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Indigenous journalism, media innovation, and social change: A review of previous research and call for more critical approaches Cover

Indigenous journalism, media innovation, and social change: A review of previous research and call for more critical approaches

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Overview of search protocolComments: Search conducted according to the same protocol in two iterations. The second iteration took account of the increasing number of studies referring to this topic.
Overview of search protocolComments: Search conducted according to the same protocol in two iterations. The second iteration took account of the increasing number of studies referring to this topic.

Overview of empirical material

MethodReferenceFocus/Continent
case studyCouldry, N., & Dreher, T. (2007). Globalization and the public sphere: Exploring the space of community media in Sydney. Global Media and Communication, 3(1), 79–100. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766507074360Community media/Australia and Oceania
Hachten, W. A. (1968). The training of African Journalists. Gazette (Leiden, Netherlands), 14(2), 101–108. https://doi.org/10.1177/001654926801400205Journalism/Africa
Jenks, J. (2016). The scramble for African media: The British government, Reuters, and Thomson in the 1960s. American Journalism, 33(1), 2–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/08821127.2015.1134972African media
Latimore, J., Nolan, D., Simons, M., & Khan, E. (2017). Reassembling the Indigenous public sphere. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 21, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v21i0.1529Indigenous app/Australia and Oceania
Lefkowich, M., Dennison, B., & Klein, P. (2019). Empowerment journalism – Commentary for special issue of Journalism Studies. Journalism Studies, 20(12), 1803–1809. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2019.1638294Empowerment journalism/Global
Mann, M., & Daly, A. (2019). (Big) data and the north-in-south: Australia's informational imperialism and digital colonialism. Television & New Media, 20(4), 379–395. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476418806091Digital colonialism/Australia and Oceania
Martin, J. (2018). Writing Aboriginality: The portrayal of Indigenous people in Australia's Walkley-Award-winning features. Literary Journalism Studies, 10(1), 8–19. https://ialjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Indigenous-LJ-8-69.pdfIndigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Skjerdal, T. S. (2011). Teaching journalism or teaching African journalism? Experiences from foreign involvement in a journalism programme in Ethiopia. Global Media Journal African Edition, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5789/5-1-56African journalism
Tallent, R. J., & Dingman, R. S. (2011). Cherokee independent press act of 2000. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 35(3), 252–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0196859911413468Indigenous journalism/North America

interviewsBurrows, E. (2018). Indigenous media producers’ perspectives on objectivity, balancing community responsibilities and journalistic obligations. Media, Culture & Society, 40(8), 1117–1134. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443718764807Indigenous media/Global
Chibuwe, A., & Salawu, A. (2020). Training for English language or Indigenous language media journalism: A decolonial critique of Zimbabwean journalism and media training institutions’ training practices. Journal of African Media Studies, 12(2), 137–156. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams_00016_1Indigenous journalism/Africa
Cohen, M. S., & McIntyre, K. (2019). Local-language radio stations in Kenya: Helpful or harmful? African Journalism Studies, 40(3), 73–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2020.1729830African journalism
Goyanes, M., López-López, P. C., & Demeter, M. (2020). Social media in Ecuador: Impact on journalism practice and citizens’ understanding of public politics. Journalism Practice, 15(3), 366–382. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2020.1724180Indigenous journalism/South America
Hanusch, F. (2015). Cultural forces in journalism: The impact of cultural values on Māori journalists’ professional views. Journalism Studies, 16(2), 191–206. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2013.859864Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Hanusch, F. (2014b). Dimensions of Indigenous journalism culture: Exploring Māori news-making in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 15(8), 951–967. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913495757Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Hanusch, F., & Uppal, C. (2015). Combining detached watchdog journalism with development ideals: An exploration of Fijian journalism culture. International Communication Gazette, 77(6), 557–576. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048515597873Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Plaut, S. (2014). Nation-building, not “resistance radio”. Nordicom Review, 35(1), 81–97. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0006Indigenous journalism/Europe
Ross, T. (2017). Rethinking journalism and culture: An examination of how Pacific audiences evaluate ethnic media. Journalism Studies, 18(12), 1559–1575. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2016.1146626Pacific journalism/Australia and Oceania

comparative interviewsSkogerbø, E., Josefsen, E., & Fjellström, A.-M. (2019). Indigenous political journalism in the Norwegian and Swedish public service broadcasters. Journalism Studies, 20(7), 991–1008. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2018.1477550Indigenous journalism/Europe

focus groupsMeadows, M. (2009). Electronic dreaming tracks: Indigenous community broadcasting in Australia. Development in Practice, 19(4–5), 514–524. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520902866363Indigenous community broadcasting/Australia and Oceania
Ross, T. (2019). Pulled two ways: Norms of ‘Pacificness’ and journalism in New Zealand's Pacific news media. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 40(6), 649–664. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2019.1675616News media/Australia and Oceania

observation/interview/surveyAdeduntan, A. (2018). Truth, nothing but the performative truth. Journalism Studies, 19(12), 1712–1729. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1299587Indigenous journalism/Africa

archival/participant observation/interviewsM’Balla-Ndi, M. (2017). Division in the land of ‘the unspoken’: Examining journalistic practice in contemporary New Caledonia. MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research, 33(62), 52–71. https://doi.org/10.7146/mediekultur.v33i62.24431.Indigenous journalism/North America

