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Political participation and the social media network of young Nigerians 尼日利亚年轻人的政治参与和社交媒体网络
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00110_1
N. Egbunike
Social media have expanded the opportunities for a more inclusive youth political participation (YPP) across the world. Previous studies on YPP have focused on how social media have influenced participation in elections, with scant attention given to the impact of the networked capacity of online political discourse on offline youth political participation. The generative capacity of Benkler’s Networked Public Square served as the framework, while mixed methods of QUAN + qual triangulation design was employed. The Lagos metropolis was stratified into Mainland and Island, with 505 copies of a questionnaire purposively administered to digitally competent Nigerian youth across the areas. In-depth interviews were conducted with twelve young political social media influencers. Results were thematically analysed, expressed in frequency counts and/or correlation analysis at p ≤ 0.05. The positive and significant relationship between Twitter use and offline YPP (r = 0.1) has great conceptual implications on the generative capacity of the networked public sphere.
社交媒体为世界各地更具包容性的青年政治参与(YPP)提供了更多机会。以往有关青年政治参与的研究主要关注社交媒体如何影响选举参与,而很少关注网络政治话语的网络化能力对线下青年政治参与的影响。本克勒的 "网络公共广场"(Networked Public Square)的生成能力是研究的框架,研究采用了 "QUAN "+"定性三角测量 "的混合方法。研究将拉各斯大都市分为内地和岛屿两部分,有针对性地向各地区具有数字能力的尼日利亚青年发放了 505 份调查问卷。对 12 名青年政治社交媒体影响者进行了深入访谈。对结果进行了专题分析,以频率计数和/或相关分析表示,P ≤ 0.05。推特的使用与线下青年政治影响力之间的正向重要关系(r = 0.1)对网络公共领域的生成能力具有重要的概念意义。
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Reconstructing gendered narratives through digital platforms and inclusive chatbots 通过数字平台和包容性聊天机器人重构性别叙事
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00112_1
L. L. Mukhongo
This article examines how women in the Global South are (re)imagining, challenging and reconstructing gendered narratives through digital platforms and meaningful access through inclusive chatbots. While technologies have historically been biased in their design, creation and access, this article argues that technology and gender are mutually constitutive and draws from recent research and related literature intersecting gender, technology, power and language to discuss gendered narratives and agency of women as technology drivers in the Global South. The article further discusses gender obscurities and invisibilities in Global South media. It draws from examples of mobile technological innovations to illustrate how women in the Global South are appropriating social media and mobile technologies to create visibility through reframing and disrupting gender normativity. It discusses how despite technologies being Anglocentric and patriarchal, women are increasingly drivers of technologies even in cases where their labour remains hidden, such as the case of Kenyan women subjected to precarious working conditions to filter out harmful content from ChatGPT.
本文探讨了全球南部妇女如何通过数字平台和包容性聊天机器人的有意义访问,(重新)想象、挑战和重构性别叙事。虽然技术在其设计、创造和获取方面历来存在偏见,但本文认为技术和性别是相互构成的,并借鉴了最近的研究以及性别、技术、权力和语言相互交叉的相关文献,讨论了全球南部妇女作为技术驱动者的性别化叙事和能动性。文章进一步讨论了全球南部媒体中的性别隐晦性和不可见性。文章以移动技术创新为例,说明全球南部妇女如何利用社交媒体和移动技术,通过重构和破坏性别规范性来创造能见度。它讨论了尽管技术是以盎格鲁为中心的、父权制的,但妇女如何越来越多地成为技术的推动者,即使在她们的劳动仍然隐蔽的情况下,例如肯尼亚妇女在不稳定的工作条件下过滤 ChatGPT 中的有害内容。
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Playing by the rules: The management of WhatsApp surveillance among romantically involved mobile phone users at a South African University 遵守规则:在南非一所大学,对恋爱中的手机用户进行WhatsApp监控的管理
4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00107_1
Mthobeli Ngcongo
Even though there are high and growing levels of penetration of mobile telephony in South Africa, there is little research into how mobiles are used in romantic relationships to ‘keep tabs’ on partners and inter alia into how those involved in such relationships may be attempting to achieve and maintain privacy. Using the relational dialectical framework, I study how surveillance and privacy related power dynamics are played out in romantic relationships of a selected undergraduate student cohort at a South African University ( n = 182). The dialectical framework provides the appropriate empirical lens for investigating how romantic partners deal with the need to stay both private and public in the wake of instant messaging application WhatsApp. The study sought to understand how adolescents in these romantic relationships deal with mobile privacy conflicts that are brought on by perpetual contact through WhatsApp. Through a quantitative survey, purposive sampling with a confidence level of 95 per cent and 5 per cent margin of error was utilized in selecting the respondents. Exploratory factor and regression analysis shows that rules for managing WhatsApp communication are important for romantic relationship well-being (SD = 1.434), albeit not necessarily linked to relational satisfaction.
