Online Journalism in Africa Trends, Practices and Emerging Cultures [Hardcover]

Very little is known about how African journalists are forging new ways to practise their profession on the web. Against this backdrop, this volume provides contextually rooted discussions of trends, practices, and emerging cultures of web-based journalism(s) across the continent, offering a comprehensive research tool that can both stand the test of time as well as offer researchers (particularly those in the economically developed Global North) models for cross-cultural comparative research. The essays here deploy either a wide range of evidence or adopt a case-study approach to engage with contemporary developments in African online journalism. This book thus makes up for the gap in cross-cultural studies that seek to understand online journalism in all its complexities.

Introduction: Online Journalism in Africa: Trends, Practices and Emerging Cultures Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, Okoth Fred Mudhai and Jason Whittaker Part I: Online vs. Traditional Journalism Practice1. Back To the Future: Re-invigorating the Newsroom Genre to Study Social Media Use in Developing Contexts Marenet Jordann2. The South African Mainstream Press in the Online Environment: Successes, Opportunities and Challenges Johanna Mavhungu and Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara 3. Converging Technologies, Converging Spaces, Converging Practices: The Shaping of Digital Cultures and Practices on Radio Last Moyo4. Zimbabwes Mainstream Press in the Social Media Age: Emerging Practices, Cultures and Normative Dilemmas Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara Part II: Ethics and Regulation5. Online Journalism Under Pressure: An Ethiopian Account Terje S. Skjerdal6. The Use of Social Media as News Sources by South African Political Journalists Ylva Rodny-Gumede and Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Part III: Online Journalism and Politics7. Immediacy and Openness in a Digital Africa: Networkl³&