UID:
almahu_9949384878202882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 136 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9780429242908 (electronic bk)
,
0429242905 (electronic bk)
,
0429512627
,
9780429516054
,
0429516053
,
9780429519482
,
0429519486
,
9780429512629
Series Statement:
Disruptions: studies in digital journalism
Content:
"This book offers an African perspective of how news organisations are embracing digital participatory practices as part of their everyday news production, dissemination and audience engagement strategies. Drawing on empirical evidence from news organisations in sub-Saharan Africa, Participatory Journalism in Africa investigates and maps out professional practices emerging with journalists' direct interactions with readers and sources via online user comment spaces and social media platforms. Using a social constructivist approach, the book focuses on the challenges relating to the elite-centric nature of active participation on the platforms, while also highlighting emerging ethical and normative dilemmas. The authors also point to the hidden structural controls to participation and user engagement associated with artificial intelligence, chatbots and algorithms. These obstacles, coupled with low digital literacy levels and the well-established pitfalls of the digital divide, challenge the utopian view that in Africa interactive digital technologies are the sine qua non spaces for democratic participation. This is a valuable resource for academics, journalists, and students across a wide range of disciplines including journalism studies, communication, sociology, and political science"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mabweazara, Hayes Mawindi, 1977- Participatory journalism in Africa. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 ISBN 9780367197292
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429242908
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429242908
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