Carolyne M Lunga
Biographic Data
| ID | 4900337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyne M Lunga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyne M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lunga |
| SIGNATURE | LUNGA C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | City, University of London, London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7242-5858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigative Journalism in a Networked Age
Disinformation discourse as boundary work in journalism. A comparison between South Africa and France
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved fertile ground for disinformation, confronting journalists with several challenges. Not only have they faced an unprecedented flood of fabricated stories, but they also had to report about a crisis while experiencing it themselves. This study analyses how journalists made sense of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparing the perceptions of journalists in South Africa and France, countries which are i…
News in the Digital Age: A Case Study of Cite as a Digital Public Sphere in Zimbabwe
There is growing scholarship on how social media are shaping the practice and performance of mainstream media organisations. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter provide journalists with information and sources on issues happening across the globe. Journalists and news organisations are appropriating social media tools to generate story ideas and interact with audiences. Concerns about the quality of information circulated on these platforms an…
Investigating the Source and Strategies Adopted by Mainstream Media in Combating Fake News in the Kingdom of Eswatini
The spread of “fake news” is a threat to the credibility of the media in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), including Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). These intentionally false stories or disinformation purporting to be news threaten the democratic role of mainstream media in creating a well-informed citizenry. There is hate speech, and disinformation directed at the royal family, the cabinet, prominent figures and the larger Swazi …
Disinformation discourse as boundary work in journalism. A comparison between South Africa and France
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved fertile ground for disinformation, confronting journalists with several challenges. Not only have they faced an unprecedented flood of fabricated stories, but they also had to report about a crisis while experiencing it themselves. This study analyses how journalists made sense of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparing the perceptions of journalists in South Africa and France, countries which are i…
Investigating the Source and Strategies Adopted by Mainstream Media in Combating Fake News in the Kingdom of Eswatini
The spread of “fake news” is a threat to the credibility of the media in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), including Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). These intentionally false stories or disinformation purporting to be news threaten the democratic role of mainstream media in creating a well-informed citizenry. There is hate speech, and disinformation directed at the royal family, the cabinet, prominent figures and the larger Swazi …
News in the Digital Age: A Case Study of Cite as a Digital Public Sphere in Zimbabwe
There is growing scholarship on how social media are shaping the practice and performance of mainstream media organisations. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter provide journalists with information and sources on issues happening across the globe. Journalists and news organisations are appropriating social media tools to generate story ideas and interact with audiences. Concerns about the quality of information circulated on these platforms an…
Disinformation discourse as boundary work in journalism. A comparison between South Africa and France
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved fertile ground for disinformation, confronting journalists with several challenges. Not only have they faced an unprecedented flood of fabricated stories, but they also had to report about a crisis while experiencing it themselves. This study analyses how journalists made sense of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparing the perceptions of journalists in South Africa and France, countries which are i…
Investigative Journalism in a Networked Age
Disinformation (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social media (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Journalism (2 works) · Mainstream (2 works) · Media Influence and Politics (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works)