Journal of African Media Studies

The statistics shown below contain data since 1 November 2018.
Basic Information
Publisher: Intellect
Founded in: 2009
Homepage: https://www.intellectbooks.com...
Category: Communication
Rank:
• 92 / 94 in Communication

Authors per paper:
     Average: 2
     Median: 2
References per paper:
     Average: 38
     Median: 36

Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Journal of African Media Studies:

  • 2021 Impact Factor: 0.641
  • 2020 Impact Factor: 0.361
  • 2018 Impact Factor: 0.309

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Latest papers
2
Jun
2022
Is Koro indeed our man? Exploring the intertextual role of humour in the Twitter age
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Hausa film industry and the ‘menace’ of appropriation of Indian romantic movies
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Theatricality in the midst of a pandemic: An assessment of artistic responses to COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Viral giggles: Internet memes and COVID-19 in Malawi
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Radio edutainment and participatory communication for social change: A case of lived reality among a rural Malawian audience
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Deadly serious: Pandemic humour, media and critical perspectives
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Nigerians and COVID-19 humour: Discursivity and public engagement through pandemic internet memes
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Suffering and smiling: Nigerians’ humorous response to the coronavirus pandemic
Journal of African Media Studies

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Impactful Papers

Altmetric Attention Score: 65
Imagine dying from an overseas disease, when you do not even own a passport: A critical analysis of Twitter conversations in the wake of COVID-19 in Kenya and South Africa
Journal of African Media Studies2022-01-31

Altmetric Attention Score: 55
South African newspaper coverage of COVID-19: A content analysis
Journal of African Media Studies2021-09-15

Altmetric Attention Score: 7
Is we they? A cross-cultural study of responses to COVID-19 updates in Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda
Journal of African Media Studies2021-09-15

Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Active news audience in COVID-19 pandemic season: Online news sharing motives and secondary gatekeeping decisions by social media users in Nigeria
Journal of African Media Studies2022-01-31

Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Media and the coronavirus pandemic in Africa
Journal of African Media Studies2022-01-31

Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Analysing the mythologies and the ideological nuances in photographic representation of COVID-19 containment in Kenya’s newspapers
Journal of African Media Studies2022-01-31

Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Guardians of truth? Fact-checking the ‘disinfodemic’ in Southern Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of African Media Studies2022-01-31

Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Pandemic politics and Africa: Examining discourses of Afrophobia in the news media
Journal of African Media Studies2022-01-31


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2022
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Deadly serious: Pandemic humour, media and critical perspectives
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Jun
2022
Nigerians and COVID-19 humour: Discursivity and public engagement through pandemic internet memes
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Is Koro indeed our man? Exploring the intertextual role of humour in the Twitter age
Journal of African Media Studies
2
Jun
2022
Suffering and smiling: Nigerians’ humorous response to the coronavirus pandemic
Journal of African Media Studies
Cited Half-Life

Cited publication years:

Cited median publication year:
2017

Scholars
Authors who recently published in Journal of African Media Studies:
Scholar Affiliation
Jacob Nyarko N/A
Ngozi Uduma N/A
Mustapha Adeniyi Adeitan N/A
Gabriele Cosentino N/A
Oluwakemi Akinuliola-Aweda N/A
Ian Glenn N/A
Mogbonjubade Esther Adesulure N/A
Benedine Azanu Ghana
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