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The main argument of this chapter is that media scholars in general would produce better work if they paid more attention to issues of gender. This chapter attempts to give a broad overview of recent research within the field of gender and communication in Africa, combined with a few deeper dives into some relevant examples. The illustrations will be from both the production side and the content side of the media, but are presented without the intention of covering the entire field exhaustively.
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Such as Africa Media Review, Equid Novi: African Journalism Studies, Global Media Journal African Edition, Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, Journal of African Media Studies, and African Communication Research.
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Such as Feminist Africa and Studies in Gender and Development in Africa.
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Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa/Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique.
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Such as those launched by Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings of Ghana and Maryam Babangida of Nigeria.
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Jørgensen and Philips (2002) describe a discourse as “a particular way of talking about an understanding the world (or an aspect of the world)” (2002, p. 1).
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To be found here: www.gala.co.za/resources/docs/OutInTheMediaFinalReport.pdf
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Orgeret, K.S. (2018). Gender in African Media Studies. In: Mutsvairo, B. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70443-2_19
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