Ellison Shumba

Ellison Shumba
University of Johannesburg | uj · Department of Communications and Media Studies

Bachelor of Science

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Introduction
Interested in political communication, digital diplomacy, socio-legal studies, cybersecurity laws, governance and the use of social media by political parties and heads of state. Worked on political communication in a Post-Mugabe era in Zimbabwe and Twitter - Diplomacy by African governments. Currently a PhD Candidate doing research on Cybersecurity laws in Zambia and Zimbabwe
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March 2022 - November 2024
University of Johannesburg
Position
  • PhD Student
Description
  • PhD student in Communication studies

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Chinese diplomats have been dubbed ‘Wolf Warriors’ following their efforts to shape the COVID-19 narrative. This study explores how ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy was applied on Twitter and Facebook by Chinese diplomats in Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, in the context of China’s wider public diplomacy on the continent. It seeks to analyse t...