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The influence of photographs, music and comedy in Instagram coronavirus messages on adult preventive habits Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 IfeKristi T. Ayo-Obiremi
Coronaviruses have been in existence for over five decades ‐ shaking and taking lives around the world. COVID-19 is similar to others in this regard, but different because it has had a more global impact, causing more deaths than previous life-threatening viruses. In order to reduce deaths and curtail the virus, different communication forms are being used in various countries. Hinged on the agenda-setting
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Use of Senegalese music to raise coronavirus awareness on social media Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Estrella Sendra,Keyti
Senegal is a country with a long history of oral tradition, where the griot is the leading figure responsible for the transmission of messages from generation to generation over centuries. They are highly regarded and considered in society as a mediator and advisor through their music or spoken word. As Senegal witnessed the arrival of the first cases of coronavirus, a large number of musicians used
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COVID-19 narratives and counter-narratives in Ghana: The dialectics of state messaging and alternative re/de-constructions Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow,Wisdom J. Tettey
As part of its efforts to manage the pandemic, the government of Ghana has tried to control messaging via press conferences, only to find out that it has to contend with a preponderance of, sometimes conflicting, narratives from a variety of sources. These messages come from traditional and social media, adopting conventional and alternative formats for content and delivery. In this article, we examine
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Nigerian government and management of news and information on the coronavirus pandemic Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Gloria Chimeziem Ernest-Samuel,Ngozi Eje Uduma
This research is conducted to ascertain informed public’s views on Nigerian government’s management of news and information during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria. Purposively selected participants were engaged in a WhatsApp conference to investigate how they perceive government’s management of news and information on the pandemic; expose government’s efforts in disseminating news and
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Guardians of truth? Fact-checking the ‘disinfodemic’ in Southern Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Admire Mare,Allen Munoriyarwa
Based on virtual ethnography and online interviews, we provide new evidence of how fact-checking organizations based in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia responded to the influx of conspiracy theories, mis- and disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study seeks to answer the following questions: What kind of responses did ZimFact, Africa Check and Namibia Fact Check put in place to combat
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Analysing the mythologies and the ideological nuances in photographic representation of COVID-19 containment in Kenya’s newspapers Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Joseph N. Nyanoti
When the first death from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported in Kenya on 15 March 2020 the mainstream media seemed to play its role of sensitizing the public and giving coverage as the government enforced regulations to fight the pandemic. However, a critical observation indicated that the media were not doing much more than government propaganda. The focus of this study is to analyse the
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Media and the coronavirus pandemic in Africa Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Martin N. Ndlela
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Imagine dying from an overseas disease, when you do not even own a passport: A critical analysis of Twitter conversations in the wake of COVID-19 in Kenya and South Africa Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Job Mwaura,Ufuoma Akpojivi
South Africa has had a long history of institutionalized racial segregation and although it came to an end in the early 1990s, the level of power, racial and inequalities are still evident to date, making South Africa one of the most unequal societies in the world. Kenya, on the other hand, has had its share of inequalities, particularly inclined towards political and ethnic dimensions. The emergence
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Language in a pandemic: A multimodal analysis of social media representation of COVID-19 Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Oluwayemisi Olusola Adebomi
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, it has become a source of worry across countries within the global space. It has posed not only a health challenge but also an economic and a linguistic burden. Linguistic burden because many efforts are being made by stakeholders to appropriately represent or codify the manifestations of the disease in unambiguous
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Active news audience in COVID-19 pandemic season: Online news sharing motives and secondary gatekeeping decisions by social media users in Nigeria Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi,Adeola Obafemi Mobolaji,Ridwan Abiola Kolawole
Despite its prevalence among Nigerian online readers, the motives for, and implications of, online secondary gatekeeping ‐ a practice where online media audiences select further fragments from published news, aggregate them and share with fellow social media users ‐ have remained unexplored particularly as regards possible sharing of news about the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study examined
