Participatory Politics And Citizen Journalism In A Networked Africa

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137554509
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa written by Bruce Mutsvairo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137554509
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa written by Bruce Mutsvairo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Chris Paterson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131775526X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journalism and Social Media in Africa written by Chris Paterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Bolette B. Blaagaard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786601095
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizen Journalism as Conceptual Practice written by Bolette B. Blaagaard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a conceptualisation of citizen journalism as a political practice developed through analyses of an historical and postcolonial case.

Author : Farooq A. Kperogi
Publisher : Rochester Studies in African H
ISBN 13 : 1580469825
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigeria's Digital Diaspora written by Farooq A. Kperogi and published by Rochester Studies in African H. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Fackson Banda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780868104614
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizen Journalism & Democracy in Africa written by Fackson Banda and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Scullion
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134621116
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment written by Richard Scullion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological, cultural and economic forces are transforming political communication, posing challenges and opportunities for politicians and media organisations, while at the same time many governments and civil society express concerns about the extent and nature of political empowerment and civic engagement. This book offers an international perspective on current thinking and practice about civic and audience empowerment, focusing on the ways and means through which media can empower or dis-empower citizens as audiences. It features theoretical and empirical chapters that draw specific attention to a reappraisal of the theories, methods and issues that inform our understanding of citizens and audiences in contemporary politics. The authors address the following questions: How much and what sorts of civic and audience empowerment are most desirable, and how does this differ cross-nationally? How do citizens relate to private and public spaces? How do citizens function in online, networked, liminal and alternative spaces? How do audiences of ‘non-political’ media spaces relate their experiences to politics? How are political parties and movements utilising audiences as co-creators of political communication and what are the consequences for democracy? With examples from the UK, USA, Holland, France, Germany, The Middle East, South Africa and Mexico, this innovative volume will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, marketing, journalism, cultural studies, public relations, media and international relations.

Author : Nathalie Hyde-Clarke
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780702177781
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Citizen in Communication written by Nathalie Hyde-Clarke and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Trust Matsilele
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031236254
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa written by Trust Matsilele and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mohamed Zayani
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190239778
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networked Publics and Digital Contention written by Mohamed Zayani and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings into focus the relationship between Internet development, youth activism, cyber resistance, and political participation. Taking Tunisia as a case study, it examines the digital culture of contention that developed in an authoritarian context, providing a unique perspective on how networked Arab publics negotiate agency, reconfigure political action, and reimagine citizenship.