Pub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2264227
Unwana Samuel Akpan
The global practice of journalism which is a Western conception stipulates that any media content meant for public consumption must go through the process of ‘Gatekeeping’ by ‘Gatekeepers’ before it is featured on any media channel. This quality assurance process ensures that media contents that could insult public sensibilities and unfit for public consumption are sorted out and discarded. Ironically, it is believed that this principle applies globally across media terrains. The Akata indigenous media, of the Akwa-Cross (Akwa Ibom and Cross River States) rural communities does not have ‘Gatekeepers’ who ensure that the quality of information churned out is fit for public consumption, free of legal issues and defamation. This study basically examines the sharp contrast, the incompatibility and unsuitability of the Western theoretical concept of Gatekeeping with the traditional African ‘Akata’ masquerade which serves as the traditional media for West African natives (Akwa Ibom and Cross River States communities in Nigeria). A qualitative methodology using focus group discussion as the procedure to elicit data from members of the Akata masquerade was used in this study. To ascertain the contextual relevance and significance of this cult, several Afrocentric theories were employed to examine the phenomenon.
西方概念的全球新闻实践规定，任何面向公众消费的媒体内容，在任何媒体渠道上出现之前，都必须经过“守门人”的“把关”过程。这一质量保证过程确保了可能侮辱公众情感和不适合公众消费的媒体内容被分类和丢弃。具有讽刺意味的是，人们认为这一原则适用于全球所有媒体领域。Akwa-Cross (Akwa Ibom和Cross River州)农村社区的Akata土著媒体没有“看门人”来确保炮制出来的信息质量适合公众消费，没有法律问题和诽谤。本研究主要考察了西方守门人理论概念与传统非洲“Akata”假面舞会的鲜明对比、不相容和不适宜性，后者是西非土著人(尼日利亚的Akwa Ibom和Cross River States社区)的传统媒体。本研究采用焦点小组讨论作为从赤田假面舞会成员中获取数据的程序的定性方法。为了确定这种崇拜的语境相关性和意义，几个非洲中心理论被用来研究这一现象。
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Pub Date : 2023-10-03DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2264239
Jeremiah M. Nganda, Kinya Mwithia
AbstractWhile scholars use many theories and models in health communication, only a handful of them are commonly used in studies focusing on behavior change and prediction. One of these is the Health Belief Model. Even though the model has been applied widely, not much has been done to contextualize the model for contemporary application in Africa. In the absence of a theory by and for Africans that addresses behavior prediction from a health communication viewpoint, there is a need to contextualize the available theories for application in the African context. This study aims to expose additional constructs that have been proposed to contextualize HBM for studies in the continent. Such suggestions for extensions and additional constructs could provide insights into gaps that scholars see as not addressed by the original version of HBM. This essay reviews 9 articles that either proposed or recommended additional constructs. The findings of the review show that to contextualize the model for application in Africa, some of the key additional constructs to consider are community influence, cultural background, subjective norms, social support, and environmental factors.KEYTERMS: Africacommunity influencecultural backgroundhealth belief modelsocial support Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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Pub Date : 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2264232
Tomide Oloruntobi
AbstractThis article explores the representational politics of motherhood in Nollywood. It argues that a latent hetero-normative/patriarchal ideology shapes the construction of motherhood in Nollywood. Through a postcolonial media critique of both lived experiences and six purposively selected movies, I analyze the interplay of power and vulnerability in Nollywood’s portrayal of motherhood. Themes of heteropatriarchal fetishism, paradox of matripotency, and strategic silencing were identified. I propose a decolonial rethinking of normative ideologies, critique culturally sanctioned power imbalances, and invite more scholarship on queer politics and identities in Nollywood and postcolonial Nigeria. I conclude that to achieve equitable representation, Nollywood requires transformative reevaluation of how the mother-image is calibrated and negotiated. Producers must reflexively animate mother-affirming representations and critically examine the implied meaning of their portrayal of women/mothers.Keywords: Decolonialityhetero-normativity/patriarchymatripotencymotherhoodpostcolonial media AcknowledgementsI would like to thank my mum, an exceptional Abiyamo, who continues to inspire my scholarship with the values of love, kindness, and empathy she instilled in us. To my sister, thank you for all your love, support, and attention to making the world more inclusive and equal for all. Special thanks to Drs. Shinsuke Eguchi, Deepa Oommen, and Tosin Gbogi for their feedback, support, and mentorship. I appreciate the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their detailed feedback.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 I use non-male here to typify the inherent I-Other meanings underlying gender and social justice politics in Nigeria.2 See Lombard et al. (Citation2021) on masculine defaults and the uneven playing of gender politics.3 This assertion responds to nego-feminist assumptions about power negotiation in gender relations.4 This denote family head Yoruba hierarchy, and Iya’le is the mother, ranking after baale.
