The reliance on untrained reporters with limited or no understanding of journalistic standards
has become increasingly widespread particularly in less democratic environments and …

It has since been eleven years since the rise of the “Arab Spring”: a series of anti-government
uprisings that spread across the Arab world, ultimately leading to regime changes in …

Digital media have, on the other hand, also often served as channels for hate speech,
intolerance, and increased the disempowerment of those citizens who lack access or the ability to …

Citizen journalism is emerging as a powerful phenomenon across Africa. The rise of
digitally networked technologies is reshaping reporting across the continent. This change is …

For many years, scholars have accepted the pedagogic, practical, and theoretical universalization
of journalism standards. Benchmarks on what journalists, teachers, or researchers …

It normally is assumed that new media activism, in the wake of the ‘Arab Spring’ political
protests in the Middle East, has the potential to promote and effectively enable social and …

From diplomatic spats between Qatar and Saudi Arabia to ubiquitous deceptive “news”
updates purportedly sent by the Eritrean government urging all men to marry two wives or risk …

News media have often been criticised for framing social protests in negative ways, particular
through photojournalism. While news photographs can shape the public's understanding …

This volume seeks to analyse the emerging wave of data journalism in the Global South. It
does so by examining trends, developments and opportunities for data journalism in the …

As shown by several papers in this special issue, there has been an increasing interest in
data among journalism scholars and practitioners worldwide including those in the Global …