interviews/primary source documentsPlaut, S. (2017). Reshaping the borders of journalism: Lessons learned from transnational peoples’ journalism. Journalism Practice, 11(1), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2015.1092391Indigenous journalism/Europe

observationStewart, H., Meadows, M., Bowman, L., van Vuuren, K., & Mulligan, P. (2010). Indigenous voice: A work-integrated learning case study in journalism education. Australian Journalism Review, 32(2), 59–72.Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania

multi-sited ethnographyBrooten, L. (2006). Political violence and journalism in a multiethnic state: A case study of Burma (Myanmar). Journal of Communication Inquiry, 30(4), 354–373. https://doi.org/10.1177/0196859906290841Political journalism/Asia

content analysisCalvi, P. (2018). Reporting on Indigenous issues: The extractive matrix of journalism vis-á-vis native Latin Americans. Literary Journalism Studies, 10(1), 46–69.Indigenous journalism/South America
Gift, G., Last, A., & Deity, C. N. (2019). The Tonga people of Northern Zimbabwe: An encounter with digital media. African Journalism Studies, 39(4), 91–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2018.1533487Digital media/Africa
Kilgo, D. K., & Harlow, S. (2019). Protests, media coverage, and a hierarchy of social struggle. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 24(4), 508–530. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161219853517US Journalism/North America
Lang, M. J. (2015). Written out of their own story: The rhetorical colonialism of journalistic practice. Communication Studies, 66(1), 85–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2013.867408Indigenous journalism/North America
Todorova, M. S. (2016). Co-created learning: Decolonizing journalism education in Canada. Canadian Journal of Communication, 41(4), 673–692. https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2016v41n4a2970Indigenous journalism/North America
Waller, L., Mesikämmen, E., & Burkett, B. (2020). Rural radio and the everyday politics of settlement on Indigenous land. Media, Culture & Society, 42(6), 805–822. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443719876620Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania

content and framing analysisBrowne, J., Gleeson, D., Adams, K., Atkinson, P., & Hayes, R. (2018). Coverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition in major Australian newspapers, 1996–2015. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42(3), 277–283. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12790Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Vargas, C., Browne, J., Hardy, T., Moore, E., Vally, H., & Gleeson, D. (2020). Coverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition in the Koori Mail. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(3), 180–185. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12980Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania

historical/content analysisHanusch, F. (2014a). Dimensions of Indigenous journalism culture: Exploring Māori news-making in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 15(8), 951–967. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913495757Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania

content analysis/surveyNwagbara, G. U. (2013). Indigenous language news and the marginalization of some ethnic groups in the Nigerian broadcast media. Studies of Tribes and Tribals, 11(2), 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/0972639X.2013.11886677Indigenous journalism/Africa

content/production analysisSu, C. (2019). An alternative chronicle of natural disaster: Social justice journalism in Taiwan. International Journal of Communication, 13, 3321–3340.Social justice journalism/Asia

Overview of theoretical material

ReferenceFocus/Continent
Berger G. (2002). Theorizing the media—Democracy relationship in Southern Africa. Gazette (Leiden, Netherlands), 64(1), 21–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485020640010201Media and democracy/Africa
Hanusch, F. (2014b). Indigenous cultural values and journalism in the Asia-Pacific region: a brief history of Māori journalism, Asian Journal of Communication, 24(4), 390–403. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2014.885538Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Hanusch F. (2013). Charting a theoretical framework for examining Indigenous journalism culture. Media International Australia, 149(1), 82–91. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X1314900110Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania
Hess, K., & Waller, L. (2015). Community journalism in Australia: A media power perspective, Community Journalism, 4(1), 2–9. https://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30075759Community journalism/Australia and Oceania
James, S. L. (1990). Development of Indigenous journalism and broadcast formats: Curricular implications for communication studies in Africa. African Media Review, 4(1), 1–14. https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m59p2xh7nIndigenous journalism/Africa
Nwagbara, G. U. (2013). Indigenous language news and the marginalization of some ethnic groups in the Nigerian broadcast media. Studies of Tribes and Tribals, 11(2), 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/0972639X.2013.11886677Indigenous language news/Africa
Reynolds, B. (2018). Indigenous literary journalism, saturation reporting, and the aesthetics of experience. Literary Journalism Studies, 10(1),37–46.Indigenous literary journalism/Global
Shaw I. S. (2009). Towards an African journalism model: A critical historical perspective. International Communication Gazette, 71(6), 491–510. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048509339792African journalism/Africa
Skjerdal T. S. (2012). The three alternative journalisms of Africa. International Communication Gazette, 74(7), 636–654. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048512458559African journalism/Africa
Waller, L. (2010). Indigenous research ethics: New modes of information gathering and storytelling in journalism. Australian Journalism Review, 32(2), 19–31.Indigenous journalism/Australia and Oceania

Search results by publication category

Publication Category20172020Cumulative
Research articles5951110
Books321042
Book chapters7411
Book review112
Conference papers5510
Theses4812
Encyclopaedia entries033
Research indices808
Citations303
Websites336
Newspaper or non-research-based periodical articles033
Reports347
Total12592217
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0050 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Published on: Oct 9, 2021
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