尽管南非的移动电话普及率很高,而且还在不断提高,但很少有研究表明,在恋爱关系中,手机是如何被用来“监视”伴侣的,尤其是在这种关系中,人们是如何试图实现和维护隐私的。使用关系辩证框架,我研究了监控和隐私相关的权力动态是如何在一所南非大学(n = 182)的本科生群体的浪漫关系中发挥作用的。辩证的框架提供了一个合适的经验视角,来研究在即时通讯应用WhatsApp出现后,恋人是如何处理既要保持私密又要公开的需求的。这项研究试图了解处于恋爱关系中的青少年如何处理通过WhatsApp持续联系带来的移动隐私冲突。通过定量调查,在选择应答者时采用了有目的的抽样,置信度为95%,误差幅度为5%。探索性因素和回归分析表明,管理WhatsApp通信的规则对浪漫关系的幸福感很重要(SD = 1.434),尽管不一定与关系满意度相关。
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Upsetting the gender imbalance in African popular music: The example of Diepreye Osi of the Ịjọ (Ijaw) of Nigeria 打破非洲流行音乐中的性别失衡:以尼日利亚Ịjọ (Ijaw)的Diepreye Osi为例
4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00104_1
Imomotimi Armstrong
For sometime now, there has been a conversation among scholars about male hegemony in African popular music and how some women performers resist the established status quo. In joining the discourse in this article, I focus on the owigiri music of Diepreye Osi, a female bandleader among the Ịjọ of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. With particular attention to the departments in the bands of that premier neo-traditional music in the Ịjọ community, including instrumentation, dancing and singing, I argue that Diepreye contests patriarchy in her musical ensemble. Data for the study was gathered from unstructured interviews of artists and ­non-artists, and observation of live performances.
一段时间以来,学者们一直在讨论非洲流行音乐中的男性霸权,以及一些女性表演者如何抵制既定的现状。在加入本文的讨论中,我将重点放在Diepreye Osi的owigiri音乐上,她是尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲地区Ịjọ的一位女乐队领队。特别关注Ịjọ社区中最重要的新传统音乐乐队的部门,包括乐器,舞蹈和歌唱,我认为Diepreye在她的音乐合奏中反对父权制。该研究的数据收集自对艺术家和非艺术家的非结构化访谈,以及对现场表演的观察。
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Popular music and political contestations in Zimbabwe: An analysis of Winky D’s and Jah Prayzah’s music 津巴布韦的流行音乐和政治斗争:对Winky D和Jah Prayzah音乐的分析
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00106_1
Trust Matsilele, M. Msimanga, L. Tshuma
This article explores the use of popular music in political contestations and specifically how it has been appropriated in Zimbabwe to advance hegemonic and counter hegemonic narratives. The article draws from two popular musicians in Zimbabwe, Winky D and Jah Prayzah and their use of music as an unconventional journalism format to comment on political trajectories in Zimbabwe. We argue that the two musicians have polarizing or competing discourses that either dissident or support the establishment. Theoretically, we use Mano’s conceptual framework that views music as a journalism variant in contexts where mass media and opposition parties are weak. Methodologically, the study employs a multimodal approach and thematic analysis. The study concludes that Zimbabwe’s two popular youthful musicians have been engaging in cold-war like fights that mirror existential political battles between the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front party (ZANU-PF) led by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the then Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) party led by Nelson Chamisa. After the 2017 elections the MDC-A reconfigured itself and became the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC).
