Jimmy Ochieng
PhD Candidate
Contact Information
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, 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 and International Journal of Communication and Health Communication.
Recent Publications
- 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.