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‘Subaltern’ pushbacks: An analysis of responses by Facebook users to ‘racist’ statements by two French doctors on testing a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Selina Linda Mudavanhu
In April 2020, two French doctors discussed on television the idea of testing a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. The controversial utterances were widely condemned, subsequently leading the doctors apologizing. Using thematic analysis, and drawing on Stuart Hall’s encoding‐decoding model and the concepts of coloniality and decoloniality, this article analyses responses to the doctors’ statements by social
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Social media, fake news and fake COVID-19 cures in Nigeria Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Temple Uwalaka,Bigman Nwala,Amadi Confidence Chinedu
This study investigates the impact of social media ‘fake news’ and fake cures headlines on how Netizens viewed and responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. Using data from an online survey (N=254), this study reveals that social media was overwhelmingly the most used type of media for news consumption generally, and the most important source of news about the pandemic. Data further reveal that
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Infobotting COVID-19: A case study of Ask Nameesa in Egypt Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Mona Khattab
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation and unscientific interpretations flooded the internet. Seeking credible information in Egypt was paramount at the time. An answer to this quest was ‘Ask Nameesa’, an award-winning Egyptian-focused chatbot that utilizes Facebook Messenger to communicate with social media users in an individualized response engagement. It relies on information
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South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Herman Wasserman,Wallace Chuma,Tanja Bosch,Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam,Rachel Flynn
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led to unprecedented media coverage globally and in South Africa where, at the time of writing, over 20,000 people had died from the virus. This article explores how mainstream print media covered the COVID-19 pandemic during this time of crisis. The news media play a key role in keeping the public informed during such health crises and potentially shape citizens’
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West African-diasporic social media users facing COVID-19: Care, emotions and power during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Syntia Hasenöhrl
The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in (West) Africa announced a health crisis that required increasing levels of care, on the physical as well as on the emotional level. At the same time, societies had to respect social distancing rules that impeded regular care relationships. This article analysed social media as one means for West African-diasporic actors to practice care in this situation of
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An evaluation of constructive journalism in Zimbabwe: A case study of The Herald’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Thulani Tshabangu,Abiodun Salawu
The coverage of crises such as the global health pandemic, COVID-19, is to a large extent guided by national interest, journalistic culture and editorial policies of media outlets. This article argues that the state-controlled newspaper, The Herald, in Zimbabwe deployed constructive journalism as an approach to report COVID-19. Constructive journalism is about injecting positive angles into news reports
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Is we they? A cross-cultural study of responses to COVID-19 updates in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Robert Madoi Nasaba,Nakiwala Aisha Sembatya
This article delineates the material relations, routines and sensorial responses inhabited by people in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. It grounds views on a discourse of behavioural change while exploring how Ugandans, Kenyans and Rwandans responded to COVID-19 messages populated on selected official government Twitter accounts. The article is a mixed methods
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From COVID-19 to COVID-666: Quasi-religious mentality and ideologies in Nigerian coronavirus pandemic discourse Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Lily Chimuanya,Ebuka Elias Igwebuike
In response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, different religious-immune conspiracy theories emerged to explain the increasing scary situation in Nigeria. Emerging multifarious narratives of the contagion, which are embedded in peculiar Nigerian socio-religiosity and religious economy, reconstructed the discourses into two complexities: corona disease is an invention of the devil and
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God and COVID-19 in Burundian social media: The political fight for the control of the narrative Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Antea Paviotti
While an incredible series of twists characterized the fight against COVID-19 in Burundi and its narration, references to God have never been missing in the narratives around the disease. Trust in God represented one of the pillars of the government’s narrative, next to an attitude of ‘denialism’, and the fight against ‘fake news’. This article analyses the evolution of the narration of COVID-19 on
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Media and global pandemics: Continuities and discontinuities Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Tendai Chari,Ufuoma Akpojivi