本文探讨了流行音乐在政治辩论中的使用,特别是它如何在津巴布韦被挪用来推进霸权和反霸权叙事。这篇文章引用了两位津巴布韦流行音乐家,Winky D和Jah Prayzah,以及他们使用音乐作为一种非传统的新闻形式来评论津巴布韦的政治轨迹。我们认为,这两位音乐家有两极分化或竞争的话语,要么持不同意见,要么支持建立。从理论上讲,我们使用Mano的概念框架,将音乐视为大众媒体和反对党弱势背景下的新闻变体。在方法上,本研究采用了多模态方法和主题分析。这项研究的结论是,津巴布韦的两位受欢迎的年轻音乐家一直在进行冷战式的斗争,这反映了埃默森·姆南加古瓦领导的津巴布韦非洲民族联盟爱国阵线党(ZANU-PF)和纳尔逊·查米萨领导的当时的民主变革运动联盟(MDC-A)之间存在的政治斗争。2017年选举后,MDC-A重新配置,成为公民变革联盟(CCC)。
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Television in Ghana: History, policy, culture and prospects in a globalized media ecology 加纳的电视:全球化媒体生态中的历史、政策、文化和前景
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00105_1
Ramatu Mustapha Dadzie
The move to constitutional rule and deregulation of media ushered Ghana into the milieu of media globalization. As such local television is experiencing a balancing act between national autonomy and international commitments. Given the limited empirical scrutiny of the progress of local television in the globalization milieu, this study examines the globalized and dynamic environment within which local television functions in Ghana. This study reveals an industry that is characterized by changing notions of culture and shifting policies that attempt to accommodate contemporary global commitments, while at the same time give support to culturally authentic and nationally relevant contents.
宪政的发展和媒体管制的放松,使加纳进入了媒体全球化的环境。因此,地方电视台正在经历民族自治和国际承诺之间的平衡。鉴于对全球化背景下地方电视进展的有限实证审查,本研究考察了加纳地方电视运作的全球化和动态环境。这项研究揭示了一个以不断变化的文化观念和不断变化的政策为特征的行业,这些政策试图适应当代全球承诺,同时支持文化上真实的和与国家相关的内容。
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Keeping the Port of Tema afloat during COVID-19: Media responses to user informational and conversational needs 在2019冠状病毒病期间保持特马港的运转:媒体对用户信息和对话需求的回应
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-08-18 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00108_1
Martin Arvad Nicolaisen, Casper Andersen, Phillip Stenmann Baun, Jonas Aryee, A. S. Hansen
Two different media platforms played a key role in keeping Tema Port in Ghana afloat during the period immediately leading up to and during the three-week COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown in late March–April of 2020. The one media platform, Eye on Port, is a weekly broadcast television show by the port’s authorities, which caters primarily to external commercial stakeholders of the port. The other platform is a closed WhatsApp forum used by stakeholders working at the operational level of the port. Both platforms served specific needs among their users, who had been restricted in their mobility but had to keep the port operational. Combining ‘scalable sociality’ with the concept of polymedia, we identify how the two media functioned to meet the different informational and conversational needs of their respective users. We argue that either medium alone could not fulfil the communicative needs necessary to keep the port operational during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
在2020年3月下旬至4月期间,在与COVID-19大流行相关的为期三周的封锁期间,两个不同的媒体平台在维持加纳特马港的运营方面发挥了关键作用。唯一的媒体平台“眼观港口”(Eye on Port)是由港口当局每周播出的电视节目,主要面向港口的外部商业利益相关者。另一个平台是一个封闭的WhatsApp论坛,供港口运营层面的利益相关者使用。这两个平台都满足了用户的特定需求,这些用户的行动受到限制,但必须保持端口的运行。结合“可扩展社交”和多媒体的概念,我们确定了这两种媒体是如何满足各自用户不同的信息和对话需求的。我们认为,在COVID-19大流行的早期阶段,仅靠这两种媒体都无法满足保持港口运营所需的沟通需求。
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Young African diaspora: Global African narratives, media consumption and identity formation 非洲青年散居:全球非洲叙事,媒体消费和身份形成
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00102_1
L. L. Mukhongo, W. Mano, W. Chuma
This study focused on identity formation and media consumption among first-generation young Africans in the diaspora. It investigated what it means to be African and the impact of multiple identities and forms of belonging within diasporic communities. Emphasis was on how they experience the diaspora as liminal spaces and subsequently negotiate relationships with other Africans in indeterminate diasporic spaces to construct, redefine, negotiate and even contest identities. Using snowballing and purposive sampling, the study analysed first-hand accounts and interviews informed by personal histories and lived experiences of (1) what they know about Africa; (2) their sense of belonging to Africa; (3) how Africa is represented in the media and (4) their views/attitudes on markers of African identity. Findings indicate that young Africans in the diaspora have a strong sense of belonging to Africa and are actively engaged with different forms of African media such as music and films.
