Joy Kibarabara PhD.
@joykibarabara.bsky.social
Follower of Jesus, Journalism, Media & Communication Researcher
Excited to share my latest publication in the De Gruyter Handbook of Media and Social Change. The chapter argues that constructive journalism can drive social change in East Africa. Please check out the entire chapter here: doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Chapter 24 Effecting Positive Social Change via Constructive Journalism in Three East African Countries
Chapter 24 Effecting Positive Social Change via Constructive Journalism in Three East African Countries was published in De Gruyter Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global South on page 511.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Excited to share my latest publication in the De Gruyter Handbook of Media and Social Change. The chapter argues that constructive journalism can drive social change in East Africa. Please check out the entire chapter here: doi.org/10.1515/9783...
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🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Journalists have long claimed the domain of valid knowledge. In this article, Jakob Ohme and I explored, does journalism believe that this distribution, as many other things have been, be replicated by Chatbots? #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...
ChatBots as Artificial Intermediaries? Adaptation to Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms
Journalists have long claimed authority regarding the distribution of valid knowledge and hence, have discursively placed themselves in an intermediary role between audiences and the information th...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨Journalists have long claimed the domain of valid knowledge. In this article, Jakob Ohme and I explored, does journalism believe that this distribution, as many other things have been, be replicated by Chatbots? #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PINGA...
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🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 The disadvantages of social media have become abundantly obvious to just about everyone. In this study, we were intrigued to see how journalists considered the audience in a platform space riddled with power imbalances. #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Aspirational Metajournalism: What Nieman Journalism Lab Predictions Reveal About Platform and Audience Imaginaries: Digital Journalism: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
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October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 The disadvantages of social media have become abundantly obvious to just about everyone. In this study, we were intrigued to see how journalists considered the audience in a platform space riddled with power imbalances. #commsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
What an inspirational experience attending the just concluded KlimaPress conference @oslomet.bsky.social Journalists & researchers from the Nordics and beyond gathered to explore how journalism can better address the climate crisis. For global perspectives check out: mediaclimate.net
August 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What an inspirational experience attending the just concluded KlimaPress conference @oslomet.bsky.social Journalists & researchers from the Nordics and beyond gathered to explore how journalism can better address the climate crisis. For global perspectives check out: mediaclimate.net
Just wrapped up three awesome days at #NordMedia2025 @ University of Southern Denmark! Super enriching; lots of fun, thought-provoking conversations and great academic exchanges. Got to reconnect with familiar faces and make new researcher connections from the Nordic Region. Plus-Amazing weather!
August 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just wrapped up three awesome days at #NordMedia2025 @ University of Southern Denmark! Super enriching; lots of fun, thought-provoking conversations and great academic exchanges. Got to reconnect with familiar faces and make new researcher connections from the Nordic Region. Plus-Amazing weather!
What a joy and privilege to participate in this project. Looking forward to learning from all other researchers and media contexts.
We are delighted to welcome Joy Kibarabara to this 3rd Wave as a principal investigator for Kenya. We are happy to have you on board!
July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What a joy and privilege to participate in this project. Looking forward to learning from all other researchers and media contexts.
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#ERSNew #SpecialIssue🐣🔓 In an era of global media reckoning, media organisations and non-profits have increasingly unveiled efforts that advance calls for reparations against past injustices. Article by Irene Dawino & David Cheruiyot: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2519799
July 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#ERSNew #SpecialIssue🐣🔓 In an era of global media reckoning, media organisations and non-profits have increasingly unveiled efforts that advance calls for reparations against past injustices. Article by Irene Dawino & David Cheruiyot: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2519799
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Excited to share my new article, "A See-Through Curtain of Varying Texture: Negotiating Power and Material Realities in Engaged Journalism", now published in Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social
Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
#OpenAccess #commsky
Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
#OpenAccess #commsky
A See-Through Curtain of Varying Texture: Negotiating Power and Material Realities in Engaged Journalism | Article | Media and Communication
Bissie Anderson
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July 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to share my new article, "A See-Through Curtain of Varying Texture: Negotiating Power and Material Realities in Engaged Journalism", now published in Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social
Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
#OpenAccess #commsky
Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
#OpenAccess #commsky
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Reposted by Joy Kibarabara PhD.
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨In this @digitaljournalism.bsky.social piece with brilliant co-authors @sethclewis.bsky.social and @maxwellely.bsky.social, we offer a nuanced, multi-step methodology to explore how journalists reacted to the “threat” of #genai, in particular #ChatGPT. (1/3) #commsky
ChatGPT, Generative AI, and an Epistemic Opportunity for Journalistic Authority
Journalists have long been concerned about the boundaries of their craft, wary that their work might be replicated by actors who do not adhere to the profession’s normative values. Early artificial...
