Citizen journalism and alternative media in Zimbabwe: An ethnographic study of citizen participation, newsmaking practices and discourses at AMH Voices

T Tshabangu - 2019 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Technologies such as the internet and mobile smartphones allow citizens to play an active
role in the process of collecting, reporting, analysing and disseminating news, thereby …

Citizen journalists as interpretive discourse communities: A study of AMH voices in Zimbabwe (2014–2018)

T Tshabangu - African Journalism Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study focuses on news discourses by citizen journalists at the citizen journalism and
alternative media platform of AMH Voices in Zimbabwe between the years 2014–2018 …

Participation, citizen journalism and the contestations of identity and national symbols: A case of Zimbabwe's national heroes and the Heroes' Acre

S Mpofu - African Journalism Studies, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This article constitutes an examination on how citizen journalism has challenged Robert
Mugabe's authoritarian regime on issues pertaining to national heroes and usages of the …

Making news with the citizens! audience participation and news-making practices at the AMH Group

T Tshabangu - African Journalism Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This production-based ethnographic study investigates citizen participation and news-
making practices at the Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) group in Zimbabwe. The focus is on …

Beyond blind optimism: The case of citizen journalism in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe

CT Muneri - Participatory politics and citizen journalism in a …, 2016 - Springer
Internet usage has spread around the world and, in recent years, this expansion has been
further accelerated by introduction of 3G mobile phone devices that make it possible for …

No technology but still participatory journalists: Viewpoints from Zimbabwe's rural folks

B Mutsvairo - Ejournalist: a refereed media journal, 2013 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
It has generally been accepted that non-professional media actors empowered by novel
digitally networked technologies are changing the media landscape in the West. In contrast …

Media and Democracy: Can the News Media Rightfully Claim Its Role as the Fourth Estate in Zimbabwe Politics?

T Matsilele, P Ruhanya - Handbook of Applied Journalism: Theory and …, 2024 - Springer
This qualitative study explores the role played by the news media in Zimbabwe during a
decade of crisis stretching from 2000 to 2010. This period is marked by political, economic …

Emerging patterns and trends in citizen journalism in Africa: The case of Zimbabwe

B Mutsvairo, S Columbus - Central European journal of communication, 2012 - ceeol.com
While it has generally been accepted that non-professional media actors empowered by
novel digitally networked technologies are changing the media landscape in the West, this is …

The nexus of journalism and political activism in post-2000 Zimbabwe: A field theory critique

A Chibuwe - Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 2021 - intellectdiscover.com
The post-2000 political-economic crisis in Zimbabwe saw the migration of journalists as
political and economic refugees. Many, if not all, of these claimed persecution at home and …

Exploring the attitude of Tanzanian journalists to citizen journalism

SA Hussein, E Akpabio - New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern …, 2023 - Springer
Citizen journalism has emerged as an empowerment tool to ordinary citizens who are now
capable of gathering and disseminating information on Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube …