The Reconfiguration of News Work in Southern Africa during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 7494656 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Phillip Santos (0000-0002-8730-0596, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia), Admire Mare (0000-0002-9329-4030, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2021 |
| Volumen | 9 |
| Número | 9 |
| Páginas | 1391-1410 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2021-10-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Digital Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X |
| Editorial | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21670811.2021.1974914 |
| OpenAlex | W3204370442 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 13 |
| Referencias citadas | 30 |
This article examines the reconfiguration of news work during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected newsrooms in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. It looks at how newsrooms operating in different media systems responded to the structural impediments that accompanied the imposition of lockdown measures. Using technology-mediated interviews, the article investigated how COVID-19 reconfigured news work in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe and how this was shaped by contextual factors in each of these countries. Our study found that COVID-19 severely affected news work in terms of newsgathering, processing, distribution and the funding of media organizations. It created a situation where most news sources were unreachable, marginalized groups and communities excluded, government unaccountable, and advertising revenue reduced. To remedy the situation, media organizations in Southern Africa responded by accelerating the adoption of digital media technologies, by-passing advertising agencies, launching new content distribution channels, implementing paywalls and subscriptions and monetizing virtual events
Advertising · Business · Control reconfiguration · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Digital media · Distribution (mathematics · Government (linguistics · News media · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Revenue · Work (physics · Engineering · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
Making Sense of Pandemic-Induced Changes in Journalism and Beyond
Digital platforms and revenue generation strategies adopted by Zimbabwean mainstream news publishers
Ethical Issues Confronting Namibian Hybrid Media Organizations in the Digital Age
Covid-19 induced changes to news gathering and news production
Understanding the use of information sources during the Covid-19 pandemic
Social Media and Sports Journalism in Zimbabwe
Journalistic Mobility Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Implications for Hybrid Newswork from the Work-from-Home Activities of Local US Television Journalists During Covid
How the Pandemic Shaped the Digital Skills of Journalists in Turkey
Social media, media freedom and misinformation
Introduction
Disinformation discourse as boundary work in journalism. A comparison between South Africa and France
Exploring News Innovations, Journalistic Routines, and Role Perceptions during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Making Social Science Matter
Comparing Media Systems
Sampling for qualitative research
Prosumption, Produsage
Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World
Democracy without Journalism
Critical Incidents in Journalism
Newsworkers, technology, and journalism history
The Future of Journalism
Place, Power and the Pandemic
Online Journalism in Africa
Disrupting journalism from scratch
Precarious Professionalism
Convergence
The Disruption of Social Media
The Impact of Technology on Journalism
Communal News Work
Participatory Journalism in Africa
The Objects and Objectives of Journalism Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Beyond
Journalistic Legitimacy Revisited
Remaking ‘area studies’ in journalism studies
Boundaries of Journalism
The progressive promises and the reality of news beyond industrial journalism
New media and journalism practice in Africa
What is Digital Journalism Studies
| Obras citantes distintas | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 2,6 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 13 |