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[ecrea] Call for Articles: African Journalism Studies (AJS)¹s 'African Digital Media Review' (ADMR) (Issue No: 2)

Mon Apr 25 20:29:51 GMT 2016





*Call for Articles:*

*/African Journalism Studies /**(AJS)’s ‘African Digital Media Review’ (ADMR) (**/Issue/**/No: 2/)***

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Following the successful launch of the first issue of /African Digital Media Review /(ADMR), a Special Annual Issue of /African Journalism Studies/ (AJS)in 2015, we are now seeking submissions of complete articles for the second installment of the Special Annual Issue.

ADMR//broadly exploresthe impact of digital technologies on a range of social and cultural practices that directly implicate journalism as a social practice. It provides a consolidated and focused forum for scholarship that engages with, and invigorates wide-ranging debates on the impact of digital technologies on diverse spheres of journalism practice on the continent Africa. The emphasis is on taking stock of the ‘changing journalism and communication landscape’ and to view African journalism/media within a more broadly encompassing Global comparative context.

As well as seeking theoretically driven research that uses a wide range of empirical evidence, we seek studies that inspire sensitivity to the contingent nature of the appropriation of digital technologies in African journalism and communication. We particularly welcome studies that counter deep-seated ‘technicist’ approaches by considering prevailing socio-political, economic and cultural dynamics.The goal is to foreground contextually rooted debates of evolving practices, attitudes and patterns of digital media use and appropriation in Africa, all of which remain underrepresented in Global journalism scholarship.

Topics to be covered the second issue of ADMR may include, but are by no means restricted to the following issues:

·Critical empirical and theoretical research that crosses disciplinary boundaries but generally constitutes or focuses on journalistic cultures and practices in Africa

·How digital technologies are redefining, supplementing, or replacing traditional journalism and media in Africa

·How digital technologies are impacting on established normative values and traditions of journalism in Africa

·Innovative appropriations in wide-ranging social contexts that directly implicate journalism

·How appropriations of digital technologies in Africa are shaped and constrained by specific socio-political, cultural and economic factors

·Cross-cultural comparisons of digital journalism practices across African countries and beyond

·New forms of citizenship, participatory cultures and the extent to which digital media are an empowering force in Africa

·Methodological challenges posed by new digital technologies to the study of journalism and media in Africa etc.

Complete articles fitting within this broadly defined theme must be sent to the Special Annual Issue Editor, Dr Hayes Mabweazara *(hayes.mabweazara /at/ falmouth.ac.uk)* <mailto:(hayes.mabweazara /at/ falmouth.ac.uk)>*OR *submitted online at the */African Journalism Studies/ *ScholarOne Manuscripts <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/recq> siteby *Friday, 10^th of June, 2016*. For further details on the journal and referencing guidelines, please see Referencing & Submission Guidelines <http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=recq20&page=instructions#.VOKUaks5tg0>.

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*Dr Hayes Mabweazara*
Senior Lecturer in Journalism Studies
School of Writing & Journalism
*Falmouth University*
Penyrn Campus, England, TR10 9EZ
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e: (hayes.mabweazara /at/ falmouth.ac.uk)
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