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‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach. (2010)
Book Chapter
Mabweazara, H. (2010). ‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach. In N. Hyde-Clarke (Ed.), Citizen Journalism and Alternative Avenues of Communication (11-30). Juta & Co

This chapter suggests a critical sociological approach in terms of which we can closely examine the use of ‘new’ technologies by journalists in Africa. It argues that to understand the impact of ‘new’ technologies on journalism practice in Africa, ‘n... Read More about ‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach..

New technologies and print journalism practice in Zimbabwe (2010)
Thesis
Mabweazara, H. New technologies and print journalism practice in Zimbabwe. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5884

This study uses an ethnographic approach (participant observation in conjunction with indepth group and individual interviews) to closely examine how Zimbabwean print journalists in the state-controlled and private press deploy new K'Ts (the Internet... Read More about New technologies and print journalism practice in Zimbabwe.

Regional identity and the politics of belonging in the consumption of Zimbabwe's vernacular tabloid newspaper, uMthunywa in Bulawayo (2009)
Journal Article
Mabweazara, H. M. (2009). Regional identity and the politics of belonging in the consumption of Zimbabwe's vernacular tabloid newspaper, uMthunywa in Bulawayo. Journal of African Media Studies, 1(3), 449-467. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.1.3.449/1

This paper is a qualitative study of the consumption of uMthunywa, a Zimbabwean state-controlled tabloid newspaper. It focuses on its Bulawayo readers who constitute the bulk of the paper’s readership and particularly explores the meanings and releva... Read More about Regional identity and the politics of belonging in the consumption of Zimbabwe's vernacular tabloid newspaper, uMthunywa in Bulawayo.