The reliance on untrained reporters with limited or no understanding of journalistic
standards has become increasingly widespread particularly in less democratic …

Internet histories that have evolved in different regions, language cultures and social
contexts across the globe. While the Internet is now in its fifth decade, the understanding and …

The purpose of this issue of Media Culture and Society is to discuss the possible role of
social media in the struggle for democracy, against authoritarianism, and over hidden power …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between internet use
and democracy in Africa. It examines the non-linearities and causality between the two …

Much has been written in recent years about the rise of social media (broadly speaking,
those communications technologies supporting digital sharing and dialoguing), but there …

The efficacy of digital media on politics, and society at large, has long been a subject of
intense scholarly debate. This paper examines the democratisation potential of social media …

The role of media continues to be useful in mobilizing and drawing citizens to focus on
issues that are perceived as important and in priming public opinion among many Africans …

This timely book fills an important gap in the literature on the influence of the Internet and
new media in Portuguese speaking African countries. Based on extensive field work …

The overall objective of this chapter is to investigate grass-roots participation, alternative
media and citizen journalism in four Portuguese-speaking African countries. 1 Angola, Cape …

This qualitative study builds on theories of development communication, gender and
feminism to create and explore a model for gender focused development journalism that …