Contending with sexual harassment: A study of Southern African female journalists' experiences

MJ Msimanga, LA Tshuma… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper seeks to contribute to the growing literature on sexual harassment of female
journalists from the Global South more broadly and Southern Africa in particular. We …

Reconstruction and adaptation in times of a contagious crisis: A case of African newsrooms' response to the Covid-19 pandemic

T Matsilele, L Tshuma… - … of Communication Inquiry, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This is a cross-national comparative study of how media in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South
Africa reconstructed their operations in response to Covid-19 global pandemic. The study is …

Online harassment of journalists in Zimbabwe: Experiences, coping strategies and implications

M Ndlovu, NA Khupe - New journalism ecologies in east and Southern …, 2023 - Springer
This chapter examines the safety risks faced by Zimbabwean journalists as they conduct
their day-to-day professional work in online spaces. Given that journalists in Africa are …

[PDF][PDF] 'Weapons of oppressors': COVID-19 regulatory framework and its impact on journalism practices in southern Africa

TL Augustine, T Matsilele… - Health crises and media …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
The chapter examines the regulatory frameworks that were put in place by governments in
the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to combat the outbreak of …

Freelance journalism in Zimbabwe: Challenges and opportunities

L Tshuma, M Ndlovu, ZN Dhladhla - Journalism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In Zimbabwe, the comatose economy has had an impact on the media industry. Since 2000,
media houses have been shutting down due to lack of financial support or poor business …

Mediating a regime in crisis: corruption and succession in Zimbabwe's state media

M Mpofu, LA Tshuma… - Media, Culture & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Political scandals are rarely the focus of major academic research in Zimbabwe where tight
control of the dominant state media by the ruling party ensures that scandals involving …

Heir to the throne: photography and the rise to presidency by politicians in Zimbabwe and South Africa

LA Tshuma - Visual Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Photographs are rarely given much academic attention, especially, in Africa. This is against
the popular use of photography in political communication. Against this background, this …

'Repetition without change?': A critical discourse analysis of selected ZANU-PF advertisements for the July 2013 and July 2018 elections

A Chibuwe, A Munoriyarwa - Discourse & Communication, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), and anchored on CDA theory, we argue that
as the ruling party's governance record increasingly came under scrutiny in two election …

“Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists

LA Tshuma, MJ Msimanga… - African Journalism Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The Zimbabwean state has in recent years stepped up its surveillance efforts on citizens,
civil society and journalists who are viewed as the “enemies of the state”. This state …

The quality of radio journalism in Tanzania: Empowering citizens or at a crossroads?

C Spurk, A Katunzi - Journalism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a dearth of scholarly work that measures the quality of journalism, both in Western
contexts and in the Global South. This might be partly explained by the difficulty in defining …