Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book explores the intersections of media and health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa, discussing COVID-19, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and mental health issues. It highlights knowledge gaps, innovations, and complexities in the media ecosystem during health crises, addressing politics of public health communication, infodemics, and media viability threats.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 283 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This open-access book brings together renowned scholars and critical discourses on political, economic, legal, technological, socio-cultural, and systemic changes and continuities intersecting media and health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume extensively discusses COVID-19, but it also encompasses other epidemics like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and "silent" health crises like mental health, simmering across the subcontinent. The chapters fill knowledge gaps, highlight innovations, unpack the complexities surrounding the media ecosystem in times of health crises. They explore, among other issues, the politics of public health communication; infodemics; existential threats to media viability; draconian legislations; threats to journalists/journalism; COVID-related entrepreneurship, marginalization, and more.

This timely resource is invaluable for academics, advocacy groups, media practitioners, and policy makers engaged in crisis and media reporting, not just in Africa but across the global South. It sheds light on the multifaceted challenges and opportunities faced by media and health sectors in the region, providing valuable insights for addressing these complex issues.

Weight: 468g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030951023
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022