Journal article
Stakeholder perceptions of regulatory responses to misinformation in Kenya and Senegal
Journalism (London, England), Vol.26(7), pp.1488-1507
07/2025
DOI: 10.1177/14648849241255935
Abstract
While misinformation is very prevalent in Africa, we have a limited understanding of how key stakeholders, such as journalists, fact-checkers, policy experts, and educators, perceive responses to misinformation to address its spread. Based on an analysis of 46 interviews with media professionals and other key stakeholders from Kenya and Senegal, we find divergent perceptions of what regulatory interventions are needed to slow the spread of misinformation in the two countries. In Kenya, stakeholders advocated for self-regulation rather than government intervention to curb misinformation, while in Senegal, they called for more government regulations to address its spread. Additionally, interviewees perceived regulatory approaches, such as proposed laws to address misinformation, as reactive solutions, often resulting from a specific incident in the country, and educational approaches, such as requiring media literacy education in schools, as sustainable solutions with potentially longer-term outcomes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Stakeholder perceptions of regulatory responses to misinformation in Kenya and Senegal
- Creators
- Kevin C. Mudavadi - Indiana University BloomingtonFrankline Matanji - University of IowaLayire Diop - Francis Marion UniversityMelissa Tully - University of IowaDani Madrid-Morales - University of Sheffield
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journalism (London, England), Vol.26(7), pp.1488-1507
- DOI
- 10.1177/14648849241255935
- ISSN
- 1464-8849
- eISSN
- 1741-3001
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 20
- Grant note
- University of Houston Villanova University's Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/23/2024
- Date published
- 07/2025
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984634947602771
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