South Africa – Journalism research news

The study “Anger and the investigative journalist” by Richard Stupart from University of Groningen theorizes on the role of anger in journalism, particularly investigative journalism, based on a discourse analysis of investigative journalists’ reflections on anger. Anger is often seen as a threat to the neutrality that journalists must maintain while working on a story. … Continued

Tags: anger, Emotions, injustice, investigative journalism, journalism norms, journalism profession, moral dimensions, South Africa
Published: 21 Oct 2022

Use of artificial intelligence in South African newsrooms

The study “Artificial Intelligence Practices in Everyday News Production: The Case of South Africa’s Mainstream Newsrooms” by Allen Munoriyarwa, Sarah Chiumbu and Gilbert Motsaathebe, all from University of Johannesburg, looks at to what extent artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in South African newsrooms and how journalists and editors perceive it. There is no common … Continued

Tags: artificial intelligence, data journalism, journalistic profession, news production, newsrooms, South Africa
Published: 2 Nov 2021

Picture: Nairobi skyline by Babak Fakhamzadeh, license CC BY-NC 2.0, cropped

ARTICLE: Chinese media has a limited effect on Kenyan and South African students

The growing number of Chinese-owned media in different African has demonstrated how Beijing wants to create a stronger mediated relationship with Africa. Some of the media projects in recent years have caused notable controversy and opposition. But how influential are Chinese media in Africa? ask Herman Wasserman of the University of Cape Town, and Dani … Continued

Tags: audience, China, Kenya, media systems, South Africa
Published: 18 May 2018

Picture: Suburban Silhouette by Thomas Bennie, license CC0 1.0

ARTICLE: Constructing the black middle class in South African print media

South Africa has experienced radical social transformations since the end of White minority rule (apartheid) in 1994. The media have played an important role in framing issues of race and class, constructing meanings also about the growing black middle class. The new research article about the topic was written by E. Dimitris Kitis of the … Continued

Tags: newspapers, representation, South Africa
Published: 10 Jan 2018

Picture: View of Joburg inner city from Gandhi Square by South African Tourism, license CC BY 2.0

ARTICLE: Different types of government support could help foster diversity in South African media

There should be more constructive debate about media diversity in South Africa, Julia Plessing of the University of Johannesburg, argues. She studied different types of print media regulation and support in Scandinavia, Latin America and West Africa, and examines these in the South African context. There is a tension between ensuring press freedom by state … Continued

Tags: journalism funding, media policy, media systems, South Africa
Published: 4 Jul 2017