[Commlist] CfP Special issue - Media and the Corona Pandemic in Africa JAMS

*Call for Papers *

*Special issue - Media and the Corona Pandemic in Africa *

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The *Journal of African Media Studies*is cordially inviting you to 
submit a paper to be included in a thematic issue on Media and the 
Corona Pandemic in Africa. Since its outbreak in China, the coronavirus 
(Covid-19) pandemic has brought the world into a standstill, through 
various forms of lockdown, social distancing and self-quarantine. In 
Africa, as in other parts of the world, the pandemic is affecting every 
sphere of life including travel, education, business, informal sector, 
religion, health and entertainment. The public demand for information is 
unprecedented. The pandemic is attracting a huge amount of attention in 
media. Conversation issues in social media revolve around Covid-19. We 
invite articles that focus on the unfolding corona-crisis in Africa. 
What are the stories emerging from the continent? How is the media 
depicting the coronavirus pandemic? Articles for this special issue will 
focus on a number of issues around the Covid-19 pandemic and the media 
in Africa.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

●        Media coverage and representation of the pandemic

●        Mainstream media and alternative narratives about Covid-19

●        Indigenous language media and Covid-19

●        User-generated images and memes on Covid-19

●        The use of satire, music and comedy

●        Social media and proliferation of fake news, dodgy health 
advice and fake ‘cures’

  * Conspiracy theories, misinformation, and disinformation related to
    the coronavirus pandemic

●        Discourse about poverty, migration, racism, religion and xenophobia

●        Minority voices in the media

●        The role of micro-celebrities

●        Media and information literacy

●        Rooted cosmopolitans and support networks

●        International relations, post-colonialism

●        Screen media and creativity

All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under 
consideration by other publications. Articles published in JAMS are 
subjected to a blind peer-reviewing process and should not normally 
exceed 6,000 words in length. For more information on requirements and 
submission procedures see 
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-media-studies_._

No APCs will be required for this submission._
_

If interested, please send a 300-word abstract and short biography to 
Martin Ndlela (martin.ndlela /at/ inn.no) <mailto:(martin.ndlela /at/ inn.no)>__by 30 
April 2020. The deadline for full articles is 1^st September 2020.


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