1st Edition
Digital Technologies and the Evolving African Newsroom Towards an African Digital Journalism Epistemology
Preface Bob Franklin
1. Introduction: ‘Digital technologies and the evolving African newsroom’: towards an African digital journalism epistemology Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara
2. New Media Technologies and Internal Newsroom Creativity in Mozambique: The case of @verdade Admire Mare
3. Social Media and Community Radio Journalism in South Africa Tanja Bosch
4. Readers Comments on Zimbabwean Newspaper Websites: How audience voices are challenging and (re)defining traditional journalism Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara
5. Negotiating Convergence: "Alternative" journalism and institutional practices of Nigerian journalists Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye
6. The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Three Egyptian Newsrooms Ahmed El Gody
7. Journalists’ Twitter Networks, Public Debates and Relationships in South Africa Peter Verweij and Elvira van Noort
Biography
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Falmouth University, UK. He serves on the editorial board of Digital Journalism and is the Book Reviews Editor for Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies. As well as guest-editing a special issue of Digital Journalism 2(1) (2014), on which this book is based, Mabweazara has co-edited a special issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism 12(6) (2011), themed: ‘New Media and Journalism Practice in Africa: An Agenda for Research’. Mabweazara also co-edited: Online Journalism in Africa (2014) and is currently working on a monograph, titled: Africa’s Mainstream Press in the Digital Era (2015).
