Journal of African Media Studies

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of African Media Studies is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Radio edutainment and participatory communication for social change: A case of lived reality among a rural Malawian audience22
Nigerian government and management of news and information on the coronavirus pandemic10
Reconstructing gendered narratives through digital platforms and inclusive chatbots7
Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance and Paradox, Emeka Umejei (2020)6
Art, social media and religious discourse in Nigeria: Unpacking Okonkwo’s Facebook challenge illustrations6
Borrowing lenses from the West: Analysis of an African media representation of western nations5
Digital cities and villages: African writers and a sense of place in short online fiction5
Status of women in the Ghanaian media: Are women conscious of their own inequalities?4
COVID-19 and the constructions of Africa in African news media4
The why of humour during a crisis: An exploration of COVID-19 memes in South Africa and Zimbabwe4
Safety and security of journalists in Ghana: Policies and journalists’ perception of stakeholders, issues and practices4
Deadly serious: Pandemic humour, media and critical perspectives3
Welket Bungué, a Balanta griot in transit3
Perception and practice of the watchdog role among journalists in Nigeria3
Suffering and smiling: Nigerians’ humorous response to the coronavirus pandemic3
Pandemic politics and Africa: Examining discourses of Afrophobia in the news media3
Viral giggles: Internet memes and COVID-19 in Malawi3
Racism and the post-apartheid media: Problematizing the racist Clicks advert as a manifestation of token transformation3
Towards media democracy: An examination of media policy reform activism and its impact on Zimbabwean media policy reform process3
Reporting on the shadow pandemic in Nigeria: An analysis of five media organizations’ coverage of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Young African diaspora: Global African narratives, media consumption and identity formation3
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