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So, who is responsible? A framing analysis of newspaper coverage of electoral violence in Zimbabwe 那么，谁该对此负责呢?津巴布韦选举暴力新闻报道的框架分析

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00011_1

Allen Munoriyarwa

引用次数: 3

China colonizing Africa narrative on social media: An issue activation and response perspective 社交媒体上的中国殖民非洲叙事:一个议题激活与回应的视角

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00009_1

Simon Matingwina

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引用次数: 2

The Rhetorical Legacy of Wangari Maathai, Eddah M. Mutua, Alberto Gonzalez and Anke Wolbert (eds) (2018) Wangari Maathai, Eddah M. Mutua, Alberto Gonzalez和Anke Wolbert的修辞遗产(编)(2018)

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00013_5

S. Ogbu

引用次数: 1

Reppin’ the nation, reppin’ themselves: Nation branding and personal branding in Kenya’s music video industry 重塑国家，重塑自己:肯尼亚音乐视频行业的国家品牌和个人品牌

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00012_1

Brian Ekdale

引用次数: 2

The portrayal of victims of intimate femicide in the South African media 南非媒体对亲密女性谋杀受害者的描述

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00010_1

Amanda Spies

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引用次数: 8

A case of double standards? Audience attitudes to professional norms on local and English language radio news programmes in Ghana 双重标准?加纳当地和英语广播新闻节目的听众对专业规范的态度

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00008_1

A. Gadzekpo, A. A. Yeboah-Banin, S. Akrofi-Quarcoo

引用次数: 7

ICTs as Juju: African inspiration for understanding the compositeness of being human through digital technologies 信息通信技术作为Juju:通过数字技术理解人类的复合性的非洲灵感

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00001_1

F. Nyamnjoh

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引用次数: 10

Preserving lions and culture: Conflicting standards of human–wildlife conflict 保护狮子与文化:人类与野生动物冲突的冲突标准

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00005_1

Allison Hahn

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引用次数: 0

International and African media’s representation of African Debt to China: From stereotype to solution with constructive journalism 国际和非洲媒体对非洲对华债务的表述:从刻板印象到建设性新闻解决方案

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00004_1

Zhang Yanqiu, Luu Mwiinga Machila

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引用次数: 3

Rise and #Fall: The unsuspended revolution 崛起与衰落:不间断的革命

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00006_1

B. Leopeng

引用次数: 0