Editors: Stanley Tsarwe and Sarah Chiumbu Proposed publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Even though at some point radio was regarded as the poor ‘cousin’ of the then newer ICTs (Myers 2008) in the 1990s, there is evidence that radio is now being brought back into the media technologies family and is increasingly converging with contemporary digital media …
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The Journalist & Mail and Guardian celebrate World Freedom Day
The Journalist in partnership with the Mail and Guardian celebrates World Press Freedom Day 2021 (3 May 2021) and 30 years of the Windhoek Declaration with a special edition online at www.thejournalist.org.za and a print version in today’s Mail and Guardian. See our main story: A Gift to the World from African JournalistsLink to the special …
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CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline Extended to Friday 14 May Highway Africa 2021
Academic and research track “New news for new times” Journalism all over the world is in an existential crisis. But this profession has many champions who are deeply invested in the ongoing role that journalism plays in enlarging democracy, ensuring freedom of expression and safeguarding the right to information. On day three (23 June) of …
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Call for Chapters (CFP): Book Project (NB: No payment from authors/APC will be required)
Title: Strategic Communication Management for Development and Social Change: Governance, Sustainability and Participatory Perspectives in Africa Editors: Dr Tsietsi Mmutle, School of Communication Studies, North-West University, South Africa; Dr Tshepang Molale, School of Communication Studies, North-West University, South Africa; Dr Olebogeng Selebi, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Dr Olanrewaju Olugbenga Akinola, Department …
Trauma awareness survey
Are you a journalism educator? If so, we would very much like to invite you to complete a short survey aiming to assess your awareness of the impact of trauma assignments on journalists and your attitudes towards embedding trauma literacy into the journalism curriculum. The survey will take about 10 mins to complete, and your …
HIGHWAY AFRICA 2021
21 to 23 June 2021 Academic and research track “New news for new times” Journalism all over the world is in an existential crisis. But this profession has many champions who are deeply invested in the ongoing role that journalism plays in enlarging democracy, ensuring freedom of expression and safeguarding the right to information. On …
New book out: Re-Imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology.
We are delighted to announce the publication of our new edited volume, titled Re-Imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology. The book brings together a selection of 22 scholars from the two regions, to provide critical explorations of people and media in their diverse engagements with culture, communication and …
Press Release: WESENS
Film Analysis Competition You could win R10 000 with the acclaimed Karoo Sci-Fi film – WESENS! The South African Karoo Sci-Fi film WESENS is bringing film lovers a first-of-its-kind film analysis competition where they can win big cash prizes. The creative agency The Suits and LitNet are looking for a critical analysis of WESENS, the award-winning …
Open letter: UKRI ODA funding
Due to drastic cuts in UK overseas development aid, researchers working with Global Challenges funding are being informed this month their funding has been revoked or curtailed. UK partnerships which have been built with Global South researchers over many years are being drastically affected. UK-led climate-facing research, in particular, is being shut down or disrupted …
Call for Abstracts: Digital Methods in Action: Use, Challenges and Prospects
(Deadline: 31.05.2021) Dear Colleagues, We hereby invite you to submit an abstract for the session “Digital Methods in Action: Use, Challenges and Prospects”, organized by Gabriel Faimau and Jannis Hergesell (Botswana and Germany) at the Online-Conference “1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods” (SMUS Conference) and “1st RC33 Regional Conference – Africa: Botswana” in …
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