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June 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨In this @digitaljournalism.bsky.social piece with brilliant co-authors @sethclewis.bsky.social and @maxwellely.bsky.social, we offer a nuanced, multi-step methodology to explore how journalists reacted to the “threat” of #genai, in particular #ChatGPT. (1/3) #commsky
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How audiences follow news on climate change?
This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Read here: buff.ly/4jwvTNG
7 findings in thread
This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Read here: buff.ly/4jwvTNG
7 findings in thread
April 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How audiences follow news on climate change?
This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Read here: buff.ly/4jwvTNG
7 findings in thread
This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Read here: buff.ly/4jwvTNG
7 findings in thread
Celebrating Jesus on this Easter Sunday!
Matthew 28:6 He is not here; He has risen, as He said [He would do]. Come, see the place where He lay.
Matthew 28:6 He is not here; He has risen, as He said [He would do]. Come, see the place where He lay.
April 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Celebrating Jesus on this Easter Sunday!
Matthew 28:6 He is not here; He has risen, as He said [He would do]. Come, see the place where He lay.
Matthew 28:6 He is not here; He has risen, as He said [He would do]. Come, see the place where He lay.
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🚨Publication alert🚨
I am very happy to see this article on the hybrid normalization of #Twitter published.
Main finding: German political journalists follow their traditional norms and practices on the platform, while also adopting Twitter-specific ones.
Get the article for free here 👇
I am very happy to see this article on the hybrid normalization of #Twitter published.
Main finding: German political journalists follow their traditional norms and practices on the platform, while also adopting Twitter-specific ones.
Get the article for free here 👇
Hybrid normalization of Twitter: Political journalists’ practices during the 2021 German federal election debates - Maximilian Eder, 2025
Despite disruptions and challenges posed by social media platforms like Twitter, they have become normalized in journalists’ professional practices. At the same...
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April 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨Publication alert🚨
I am very happy to see this article on the hybrid normalization of #Twitter published.
Main finding: German political journalists follow their traditional norms and practices on the platform, while also adopting Twitter-specific ones.
Get the article for free here 👇
I am very happy to see this article on the hybrid normalization of #Twitter published.
Main finding: German political journalists follow their traditional norms and practices on the platform, while also adopting Twitter-specific ones.
Get the article for free here 👇
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Now that the #FOJ2025 decisions are out, consider submitting an abstract for the ECREA Journalism Studies PhD colloquium, which takes place the day before Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff. Deadline is 1 May. More here: www.ecrea.eu/event-6120316
ECREA - 5th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium
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April 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Now that the #FOJ2025 decisions are out, consider submitting an abstract for the ECREA Journalism Studies PhD colloquium, which takes place the day before Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff. Deadline is 1 May. More here: www.ecrea.eu/event-6120316
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Today, we are happy to introduce you to @nicoleblanchett.bsky.social associate professor @journalismtmu.bsky.social and our PI in Canada.
Great to have you with us!
Great to have you with us!
March 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today, we are happy to introduce you to @nicoleblanchett.bsky.social associate professor @journalismtmu.bsky.social and our PI in Canada.
Great to have you with us!
Great to have you with us!
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The ECREA Journalism Studies Section, the Young Scholars Network (YECREA) and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff University invite applications for the 5th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium, which will take place on 10 September 2025 at Cardiff University
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March 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The ECREA Journalism Studies Section, the Young Scholars Network (YECREA) and the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff University invite applications for the 5th Journalism Studies PhD Colloquium, which will take place on 10 September 2025 at Cardiff University
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How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
Vacatures bij de RUG
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March 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news?
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️
Application deadline: April 3
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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The third wave of the JRP project will build upon the advancements made in the first and second waves, incorporating findings, methodologies, and knowledge developed through our collaborative efforts. Want to know more about this? Check out this video
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The third wave of the JRP project will build upon the advancements made in the first and second waves, incorporating findings, methodologies, and knowledge developed through our collaborative efforts. Want to know more about this? Check out this video
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With an ambitious agenda ahead, we are ready to push boundaries, explore new insights, and strengthen our global network. Here’s to another impactful chapter in the JRP Project!
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
With an ambitious agenda ahead, we are ready to push boundaries, explore new insights, and strengthen our global network. Here’s to another impactful chapter in the JRP Project!