Paralympic broadcasting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Production politics and the reimagined postcolonial

E Pullen, M Magalasi… - Media, Culture & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was broadcast for the first time on free to air (FTA)
television across 49 territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article charts the story of this …

The Alphafly Outcry: Distance Running, Technological Doping, and the Rhetoric of Stigma

M Milford - Communication & Sport, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two-hour marathon in 2019 generated both wide-ranging celebration
and stern denigration from members of the running community. The latter, motivated by an …

More Medals, More Press: African Media Coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

K Slater - Howard Journal of Communications, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In 2022, 72 teams competed in the Commonwealth Games. The continent of Africa sent
more teams to the event than any other world region. However, few studies have examined …

Valuing Disability: Economies of Visibility, Paralympic Cripvertising and the Disabled Body Politic

E Pullen, M Silk - Sport, Advertising and Global Promotional Culture - taylorfrancis.com
The Paralympic spectacle is now one of the most visible and celebrated sites of disability
representation in popular culture and has been an important vehicle for stimulating wider …

Sports Coverage of Print and Digital Media in Africa: Let's Talk about Football

T Horky, T Chari, M Leo - Discourses in Sport Communication in Africa … - taylorfrancis.com
The media landscape in Africa is diverse, but sport communication is primarily focused on
football, while other sports are underrepresented in the media. Despite major cultural …