Rest in peace George.

Extremely honoured to be a part of this line up of authors! Thank you Duncan Omanga, PhD Admire Mare ACT for your hard work on bringing this to fruition. SSRC Stirling Journalism Film and Media (UCT) SSRC's Next Gen Africa @Routledge

Open-Access Alert Communication Strategies in Relation to COVID-19 in South Africa and Ghana: A Systematic Review Click this link journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… AEJMC Annals of Int'l Communication Association Herman Wasserman International Communication Association National Communication Association allAfrica.com African Studies Library Tanja Bosch CNN Africa Africa Review Dr Bernadine Jones

#ICAinAfrica LET'S GOOOO!! Film and Media (UCT) University of Stirling

The esteemed Martin Ndlela talking us through GenAI for media organisations International Communication Association UCT Graduate School of Business #ICAinAfrica

Back for the second day #ICAinAfrica Film and Media (UCT) UCT Graduate School of Business Stellenbosch Journalism yes I'm the person who wears sunnies inside. It's bright down south!

Fascinating talk from Dr Bernadine Jones from @stiruni on the history and power of TV in South Africa, how it has shaped political elections & how “Sunshine journalism” has obscured oppression in the country. #ICAAfrica

A timely ‘Thanksgiving Day’ package Hey, thanks y’all for being part of this Admire Mare ACT Dr Bernadine Jones Dércio Tsandzana, PhD Emilly Comfort Maractho Toyin Ajayi John Mwangi, PhD and others… ( not on X)

The much-revised 2nd ed. of the Handbook of Digital Politics, co-edited by myself and Stephen Coleman, is now out. We've worked with some fantastic authors, both established names and promising new scholars. tinyurl.com/2h8epf4u

A lovely package arrived yesterday! Thanks Duncan Omanga, PhD Admire Mare ACT for this beautiful book. I'm honoured to share the pages with illustrious colleagues from across Africa. SSRC's Next Gen Africa Routledge Books University of Stirling Film and Media (UCT)

The Next Gen Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship award supports doctoral students carrying out fieldwork, collecting and analyzing data, and working on their literature review and dissertation writing. Fellowship awards are up to $15,000. ssrc.org/programs/next-…

Gee it's almost like oligopoly is BAD for media, culture, communication, society, business, mental health, relationships..... who knew. #metadown #facebookdown #instagramdown

20 years after Hallin & Mancini’s book, this special issue aims to revise main ideas and media models. Our editorial: Comparing Media Systems: A New Critical Academic Reading cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommun… Lorena R. Romero-Domínguez Isabel Fernández Alonso Dr Bernadine Jones @muratakser

Prof Adrian Hadland (Adrian Hadland) and I have an article out in the recent Media and Communication journal. We investigate how, if at all, the Hallin and Mancini media models apply to South Africa's current state of democracy. Read it here, for free!

Our research team will attend JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni's #FoJ2025 this week presenting papers on AI, election misinformation, climate news and more. Read the summaries of their research below 👇 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/here-are-…

Here! Live! For the 20th Anniversary. Cardiff University JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni can't wait to begin.

Listening to Jodie Ginsberg give an extraordinary call to action for journalists to Do Our Job and fact find, not act as stenographers. JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni

If there's semiotics in the title, I'm there! Love the Visual Storytelling session so far JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni #FOJ2025

Absolutely fascinating project on how GenAI "sees" climate change. The flattening of narratives and uncritical generation of visuals is damaging for audience understanding of CC. Cardiff University JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni #foj2025

Listening to Seth C. Lewis as the keynote for the final day of #FoJ2025 at JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni. The leading thinker in my field, and inspiring. Thanks for this opportunity!