Digital Technologies and the Changing Journalism Cultures in Zimbabwe: Examining the Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ndlovu, Mphathisi; Sibanda, Makhosi Nkanyiso

doi:10.1080/21670811.2021.1976065

Cited by 23 publications

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“…The advent of social media platforms and WhatsApp in a technology-mediated environment has facilitated news media to be nearer to their audience and vice versa in terms of news creation, engagement and dissemination. This finding confirms the results of Zimbabwean journalists who counted on new media technologies such as WhatsApp and Twitter to produce news stories (Ndlovu and Sibanda, 2022). By way of embracing new mobile technologies during the pandemic, especially from the marginalized communities, there has been increased citizen participation and a subtle transition towards a more collaborative and solution-based journalism.…”

Section: Discussion – Interview With the News Producers And Viewers O...supporting

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Enhancing social capital and reciprocity through community news media during COVID-19: a study of video volunteers

Govindarajan

Geetha²,

Patra

et al. 2023

OIR

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PurposeThis article attempts to highlight the defining role that community media engagements play during times of the pandemic. It is argued that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic forced community news media houses to reinvent their news reporting practices to cover issues pertaining to the marginalized and underprivileged sections of the society. It explores the role of community media in engaging and empowering the citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachCentral to our study is the analysis of the news model of “Video Volunteers” (henceforth VV), an independent community-based online news platform based in India. To understand the level of citizen participation and engagement in the making and dissemination of news during the pandemic, the authors conducted 13 interviews with different stakeholders of VV, including founders and news audiences.FindingsIt seeks to reveal that when the mainstream media have failed to represent the issues of a local community, it is the independent media platforms like VV which function as a veritable source of information and sharing of knowledge. Most importantly, this paper emphasizes that the communicative model of independent community-based online platforms has been most successful in the coverage of the pandemic and the level of engagement with the citizenry.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the aspects of reciprocity and collaborative journalism in community news media and its potential impacts on news creation and dissemination.

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Section: Discussion – Interview With the News Producers And Viewers O...supporting

confidence: 86%

Enhancing social capital and reciprocity through community news media during COVID-19: a study of video volunteers

Govindarajan

Geetha²,

Patra

et al. 2023

OIR

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“…In 2021, there is a decline in the number of publications on digital journalism. In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, and studies (Ndlovu and Sibanda, 2021; Rhoads, 2021; Sukmono and Junaedi, 2021) have highlighted the transition of digital journalism towards mobile journalism, where mobile technology was used to capture, curate and distribute live contents. The present study only involved papers on “digital journalism” and “online journalism”, and there is a high chance that articles on “mobile journalism” has been ignored.…”

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Quantifying global digital journalism research: a bibliometric landscape

Banshal

Verma

Yuvaraj

2022

LHT

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive analysis of the current status and development of the digital journalism field from 1987 to 2021 using the Dimensions database.Design/methodology/approachUsing the Dimensions.ai database, 1734 articles were identified through search strategies which were published from 1987 to 2021. The downloaded results were analysed using specific parameters with the help of bibliometric and science mapping tools: Biblioshiny, VOSviewer and CiteSpace. The key contributions of the present comprehensive bibliometric study of the digital journalism field can be seen in terms of the following aspects: (1) Publication analysis from the perspectives of publication growth, key journals, contributing authors, institutions and countries done through Biblioshiny package. (2) Citation network analysis from the perspective of co-citation structure of papers, authors, countries and institutions done through VOSviewer. (3) Timeline analysis and keywords burst detection to identify hotspots and research trends in digital journalism with the help of CiteSpace.FindingsThe first paper with the keyword digital journalism was published in the year 1989. From 2011 onwards, there has been growth in digital journalism literature. The most popular journal in digital journalism studies is Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies. Lewis, S.C. has contributed the most number of papers in digital journalism. Further, authors from the countries the USA, Spain, Brazil and UK have contributed immensely. The citation network of authors, institutions and countries contributing to digital journalism studies has also been explored in the study. Through burst analysis, hot topics in digital journalism were identified.Originality/valueThe paper provides a complete overview of the growth of digital journalism literature published from 1987 to 2021. The originality of this work lies in the triangulation of Biblioshiny, VOSviewer and CiteSpace software to present various aspects of bibliometric study. Findings of the study can help the researchers to identify areas as well as journals, authors, institutions working actively in the field of digital journalism.

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“…Journalists faced an increased information burden as health officials relied on news reports to disseminate updates about the pandemic (Desai et al, 2021). At the same time, they faced massive disruptions in daily work, often requiring them to incorporate new technologies into standard practices (García-Avilés, 2021;Ndlovu & Sibanda, 2022). While this experience is especially disruptive and recent, journalists have encountered new technologies and the need to incorporate them in their work for centuries, and research on these past adoptions sheds some light on how we might expect journalists to adapt during the pandemic.…”

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Scooped by the town drunk”: COVID-19 as an actor in the rural journalist’s network

Mari,

Perreault,

Walsh

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Journalists serving rural communities are crucial sources of information across the U.S.; they also face challenges and opportunities unlike those of their peers at large urban outlets. In this study, we take the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to examine how these journalists define their group identities. We focus on local news creators to ask: How has COVID-19 influenced the identities of small-town and rural journalists in the U.S.? Using an approach informed by actor-network theory and social identity theory, we analyze interviews conducted during the height of the pandemic with 35 rural and small-town journalists across the Midwest, Appalachia, and Gulf South regions to understand the effects of COVID-19 on journalistic identities. We find that the pandemic disrupted the newsgathering process, depunctualizing it in a way that highlighted the centrality of relationships to the rural journalist’s identity. First, by physically distancing journalists from their sources, COVID-19 highlighted the importance of in-person connections. Second, by increasing the amount of contentious news available to report on, COVID-19 highlighted the tension between preserving news values and protecting community relationships. Our findings highlight the far-reaching effects of one actant in a network and the ways journalists in crisis situations negotiate conflicting pressures.

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Digital Technologies and the Changing Journalism Cultures in Zimbabwe: Examining the Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 23 publications

References 39 publications

Enhancing social capital and reciprocity through community news media during COVID-19: a study of video volunteers

Enhancing social capital and reciprocity through community news media during COVID-19: a study of video volunteers

Quantifying global digital journalism research: a bibliometric landscape

Scooped by the town drunk”: COVID-19 as an actor in the rural journalist’s network

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