Participatory Journalism In Africa

Author : Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara,Admire Mare
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429516054

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Participatory Journalism in Africa by Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara,Admire Mare Pdf

This book offers an African perspective on how news organisations are embracing digital participatory practices as part of their everyday news production, dissemination and audience engagement strategies. Drawing on empirical evidence from news organisations in sub-Saharan Africa, Participatory Journalism in Africa investigates and maps out professional practices emerging with journalists’ direct interactions with readers and sources via online user comment spaces and social media platforms. Using a social constructivist approach, the book focuses on the challenges relating to the elite-centric nature of active participation on the platforms, while also highlighting emerging ethical and normative dilemmas. The authors also point to the hidden structural controls to participation and user engagement associated with artificial intelligence, chatbots and algorithms. These obstacles, coupled with low digital literacy levels and the well-established pitfalls of the digital divide, challenge the utopian view that in Africa interactive digital technologies are the sine qua non spaces for democratic participation. This is a valuable resource for academics, journalists and students across a wide range of disciplines including journalism studies, communication, sociology and political science.

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137554505

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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa by Bruce Mutsvairo Pdf

This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of technologies in driving change in Africa.

Author : Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara,Okoth Fred Mudhai,Jason Whittaker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134109067

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Online Journalism in Africa by Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara,Okoth Fred Mudhai,Jason Whittaker Pdf

Very little is known about how African journalists are forging "new" ways to practise their profession on the web. Against this backdrop, this volume provides contextually rooted discussions of trends, practices, and emerging cultures of web-based journalism(s) across the continent, offering a comprehensive research tool that can both stand the test of time as well as offer researchers (particularly those in the economically developed Global North) models for cross-cultural comparative research. The essays here deploy either a wide range of evidence or adopt a case-study approach to engage with contemporary developments in African online journalism. This book thus makes up for the gap in cross-cultural studies that seek to understand online journalism in all its complexities.

Author : Fackson Banda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Citizen journalism
ISBN : 0868104612

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Citizen Journalism & Democracy in Africa by Fackson Banda Pdf

Author : Hayes Mabweazara
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317584315

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Digital Technologies and the Evolving African Newsroom by Hayes Mabweazara Pdf

African newsrooms are experiencing the disruptive impact of new digital technologies on the way they generate and disseminate news. Indeed, newsrooms are being forced to adapt in various ways and there are clear dimensions of localized creativity and adaptations by journalists to the digital revolution. In the same way, the influences of digitization, Internet, and social media are changing the informational needs of readers, including how they engage with news. These developments nonetheless remain on the margins of ‘mainstream’ journalism research – very few researchers have sought to qualitatively capture the implications of developments in digital technologies on the routine practices of African journalists, especially in their ‘natural habitat’, the newsroom. In this light, this edited volume interrogates the changing ecology of newsmaking in Africa in the context of rapid technological changes in newsrooms as well as in the wider social context of news production. It brings together six contributions drawn from five countries: Egypt, Mozambique, South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, to explore practices, challenges and professional normative dilemmas emerging with the adoption and appropriation of new technologies. While the studies point to dimensions of localised new technology appropriations as defined by the complex socio-political structures in which African journalists operate, they are not rigidly confined to Africa. They are expressly in dialogue with theoretical observations largely emerging from Western scholarship. In this sense, the book goes beyond simply mainstreaming African perspectives, it engages directly with dominant theoretical observations and offers a point of departure for developing what could loosely be branded as an African digital journalism epistemology. This book was originally published as a special issue of Digital Journalism.

Author : Trust Matsilele,Shepherd Mpofu,Dumisani Moyo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031236259

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New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa by Trust Matsilele,Shepherd Mpofu,Dumisani Moyo Pdf

This volume presents case studies of news media employing and integrating social media into their news production practices. It links social media use to journalistic practices and news production processes in the digital age of the Global South. Critically, the chapters look at seminal cases of start-up news media whose content is informed by trends in social media, ethical considerations and participatory cultures spurred by the wide use of social media. There has been considerable research looking at the potential of new media technologies, traditional journalism and citizen reporting. The extent to which these new media technologies and ‘citizen journalism’ have morphed or reconfigured traditional journalism practice remains debatable. Currently, there are questions around the limits of social media in journalism practice as the ethical lines continue to become blurred. It is this conundrum of the role of social media in the reconfiguration of the media, news making, production and participatory cultures that requires more investigation. Social media has also turned the logic of the political economy of media production on its head as citizens can now produce, package and distribute news and information with shoestring budgets and in authoritarian regimes with no license of practice. This new political economy means the power that special interest groups used to enjoy is increasingly slipping from their hands as citizens take back the power to appropriate social media journalism to counter hegemonic narratives. Citizens can also perform journalistic roles of investigating and whistleblowing but with a lack off, or limited, regulation. This volume seeks to explore and untangle these issues, and provides an invaluable resource for researchers across the field of journalism, mass media, and communication studies.

Author : Chris Paterson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317755265

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Journalism and Social Media in Africa by Chris Paterson Pdf

Through innovative research studies and expert commentaries, this book documents the fast evolving invention of the relationship between the millions of social media and mobile phone users around Africa and traditional purveyors of news. Whilst social media demonstrates an unprecedented ability for the politically engaged to both bypass and influence traditional information flows, it also faces unique circumstances through much of Africa. Signs of social change brought by mobile technology are evident around the continent, raising questions about the nature of information exchange and citizenship. Working from a wide variety of perspectives and methodologies, the contributors to this collection address key questions emerging from rapid communication change in Africa. This book reveals how new, participatory, interactive communications technologies are enabling new tellings of Africa’s stories. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies.

