The rapid uptake of mobile phones in the global South—that is, developing countries
located primarily in the Southern Hemisphere—is a fact that is often repeated in popular …

Not all information communication technologies are liked equally by their intended users.
Situated within media richness and media ritual theories, this study conceptualizes the …

Understanding the expectations, needs, and wants of young audiences, as well as inviting
them to incorporate their experiences and perspectives into media production, are crucial …

This article explores the existence of two main perspectives on the concept of convergence.
The first view assumes convergence as an epistemological, methodological and heuristic …

When Breeze FM, a radio station in the provincial Zambian town of Chipata, hired an elderly
retired schoolteacher in 2003, no one anticipated the skyrocketing success that would …

New media technologies–Internet and mobile phones–have transformed the face of radio
broadcasting. Research in this area has shown that these technologies are reconfiguring …

Sociologists are not at the forefront of studying African news organizations' coverage of
atrocity despite having the tools to do so. This article works to remedy that. I investigate how …

Hasil penelitian terkait penerapan konvergensi menunjukkan bahwa berbagai radio di
Ponorogo telah melaksanakan konvergensi dengan melalui platform new media, seperti …

This paper presents the findings from a one-year applied research pilot project, Africa's
Voices, run by the University of Cambridge's Centre of Governance and Human Rights …

This chapter examines and discusses the uptake and use of online and mobile digital media
platforms by young people who operate UNESWA FM. It interrogates the potential that such …