Mr. Mthokozisi P. Ndhlovu
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- Website: https://www.nust.ac.zw/cis
MSc Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), BSc (Hons) Journalism & Media Studies (NUST, Zim), PGDHE (NUST, Zim)
Email: mthokozisi.ndhlovu@nust.ac.zw
Mthokozisi Phathisani Ndhlovu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. He holds a Master of Science degree in Journalism and Media Studies and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in communication at Texas A&M University in the United States. His research interests include China-Africa relations, rhetoric and propaganda, sexuality, and climate change communication. He has published articles in journals such as Journalism, Media, Culture and Society, Feminist Media Studies, Environmental Communication, Sexuality and Culture, and Crime, Media Culture. Additionally, he has presented papers at various local and international academic conferences.
Selected Publications:
Santos, P., & Ndhlovu, M. P. (2016). Media as Political Actors in Times of Political Crisis. In L. L. Mukhongo & J. W. Macharia (Eds.), Political Influence of the Media in Developing Countries (pp. 25–43). Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Ndhlovu, M.P. (2020). Examining Media Discourses on Religious Rape in Zimbabwe. Feminist Media Studies, 20:6, 801-812.
Ndhlovu, M. P. (2021). The Fifth Estate Function: Analysing Climate Change Punditry in the Zimbabwean Newspaper Columns, Environmental Communication, 15:3, 418-429.
Ndhlovu, M. P. (2023). Examining the Zimbabwean news media's framing of men as victims of sexual assault. In K. Boyle & S Berridge (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence. First Edition (pp. 127 – 135), New York: Routledge.
Selected Conference presentations:
Exploring Zimbabwean Communal Farmers’ Interaction with Media Texts in Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change: A Case of Umguza District. 1st International Conference on Innovation for Sustainability under Climate Change and Green Growth: 26-28 May 2015, Johannesburg: South Africa
Zimbabwean Media Discourses on Coal-powered Plants. African Environmental Communication Symposium " Old problems and new journalism? Exploring the contours of African environmental communication". 15 May 2023. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Multivocality and Sexual Identity of a “Nation” in Zimbabwe: Exploring Twitter Discourse on Queer Sexualities. National Communication Association 109th Annual Convention: Freedom. 16-19 Nov 2023. (Maryland, United States.)