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137554505

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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa by Bruce Mutsvairo Pdf

This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of technologies in driving change in Africa.

Author : Farooq A. Kperogi
Publisher : Rochester Studies in African H
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781580469821

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Nigeria's Digital Diaspora by Farooq A. Kperogi Pdf

In a disruptive media landscape characterized by the relentless death of legacy newspapers, Nigeria's Digital Diaspora shows that a country's transnational elite can shake its media ecosystem through distant online citizen journalism.

Author : Nathalie Hyde-Clarke
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Citizen journalism
ISBN : 0702177784

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The Citizen in Communication by Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Pdf

This is a compilation of contemporary, accessible material from reputable academics with an interest in the South African media, and the changes that are currently impacting on the public's ability to engage with it. The book addresses two vital sections of the communication landscape in South Africa. Firstly, it introduces notions and practices of citizen journalism in the growing trend of civilians providing media footage, blogging and SMS commentary. Secondly, it looks at the prevalence and effectiveness of community media, as well as the challenges such media face on a day-to-day basis. In this way, the text explores the scope and effectiveness of two alternative forms of communication that in theory are designed to allow for the 'voiceless' citizenry to express their opinions and experiences. To enhance active learning practices, each chapter starts with key terms and concepts. South African examples are provided to show relevance and the applicability of theoretical frameworks. To assist with the consolidation process, each chapter ends with topics/questions for discussion and suggested further reading.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 9780889368026

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Participatory Development Communication by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Participatory Development Communication: A West African agenda

Author : Fredrick Ogenga
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000124194

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Peace Journalism in East Africa by Fredrick Ogenga Pdf

This concise edited collection explores the practice of peace journalism in East Africa, focusing specifically on the unique political and economic contexts of Uganda and Kenya. The book offers a refreshing path towards transformative journalism in East Africa through imbibing pan-African institutional methodological approaches and the African philosophies of Utu (humanity), Umoja (unity) and Harambee (collective responsibility) as news values. Contributions from key academics demonstrate how media practices that are supportive of peace can prevent the escalation of conflict and promote its nonviolent resolution. The chapters cumulatively represent a rich repertoire of experiences and cases that skillfully tell the story of the connections between media and peacebuilding in East Africa, while also avoiding romanticizing peace journalism as an end to itself or using it as an excuse for censorship. This cutting-edge research book is a valuable resource for academics in journalism, media studies, communication, peace and conflict studies, and sociology.

Author : Tendai Chari,Ufuoma Akpojivi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000955040

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Communication Rights in Africa by Tendai Chari,Ufuoma Akpojivi Pdf

This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be considered an integral component of the human rights discourse in Africa. Drawing on a broad range of case studies across the continent, the volume considers what constitutes communication rights in Africa, who should protect them, against whom, and how communication rights relate to broader human rights. While the case studies highlight the variation in communicative rights experiences between countries, they also coalesce around common tropes and practices for the implementation and expression of communication rights. Deploying a variety of innovative theoretical and methodological approaches, the chapters scrutinise different facets of communication rights in the context of both offline and digital communication realities. The contributions provide illuminating accounts on language rights, digital exclusion, digital activism, citizen journalism, media regulation and censorship, protection of intellectual property rights, politics of mobile data, and politicisation of social media. This is the first collection to consider communication in Africa using a rights-based lens. The book will appeal to researchers, academics, communication activists, and media practitioners at all levels in the fields of media studies, journalism, human rights, political science, public policy, as well as general readers who are keen to know about the status of communication rights in Africa.

Author : Peter Anderson,Michael Williams,George Ogola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134108572

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The Future of Quality News Journalism by Peter Anderson,Michael Williams,George Ogola Pdf

In the face of the continuously changing challenges of the digital age, it is difficult for quality news journalism to survive on any significant scale if a means for adequately funding it is not available. This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, includes a comparative analysis of possible alternative business models that may save the future of the quality news business across the developed, intermediate, and developing worlds. Its detailed evaluation encompasses also the different ways in which wider key issues are affecting the prospects for quality news as a core ingredient of effectively working democracies. It focuses on the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Kenya, and selected parts of the Arab World, providing a comprehensive cross-cultural survey of different approaches to addressing these various issues. To keep the study firmly rooted in the "real world" the contributors include distinguished practitioners as well as experienced academics.

Author : Christina Chan-Meetoo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789956790111

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Media Ethics and Regulation by Christina Chan-Meetoo Pdf

"This book provides useful pointers to help journalists navigate the dilemmas they face in the professional practice. It provides an enlightening overview of the views of Mauritian journalists on their own industry and an in-depth look at the South African model for self-regulation. As part of the ethical approach, the book also reviews the main issues related to gender-senstive reporting, in view of the significant role the media have to play in genedr education.... Journalism is a public good and the need to a clear social contract is stronger than ever in a world where transparency and acoountability are on the agenda. Mechanisms for ensuring ethical practice are essential and should be hailed as beacons for a stronger journalism." -- Back cover.