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‘You can’t arrest a virus’: The freedom of expression crisis within Egypt’s response to COVID-19 Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Gabriele Cosentino
The article discusses the freedom of expression crisis that characterized the authoritarian response of the Egyptian government to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the case study of the expulsion of the foreign correspondent for The Guardian over contested outbreak data, the article argues that authorities in Egypt exploited the pandemic for political ends by silencing critics and by manipulating the
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Fear-arousing persuasive communication and behaviour change: COVID-19 in Kenya Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Omukule Emojong’
With the absence of immunological, pharmacological or any other known medical interventions, the change in norms, behaviour and attitude of the public remains the only possible way that may be considered for prevention and suppression of COVID-19. This disease, which has morphed into a global pandemic, has mobilized outrageous outpouring action worldwide. Despite international and local media attention
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Communication lapses to combating COVID-19 pandemic: Evaluating Ghana’s COVID-19 campaign Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Jacob Nyarko,Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo,Benedine Azanu
COVID-19 is described as ‘novel’ largely because the virus has rarely been studied. Without any vaccine, the key to containing the virus was the timely delivery of educative public health information to people. With a population of 29 million composed of small urban segments, Ghana has enormous rural enclaves where most of her citizens live. This study seeks to explore the nature of Ghana’s COVID-19
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Exploring COVID-19 infodemic in rural Africa: A case study of Chintheche, Malawi Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Levi Zeleza Manda
While the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes COVID-19) has triggered a worldwide frenzied race to find a vaccine or cure, another battle is raging against technological, medicinal, religious, geopolitical and other infodemics. A two-legged qualitative study in Chintheche, a small rural town in Malawi, Africa, was conducted to explore how the residents there perceived
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COVID-19 containment and control: Information source credibility and adoption of prevention strategies among residents in South West Nigeria Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Mustapha Adeniyi Adeitan,Ngozi Joy Onyechi,Ozioma Omah
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has generated unprecedented information on preventive strategies aimed at containment and control of the disease. This study examined the relationship between perceived credibility of information sources and adoption of COVID-19 preventive strategies among residents in South West Nigeria. The study adopted Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), while online survey and
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A systematic review of the spread of information during pandemics: A case of the 2020 COVID-19 virus Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Oluwakemi Shobowale
The 2020 COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic represents a severe threat to the continent of Africa – to its people, its fauna (as COVID-19 can spread to non-human creatures and human respiratory diseases are often deadly to other primates) and its economy. The context of Africa is unique in its relation to COVID-19 in that Africa has recently suffered from – and still suffers from – severe viral epidemics
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The coronavirus pandemic in Africa: Crisis communication challenges Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Martin N. Ndlela
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‘Fake news’ or trust in authorities? The problems of uncertainty at a time of medical crisis Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Ian Glenn
This article examines the complex boundaries between ‘fake news’, speculation, hypothesis, gossip and whistleblowing during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows that apparently authoritative sources and experts gave information or policy recommendations that have turned out to be wrong, sometimes dangerously so, and explores the kinds of bias that enter medical advice and planning decisions. The article
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Influence of conspiracy theories, misinformation and knowledge on public adoption of Nigerian government’s COVID-19 containment policies Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Ifeoma Theresa Amobi,Lambe Kayode Mustapha,Lilian Adaora Udodi,Oluwakemi Akinuliola-Aweda,Mogbonjubade Esther Adesulure,Innocent Okoye
This study examined the individual and collective influence of conspiracy theories, misinformation and knowledge revolving around COVID-19, on public adoption of the Nigerian government’s containment policies. The study adopted the Survey, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) methods. For the survey, a sample of 466 respondents were drawn from Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, while 24 participants
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Communicating COVID-19 to rural dwellers: Revisiting the role of traditional media in crisis communication Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 Ezinne Abaneme,Chinedu Nwasum,Oscar Chima,Ogbonnanya Elechi,Ngozi Uduma
