This book offers an African perspective of how news organisations are embracing digital participatory practices as part of their everyday news production, dissemination and audience engagement strategies.

Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara (PhD) teaches media and international journalism at the University of Glasgow, UK, where he is a member of the Glasgow University Media Group. He is Associate Editor of Journalism Studies and African Journalism Studies, and a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg's Faculty of Humanities. His most recent publication is the edited volume Newsmaking Cultures in Africa (2018).

Admire Mare (PhD) is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head in the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He is a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg's Faculty of Humanities. He currently leads the international research project Social Media, Misinformation and Elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe (SoMeKeZi) funded by the Social Science Research Council (2019-2021).

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Chapter 1: The Participatory Turn in African Journalism: Context and Conceptualisations

Chapter 2: Readers' Comments: How Audiences' Voices are Challenging and (Re)defining Traditional Journalism

Chapter 3: The Social Media Turn and News Engagement

Chapter 4: Participatory Journalism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Algorithms and Editorial Analytics

Chapter 5: Unsettling Changes, Normative Dilemmas and Ethical Challenges

Chapter 6: Participation, Pitfalls, Predicaments and 'New' Normative Directions: Concluding Reflections

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