COVID-19 and the media in sub-Saharan Africa : media viability, framing and health communication

As the global COVID-19 pandemic that broke out over two years ago is showing signs of relenting, and the world's attention draws towards yet another military conflict in Ukraine, the roles of crisis communication and media research couldn't be more critical. These roles, particularly in a...

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Other Authors Dralega, Carol Azungi (Editor), Napakol, Angella (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Subjects
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in mass media.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Communication in medicine > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781803822730
DOI10.1108/9781803822716
Physical Description1 online resource (320 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Media viability
  • Chapter 1. Viability of paid subscription in Uganda: An analysis of chimpreports' paywall / Alex Taremwa
  • Chapter 2. Caught between a rock and a hard place: Covid-19 impact on feminist media in Uganda, rwanda and tanzania / Carol Azungi Dralega, Margaret Jjuuko, and Eva Solomon
  • Chapter 3. Commercial radio news coverage of covid-19 in Uganda: A case study of central broadcasting service radio / Samuel Kazibwe and Fred Kakooza
  • Chapter 4. Covid-19 and the Ethiopian newspaper industry: Challenges and opportunities / Agaredech Jemaneh and Carol Azungi Dralega
  • Chapter 5. The economic impact of covid-19 on the print media industry in zimbabwe / Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
  • Section 2. Media framing and credibility
  • Chapter 6. (mis)information, sources and credibility: Targeting youth in public health response to covid-19 in Uganda / Angella Napakol, Elizabeth Kitego, and Carol Azungi Dralega
  • Chapter 7. Framing covid-19: Fear appeal messaging in print media in namibia and South Africa / Sarah Chiumbu, Nkosinothando Mpofu, and Konosoang Sobane
  • Chapter 8. The framing of covid-19 in Uganda's new vision and daily monitor newspapers / Solveig Omland and Emilly Maractho
  • Chapter 9. From scaremongering to messages of hope: How state authorities in Ethiopia, Ghana, sierra leone, and zimbabwe framed the covid-19 crisis on Facebook / Carol Azungi Dralega, Pamela Amia, Gezahgn Berhie Kidanu, Kanu Bai Santigie, Daniel Kudakwashe Mpala and Wise Kwame Osei
  • Section 3. Health communication discourses
  • Chapter 10. Journalism and mental health: Ugandan journalists' perspectives / Angella Napakol, Samuel Kazibwe, Ann Mugunga, Elizabeth Kitego, Osborn Ahimbisibwe, and Joseph Kiva
  • Chapter 11. Health communication and socio-cultural behavioural change in respect to covid-19 in South Africa / Sabihah Moola
  • Chapter 12. Perceptions, myths and misconceptions around covid-19 vaccination: Vaccine hesitancy and uptake among priority groups in Uganda / Angella Napakol and Samuel Kazibwe
  • Chapter 13. Covid-19 lock-down, information access and use among African diaspora in norway / Carol Azungi Dralega, Yam Bahadur Katuwal, and Henry Mainsah.

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