Essays about: "African Media Studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words African Media Studies.

  1. 1. Discovering Zimbabwean Digital Literature : An Exploratory Study of the Typologies and Properties of Online Audiences of Ephemeral Literature

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Earl Dube; [2023]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; digital literature; online audience; ephemeral literature; community; frame of relevance; Afrocentricity; Communicative Figuration;

    Abstract : Cathrine Phiri's novel ‘Never Mine’ on Facebook, highlights the liberating potential of online literary engagement, particularly for female readers, amid creative restrictions in Zimbabwe. Utilising both the Afrocentric and Communicative Figuration concepts, the study examines how digital ephemeral literature fosters connection and conversation. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Nigerian Alternative Online Media and Political Misinformation: News producers’ perspective on the defining characteristics, tensions and mitigation strategies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Bolaji Omotayo Daramola; [2022]
    Keywords : Afrikology; Nigerian Alternative Online Media; Political Misinformation; News Production Studies; African Digital Journalism; Fake News; Nigerian digital public sphere; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of the Nigerian alternative online media as an effective tool for political discourse with the intent to influence governance despite claims that the form of media is awash with political misinformation - which is mostly termed “fake news” in the local parlance. This thesis takes an Afrikology stance in defining the role of the Nigerian alternative online media as a digital public sphere placing the people’s lived and cultural experiences at the centre of the discourse from the content producer’s perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Digital Woyane” – fighting the digital revolution : political activists, the use of social media and the construction of nationalist sentiments in Tigray, Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Mirjam Zehnder; [2020]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; Tigray; Social Media Activism; Political Participation; Political Protests; Nationalism; Ethnicity; African Media Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, digital technologies provided new affordances for movement leaders as communication strategies in political protests in order to advance democratisation processes, especially in less developed countries. In Ethiopia, numerous protests have been taken place lately, which were mainly organised along ethnic lines on the basis of nationalist sentiments. READ MORE

  5. 4. CLIMATE CHANGE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE AFRICAN YOUTH: A MALAWIAN CASE STUDY

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Rachel Kachali; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Social Media; African Youth; Malawi; Public Sphere;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity with millions of people already suffering from its consequences in the last two decades. Social media, as a communication channel, has an important role to play in provoking a response to climate change. READ MORE

  6. 5. Racial Performances On Social Media - A study of the Sweet Brown memes

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Simone Sevel-Sørensen; [2019]
    Keywords : Racial Performance; Internet memes; Minstrelsy; Digital Blackface; Internet Culture; Race; Representation;

    Abstract : Abstract:Social Media has become a powerful tool in several aspects. It can mobilize movements, rallying for social or political causes, and it can bring people together to share experiences or interest on a global platform. READ MORE