ABSTRACT
Very little is known about how African journalists are forging "new" ways to practise their profession on the web. Against this backdrop, this volume provides contextually rooted discussions of trends, practices, and emerging cultures of web-based journalism(s) across the continent, offering a comprehensive research tool that can both stand the test of time as well as offer researchers (particularly those in the economically developed Global North) models for cross-cultural comparative research. The essays here deploy either a wide range of evidence or adopt a case-study approach to engage with contemporary developments in African online journalism. This book thus makes up for the gap in cross-cultural studies that seek to understand online journalism in all its complexities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|72 pages
Online vs. Traditional Journalism Practice
chapter 1|17 pages
Back to the Future
chapter 2|15 pages
The South African Mainstream Press in the Online Environment
chapter 3|16 pages
Converging Technologies, Converging Spaces, Converging Practices
chapter 4|22 pages
Zimbabwe's Mainstream Press in the ‘Social Media Age'
part II|34 pages
Ethics and Regulations
part III|66 pages
Online Journalism and Politics
chapter 7|18 pages
Immediacy and Openness in a Digital Africa
chapter 9|16 pages
Online Citizen Journalism and Political Transformation in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions
part IV|72 pages
Consumption and Networking