The recording of the index case of COVID-19 in Nigeria prompted the government to activate emergency communication strategies across the country. This study examines the awareness of the COVID-19 virus amongst rural dwellers and the importance of traditional media in health crisis communication amongst the residents of Ebonyi state. An adult sample size of 95 persons (32 male and 63 female) was assessed
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Shaping citizen’s freedom of social media interaction in Tanzania: The role of city policy experts in digital policy-making Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Josephine Philip Churk,Ingrid Volkmer
Digital communication, especially social media interaction, has emerged as a key domain for civic debates specifically in urban areas of Tanzania. However, how policy-makers perceive these as opportunities for societal development is rarely assessed in research. This study will fill this gap through semi-structured interviews with policy-makers in Dar es Salaam and focus on assessing their perception
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African Language Digital Media and Communication, Abiodun Salawu (ed.) (2019) Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam
Review of: African Language Digital Media and Communication, Abiodun Salawu (ed.) (2019)Abingdon: Routledge, 248 pp.,ISBN 978-0-81535-954-8, p/bk, £36.99, h/bk, £120.00, e-book, £33.29
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Disruptions and transformations of digital media in Africa: An interdisciplinary overview Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Dani Madrid-Morales,Kioko Ireri
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Online incivility, hate speech and political violence in Zambia: Examining the role of online political campaign messages Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Gregory Gondwe
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of online incivility and political violence in Zambia. The study used the 2018 Chilanga Constituency by-election campaign messages and those of the 2019 Sesheke constituency to examine the problem. The study drew from the simulation effects (that communication with dissimilar others can encourage incivility and hate online) to assert that political
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Convergence and divergence of ICTs in Egyptian newsrooms: A longitudinal approach Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Ahmed El Gody
The convergence of information communication technologies (ICTs) in news-making processes has changed the nature of news production in post-Arab Spring Egypt. Several newsrooms have integrated ICTs into their daily routines to develop their content and reconnect with their audiences. Although on the surface this seems a positive development, it appears that today, just a few years after integrating
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Navigating sociocultural communication spaces from a gendered perspective: An analysis of the use of new media technologies by Kenyan families Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Peter F. Masibo Lumala
New technologies have challenged the established conceptual understanding of time and physical space as we know it and problematized how cultural values and power dynamics between men and women are viewed. This study sought to examine the time‐space distanciation and comprehension in the face of increased access to and use of new communication technologies by families in Kenya. The article addresses
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Ghost Story as Social Commentary: A Look at Mati Diop’s Atlantics Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Sahar Hamzah
Review of: Ghost Story as Social Commentary: A Look at Mati Diop’s AtlanticsAtlantics, Mati Diop (dir.) (2019), France: Ad Vitam, France
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Tweeter-in-chief: Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s use of Twitter Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Meghan Sobel Cohen,Karen McIntyre
Rwanda has received international praise for its rapid development and is said to be undergoing a ‘technology revolution’ at the hands of President Paul Kagame who has been described as a ‘Digital President’. This quantitative content analysis of Kagame’s official Twitter account analysed the first ten years of his tweets and found that he primarily tweets in English, with a positive sentiment about
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The role of change agents in the adaptation and use of mobile money services in Kenya Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 David Tuwei,Melissa Tully
Kenya’s M-Pesa has arguably become the most recognizable symbol of mobile money globally. The success of M-Pesa can be partially attributed to Safaricom’s continuous product innovation. However, few studies have examined the role of M-Pesa employees (called agents) in the adaptation of M-Pesa. To address this gap, we explore the role of M-Pesa agents in Kenya’s mobile money ecosystem by using observations
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Cultural expression using digital media by students Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Gbolahan Olasina
Digital media have developed to facilitate new forms of engagement with heritage and allow traditional life to showcase its past history, thus potentially broadening interest to a broader landscape of audience. The research responds to calls for a better understanding of cultural expression using digital media by exploring the affordances and utilization of digital forms on users. Also, it is essential
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Constitutional referendums and the media in Africa: Reporting the aborted referendum in Tanzania ‐ 2015 Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Helge Rønning
