To mark World Press Freedom Day today, African Journalism Studies has partnered T&F Africa to make open access for 2 months a selection of 14 articles published by AJS which interrogate press freedom in Africa, either empirically/theoretically. Pls share widely. Happy WPF Day!

We will be making an exciting announcement today in Accra at #DRIF24 about a new book project with 'Gbénga Ṣẹ̀san and we will post a call for expressions of interest from African researchers on the African Digital Rights Network website in the coming days. africandigitalrightsnetwork.org

We have finished the transcript of our 3rd book 'Digital Surveillance in Africa: power, agency & rights' and we're busy drafting two others books: 'Internet Shutdowns in Africa' with Felicia Anthonio from #KeepItOn Access Now & 'Feminist Digital Citizenship in Africa' w/Tanja Bosch

Our second African Digital Rights Network book 'Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power, and propaganda' will be published on April 18th and can be pre-ordered now from the publisher using this link: bloomsbury.com/uk/digital-dis… #disinformation #digitalrights

When the US attempts to ban foreign social media platforms, national security is the leading narrative, when it's Africa, they use terms like digital authoritarianism.

Can we all admit that the US potential ban of TikTok is a major characterisation of digital authoritarianism?

If you are at #DRIF in Accra join us tomorrow at 14:00 for the official launch of 'Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power and propaganda' or download a free copy here 👇👇 bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci…

The utter joy of receiving physical copies of my book. Grateful to those who supported this dream project, esp Lauriane Piette, Tanja Bosch, Gerard Goggin, Richard Stupart / @richardstupart.com (bsky), Francis Nyamnjoh, Admire Mare, Wendy Willems & IAMCR’ book series editors Bruce Mutsvairo & Sadia Jamil

Join us!
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To mark Int'l Women's Day today, AJS presents a special curation of research insights into media representation of women and gender issues. These 9 papers cut across protest movements, femininity in newsrooms, fake news, digital feminism, gender divide etc tandfonline.com/journals/recq2…

On this International Women's Day, AJS Editor, Prof Tanja Bosch Tanja Bosch is giving this critical keynote on Digital Feminist Citizenship & Activism. Register with the link below and see you at 4 pm SAST today.

This International Women's Day, join Tanja Bosch (Tanja Bosch) as she explores the significance of digital feminist activism & its impact around the world, and highlights the power of digital platforms to propel societal change.

Register here:
bit.ly/3uBA71T

Conformist Digital Citizenship = online etiquette + functional skills

Reformist Digital Citizenship =
changing digital norms + laws

Transformist Digital Citizenship =
claiming digital rights + shifting power in favour of digital justice

Tanja Bosch African Digital Rights Network

AJS is happy to announce that Prof Tanja Bosch Tanja Bosch has taken over as Editor since Jan 2024. She took on the role from her previous role as Associate editor. We are proud to welcome Prof Bosch and thank the former editor Prof Chuma Wallace Chuma for his service to AJS.

New publication alert! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
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The final featured work is: Sobel Cohen, M. & McIntyre, K. 2019. Local-Language Radio Stations in Kenya: Helpful or Harmful? African journalism studies. 40(3):73–88.
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We have extended the deadline for our edited book on Trauma in African Journalism to 15 Feb. Thanks to every scholar that've sent in abstracts. Exciting. Please help us share.

The fourth paper we highlight is: Osunkunle, O.O. & Wozniak, J. 2015. Faith-based radio: Beyond spirituality, encompassing development. African journalism studies. 36(2):77-94. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

AFRICAN JOURNALISM STUDIES:
It's World Radio Day today! To mark this important celebration, we highlight a special collection of articles that remind us of the perpetual power of radio in African journalism. OPEN ACCESS until 31 March. Please share.
Long live radio studies!

Reflecting on the captivating moments from last week's #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Research Colloquium with Tanja Bosch Northwestern Qatar, where she explored 'The Politics of Racial Platform Capitalism: A Walkthrough Analysis of the SweepSouth App in South Africa.'

Happening today!

Join us for the inaugural #IAS_NUQ lecture on the Global South with Herman Wasserman in the Events Hall Northwestern Qatar

🕒 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
📍 Events Hall, Northwestern Qatar