In Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective, Nkosinothando Mpofu, Phillip Santos, Admire Mare and Hugh Ellis have expertly put together a tour de force collection of African perspectives on the varied ways in which journalists, communicators, citizens, government communicators and other stakeholders mediated the recent global pandemics. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a critical juncture, the book underscores the political nature of (mis)representing, (mis)framing and illuminating stories in a pandemic context. Drawing mostly on case studies from Southern, East, and West Africa, the volume foregrounds the various ways in which the media covered the recent global pandemics. It also looks at how public officials were instrumental in communicating about the causes, nature, prevention, and vaccination-related interventions. It also focuses on citizen-initiated communications on social media and how these were implicated in the viral production and circulation of mis/disinformation
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Nkosinothando Mpofu is a Senior Lecturer, teaching and supervising students in the Department of Informatics, Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Phillip Santos teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
Admire Mare is an Associate Professor and Head of Department of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hugh Ellis is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology.
