Sport on television is big business, but it is about more than just commerce. Using a range of
national case studies from Europe and beyond, this book analyses the political, economic …

This article examines the use of blogs to mediate the experiences of citizens during a violent
election in Zimbabwe. It focuses specifically on how people disseminated and shared …

This thesis examines the roles of the state and civil society in combating corruption in
Zimbabwe. The thesis initially investigates whether and how the state-civil society relation …

In 2011, the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) was established to recommend the most
appropriate regulatory form for South Africa's press, in the wake of the ruling African National …

The Zimbabwean government has been criticized across scholarship for its lack of sincerity
in ensuring media plurality, especially in the radio broadcasting sector. In 2020, when …

The role of the state in public broadcasting remains strong but state–media relations are
undergoing multi-pronged change which is yet to be sufficiently studied. While Flew and …

This study examines the influence of Chinese news content and journalistic performance in
the Zambian media. It does so by measuring the quantity of Chinese news content in …

This paper uses the political economy framework to examine developments surrounding the
establishment and structuring of Botswana Television since its introduction as a national …

This article seeks to highlight how the media–especially radio–have always been used in
Zimbabwe to consolidate the power of the government. This invariably led to oppositional …

This study aims at contextualizing the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of agenda-
setting theory amidst cultural traditional values in Africa. First, it tests the influence of agenda …