Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-
19. However, the term 'lockdown'is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO's reference to 'so-called …

Political and economic developments in many African countries in the last two decades have
led to significant transformations in the media and enhanced academic scholarship in the …

This article undertakes a systematic study of press articles on climate change in the rich
West (Norway), the emerging East (China) and the developing South (Ghana) to explore the …

While scientific evidence on the human agency of climate change seems compelling, public
conviction and capacity to adapt and adopt mitigation measures remain tentative among …

Interest in how gender is constructed in African media has been renewed since the
democratic transitions in the 1990s across the continent brought liberalization of the media …

Background: Research on vaccines confirms the crucial role media play in framing
discourses and mobilizing public support for successful immunization campaigns. What …

This essay introduces the Special Issue. The authors briefly survey the contemporary and
complex relationship between aid and journalism and the role of foreign aid/development …

C onventional history and its discourses were constructed around the figures of illustrious
men, and “important” male-centered events. In many colonial histories and histories of …

There is an African proverb declaring,“if you assume indifference at a meat-sharing, you end
up with the bones,” a cynical maxim perhaps, but one which underscores the central …

The proliferation of radio stations across Africa has engendered an increase in local
language radio stations and fuelled culturally-rooted practices of news delivery considered …