Trust Matsilele

516 total citations
26 papers, 157 citations indexed

About

Trust Matsilele is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Trust Matsilele has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 157 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Communication and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Trust Matsilele's work include Media Studies and Communication (10 papers), Media Influence and Politics (5 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 papers). Trust Matsilele is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (10 papers), Media Influence and Politics (5 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 papers). Trust Matsilele collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and China. Trust Matsilele's co-authors include Dumisani Moyo, Admire Mare, Sadia Jamil, Shepherd Mpofu and Tanja Bosch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Information Communication & Society and Media Culture & Society.

In The Last Decade

Trust Matsilele

22 papers receiving 151 citations

Peers

Trust Matsilele
Elisabetta Locatelli Italy
Siobhán McHugh Australia
Martín Oller Alonso Spain
Casey Brienza United Kingdom
Ylva Rodny‐Gumede South Africa
Andrew M. Lindner United States
Leif Kramp Germany
Sumitra Badrinathan United States
Matthew Wade Australia
Sarah Park Dahlen United States
Elisabetta Locatelli Italy
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Fields of papers citing papers by Trust Matsilele

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Trust Matsilele

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All Works

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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2025). AI Hype Through an African Lens: A Critical Analysis of Language as Symbolic Action in Online News Publications. Digital Journalism. 14(2). 380–399.
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2024). Comedy as journalism in Zimbabwe. European Journal of Humour Research. 12(3). 36–52.
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2024). Reporting on Science in the Southern African Context: Exploring Influences on Journalistic Practice. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60(5). 2729–2746. 1 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2024). Towards a Converged Post-Covid Journalism Training in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. African Journalism Studies. 45(3). 227–241. 1 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2024). Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism. 3 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2023). Through the Lenses of the Sociology of News Production: An Assessment of Social Media Applications and Changing Newsroom Cultures in Lesotho. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 60(2). 809–823. 3 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2023). Metavoicing, trust-building mechanisms and partisan messaging: a study of social media usage by selected South African female politicians. Information Communication & Society. 26(13). 2575–2597. 3 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2023). Through the Media Looking Glass: Journalists’ Perceptions on South Africa’s Funded Environmental Journalism. African Journalism Studies. 44(1). 58–72. 4 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2023). Contending with Sexual Harassment: A Study of Southern African Female Journalists’ Experiences. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 5 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2022). Public and private media coverage of the military coup in Zimbabwe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 69–83. 1 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2022). Transnational hashtag protest movements and emancipatory politics in Africa: A three country study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Mpofu, Shepherd, et al.. (2022). iconography of persuasion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 40(1). 67–88. 1 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2022). Journalism pedagogy and ICTs in a time of pandemic: A case study of selected journalism schools in Southern Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 46–63. 7 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2022). The Potential of Community Radio in Fostering Economic Empowerment of Youths in The Cape Flats Communities. 8(1). 22–22. 1 indexed citations
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Matsilele, Trust, et al.. (2022). The why of humour during a crisis: An exploration of COVID-19 memes in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Journal of African Media Studies. 14(2). 189–207. 3 indexed citations
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Moyo, Dumisani, Admire Mare, & Trust Matsilele. (2019). Analytics-Driven Journalism? Editorial Metrics and the Reconfiguration of Online News Production Practices in African Newsrooms". Digital Journalism. 7(4). 490–506. 52 indexed citations

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