Bruce Mutsvairo

1.2k total citations
47 papers, 522 citations indexed

About

Bruce Mutsvairo is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Mutsvairo has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 522 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Communication, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Bruce Mutsvairo's work include Social Media and Politics (20 papers), Media Studies and Communication (16 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (10 papers). Bruce Mutsvairo is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (20 papers), Media Studies and Communication (16 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (10 papers). Bruce Mutsvairo collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Australia. Bruce Mutsvairo's co-authors include Saba Bebawi, Eddy Borges-Rey, Susana Salgado, Massimo Ragnedda, Tanja Bosch, Simon Columbus, Beschara Karam, Márton Demeter, Michał Głowacki and Mireya Márquez-Ramírez and has published in prestigious journals such as Information Communication & Society, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly and Media Culture & Society.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Mutsvairo

43 papers receiving 479 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Mutsvairo Netherlands 14 359 278 48 42 34 47 522
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara United Kingdom 14 351 1.0× 255 0.9× 27 0.6× 45 1.1× 24 0.7× 36 461
Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada Qatar 9 601 1.7× 302 1.1× 59 1.2× 19 0.5× 32 0.9× 22 748
Florence Le Cam Belgium 11 307 0.9× 208 0.7× 37 0.8× 13 0.3× 15 0.4× 71 456
Miriyam Aouragh United Kingdom 15 202 0.6× 322 1.2× 141 2.9× 30 0.7× 47 1.4× 29 521
Alessio Cornia United Kingdom 12 402 1.1× 345 1.2× 73 1.5× 26 0.6× 45 1.3× 26 596
Saif Shahin United States 12 243 0.7× 228 0.8× 88 1.8× 18 0.4× 68 2.0× 34 419
Iginio Gagliardone United Kingdom 13 146 0.4× 195 0.7× 99 2.1× 54 1.3× 72 2.1× 36 392
Julie B. Wiest United States 8 205 0.6× 240 0.9× 79 1.6× 32 0.8× 37 1.1× 16 411
Afonso de Albuquerque Brazil 11 257 0.7× 219 0.8× 94 2.0× 14 0.3× 12 0.4× 63 428
Michaël Opgenhaffen Belgium 14 401 1.1× 308 1.1× 24 0.5× 14 0.3× 57 1.7× 47 578

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Mutsvairo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Mutsvairo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Mutsvairo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Mutsvairo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Mutsvairo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Mutsvairo. Bruce Mutsvairo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bruijn, Mirjam de, et al.. (2025). “Aren’t we all journalists?” Citizen journalism, disinformation and the weaponization of social media in conflict torn Mali. Journalism. 26(5). 1027–1046. 1 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, et al.. (2025). Hashtags, Hatetags and social media campaigns in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict. Information Communication & Society. 29(3). 850–868.
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Poell, Thomas, Arturo Arriagada, Ergin Bulut, et al.. (2025). GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON PLATFORMS AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 1 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, et al.. (2024). An Exploratory Study of Fact-Checking Practices in Conflict and Authoritarian Contexts. Media and Communication. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, et al.. (2024). Putting Forward Sustainability as a Model for Journalism Education and Training. Journalism Practice. 19(12). 2744–2768. 3 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, et al.. (2023). Women and digital political communication in non-Western societies. Information Communication & Society. 26(13). 2507–2517.
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, Saba Bebawi, & Eddy Borges-Rey. (2023). The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South. Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln). 9 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, et al.. (2021). Era or error of transformation? Assessing afrocentric attributes to digitalization. Information Communication & Society. 24(3). 295–308. 5 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce & Massimo Ragnedda. (2019). Does Digital Exclusion Undermine Social Media’s Democratizing Capacity?. New Global Studies. 13(3). 357–364. 6 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce & Massimo Ragnedda. (2019). Mapping Digital Divide in Africa: A Mediated Analysis. 13 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce, et al.. (2019). Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa. 2 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce & Saba Bebawi. (2019). Journalism Educators, Regulatory Realities, and Pedagogical Predicaments of the “Fake News” Era: A Comparative Perspective on the Middle East and Africa. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 74(2). 143–157. 41 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce & Massimo Ragnedda. (2017). Emerging political narratives on Malawian digital spaces. Communicatio. 43(2). 147–167. 4 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce. (2015). Perspectives on Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 7 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce. (2013). Propping up propaganda? Exploring the role of the Herald Newspaper in strengthening Zanu PF's political position. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 1 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce & Simon Columbus. (2012). Emerging patterns and trends in citizen journalism in Africa: The case of Zimbabwe. Central European Journal of Communication. 5(1). 121–135. 13 indexed citations
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Mutsvairo, Bruce. (2010). Journalism ethics in the digital age. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 2 indexed citations

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