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Dr Lungile Augustine Tshuma is a Researcher in the Centre for Communication and Culture, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal. Prior to this, he was a senior post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lungile, an experienced journalist, worked for The Chronicle and The Sunday News publications in Zimbabwe before joining the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. Lungile’s research interest are on photography, memory, and journalism studies. His work has been published in local and international journals such as Journal of Genocide Research, African Journalism Studies, Critical Arts, Nations and Nationals, Journal of Communication Inquiry, and Media, Culture and Society.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Projects
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Artificial intelligence, Journalism and Climate Change Communication in the Global North
Tshuma, L. (PI)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1/05/23 → 30/04/29
Project: Research
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Discursive text and vulgarity in local political discourses on X: victories and losses
Mathe, L. & Tshuma, L., 1 Jan 2026, Digital political communication and indigenous languages in Africa. Mathe, L. & Motsaathebe, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer Nature, p. 233-252 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Exploring the human face of COVID-19: a reception study of chronicle and NewsDay readers in Bulawayo
Ndlovu, N., Tshuma, B. B. & Tshuma, L. A., 1 Apr 2026, In: SAGE Open. 16, 2, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Memory, nationalism and the media in Zimbabwe: the ZPRA combatants’ reception of The Sunday News’s “Lest We Forget” narratives
Tshuma, B., Tshuma, L. & Ndlovu, M., 23 Feb 2026, In: Canadian Journal of African Studies. 60, 1, p. 99-115 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Platform activism and the mediation of electoral process in semi-authoritarian regimes: a Zimbabwean case study
Tshuma, L. A. & Matsilele, T., 2026, In: Howard Journal of Communications. 37, 2, p. 439-454 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The intermedia influence of X on legacy media coverage of the 2023 harmonised elections in Zimbabwe
Tshuma, L. A. & Ndlovu, S. M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journalism. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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