Disentangling the Jargon: Journalists’ Access and Utilisation of Climate Change Information in Tanzania

Elia, Emmanuel Frank

doi:10.1080/23743670.2019.1623057

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“…WhatsApp which is well protected and end-to-end encrypted. Heightened use of Twitter and LinkedIn compared to a recent study on journalists' access and use of social media in Tanzania by Elia (2019b) could be attributed to balanced gender, extensive occupational roles and level of education of respondents of the current study.…”

Section: Informationseeking Behaviour Of Tanzanianscontrasting

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“…Heightened use and satisfaction in use of Facebook in Egypt may be socially constructed and associated with trust vested on it and observability in use of the platform during the Arab rise, where Facebook played a central role. Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter were also found to be widely used social media platforms among journalists in sharing information on topical global climate change challenge in Tanzania (Elia, 2019b).…”

Section: Patterns In Access and Use Of Covid-19 Informationmentioning

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“…Sharing and using of information on COVID-19 is also influenced by GKMC 72,4/5 misinformation, complex technical jargons, evaluation skills, format, packaging of information, reliability, accuracy, ease of access and information content verification (Hanafiah and Wan, 2020). Other factors influencing access and use of information include knowledge; attitude (Rugarabamu et al, 2020); language, content verification, awareness, skills, internet, online resources (Elia, 2019a(Elia, , 2019b; politics, population, economy (Oladokun and Jorosi, 2020); and observability, relative advantage (Rogers, 2003), faith and nationalism (Richey, et al, 2021). In spite of several factors influencing information seeking, there is limited COVID-19 research in developing countries on information-seeking behaviour.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Seeking and Use Of Informationmentioning

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Information-seeking behaviour of Tanzanians in the time of COVID-19

Elia

2022

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Purpose This study aims to investigate on access and communication of COVID-19 information among Tanzanians. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative methods were applied to identify a total of 636 respondents. Findings Results show that the majority (86.9%) of respondents seek information on COVID-19. Gender, age, education and marital status did not influence individual’s information-seeking behaviour. Respondents largely used social media, particularly WhatsApp, to communicate. Respondents prefer blending professional and traditional information to combat COVID-19. The majority (51%) of respondents indicated that COVID-19 information was not communicated ethically. Employed people are more likely to ethically communicate information on the pandemic in social media. Practical implications Findings imply that novelty of the pandemic has enhanced active information-seeking behaviour. Respondents rely on multiple information sources to seek and collaboratively communicate COVID information. Employment status is associated with respondents’ information-seeking behaviour. Audio-visual sources are mostly preferred and relied in communicating information on the pandemic. Social media usage has enhanced timely and appropriate decision-making measures to tackle the COVID menace. Level of education has an influence on the use of credible sources and ethical communication of information on the pandemic. Utilization of COVID-19 preventive information was not statistically associated with socio-demographic variables. Availability of information infrastructures, particularly the internet, influences access, use and clear informed decision on prevention and treatment of COVID-19 disease. Originality/value The study contributes to knowledge and literature on response and preventive measures on COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries.

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Information-seeking behaviour of Tanzanians in the time of COVID-19

Elia

2022

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“…Most of the reporting was on the impacts of climate change and adaptation measures (49,3%), followed by weather and climate trends (33,8%), while renewable energy and the link between climate and poverty were the least covered topics (Elia, 2019). In a further study, Elia (2021) found that climate change reporting in Tanzania was made difficult by editors who rejected climate change news, as well as journalists who lacked a grasp of scientific terms used in climate change communication.…”

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Climate change journalism in South Africa: noticeable improvements, less than adequate

Sithole¹

2023

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The media coverage of climate change in South Africa is on the increase, although several issue requiring attention have been identified. These include i) the fact that media coverage ismostly influenced by events such as climate conferences and disasters; ii) a tendency toapproach climate change as a beat, instead of incorporating it in other beats since the climatecrisis impacts various issues, such as economics, health, politics, food security, agriculture, etc.This has often resulted in a scenario where some of the impacts of climate change are underreported;iii) most of the reporting is found in online media and sometimes behind paywalls;and iv) although showing some improvements, there is a reliance on stories from foreign newsnetworks, something that might suggest that the climate crisis is not of local concern. Overallclimate communication by key stakeholders such as the government and the business sector isparticularly inadequate. Having conducted a mapping of media coverage by 11 publicationsand interviewed 42 key stakeholders, this study has made several recommendations whichinclude the training of climate journalists and the conscientization of media houses to improvereporting on the crisis. Government, in particular, has been implored to engage in climatechange communication to catapult societal discourse on the subject and improve mediareporting.

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“…There is also a scarcity of scientific literature on the challenges encountered by newspaper journalists when covering climate change information in Tanzania. The little literature that is available is mostly on the coverage of climate change information in Tanzanian newspapers and the challenges encountered by the general category of journalists when covering information in their media (Elia, 2019a, 2019b, 2019c; Siyao and Sife, 2018; Tairo, 2013). Knowledge of such sources helps the generators of climate change information to know the reliable and accessible channels through which they can direct this information for further dissemination.…”

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Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania

Siyao

Sife

2021

IFLA Journal

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This article assesses the information sources used by Tanzanian newspaper journalists to collect climate change information. The main sources of climate change information consulted by newspaper journalists in Tanzania are climate change experts and daily events, such as community meetings and other relevant social gatherings. These sources are interactive – enabling journalists to obtain climate change information – and easily accessible, and use and provide instant responses. It was also found that deficient use of other potential sources of information, such as libraries, printed materials and Internet websites, coupled with overarching challenges that limit newspaper journalists from seeking, covering and reporting information on climate change, may affect the quality and quantity of climate change information published in Tanzanian newspapers. All the stakeholders involved in the fight against climate change and journalism colleges should collaborate and devise strategies aimed at building the capacity of newspaper journalists, editors and reporters in their daily activities.

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Disentangling the Jargon: Journalists’ Access and Utilisation of Climate Change Information in Tanzania

Cited by 8 publications

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Information-seeking behaviour of Tanzanians in the time of COVID-19

Information-seeking behaviour of Tanzanians in the time of COVID-19

Climate change journalism in South Africa: noticeable improvements, less than adequate

Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania

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