摘要本文探讨了瑙莱坞中母性的代表政治。它认为，一种潜在的异性规范/父权意识形态塑造了瑙莱坞对母性的建构。通过对生活经历和六部有目的选择的电影的后殖民媒体批评，我分析了瑙莱坞对母亲形象的描绘中权力和脆弱的相互作用。研究确定了异父恋物、母性矛盾和战略性沉默的主题。我建议对规范性意识形态进行非殖民化的反思，批评文化认可的权力失衡，并邀请更多关于奈莱坞和后殖民尼日利亚的酷儿政治和身份的学术研究。我的结论是，为了实现公平的代表性，诺莱坞需要对母亲形象的校准和谈判方式进行革命性的重新评估。制作人必须反射性地赋予肯定母亲的表现，并批判性地审视他们对女性/母亲的描绘所隐含的意义。我要感谢我的妈妈，一位杰出的阿比亚莫人，她不断地用她灌输给我们的爱、善良和同理心的价值观来激励我的学术研究。我的妹妹，感谢你所有的爱、支持和关注，让世界变得更加包容和平等。特别感谢dr。感谢江口慎介、欧门深帕和木木聪的反馈、支持和指导。我感谢编辑和匿名评论者的详细反馈。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。注1:我在这里使用非男性来代表尼日利亚性别和社会正义政治中固有的I- other含义。2参见Lombard et al. (Citation2021)关于男性默认和性别政治的不平衡这一论断回应了消极女权主义关于两性关系中权力谈判的假设这表示约鲁巴家族的首领，而Iya 'le是母亲，排名在baale之后。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2256772
Zhiwen Xiao, Jae Lee, Allen Wu
Grounded in the theory of social determinants of health, this study clarifies the relationship between social factors and health disparities in the United States. Health disparities as observed in self-rated health (SRH) status were examined across four different ethnic groups of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans. It further evaluated and compared the social determinants that account for variations in SRH status among these groups. Results from a national sample (HINTS-5 2018) showed a series of significant discrepancies in SRH among the four ethnic groups. In addition, Blacks rated their overall patient-provider communication higher than the other three groups; however, Asians reported lower ratings than the other three groups on all seven measurement items of patient-provider communication. Furthermore, findings underscored the important role of patient-provider communication as a social determinant in predicting SRH among White and Black populations, but not among Asian and Hispanic counterparts. Finally, findings suggested that social support, demographic characteristics (age, gender, and marital status), and socioeconomic status (education, occupation, and household income) influence SRH differently for the four ethnic groups. Important research and intervention implications are discussed, especially for better understanding of differences in effects of patient-provider communication on SRH by race/ethnicity.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2242308
Cynthia M. Frisby
{"title":"“And That’s Why We’re Feelin’ the Blues:” Examining Associations among Internalized Racism, Watching TV, and Depression among African American","authors":"Cynthia M. Frisby","doi":"10.1080/10646175.2023.2242308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2242308","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45915,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75111199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2242295
N. Muturi, Barikisu Issaka
{"title":"Media Use and the Motivational Factors for Preventing Communicable Diseases among African Immigrants in the United States","authors":"N. Muturi, Barikisu Issaka","doi":"10.1080/10646175.2023.2242295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2242295","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45915,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85399912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-14DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2247371
Anjana Mudambi, Brandi Lawless, Yea-Wen Chen, G. Asante
{"title":"Examining the Double Bind of anti-Racism in (U.S.-Based) Communication Programs’ Statements against Racism","authors":"Anjana Mudambi, Brandi Lawless, Yea-Wen Chen, G. Asante","doi":"10.1080/10646175.2023.2247371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2247371","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45915,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86801867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2238194
B. J. Carpenter
{"title":"“Monstrous Adventurers”: The Racecraft of the Dungeons and Dragons Imaginary","authors":"B. J. Carpenter","doi":"10.1080/10646175.2023.2238194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2238194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45915,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80852388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-20DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2236041
Sean R. Sadri, A. Billings, Samuel D. Hakim
{"title":"Anti-Asian Media Labeling in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Social Identity and Information Accuracy","authors":"Sean R. Sadri, A. Billings, Samuel D. Hakim","doi":"10.1080/10646175.2023.2236041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2236041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45915,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88347021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2023.2233096
N. Ahmad
{"title":"Journalistic Verification Practices From the BBC World News and Al Jazeera English","authors":"N. Ahmad","doi":"10.1080/10646175.2023.2233096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2233096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45915,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82791159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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