ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Online Journalism in Africa: Trends, Practices and Emerging Cultures

part I|72 pages

Online vs. Traditional Journalism Practice

chapter 1|17 pages

Back to the Future

Reinvigorating the ‘Newsroom Genre' to Study Social Media Use in Developing Contexts

chapter 3|16 pages

Converging Technologies, Converging Spaces, Converging Practices

The Shaping of Digital Cultures and Practices on Radio

chapter 4|22 pages

Zimbabwe's Mainstream Press in the ‘Social Media Age'

Emerging Practices, Cultures and Normative Dilemmas

part IV|72 pages

Consumption and Networking

chapter 13|15 pages

“Our Listeners Would Rather Call than Post Messages on Facebook” 1

New Media and Community Radio in Kenya

chapter 14|22 pages

Online Forums

How the Voices of Readers Are Reshaping the Sphere of Public Debate in Burkina Faso