional and societal atmosphere. The research literature on the phenomenon is growing, coinciding with the alleged increase of informal incentives in African journalism practice.
This article gives an overview of past and contemporary research on the “brown envelope” phenomenon in African journalism and documents local terminology and appropriation.
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