Laughing at Trouble: A Multimodal Analysis of Online Economic Satire in Zimbabwe

Nyaungwa, Mathew

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81969-9_7

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“…159 Therefore, concern regarding the use of COVID-19 HAdV-5 vaccines has been raised, especially in HIV endemic areas; 160 161 furthermore, approval for Gam-Covid-Vac (Sputnik V) has not been granted for use in South Africa 162 or Namibia. 163…”

Section: Vaccinesmentioning

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HIV and COVID-19 Disease

Venturas

2023

Semin Respir Crit Care Med

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Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV infected individuals throughout the world remain at significant risk of respiratory infections and non-communicable disease. Severe disease from SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a hyperinflammatory phenotype which manifests in the lungs as pneumonia and in some cases can lead to acute respiratory failure. Progression to severe COVID-19 is associated with comorbid disease such as obesity, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, however data concerning the associated risks of HIV coinfection are still conflicting, with large population studies demonstrating poorer outcomes, whilst smaller, case-controlled studies showing better outcomes. Furthermore, underlying immunopathological processes within the lungs and elsewhere, including interactions with other opportunistic infections (OI), remain largely undefined. Nonetheless, new and repurposed anti-viral therapies and vaccines which have been developed are safe to use in this population, and anti-inflammatory agents are recommended with the caveat that the coexistence of opportunistic infections is considered and excluded. Finally, HIV infected patients remain reliant on good ART adherence practices to maintain HIV viral suppression, and some of these practices were disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting these patients at further risk for acute and long-term adverse outcomes.

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HIV and COVID-19 Disease

Venturas

2023

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Madenga

2024

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This article explores performances of satire as a form of journalism in Zimbabwe by analysing performances by satirists who mimic to mock journalistic conventions and political authorities. Through analyses of YouTube videos, the article explores the ways in which satire as journalism is visualised. Onscreen, satirists mimic the gestures, mannerisms and aesthetic objects connected to both political figures and state journalists on the state-run television station for ridicule. This paper argues that the parodying and mimicking of aesthetics of authority legitimises and professionalises satire as journalism, even as it seeks to critique notions of journalistic authority in an authoritarian state. Through analyses of three Zimbabwean satire shows on YouTube, the paper finds that, while satirists mimic journalistic practices and journalistic authority with the goal of mocking state media and the censorial state, a closer reading of their practices shows that they themselves become legitimate news tellers. This kind of satire plays with familiar broadcasting television aesthetics to signal authority, providing current news and otherwise censored critique.

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Laughing at Trouble: A Multimodal Analysis of Online Economic Satire in Zimbabwe

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

HIV and COVID-19 Disease

HIV and COVID-19 Disease

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