1st Edition

Shifting Journalism Boundaries in Zimbabwe Digital Disruption and Innovation at the Margins

Edited By Mphathisi Ndlovu, Lungile Tshuma Copyright 2026
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

This book investigates the ways in which peripheral news actors in digital media are transforming journalism in Zimbabwe. Journalism’s boundaries have become blurred, porous and fuzzy as non‑traditional news actors—such as bloggers, social media influencers, citizen journalists, start‑ups, satirists, comedians and fact‑checkers—gain increasing influence in digital spaces. As legacy news media... Read more

CHAPTER 1 Peripherality and Shifting Journalism Boundaries

Lungile Tshuma and Mphathisi Ndlovu

Part I: Peripheral News Actors: Theory, Practice and Politics

CHAPTER 2 Non-Traditional News Actors and the Shifting Journalism Boundaries in Zimbabwe

Pretty Nxumalo and Mphathisi Ndlovu

CHAPTER 3 Platform Journalism and the Mediation of Political Power in Zimbabwe

Siphathisiwe M Ndlovu and Lungile Tshuma

CHAPTER 4 Political Satire as Decentred or Peripheral Journalism on Social Media platforms in Zimbabwe

Mbongeni J. Msimanga

CHAPTER 5 Facebook satire as alternative journalism: A Case Study of Magamba TV and Bustop TV in the 2018 post- election period in Zimbabwe

Cynthia Tafara Nyahora and Pedzisai Ruhanya

Part II: Alternative Currents in Journalism

CHAPTER 6 TikTok and the Transformation of Journalism Practice in Zimbabwe

Lungile S. Ngwenya and Mphathisi Ndlovu

CHAPTER 7 Legitimising journalism practise from the margins: Perspectives from peripheral journalism actors in Zimbabwe

Sibongile Mpofu

CHAPTER 8 Podcasts and Shifting Journalism Cultures in Zimbabwe

Vuyisile Dube and Lungile Tshuma

CHAPTER 9 Fact checking initiatives and changing journalism practice in Zimbabwe

Thembelani Moyo and Imelda Duduzile Ndlovu

Part III: Sustainability of Digital Media Start-Ups

CHAPTER 10 Media sustainability and Digital Media Start-Ups: Implications on journalism boundaries in Zimbabwe

Nkosini Aubrey Khupe and Tinashe Charles Matiyenga

CHAPTER 11 Entrepreneurial Journalism and Digital Media Enterprises in Zimbabwe

Bhekinkosi J. Ncube and Brandon Ndlovu

Part IV: Transformations in Journalism Education

CHAPTER 12 Shifting Journalism Boundaries and Implications on Journalism Education in Zimbabwe

Bhekizulu Bethaphi Tshuma

CHAPTER 13 Voices from the Margins: Campus Radio Stations, Youth Participation and Democratic Engagement in Zimbabwe         

Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda, Buhle Nkomo and Sihlobo Bulala

CHAPTER 14 Journalism Training in Zimbabwe in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Institutional Challenges

Mthokozisi Phathisani Ndhlovu

Biography

Mphathisi Ndlovu is Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.

Lungile Tshuma is Lungile Tshuma is researcher in the Centre for Communication and Culture, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal. Tshuma is also Senior Research Associate in the department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.