The article involves three main topics. The first deals with the role of referendums in relation to constitutional processes, and how they have become increasingly common, with a focus on African developments. The second topic is a description of the referendums in relation to the media coverage of the rejected constitutional change in Zimbabwe in 2000 and in Kenya 2005, and with subsequent elections
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Political communication in East Africa: An introduction Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Kristin Skare Orgeret,Helge Rønning
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The sociocultural and political influences on the practice of media advocacy: The case of sexual harassment in Egypt Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Aya Shata,Khaled Amin
The sociocultural context, in which media advocacy is practised, results in several influential factors that affect its effectiveness, outcomes, and success/failure. The objective of this article is to identify and discuss the sociocultural and political factors for the media advocacy efforts in fighting sexual harassment in Egypt and to evaluate their influence on the campaign’s outcomes. Using the
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Regulating online content in East Africa: Potential challenges and possible solutions Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Sylvia Ndanu Mutua,Zhang Yanqiu
This article identifies the key but common challenges in the regulation of online content in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in East Africa (EA), both in terms of the regulatory challenges and the controversies surrounding government legislative responses to curbing illegal and harmful online content. To address these challenges, the article proposes the incorporation of digital literacy into the existing
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Activism as political action in Uganda: The role of social media Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Florence Namasinga Selnes,Kristin Skare Orgeret
The article discusses political activism in Uganda and the role of social media. It focuses on two specific cases, the 2011 ‘Walk-to-Work’ and the 2017 ‘Pads4Girls’ campaigns in order to contribute to better understanding of the ever-evolving dynamic between political activism and the media in such campaigns. A disputed presidential election in 2011 in Uganda prompted opposition politicians to call
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Translating the global climate change challenge into action as reflected in Uganda’s media Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Goretti Nassanga
Climate change is a global risk that has affected all countries, which requires both global and national action. From the domain of scientists, who initially dominated climate debates, climate change has now become a public issue, with politicians increasingly influencing decisions on climate action, thus climate change becoming a highly politicized media topic. Given that media focus on key issues
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Election reporting and githerinization of Kenya’s media Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Wilson Ugangu
Kenya’s media landscape has greatly transformed since the reforms of the 1990s, resulting in increased private ownership of media. The relationship between the media, politics and the citizen has been the most affected by these transformations. Using examples from Kenya’s 2017 elections, this article attempts to show how this relationship has changed and the opportunities and challenges for modern
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A framing analysis of mainstream newspaper coverage of the 2013 ‘Coalition of the Willing’ initiative in East Africa Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Joseph Njuguna,Margaret Jjuuko
The phrase, ‘Coalition of the Willing’, emerged in East Africa in 2013, when three East African Community (EAC) members (Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda) forged a Tripartite Initiative to fast-track the EAC regional integration, sidelining Tanzania and Burundi, for their apparent ‘aloofness’ to integration. This coalition created tensions among the five countries, exacerbating an already simmering conflict
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Training for English language or indigenous language media journalism: A decolonial critique of Zimbabwean journalism and media training institutions’ training practices Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Albert Chibuwe,Abioudun Salawu
There is growing academic scholarship on indigenous language media in Africa. The scholarship has mostly tended to focus on the content and political economy of indigenous language newspapers. The scholarship also suggests that much needs to be done in inculcating indigenous languages and indigenous language journalism in journalism education. Grounded in decoloniality, this article explores journalism
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Journalism, Democracy, and Human Rights in Zimbabwe, Bruce Mutsvairo and Cleophas T. Muneri (2019) Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Munachim Amah
Review of: Journalism, Democracy, and Human Rights in Zimbabwe, Bruce Mutsvairo and Cleophas T. Muneri (2019)London: Lexington Books, 164 pp.,ISBN 978-1-49859-976-4, h/bk, $85.00 (£54.95),ISBN 978-1-49859-977-1, e/bk, $80.50 (£54.95)
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Vibrant and safe media landscape in Ghana: Reality or mirage? Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Africanus Lewil Diedong
Despite widespread condemnation of assaults on journalists in Ghana and elsewhere in the past, there is increasing evidence of brutality against journalists. When perpetrators of such assaults go unpunished, it fosters a culture of impunity. The article throws searchlight on incidences of assaults on journalists and the ambivalent attitude of the public and/or state agencies towards media freedom.
