Africa

South Africa

Professor ; Head of Media Studies Programme

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

nkariithi@languages.wits.ac.za

School of Literature and Language Studies
University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag 3
Wits 2050
Johannesburg
South Africa

phone: +27 11 717-4112
fax: +27 11 717-4149

Kenya

African media studies ; ownership issues in South African broadcasting ;
leadership in African political history ; economic and business reporting
in Africa ; Kenya.

Teaching areas: Media economics ; Sociology of news.

"The Rand Crisis: When a policy crisis becomes a media crisis."
Intermedia, Volume 30, No. 3, 2002. London: International Institute of
Communication.

"Economics journalism in Africa" in Nieman Reports. Nieman Foundation,
Harvard University, Cambridge. Volume 56, No. 2, 2002.

"New Institutionalism." In Michie, Jonathan (ed) Readers Guide to the
Social Sciences, London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, March 2001.

"Reporting for the West: How coverage of the Zairian civil war toed the
policy lines of Western governments." Rhodes Journalism Review,
Grahamstown. Vol. 18, December 1999.

"Television in South Africa." (in) Newcomb, Horace (ed.) The Encyclopedia
of Television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.

"Television in Kenya." (in) Newcomb, Horace (ed.) The Encyclopedia of
Television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.

"Reporting African Economies." in Mallette, Malcolm (ed.) Handbook for
African Journalists. Washington, DC: World Press Freedom Committee, 1996.

"Questioning the policy maker: The role of the mass media in shaping
Africa's economic future," in Okigbo, Charles (ed.) Media and Sustainable
Development in Africa . Nairobi: Africa Council for Communication
Education, 1995.

"Misreading culture and tradition: Western critical appreciation of
African films," in Kabore, Gaston (ed.), Africa and the Centenary of
Cinema. Paris: Presence Africaine, 1995.

"Who is Afraid of Cuts in US Aid?" op-ed article, The Journal of Commerce,
Washington, Jan. 31, 1995.

"The role of technology in breaking international communication barriers:
An African perspective," COMBROAD, February 1995. London: Commonwealth
Broadcasting Association.

"The crisis facing development journalism in Africa,Ó Media Development
Journal, London, 4/1994.

media studies ; ownership ; broadcasting ; leadership ; business reporting.