Jimmy Ochieng
PhD Candidate
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Research and Creative Interests
- Political Communication
- Media Effects and Political Behavior
- Mediation and reconciliation
- Vulnerability to False Narratives
Biography
Jimmy Ochieng is pursuing a PhD in The Media School at Indiana University. His research areas include political communication, media effects and political behavior, vulnerability to false narratives, and mediation and reconciliation. He has actively contributed to peace initiatives in Africa collaborating with the African Union Panel of Eminent African Personalities, United Nations, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and Berghof Foundation. His research has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, The International Journal of Press/Politics, African Journalism Studies, Newspaper Research Journal, International Journal of Communication, Health Communication and Journalism.
Recent Publications
- Ochieng, J., Grabe, M. E., Ireri, K., & Mudavadi, K. C. (2025). Mitigating information insecurity: An African perspective on satisfaction with democracy. The International Journal of Press/Press Politics.
- Ireri, K., & Ochieng, J. (2024). Determinants of women legislators media coverage in a male-dominated Kenya political landscape. Journalism.
- Grabe, M. E., Brown, D. K., Ochieng, J., Bryden, J., Robinson, R. D., Ahn, Y-Y., & Moss, A. & Wang, W. (2023). The social contagion potential of pro-vaccine message on Black Twitter. Health Communication.
- Ochieng, J. & Ireri, K. (2023). Kenya politics: What determines legislators’ coverage in pictorial news. International Journal of Communication, 17, 4952-4973.
- Ochieng, J. (2023). Media framing of the first administration of devolution in Kenya. African Journalism Studies.
- Ochieng, J. (2022). News sources and framing of responsibility on devolution in Kenya, 2013-2017. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99(4), 1028-1047.
- Ireri, K., & Ochieng, J. (2022). Kenya high-octane devolution politics: Examining predictors of governors and senators’ coverage in national press. Newspaper Research Journal, 43(4), 427-446.
- Ochieng, J. & Ireri, K. (2022). “The new sheriffs in town”! Newspapers visibility of Kenya’s first county governors. African Journalism Studies, 43(1), 34-52.