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South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis 南非报纸对COVID-19的报道:内容分析
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00052_1
H. Wasserman, W. Chuma, T. Bosch, Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Rachel Flynn
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引用次数: 17
God and COVID-19 in Burundian social media: The political fight for the control of the narrative 布隆迪社交媒体中的上帝与COVID-19:控制叙事的政治斗争
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00055_1
Antea Paviotti
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引用次数: 5
‘You can’t arrest a virus’: The freedom of expression crisis within Egypt’s response to COVID-19 “你无法遏制病毒”:埃及应对COVID-19期间的言论自由危机
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00044_1
Gabriele Cosentino
{"title":"‘You can’t arrest a virus’: The freedom of expression crisis within Egypt’s response to COVID-19","authors":"Gabriele Cosentino","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00044_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00044_1","url":null,"abstract":"The article discusses the freedom of expression crisis that characterized the authoritarian response of the Egyptian government to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the case study of the expulsion of the foreign correspondent for The Guardian over contested outbreak data, the article argues that authorities in Egypt exploited the pandemic for political ends by silencing critics and by manipulating the public opinion.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"82 1","pages":"207-220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75957461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
The societal importance of journalistic health reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: Impressions from science and health journalism organizations 撒哈拉以南非洲关于COVID-19大流行的新闻卫生报道的社会重要性:来自科学和卫生新闻组织的印象
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00040_1
Stefan Wollnik
{"title":"The societal importance of journalistic health reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa: Impressions from science and health journalism organizations","authors":"Stefan Wollnik","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00040_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00040_1","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health systems and economies around the world. This is particularly true for developing and newly industrialized countries that often have to deal with poverty and inadequate health systems. A greater awareness of COVID-19 and its consequences, generated and fostered by journalistic health reporting, may contribute to better preparations. The societal importance of journalistic health reporting and its challenges in sub-Saharan societies during the pandemic are examined. A qualitative research design relying on interviews with representatives of African science and health journalism organizations is employed. The results show that health reporting during health crises can provide a variety of normative functions of journalism in democracies and in autocratic developing and newly industrialized countries, but it presents many challenges for journalists and media houses. COVID-19 also offers starting points for global media assistance in strengthening and improving health reporting in the long term.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"139-158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83107243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
‘Fake news’ or trust in authorities? The problems of uncertainty at a time of medical crisis “假新闻”还是相信当局?医疗危机时期的不确定性问题
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00049_1
I. Glenn
{"title":"‘Fake news’ or trust in authorities? The problems of uncertainty at a time of medical crisis","authors":"I. Glenn","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00049_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00049_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the complex boundaries between 'fake news', speculation, hypothesis, gossip and whistleblowing during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows that apparently authoritative sources and experts gave information or policy recommendations that have turned out to be wrong, sometimes dangerously so, and explores the kinds of bias that enter medical advice and planning decisions. The article then diagnoses a WhatsApp voice-note from a young South African doctor that went viral and was denounced as 'fake news' because of obvious errors. This note, however, revealed behind the scenes medical thinking about subjects that professional bodies and authorities usually avoid discussing publicly. In highlighting what apparently authoritative sources omit and distort, the article suggests that journalists should report medical advice, even from authoritative sources, with caution and shows that apparently 'fake' news may reveal issues other news sources neglect.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"46 1","pages":"287-299"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90985597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Communication lapses to combating COVID-19 pandemic: Evaluating Ghana’s COVID-19 campaign 应对COVID-19大流行的沟通失误:评估加纳的COVID-19运动
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00041_1
J. Nyarko, M. Serwornoo, Benedine Azanu
{"title":"Communication lapses to combating COVID-19 pandemic: Evaluating Ghana’s COVID-19 campaign","authors":"J. Nyarko, M. Serwornoo, Benedine Azanu","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00041_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00041_1","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 is described as ‘novel’ largely because the virus has rarely been studied. Without any vaccine, the key to containing the virus was the timely delivery of educative public health information to people. With a population of 29 million composed of small urban segments, Ghana has enormous rural enclaves where most of her citizens live. This study seeks to explore the nature of Ghana’s COVID-19 campaign, focusing on the communication strategies and the extent to which indigenous communication tools (ICTs) have been employed. Relying on document analysis, Ghana’s COVID-19 campaign rarely deployed ICTs but rather paid lip service to the country’s indigenous resources in public addresses to the nation. It also found that the fight against the virus metamorphosed into political campaigns making WHO’s vital information subservient to images of political figures and political iconography in general. We argue that the nature of the campaign created generalized awareness of the pandemic, but did less to educate the masses on the WHO preventive protocols.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84911829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
