
Jimmy Ochieng
PhD Student
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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 a PhD student in The Media School at Indiana University. His research has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, The International Journal of Press/Politics, African Journalism Studies, Newspaper Research Journal and International Journal of Communication. His research areas include political communication, media effects and political behavior, and mediation and reconciliation.
Recent Publications
- 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.