[Commlist] CFP Special Issue African Journalism Studies: Practices, Policies and Regulation in African Journalism

*Call for Papers: Special Issue of African Journalism Studies *
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*Practices, Policies and Regulation in African Journalism*

*Guest Editors:*
Idil Osman, SOAS University of London, UK
Susana Sampaio-Dias, University of Portsmouth, UK
Judith Townend, University of Sussex, UK
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, University of Glasgow, UK

This special issue seeks to provide an update on research about 
contemporary journalism practices and the evolving nature of journalism 
and media regulation in Africa. There has been a growing interest in 
studying journalism and media on the continent and the varying political 
landscapes in democratic and non-democratic or conflict-torn African 
countries highlight the need to critically analyse how the processes of 
media regulation and media policies are evolving in each particular context.
The circumstances for the practice of journalism and media production in 
Africa have often been debated from representation and ethics-centred 
perspectives; this special issue aims to gather a range of contributions 
that complement these studies by further exploring the complexity and 
range of prevailing regulation and policy matters that implicate and 
affect journalism practice. By acknowledging examples of emerging 
regulatory systems, the presence of old problems that may have taken new 
forms, or new problems that stem from old practices, we aim also to 
provide comparative insights that bring up to date and further our 
understanding of how journalism is protected, practised and regulated in 
Africa.
We welcome submissions that take a theoretically informed approach as 
well as studies that examine country-specific or comparative 
case-studies. We invite contributions across different and relevant 
disciplines, including collaborations between early career scholars. We 
particularly invite contributions addressing any of the following topics:

•Empirical and theoretical approaches to the examination of media law in 
Africa.
•The origin and development of media legislation, development of case 
law and regulatory systems governing, for example, the printed press, 
broadcasting, social media, election reporting and advertising
•Transnational relations between African journalists and diasporic 
counterparts
•Media regulation and implications for democratisation
•The relevance or irrelevance of former colonising countries in the 
development of news practices and legal/regulatory systems
•The globalisation of news and the challenges of international law, 
policy and regulatory influences
•Press freedom and media regulation in fragile contexts
•Media state funding, public service and or privatisation
•The impact of new technologies (including social media) on regulation 
and practice
•The digital divide, digital literacy and the challenge of regulating 
online media and ‘fake news’

Prospective authors should submit an abstract of approximately 250 words 
by email to the Guest Editors: Idil Osman ((io7 /at/ soas.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(io7 /at/ soas.ac.uk)>), Susana Sampaio-Dias 
((susana.sampaio-dias /at/ port.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(susana.sampaio-dias /at/ port.ac.uk)>), Judith Townend 
((judith.townend /at/ sussex.ac.uk) <mailto:(judith.townend /at/ sussex.ac.uk)>) and 
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara ((hayes.mabweazara /at/ glasgow.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(hayes.mabweazara /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)>).

All abstracts will be reviewed by the editors and successful authors 
will be invited to submit a full manuscript via the African Journalism 
Studies ‘ScholarOne Manuscripts’ site where they will undergo peer 
review. The invitation to submit a full article does not guarantee 
acceptance of the final paper into the special issue.

*Timeline:*
Deadline for abstracts – 01 May 2019
Notification of proposal acceptance – 13 May 2019
Completed papers – 31 August 2019
Final revised papers due – 29 November 2019


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