How the media are organised and funded has implications on who gets to speak and the
stories that are told or silenced. The critical political economy of the media approach allows …

ABSTRACT The South African commercial press marginalises alternative and counter-
hegemonic voices partly due to its location in the capitalist power structures …

Media development requires substantial funding, and therefore, donors, foreign
governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and foundations have found a way to …

This chapter takes a “jet plane” and “helicopter” approach to understanding implications of
Netflix's foray into original content production in South Africa. The chapter argues that …

This paper interrogates the intermingling of populist politics and the media in Zambia. It
analyses populist tendencies the country's 2011 and 2016 presidential elections. The …

Abstract The hegemony of Euro-American canonical approaches and theories in the study of
media and communications has been epistemically criticised from both the Global North and …

This study analyses and compares displacement and replacement (substitutability) effects of
online newspapers on television, radio and print newspapers. It uses empirical data that is …

The transition to digital television or digital migration, is part of a global agreement between
member countries of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at the Geneva …

Community journalism is steadily gaining prominence in most African nations. It is a conduit
through which different communities develop social interaction. It is also a platform through …

This thesis develops the notion of 'collaborative circumvention'to explain how digital
technologies facilitate synergies between citizens and journalists, and across …