| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 283 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Access |
Open access. GW5XE |
| Summary |
This is an open access book which brings together leading scholars and critical discourses on political, economic, legal, technological, socio-cultural and systemic changes and continuities intersecting media and health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume extensively discusses COVID-19 but it also covers other epidemics, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS as well as "silent" health crises such as mental health---simmering across the subcontinent. The chapters fill knowledge gaps, highlight innovations, unpack the complexities surrounding the media ecosystem in times of health crises. They explore, among other issues, the politics of public health communication; infodemics; existential threats to media viability; draconian legislations; threats to journalists/journalism; COVID-related entrepreneurship, marginalization, and more. This is a timely resource for academics, advocacy groups, media practitioners and policy makers working on crises and media reporting, not just in Africa but anywhere in the global South. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 6, 2022). |
| Local Note |
Springer Nature Springer Nature Open Access eBooks |
| Subject |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in mass media.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in mass media. (OCoLC)fst02033181
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) (OCoLC)fst02024716
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dralega, Carol Azungi, (DLC)no2022137322 editor. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2678-9794.
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Napakol, Angella, (DLC)no2022137327 editor. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-807X.
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| Other Form: |
Original 3030951022 9783030951023 3030950999 9783030950996 (OCoLC)1289443958 |
| ISBN |
9783030951009 (electronic book) |
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3030951006 (electronic book) |
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9783030950996 (print) |
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3030951022 |
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9783030951023 |
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3030950999 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-030-95100-9 doi |
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