Social Media in Gqeberha Community Radio News Production

Mfundo Radebe's dataset supports a research project on the appropriation of social media into news production processes at community radio stations in Gqeberha. It contains data from semi-structured interviews with journalists, editors, producers, and managers from Nkqubela FM and MADIBAZ Radio, triangulated with virtual ethnography observations. The dataset illustrates how social media is used for news gathering, production, and dissemination, and reconfigures relationships between journalists and audiences.

Use Cases

• Analyzing social media appropriation strategies based on interview data with media practitioners.
• Studying audience-journalist interaction dynamics based on virtual ethnography observations.
• Comparing news production processes between two specific community radio stations: Nkqubela FM and MADIBAZ Radio.
• Investigating the role of social media in news gathering and dissemination within a community media environment.

Strengths

• Data collection employed triangulation via semi-structured interviews and virtual ethnography.
• Focuses on a specific, named geographic area (Gqeberha) and two identified radio stations.
• Has a clear research ethics approval number (222155604/2024/10).

Limitations

• No column names, row counts, or file size information are provided, limiting understanding of the dataset's structure and scale.
• The dataset's content is described but its specific format and granularity are unknown.
• The last update date (2026-03-24) suggests it may be a future or planned dataset, which could affect current availability.

Provenance

Source

Mfundo Radebe.

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews with media practitioners and virtual ethnography.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-24.

Geography

Gqeberha, South Africa (focus on Nkqubela FM and MADIBAZ Radio).