A systematic review of the spread of information during pandemics: A case of the 2020 COVID-19 virus 大流行期间信息传播的系统回顾:2020年COVID-19病毒病例
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00045_1
O. Shobowale
{"title":"A systematic review of the spread of information during pandemics: A case of the 2020 COVID-19 virus","authors":"O. Shobowale","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00045_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00045_1","url":null,"abstract":"The 2020 COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic represents a severe threat to the continent of Africa - to its people, its fauna (as COVID-19 can spread to non-human creatures and human respiratory diseases are often deadly to other primates) and its economy. The context of Africa is unique in its relation to COVID-19 in that Africa has recently suffered from - and still suffers from severe viral epidemics of HIV and Ebola virus, which creates both more significant vulnerabilities and relevant experience combatting viruses. Within the pandemic, there is a secondary 'infodemic' of misinformation which has served to complicate and worsen the effects of COVID-19 itself by undermining the public health measures necessary to prevent the spread of the virus. The purpose of this strategic review of recently published and relevant literature was to assess initial response to pandemics on the continent of Africa, in order to identify how the conspiracy theories, misinformation and disinformation related to COVID-19 may be identified and mitigated throughout the coming months and years and suggest a research agenda for better informing these issues. The study took the form of a systematic review of the literature relating to COVID-19 misinformation in Africa, especially as it relates to prior viral epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Ebola virus. This research is significant as it sheds light on potential means of mitigating the spread of disinformation, and therefore saving lives as we move through this ongoing pandemic.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"34 1","pages":"221-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88028780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Communicating COVID-19 to rural dwellers: Revisiting the role of traditional media in crisis communication 向农村居民传播COVID-19:重新审视传统媒体在危机传播中的作用
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00042_1
Ezinne Chioma Abaneme, Chinedu Jude Nwasum, Oscar Chima, Ogbonnanya Elechi, N. Uduma
{"title":"Communicating COVID-19 to rural dwellers: Revisiting the role of traditional media in crisis communication","authors":"Ezinne Chioma Abaneme, Chinedu Jude Nwasum, Oscar Chima, Ogbonnanya Elechi, N. Uduma","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00042_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00042_1","url":null,"abstract":"The recording of the index case of COVID-19 in Nigeria prompted the government to activate emergency communication strategies across the country. This study examines the awareness of the COVID-19 virus amongst rural dwellers and the importance of traditional media in health crisis communication amongst the residents of Ebonyi state. An adult sample size of 95 persons (32 male and 63 female) was assessed. The study adopts an in-depth interview as the research design. Data were generated using an interview guide and analysed thematically. The results show that rural dwellers are aware of the virus and the compliance level is high. There is a huge dependence on traditional media like town crier as the source of information amongst rural dwellers. The present study highlights the need to include rural dwellers in crisis communication planning and the integration of traditional media in future crisis communication planning.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"374 1","pages":"177-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90907534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
The coronavirus pandemic in Africa: Crisis communication challenges 非洲冠状病毒大流行:危机沟通挑战
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00039_2
Martin N. Ndlela
{"title":"The coronavirus pandemic in Africa: Crisis communication challenges","authors":"Martin N. Ndlela","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00039_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00039_2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"14 1","pages":"133-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75085158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Exploring COVID-19 infodemic in rural Africa: A case study of Chintheche, Malawi 探索非洲农村COVID-19信息流行:以马拉维钦切为例
IF 0.8 4区 文学
Journal of African Media Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/JAMS_00047_1
L. Manda
{"title":"Exploring COVID-19 infodemic in rural Africa: A case study of Chintheche, Malawi","authors":"L. Manda","doi":"10.1386/JAMS_00047_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/JAMS_00047_1","url":null,"abstract":"While the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which causes COVID-19) has triggered a worldwide frenzied race to find a vaccine or cure, another battle is raging against technological, medicinal, religious, geopolitical and other infodemics. A two-legged qualitative study in Chintheche, a small rural town in Malawi, Africa, was conducted to explore how the residents there perceived and navigated COVID-19 amidst all the infodemic. The first leg of the study concluded that the interviewees were aware and knowledgeable about COVID-19, and the health impact it posed, but nearly half of them doubted its presence in Malawi. The second leg found that participants no longer doubted COVID-19's presence in Malawi as some prominent people they knew in their locality had either died or been hospitalized with the disease. The study concludes that only evidence of pandemics getting closer to home may change people's dismissive attitudes and moderate their behaviours.","PeriodicalId":43702,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Media Studies","volume":"26 1","pages":"253-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85482889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
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