Abstract The main aim of the research is to examine the dynamics of using social media as a source for news in mainstream media. The research will also seek to highlight the potential threat to journalists‟ ethics such as objectivity, bias and fairness as a result of sourcing out information from various social media platforms such as Facebook pages, Twitter, Instagram and Whatsapp. The use of social media as a source for news by mainstream media newspapers especially those operating from t...
ABSTRACT Community radio station offers diversity in media content. The plurality in content, offers citizens wide and broad information they are entitled to. Unfortunately, the government of Zimbabwe has not yet licensed any community radio station. Radio piracy in Zimbabwe has mushroomed due to the unfair issuing of broadcasting licenses. Radio production incurs expenses thus Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio station (PNCR) has adopted means of surviving economically through various strate...
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ABSTRACT Newspapers layout and design is meant to appeal to the preference of the reader. This in turn will also ensure the long term survival of the media entity in question through the realisation of significant daily sales. Even though daily sales do not determine the long term profitability of a media organisation, the sales go a long way in assisting some of the expenses such as printing. The newspaper industry in Zimbabwe is highly competitive because of various factors. Among them is c...
This study is based on sexual vilification of women in H-Metro with the research located in the connections of the theory of sexual objectification, picture theory and tabloid theory. The study is guided by the works of Fredrickson and Roberts, and Harmsworth. The study is of qualitative nature drawing extensive material derived from the archives where fifty (50) newspaper articles were studied, ten (10) interviews conducted as well as my own perceptions as a participant observer. I fixed my ...
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Abstract Before the advent of the internet, the mainstream media in Zimbabwe and across the globe, enjoyed the privilege of mediating and interpreting football ‘reality’ to the audiences. This ‘privilege’ to mediate reality and the traditional practice of sports reporting in general, is undeniably under threat in this internet age. Academic studies focusing on the influence of internet sites such as Facebook, have overlooked how internet has affected the sport reporting landscape. Thi...
ABSTRACT Music is central in shaping popular culture for the youth in many societies. This study analyses the contribution of South African music to popular culture among the youth of Nketa and Nkulumane in Bulawayo. Theoretically, the study is informed by identity, uses and gratification and encoding and decoding theories of the media. It adopts a qualitative research approach in conducting the research. The study reveals the different components in which South African music is contributing ...
ABSTRACT this paper evaluates the relevance of the culture industry thesis in understanding the econimic and aesthetic production processes of zim, dancehall music in zambabwe.
abstract the issue of poverty attracted international policy attention around the time when the UN system named it number one and the bedrock of its eight millennium development goal (MDGs).
ABSTRACT This article seeks to examine the use patterns of Facebook by Midlands State University (MSU) students as a communication tool from 2012 to 2013. It focuses on MSU students in Zimbabwe focusing on how social media networks such as Facebook can be used by university students to communicate academic, social and political issues in their day to day lives. Again, this will reflect on the efficiency and cultural impact that Facebook has in the academic world, particularly in Zimbabwe. The...
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Abstract The study investigates whether the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Bill of 2017, is needed in Zimbabwe. The bill is yet to be enacted into law and it is still waiting for the President‟s signature. The study seeks to find out the different contestations surrounding the bill and to highlight some major concerns in as far as cybercrimes and cybersecurity are concerned in Zimbabwe. Law enforcing agents, internet users and news articles were used as the research population in a bid to hea...
Abstract Digital media in Zimbabwe came about at a time media trends were changing the world over as a result of the advent of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). However, the situation in Zimbabwe was rather unique in that the evolution coincided with a deteriorating socio-political economic situation which resulted in a sizeable population of the country migrating to South Africa, Britain, Australia and the United States among other territories. The media landscape in Zimbabwe wa...
Abstract The issue of land in Zimbabwe for residential and other purposes has remained a contested terrain between the poor communities and government since the days of the colonial era up to now. The wrangle has seen the subaltern fighting losing battles with the authorities over land. In the 2015/2016 period, government demolished settlements in Harare claiming that they were illegally built on land invaded by land barons and sold to unsuspecting home seekers. Such issues did not escape the...