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

*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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