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How are Africans talking about climate change and who is doing the talking? 非洲人是如何谈论气候变化的?谁在谈论气候变化?

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00103_1

Rebecca Pointer, S. Matsiko

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This is Africa: How young African TikTok trends challenged Afropessimism during COVID-19 这就是非洲:在2019冠状病毒病期间，非洲年轻的抖音趋势如何挑战非洲悲观主义

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00098_1

Fungai Machirori

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Unveiling African narratives on Facebook: Media posts and audience engagement 在Facebook上揭开非洲叙事:媒体帖子和受众参与

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00100_1

D. O. Ong'ong'a

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COVID-19 and the constructions of Africa in African news media 新冠肺炎与非洲新闻媒体中的非洲建设

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Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00099_1

Mphathisi Ndlovu, Maame Nikabs

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New media and re-bargaining patriarchy in Kenyan families 新媒体和肯尼亚家庭父权制的重新谈判

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00092_1

P. Nielsen, S. Chebii

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Not talking in riddles: How can factual documentary film change understanding and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in The Gambia? 不讲谜语:事实纪录片如何改变对冈比亚女性生殖器切割的理解和态度?

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00096_4

Judy Aslett

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Reporting on the shadow pandemic in Nigeria: An analysis of five media organizations’ coverage of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic 尼日利亚影子大流行报道:分析五家媒体机构在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间对性别暴力的报道

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00093_1

L. Lengel, Desiree A. Montenegro, Victoria A. Newsom, Amonia L. Tolofari

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The impact of COVID-19 on science journalists in South Africa: Investigating effects, challenges, quality concerns and training needs 2019冠状病毒病对南非科学记者的影响:调查影响、挑战、质量问题和培训需求

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00095_1

M. Joubert, Lali van Zuydam, S. Franks

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Music, performance and ZANU-PF’s hegemony in Mugabe’s newly independent Zimbabwe 音乐，表演和非洲民族联盟-爱国阵线在穆加贝新独立的津巴布韦的霸权

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00091_1

Mandlenkosi Mpofu, Nkululeko Sibanda

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African communication matrix: The influence of the secular on the church in Nigeria 非洲传播矩阵:世俗对尼日利亚教会的影响

IF 0.8 4区文学

Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00090_1

B. Ngonso, P. Egielewa

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