Latest Journal of African Media Studies

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 12 Jan, 2011

Here is a list of selected articles from the latest issue of the Journal of African Media Studies (Vol 2, Issue 3, November 2010).    The fulltext is available from EBSCOhost's Communication & Mass Media Complete [only available to the UCT community].

Mobile interconnections: Reinterpreting distance, relating and difference in the Cameroonian Grassfields.Full Text Available By: de Bruijn, Mirjam; Nyamnjoh, Francis; Angwafo, Tseghama. Journal of African Media Studies, Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p267-285, 19p; DOI: 10.1386/jams.2.3.267_1

Rethinking rugby and the rainbow nation.Full Text Available By: Vincent, Louise; Stevenson, Sasha. Journal of African Media Studies, Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p287-296, 10p; DOI: 10.1386/jams.2.3.287_1

 The road to renaming - what's in a name? The changing of Durban's street names and its coverage in The Mercury.Full Text Available By: Orgeret, Kristin Skare. Journal of African Media Studies, Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p297-320, 24p, 5 Color Photographs; DOI: 10.1386/jams.2.3.297_1

Nollywood on the Internet: A preliminary analysis of an online Nigerian video-film audience.Full Text Available By: Obiaya, Ikechukwu. Journal of African Media Studies, Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p321-338, 18p; DOI: 10.1386/jams.2.3.321_1

Can the media in Africa shape Africa's political future?Full Text Available By: Mukhongo, Lusike Lynete. Journal of African Media Studies, Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p339-352, 14p; DOI: 10.1386/jams.2.3.339_1


Regional parallelism and the reporting of corruption in the Nigerian press.Full Text Available By: Yusha'u, Muhammad Jameel. Journal of African Media Studies, Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p353-369, 17p, 1 Chart; DOI: 10.1386/jams.2.3.353_1

Earlier Table of Contents  (abstract and header only) are available from the journal's publishers, Intellect Books.