Ubuntuism as a Foundation of Media Ethics in Zimbabwe? Journalists’ Perspectives and Discontents

Ndlovu, Mphathisi; Sibanda, Makhosi Nkanyiso

doi:10.1080/02500167.2020.1815819

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“…Ullah (2014) also argues that the concept of Ubuntu as an alternative to Western normative media theories has found support from leading African scholars (e.g. Banda, 2009; Ndlovu and Sibanda, 2020) because it is a ‘common threat which runs through the beliefs, customs, value-systems and socio-political institutions and practices in African societies [and] might be a force for journalism education’ (Ullah, 2014: 20). We acknowledge here that such efforts represent valuable contributions to de-Westernising media studies in Africa.…”

Section: Towards An Inclusive Approach To De-westernising African Jou...mentioning

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Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: Toward a transformative approach

Obijiofor

Oelgemoeller

2022

International Communication Gazette

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Western conceptualisation of journalism as a profession and an academic discipline fundamentally represents systemic challenges to how journalism could be theorised, researched, and practised in ways that address and reflect the specificities of non-Western contexts such as Africa. It is in this context that calls for recognition of locally relevant epistemologies of journalism have generated vigorous debates among journalists, journalism educators, and communication academics. The authors argue that, in a rapidly changing world that recognises diverse perspectives, communities, cultures, national differences, and various ways of doing things, journalism education and practice should no longer be viewed through the linear and dominant lens of Western theoretical and practical ways of knowing. The comparative analysis presented in this paper provides critical insights into new approaches to theoretical and methodological developments that inform the discipline, with the aim to inspire and encourage wider debate in international communication field across cultures.

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Section: Towards An Inclusive Approach To De-westernising African Jou...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: Toward a transformative approach

Obijiofor

Oelgemoeller

2022

International Communication Gazette

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“Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists

Tshuma

Msimanga

Sibanda

2022

African Journalism Studies

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Dress Policing at Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe: Discourses on the Bulawayo Polytechnic College Dress Code Declaration

Ndlovu,

Tshuma

et al. 2023

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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In November 2022, the administrators at Bulawayo Polytechnic College instituted a new dress code at its campus, sparking public outrage. This college dress code reinvigorated debates on the age-old questions of morality and rights. On one hand, there is a strong belief that the implementation of dress codes may lead to the violation of students’ rights and self-expression. On the other hand, others contend that ‘revealing’ dresses may disrupt teaching and learning. This article uses this Bulawayo Polytechnic ‘moment’ to explore the discourses and debates surrounding dress codes in higher education institutions. Drawing upon Foucault’s theorisation on discourse, discipline and governmentality, we consider school dress codes as technologies of power. Data were collected from college students. At the core of these debates on choices of clothes are issues of policing and disciplining female bodies, rape culture, body shaming, victim-blaming and surveillance.

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Ubuntuism as a Foundation of Media Ethics in Zimbabwe? Journalists’ Perspectives and Discontents

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: Toward a transformative approach

Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: Toward a transformative approach

“Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists

Dress Policing at Higher Learning Institutions in Zimbabwe: Discourses on the Bulawayo Polytechnic College Dress Code Declaration

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