Africa-centred evidence
Research questions begin with African media systems, publics and institutions.
Institute
About the Institute
The African Media and Publics Research Institute is an independent platform for producing, publishing and convening research on media, communication, policy and public life in Africa.
Mission
To advance Africa-centred research on media, publics, policy and communication power.
Media Publics brings research, public scholarship and convening together in one institute. Its work is organised around evidence, careful language and the public consequences of communication.
The institute serves scholars, journalists, policymakers, advocates and communicators who need grounded analysis rather than slogans or imported assumptions.
What makes it different
Research grounded in African public life.
The institute studies communication as lived experience, institutional practice and public power.
Editorial public scholarship
Outputs are written for use beyond the academy without flattening complexity.
Practice-facing research
The work connects scholarship with policy, journalism and institutional communication.
Principles
How the institute works
Evidence before opinion
Accessible scholarship
Ethical public communication
Africa-centred theory building
Interdisciplinary method
Public usefulness
Public-interest research
Independent work for public knowledge, policy insight and better communication practice.
Media Publics welcomes serious enquiries from researchers, journalists, public institutions and civil society actors working on media, platforms, publics and power.