Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic in Africa (Part Two)
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2021), pp. 305-490
Media and global pandemics: Continuities and discontinuities / Tendai Chari, Ufuoma Akpojivi, 305
‘Subaltern’ pushbacks: An analysis of responses by Facebook users to ‘racist’ statements by two French doctors on testing a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa / Selina Linda Mudavanhu, 317
South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis / Herman Wasserman, Wallace Chuma, Tanja Bosch, Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Rachel Flynn, 333
Is we they? A cross-cultural study of responses to COVID-19 updates in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda / Robert Madoi Nasaba, Nakiwala Aisha Sembatya, 351
West African-diasporic social media users facing COVID-19: Care, emotions and power during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic / Syntia Hasenöhrl, 367
God and COVID-19 in Burundian social media: The political fight for the control of the narrative / Antea Paviotti, 385
From COVID-19 to COVID-666: Quasi-religious mentality and ideologies in Nigerian coronavirus pandemic discourse / Lily Chimuanya, Ebuka Elias Igwebuike, 399
Media representation of China in the time of pandemic: A comparative study of Kenyan and Ethiopian media / Hangwei Li, 417
Social media, fake news and fake COVID-19 cures in Nigeria / Temple Uwalaka, Bigman Nwala, Amadi Confidence Chinedu, 435
Infobotting COVID-19: A case study of Ask Nameesa [a chatbot that utilizes Facebook Messenger to communicate with social media users in an individualized response engagement] in Egypt / Mona Khattab, 451
An evaluation of constructive journalism in Zimbabwe: A case study of The Herald’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic / Thulani Tshabangu, Abiodun Salawu, 477
‘Subaltern’ pushbacks: An analysis of responses by Facebook users to ‘racist’ statements by two French doctors on testing a COVID-19 vaccine in Africa / Selina Linda Mudavanhu, 317
South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis / Herman Wasserman, Wallace Chuma, Tanja Bosch, Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Rachel Flynn, 333
Is we they? A cross-cultural study of responses to COVID-19 updates in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda / Robert Madoi Nasaba, Nakiwala Aisha Sembatya, 351
West African-diasporic social media users facing COVID-19: Care, emotions and power during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic / Syntia Hasenöhrl, 367
God and COVID-19 in Burundian social media: The political fight for the control of the narrative / Antea Paviotti, 385
From COVID-19 to COVID-666: Quasi-religious mentality and ideologies in Nigerian coronavirus pandemic discourse / Lily Chimuanya, Ebuka Elias Igwebuike, 399
Media representation of China in the time of pandemic: A comparative study of Kenyan and Ethiopian media / Hangwei Li, 417
Social media, fake news and fake COVID-19 cures in Nigeria / Temple Uwalaka, Bigman Nwala, Amadi Confidence Chinedu, 435
Infobotting COVID-19: A case study of Ask Nameesa [a chatbot that utilizes Facebook Messenger to communicate with social media users in an individualized response engagement] in Egypt / Mona Khattab, 451
An evaluation of constructive journalism in Zimbabwe: A case study of The Herald’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic / Thulani Tshabangu, Abiodun Salawu, 477
