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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:African journalism in the 'digital era': charting a research agenda
Author:Mabweazara, Hayes MawindiISNI
Year:2015
Periodical:African journalism studies (ISSN 2374-3689)
Volume:36
Issue:1
Pages:11-17
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:journalism
research
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2015.1008124
Abstract:Traditional journalism practice in Africa has not escaped the complexities and contradictions associated with the permeation of interactive digital technologies into the profession. However, the rates at which new digital technologies are adopted and appropriated in newsmaking contexts across the continent are far from homogeneous owing to the structural and functional inequalities associated with the notion of the digital divide. This short article charts a research direction for exploring, among other issues, questions of structuring, appropriation and transformation through a combination of personal impressions, research and theoretical observations driving debates on the new media and journalism practice in Africa and beyond. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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