In the backstage of the 2014 Ebola crisis news coverage : a focus on the lived experience of involved African journalists

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dc.contributor.advisorSecko, David
dc.contributor.authorEdimo, Anne
dc.contributor.departmentConcordia University, Department of Journalism
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-14T15:46:53Z
dc.date.available2018-02-14T15:46:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the lived experiences of African journalists involved in the recent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. It contends that African journalists did not cover the crisis efficiently because of several barriers. The EVD epidemic is believed to have begun in December 2013 and has affected West African countries such as Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, causing an estimated 11,279 deaths since March 2015. The outbreak, however, was not just a health crisis. It was a crisis of information that highlighted the ineffectiveness of top down messaging to reach communities directly affected by the outbreak.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/56850
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectEBOLAen
dc.subjectEBOLA OUTBREAKen
dc.subjectLOCAL JOURNALISMen
dc.subjectCRISIS JOURNALISMen
dc.subjectSCIENCE JOURNALISMen
dc.subjectINFORMATION CRISISen
dc.subjectWEST AFRICAen
dc.titleIn the backstage of the 2014 Ebola crisis news coverage : a focus on the lived experience of involved African journalistsen
dc.typeThesisen
idrc.copyright.holderAnne Edimo
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number107942
idrc.project.titleEbola Crisis: Improving Science-Based Communication and Local Journalism in Emergency and Post-outbreak Periodsen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC36-1643402171-189421
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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