Our second African Digital Rights Network book "Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power, and propaganda" will be published on April 18th and can be pre-ordered now from the publisher using this link: bloomsbury.com/uk/digital-dis… #disinformation #digitalrights

New publication alert! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… Film and Media (UCT) UCT

AJS is happy to announce that Prof Tanja Bosch Tanja Bosch has taken over as Editor since Jan 2024. She took on the role from her previous role as Associate editor. We are proud to welcome Prof Bosch and thank the former editor Prof Chuma Wallace Chuma for his service to AJS.

This International Women's Day, join Tanja Bosch (Tanja Bosch) as she explores the significance of digital feminist activism & its impact around the world, and highlights the power of digital platforms to propel societal change. Register here: bit.ly/3uBA71T

Conformist Digital Citizenship = online etiquette + functional skills Reformist Digital Citizenship = changing digital norms + laws Transformist Digital Citizenship = claiming digital rights + shifting power in favour of digital justice Tanja Bosch African Digital Rights Network

On this International Women's Day, AJS Editor, Prof Tanja Bosch Tanja Bosch is giving this critical keynote on Digital Feminist Citizenship & Activism. Register with the link below and see you at 4 pm SAST today.

To mark Int'l Women's Day today, AJS presents a special curation of research insights into media representation of women and gender issues. These 9 papers cut across protest movements, femininity in newsrooms, fake news, digital feminism, gender divide etc tandfonline.com/journals/recq2…

Join us! url.za.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/hMh1CoYnqytr…

If you are at #DRIF in Accra join us tomorrow at 14:00 for the official launch of "Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power and propaganda" or download a free copy here 👇👇 bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci…

When the US attempts to ban foreign social media platforms, national security is the leading narrative, when it's Africa, they use terms like digital authoritarianism. Can we all admit that the US potential ban of TikTok is a major characterisation of digital authoritarianism?

We have finished the transcript of our 3rd book "Digital Surveillance in Africa: power, agency & rights" and we're busy drafting two others books: "Internet Shutdowns in Africa" with Felicia Anthonio from #KeepItOn Access Now & "Feminist Digital Citizenship in Africa" w/Tanja Bosch

We will be making an exciting announcement today in Accra at #DRIF24 about a new book project with 'Gbénga Ṣẹ̀san and we will post a call for expressions of interest from African researchers on the African Digital Rights Network website in the coming days. africandigitalrightsnetwork.org

To mark World Press Freedom Day today, African Journalism Studies has partnered T&F Africa to make open access for 2 months a selection of 14 articles published by AJS which interrogate press freedom in Africa, either empirically/theoretically. Pls share widely. Happy WPF Day!

Join me tomorrow at the CSSR to talk about digital citizenship and the book edited by myself and Migrating to @phatcontroller.bsky.social UCT

Excited to present our research on AI's portrayal in African media at next week's #AIandLaw conference! Hoping to spark discussions on bias & implications for law, media, & AI regulation. Trust Matsilele, Ph.D. (NRF-rated) Musawenkosi Ndlovu Tanja Bosch #Africa #AIbias

What are online publications aimed at African audiences saying about AI, and more importantly, who speaks the loudest on this? Shared insights from a study with Trust Matsilele, Ph.D. (NRF-rated) Musawenkosi Ndlovu and Tanja Bosch Check out this op-ed published by UWC uwc.ac.za/news-and-annou…

We are excited to kick off the 2025 Theory and Method Winter School at #IAS_NUQ! Focused on Arab and Southern Digitalities, this 3-day workshop features master classes by Rahul Mukherjee, Tanja Bosch, and Omar Al-Ghazzi. Organized by #IAS_NUQ with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Claudia Mellado Silvio Waisbord Ibrahim N. Abusharif 𝔼𝕕𝕕𝕪 𝔹𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕪 Dr. Noura Al Obeidli Zahra Hankir Christina Paschyn 🇺🇦 Ilhem Allagui Panel 3, Social Media Influencers and Self-Media, explores the transformative role of influencers and self-media in journalism. Omar Al-Ghazzi, Tanja Bosch, and FANG Kecheng 方可成 examine how influencers, as opinion leaders, shape societal trends and consumer behavior in a conversation

How does #AI hype manifest in African news? 🤔Our latest study with @TrustMatsilele, Musawenkosi Ndlovu , & Tanja Bosch reveals how 700+ reports from 26 African countries emphasise tools & Western perspectives, often at the expense of ethical considerations lnkd.in/dpUB8HWs

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Tanja Bosch argues that decolonisation in media studies must go beyond symbolic critique to focus on anti-capitalist praxis, citation politics, and epistemic refusal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…