Covid 19 as a ‘politico-health’ crisis: Reflections on Africa’s economies of (information) control
This conference is the first anywhere in the world to consider collectively the impacts of Covid suppression measures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The conference brings together scholars from the health and social sciences who have been working on questions regarding education, gender, socioeconomic impacts and political economies related to the Covid response. While there has been much focus on these questions in High Income Countries, there has yet to be a sustained and inter-regional discussion from Low- and Middle-Income Countries. This conference addresses this disparity.
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About the Speaker
George Ogola is Professor of Media Industries at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research interests focus on the intersection between technology, the news media, popular culture, and politics. He has published widely in these areas. Among his key outputs are Popular Media in Kenya’s History: Fiction and Newspapers as Socio-Political Actors (New York: Palgrave Macmillan), The Future of Quality Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis (London and New York: Routledge, co-edited with Peter Anderson and Michael Williams), The Future of Television in the Global South: Reflections from Selected Countries (London: Palgrave,) and AI and Journalism in Africa: Issues and Debates (London: Routledge: Forthcoming).
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