Digital Technologies and the Evolving African Newsroom: Towards an African Digital Journalism Epistemology
London: Routledge (2015), xi, 120 pp.
Series: Journalism Studies: Theory and Practice
ISBN 9781138305045 (pbk); 9781315741826 (online)
Reviewed in: African Journalism Studies, vol. 36:4, pp. 171-174
1 Introduction: 'Digital technologies and the evolving African newsroom': towards an African digital journalism epistemology / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, 3
2 New media technologies and internal newsroom creativity in Mozambique: the case of @verdade / Admire Mare, 13
3 Social media and community radio journalism in South Africa / Tanja Bosch, 30
4 Readers comments on Zimbabwean newspaper websites: how audience voices are challenging and (re)defining traditional journalism / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, 45
5 Negotiating convergence: "alternative" journalism and institutional practices of Nigerian journalists / Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye, 63
6 The use of information and communication technologies in three Egyptian newsrooms / Ahmed El Gody, 78
7 Journalists' Twitter networks, public debates and relationships in South Africa / Peter Verweij and Elvira van Noort, 99
2 New media technologies and internal newsroom creativity in Mozambique: the case of @verdade / Admire Mare, 13
3 Social media and community radio journalism in South Africa / Tanja Bosch, 30
4 Readers comments on Zimbabwean newspaper websites: how audience voices are challenging and (re)defining traditional journalism / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, 45
5 Negotiating convergence: "alternative" journalism and institutional practices of Nigerian journalists / Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye, 63
6 The use of information and communication technologies in three Egyptian newsrooms / Ahmed El Gody, 78
7 Journalists' Twitter networks, public debates and relationships in South Africa / Peter Verweij and Elvira van Noort, 99
