Journal of African Media Studies 15.2 is out now and OA! Special Issue
Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of African Media Studies 15.2 is out now and Open Access!
Special Issue: ‘Shifting African Narratives’
Although some studies have previously indicated that the stereotypical western mainstream media narratives about Africa may be shifting, this Special Issue highlights the stickiness of the stereotypes, and some of the platforms on which they continue to be repeated. Some of these studies further show how African media are also responsible for ongoing circulation of the stereotypes. While the data are discouraging, there are pockets of hope on digital media (including social media), where women and youth are taking back the proverbial pen using storytelling and humour to show that Africa is neither monolithic, nor all doom and gloom. Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, Africans entertained the world with music, dancing and comedy, proving resilience and optimism, against Afropessimistic narratives.
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https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-media-studies
Aims & Scope
In the current academic climate there is an ongoing repositioning of media and cultural studies outside the Anglo-American axis. The peer-reviewed Journal of African Media Studies contributes to this repositioning by providing a forum for debate on the historical and contemporary aspects of media and communication in Africa.
This title is indexed with Scopus and the Web of Science’s Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
Issue 15.2
Editorial
Beyond western Afro-pessimism: The African narrative in African and non-western countries
REBECCA POINTER
Articles
This is Africa: How young African TikTok trends challenged Afropessimism during COVID-19
FUNGAI MACHIRORI
COVID-19 and the constructions of Africa in African news media
MPHATHISI NDLOVU AND MAAME NIKABS
Unveiling African narratives on Facebook: Media posts and audience engagement
DANIEL O. ONG’ONG’A
Digital cities and villages: African writers and a sense of place in short online fiction
KWABENA OPOKU-AGYEMANG
Young African diaspora: Global African narratives, media consumption and identity formation
L. LUSIKE MUKHONGO, WINSTON MANO AND WALLACE CHUMA
How are Africans talking about climate change and who is doing the talking?
REBECCA POINTER AND SAMUEL MATSIKO
