Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Central Lancashire
George is an alumnus of the University of the Witwatersrand where he pursued his MA and PhD.
He previously worked as a journalist at the Standard newspaper in Nairobi and as a news and features correspondent for newspapers and magazines based in South Africa and the UK.
His research work is interested in understanding the impact of new media technologies on the broader media ecology in the developing world and how they address questions of power and democratisation.
Threats to press freedom are taking on different forms across Africa
May 03, 2019 17:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Africa buried two of its journalists in 2018. One was killed in Somalia and the other in the Central African Republic. According to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, 54 journalists were killed around the...
How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa
Dec 16, 2018 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Online platforms have become an important site for political and social engagement. On the one hand they have been praised for their progressive characteristics. This is because they offer great organising potential,...
Threats to media freedom in Africa: some old methods and some new
Oct 04, 2018 14:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The government of Benin has cancelled a recent decree that imposed a tax on users of platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. Known as over-the-top platforms, they can deliver media content directly to users...
Why the role of the media is so important to free and fair elections in Africa
May 16, 2017 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The news media is usually one of first casualties of bungled or contested elections. From the recent US elections, the UKs Brexit vote to Zambias controversial 2016 presidential elections, the mainstream news media bore...
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