African Journalism Studies

非洲新闻研究（AJS）旨在通过在全球南部更广泛的比较视角内强调非洲新闻研究，促进理论、方法和经验数据不断扩展到知识生产研究不足的领域。AJS致力于理论多样性和方法包容性，通过发展理论方法和在全球学术辩论中进行关键干预。期刊的比较和跨学科研究方法是由文化和媒体研究、传播研究、非洲研究、政治和社会学等相关领域提供的。新闻研究领域被广泛理解，包括与新闻的生产、消费和研究有关的实践、规范、价值体系、代表框架、受众、平台、行业、理论和权力关系。新闻的定义广泛，它超越了新闻和时事，包括数字和社会媒体、纪录片和非小说叙事。特别邀请涉及新闻、政治、文化和社会之间的交叉点的手稿，因为这些内容涉及非洲和全球南部的可比地区。重点领域可能包括但不限于：新闻政治经济；新闻内容和资本的全球流动和逆向流动；新闻和社会变革；新闻和文化认同；新闻自由；新闻伦理；新闻理论；新闻教育和研究；改变新闻实践。S和规范。新闻业在调解非洲与全球南部其他地区之间新兴地缘政治关系方面的作用尤为重要。所有提交的手稿都要经过编辑的初步评估，如果认为适合进一步考虑，还要经过独立的匿名专家评审。所有同行评审都是双盲的，并通过在线提交。

African Journalism Studies ( AJS) aims to contribute to the ongoing extension of the theories, methodologies and empirical data to under-researched areas of knowledge production, through its emphasis on African journalism studies within a broader, comparative perspective of the Global South. AJS strives for theoretical diversity and methodological inclusivity, by developing theoretical approaches and making critical interventions in global scholarly debates. The journal's comparative and interdisciplinary approach is informed by the related fields of cultural and media studies, communication studies, African studies, politics, and sociology. The field of journalism studies is understood broadly, as including the practices, norms, value systems, frameworks of representation, audiences, platforms, industries, theories and power relations that relate to the production, consumption and study of journalism. A wide definition of journalism is used, which extends beyond news and current affairs to include digital and social media, documentary film and narrative non-fiction.Manuscripts dealing with the intersections between journalism, politics, culture and society as these pertain to Africa and comparable regions in the Global South are especially invited. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to: the political economy of journalism; global flows and contraflows of journalistic content and capital; journalism and social change; journalism and cultural identity; freedom of the press; journalism ethics; theories of journalism; journalism education and research; changing journalistic practices and norms. The role of journalism in mediating the emerging geopolitical relations between Africa and other regions of the Global South is of particular interest.All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-blind and submission is online via