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Information literacy practices of young Internet users related to the production of religious content: 2019 Algerian protests case Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Mihaela-Alexandra Tudor,Farid Ladjouzi
This article aims to explore the creative practices of young Algerian Internet users related to the production of religious content within the context of the protest movement post 22 February 2019. It questions the place of the Islamic religion in the Algerian protests in the light of religious redocumentarized contents on Facebook (photos). The research is based on the methodological approach of redocumentarization
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Political communication strategies of sub-Saharan Africa nationalist movements in the era of (de)colonization: The case of the UPC in Cameroon (1948–56) Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Christian Tatchou Nounkeu
This article is about the political communication strategies of the Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC), a political party in Cameroon which fought for the independence of the country. We parti ...
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The portrayal of victims of intimate femicide in the South African media Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Amanda Spies
This article reflects on the murders of Reeva Steenkamp (2013), Jayde Panayiotou (2015), Susan Rhode (2016) and Karabo Mokoena (2017) and questions how victims of intimate femicide are portrayed in the South African media. Media reporting on intimate femicide clearly illustrates how the murder of women by their intimate partners, are framed as isolated incidents rather than a systemic problem situated
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The Rhetorical Legacy of Wangari Maathai, Eddah M. Mutua, Alberto Gonzalez and Anke Wolbert (eds) (2018) Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Silk Ugwu Ogbu
Review of: The Rhetorical Legacy of Wangari Maathai, Eddah M. Mutua, Alberto Gonzalez and Anke Wolbert (eds) (2018)Lanham: Lexington Books, 221 pp.,ISBN 978-1-49857-112-8, h/bk, $83.07
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So, who is responsible? A framing analysis of newspaper coverage of electoral violence in Zimbabwe Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Allen Munoriyarwa
This study examines how the 2008 election violence was framed in three mainstream Zimbabwean weekly newspapers – The Sunday Mail, The Independent and The Zimbabwean. It was noted that four frames – the victim, justice and human rights, trivialization and attribution of responsibility frames dominated the coverage of electoral violence in these three newspapers. The dominance of the trivializing frame
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A case of double standards? Audience attitudes to professional norms on local and English language radio news programmes in Ghana Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Audrey Gadzekpo,Abena Animwaa Yeboah-Banin,Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo
The proliferation of radio stations across Africa has engendered an increase in local language radio stations and fuelled culturally-rooted practices of news delivery considered by many media professionals as sub-standard. This article explores the reception practices of multi-lingual audiences in Ghana, focusing on their views on the different norms and approaches of local language and English language
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Rise and #Fall: The unsuspended revolution Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-01 Bandile Bertrand Leopeng
This article utilizes a multimodal media analysis similar to Parker that takes place on three levels: (1) it connects an interview completed by professor Habib in a 2014 issue of the South African magazine publication Destiny Man, (2) with the events captured in photography of the 2015 #FeesMustFall protest as well as (3) the events recorded an Internet documentary entitled Decolonising Wits. This
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Preserving lions and culture: Conflicting standards of human–wildlife conflict Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-01 Allison Hailey Hahn
Conservation biologists predict that human–wildlife conflicts will increase in the near future as climate change forces the migration of both human and animal populations in search of increasingly scarce resources. These conflicts often capture international attention pitting wildlife against human communities, which are framed as savage hunters or uncaring consumerists. This framing often presumes
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A comparative analysis of social media messaging by African-centred LGBT refugee NGOs Journal of African Media Studies (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-01 Linda Jean Kenix,Femi Abikanlu
Approximately 40 per cent of countries categorize homosexuality as illegal. However, refugee status is still granted largely on the basis of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which found that a refugee is a person who has a ‘well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion’. On that basis