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Unpacking the African media typology: Perspectives from journalists in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda
International Communication Gazette (2025), ?? pp.
"The uniqueness of journalism cultures across African nations often highlights the inapplicability of normative, Western-centric theories. The newly proposed African media typology suggests that media systems in Africa would be best understood by thinking about them within the context of the type of
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Harassment and Threats Faced by Journalists in Kenya: Implications for Press Freedom and Independent Reporting
In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 141-157
"The freedom of the press is a cornerstone of democracy and a critical component of a functioning society. In Kenya, like many other countries, journalists face a myriad of challenges when reporting on sensitive issues, including corruption and government wrongdoing. These challenges include physica
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Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
"Drawing from case studies from selected African countries, an international team of authors offer a broad insight into the state of harassment across the continent, while building new theoretical perspectives that are also context-specific. The chapters bring previous theories and research up to da
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Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy: Lessons from Journalists in East Africa
New York: Oxford University Press (2023), 176 pp.
"Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy uses the perceptions of journalists in Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya to examine mediascapes at varying stages of development and democracy-building—Rwanda, which experienced a genocide in 1994, is in relatively early (though fast-paced) stages of
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Misinformation Literacy of COVID-19 Digital News in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
African Journalism Studies, volume 44, issue 2 (2023), pp. 116-133
"Amid a rise of misinformation worldwide, this paper examines digital misinformation literacy as it relates to COVID-19 news in East Africa. The study is grounded in inoculation theory and contributes to the body of scholarship examining misinformation literacy beyond the Western world. Data came fr
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Press Freedom in 10 African Nations: Citizen Attitudes and Global Rankings
International Communication Gazette, volume 84, issue 1 (2022), pp. 24-43
"Press freedom is said to be a necessary pillar of democracy. As many sub-Saharan African nations move towards creating or strengthening democracies, examining their levels of press freedom may be an important element. This study utilizes public opinion data from 10 nations in the sub-Saharan Africa
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The State of Journalism and Press Freedom in Postgenocide Rwanda
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 96, issue 2 (2019), pp. 558-578
"News media played a prominent role in perpetuating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Since then, Rwanda has undergone impressive social and economic growth, but the media landscape during this redevelopment remains understudied. Qualitative interviews with Rwandan journalists reveal that reporters censor
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The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xix, 520 pp.
"The Companion is the first collection to bring together two distinct ways of thinking about human rights and media, including scholarship that examines media as a human right alongside that which looks at media coverage of human rights issues. This international collection of 49 newly written piece
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Female Genital Cutting in the News Media: A Content Analysis
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 4 (2015), pp. 384-405
"Mass media play an important role in explaining the issue of female genital cutting and can influence discourse among the general public as well as policy makers. Understanding how news media present female genital cutting has strong implications for the global status of women. This study, a quanti
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