research overview
- Mulupi’s research interests focus on the intersection of gender and journalism. In particular, she examines the representation of marginalized communities in the press and the status of women journalists in the news industry.
- Contact Info
Mulupi, Dinfin
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Journalism
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- journalism, feminist media theories, gender, international media, comparative research, mixed methods
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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journal article
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Investigating the effects of a physician’s race and gender on user engagement with and perceived credibility of COVID-19 vaccine news.
Newspaper research journal.
2024
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Up in the air: A strategic narrative contest in the US-China Balloon Incident 2023.
The International Communication Gazette.
2024
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Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment Through Organizational Policy Messaging.
Communication Studies.
1-21.
2024
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How News Organizations Cultivate and Maintain Sexist Newsrooms via Gendered Journalistic Norms, Sexual Harassment, and the Boys' Club.
Women's Studies in Communication.
268-291.
2024
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Who gets to speak? Sources in Covid-19 news coverage by Kenyan and Zimbabwean press.
Feminist Media Studies.
3157-3174.
2023
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The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Job Satisfaction in Newsrooms.
Journalism Practice.
2023
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Gatekeeping Rape Culture: Kenyan News Coverage of Sexual Abuse and Femicide.
African Journalism Studies.
153-170.
2023
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African women in digital spaces: redefining social movements on the continent and in the diaspora.
African Journalism Studies.
76-78.
2023
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"A Playing Field Where Patriarchy Plays": Addressing Sexism in South African and Nigerian Newsrooms.
Journalism Practice.
582-602.
2022
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Investigating Rape Culture in News Coverage of the Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford Cases.
Violence Against Women: an international and interdisciplinary journal.
487-509.
2022
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"Newsrooms need the metoo movement." Sexism and the press in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria.
Feminist Media Studies.
639-656.
2021
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Presidential framing in the Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill cases.
Communication Review.
91-121.
2020
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Investigating the effects of a physician’s race and gender on user engagement with and perceived credibility of COVID-19 vaccine news.
Newspaper research journal.
2024
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park Campus 2024
- M.A., University of London (England) 2018
- B.A., University of Nairobi Kenya 2015
International Activities
geographic focus
- South Africa Country