本研究主要关注散居海外的第一代年轻非洲人的身份形成和媒体消费。它调查了作为非洲人意味着什么,以及在散居社区中多重身份和归属形式的影响。重点是他们如何体验作为有限空间的散居,并随后在不确定的散居空间中与其他非洲人协商关系,以构建、重新定义、协商甚至竞争身份。该研究采用滚雪球法和有目的的抽样方法,分析了由个人历史和生活经历所提供的第一手资料和访谈:(1)他们对非洲的了解;(2)对非洲的归属感;(3)媒体如何呈现非洲;(4)他们对非洲身份标志的看法/态度。调查结果表明,散居海外的非洲年轻人对非洲有强烈的归属感,并积极参与不同形式的非洲媒体,如音乐和电影。
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Beyond western Afro-pessimism: The African narrative in African and non-western countries 超越西方非洲悲观主义:非洲和非西方国家的非洲叙事
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00097_2
Rebecca Pointer
Although some studies have previously indicated that the stereotypical western mainstream media narratives about Africa may be shifting, this Special Issue highlights the stickiness of the stereotypes, and some of the platforms on which they continue to be repeated. Some of these studies further show how African media are also responsible for ongoing circulation of the stereotypes. While the data are discouraging, there are pockets of hope on digital media (including social media), where women and youth are taking back the proverbial pen using storytelling and humour to show that Africa is neither monolithic, nor all doom and gloom. Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, Africans entertained the world with music, dancing and comedy, proving resilience and optimism, against Afro-pessimistic narratives.
尽管之前的一些研究表明,西方主流媒体对非洲的刻板印象可能正在发生变化,但本期特刊强调了刻板印象的粘性,以及它们继续重复的一些平台。其中一些研究进一步表明,非洲媒体也要对这些刻板印象的持续传播负责。虽然数据令人沮丧,但在数字媒体(包括社交媒体)上还是有希望的,妇女和青年正在用讲故事和幽默的方式拿回谚语中的笔,表明非洲既不是铁板一块,也不是一片黯淡。即使在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间,非洲人也用音乐、舞蹈和喜剧娱乐了世界,证明了韧性和乐观,而不是非洲悲观的叙述。
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Digital cities and villages: African writers and a sense of place in short online fiction 数字城市和乡村:非洲作家和短篇网络小说中的地方感
IF 0.8 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/jams_00101_1
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang
This article analyses how young African writers challenge stereotypes about the continent through their imagination of places in online short stories. These stories appear on the literary websites Brittle Paper, Jalada, Saraba, Flash Fiction Ghana, Adda and African Writer Magazine with a focus on cities and villages. Authored by ten writers from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi and Egypt, the stories contain elements of fiction that risk perpetuating negative stereotypes about Africa as they imagine their respective settings. However, textual analysis supported by an appreciation of context reveals how the writers use these stereotypes as basis to craft strong African narratives. By doing so, the writers emphasize the effect that places have on characters, theme, setting and the image of Africa. Ultimately, the roles that urban and rural spaces play in online fiction are multifaceted and enhance the African narrative in complex ways.
这篇文章分析了年轻的非洲作家如何通过他们在网络短篇小说中对地方的想象来挑战对非洲大陆的刻板印象。这些故事出现在文学网站脆性纸、Jalada、Saraba、Flash Fiction Ghana、Adda和非洲作家杂志上,重点关注城市和村庄。这些故事由来自加纳、尼日利亚、肯尼亚、马拉维和埃及的10位作家撰写,它们包含了虚构的元素,在想象各自的环境时,可能会使人们对非洲的负面刻板印象永久化。然而,在语境欣赏的支持下,文本分析揭示了作者如何使用这些刻板印象作为基础来制作强大的非洲叙事。通过这样做,作者强调了地点对人物、主题、背景和非洲形象的影响。最终,城市和农村空间在网络小说中扮演的角色是多方面的,并以复杂的方式增强了非洲叙事。
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