Tendai Chari

Tendai Chari is a Lecturer at the University of Venda, South Africa. He holds a PhD from Wits University, South Africa. Previously, he lectured at the University of Zimbabwe (where he was Coordinator of the Media Programme in the English Department) Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU), National University of Science and Technology (NUST) (Zimbabwe) and Fort Hare University (South Africa). He is widely published in the field of Media Studies and specializes in political communication, media ethics, and new media and politics. His publications have appeared in the journal of African Media Studies, African Identities, Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, Ecquid Novi: Journal of African Media Studies and the Journal on Media and Communications. He co-edited the book African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives: The Legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. He served as the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Television (ZTV) a Board Member of the Zimbabwe Broadcast Holdings (ZBH) as well as a Member of the Media Commission (MIC) in Zimbabwe.

Publications

Ethical Pitfalls in the Digital Age: When the Desire to “Serve Hot” Gets in the Way of Verification
Ethical Pitfalls in the Digital Age: When the Desire to “Serve Hot” Gets in the Way of Verification
Tendai Chari. © 2019. 19 pages.
Using the case study approach, this chapter examines ethical shortfalls confronting the media in the Internet era. The one case is drawn from a story published in The New York...
Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age
Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age
Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Tendai Chari. © 2017. 330 pages.
The growing presence of digital technologies has caused significant changes in the protection of digital rights. With the ubiquity of these modern technologies, there is an...
Ethical Pitfalls in the Digital Age: When the Desire to “Serve Hot” Gets in the Way of Verification
Ethical Pitfalls in the Digital Age: When the Desire to “Serve Hot” Gets in the Way of Verification
Tendai Chari. © 2017. 19 pages.
Using the case study approach, this chapter examines ethical shortfalls confronting the media in the Internet era. The one case is drawn from a story published in The New York...
Rethinking the Democratization Role of Online Media: The Zimbabwean Experience
Rethinking the Democratization Role of Online Media: The Zimbabwean Experience
Tendai Chari. © 2014. 23 pages.
Online publications have become critical sites for the expression of views alternative to those of the state. This is true in Zimbabwe as in many developing states where the...
Rethinking the Democratization Role of Online Media: The Zimbabwean Experience
Rethinking the Democratization Role of Online Media: The Zimbabwean Experience
Tendai Chari. © 2013. 23 pages.
Online publications have become critical sites for the expression of views alternative to those of the state. This is true in Zimbabwe as in many developing states where the...