Dr. Jeslyn Lemke
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Dr. Jeslyn Lemke
Dr. Jeslyn Lemke

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Dr. Jeslyn Lemke is a bi-lingual journalist and past journalism professor in the Pacific Northwest. Her research and coverage area focuses on francophone West Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in Media Studies from University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Her doctoral dissertation and research agenda explores the relationship between media, civil war, disinformation on social media and the dynamic of Francafrique in Cote d’Ivoire’s troubled elections, particularly the 2011 civil war.

In December 2024, she attended a University of Toronto invite-only research summit in Accra, Ghana with leading African media scholars to present research on media freedom and democracy in Africa. Her research on media and conflict in Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire has been published in International Journal of Communication, Journal of African Media Studies, African Journalism Studies, and Global Voices.

 

 

Publications

Journal articles

  • Lemke, J. (Under review, 2025). Don’t hesitate to take actions against France and the UN: a content analysis of local Ivoirian newspapers during Cote d’Ivoire’s 2010-2011 electoral crisis. African Journalism Studies.
  • Lemke, J. (2023). Digital platforms and civil war: How Côte d’Ivoire’s press informs a new model of African journalistic practices in authoritarian regimes. International Journal Of Communication, 17 (20). https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/18654
  • Lemke, J. (2021). Oregon is on fire: media innovation for journalism faculty in the era of COVID-19. Media Innovation Lab Journal, Texas State University. https://sjmc.txst.edu/innovative-immersive-learning/milab/milabjournal/lemke-oregon.html
  • Lemke, J. (2020). Pushing a Political Agenda: Harassment of French and African Journalists in Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010-2011 National Election Crisis. International Journal of Communication, 14(19). https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10193
  • Lemke, J. (2018). Setting the agenda on development: A content analysis of how Senegalese newspapers report on local and foreign aid. African Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2018.1473268
  • Lemke, J. & Chala, E. (2016). Tweeting democracy: An ethnographic content analysis of social media use in the differing politics of Senegal and Ethiopia’s newspapers. Journal of African Media Studies, 8(2). 167-185. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.8.2.167_1

Book chapters

  • Lemke, J. (Under review, 2025). Stopping hate speech or quieting online dissent against the government?: A theoretical analysis of USAID’s information intervention in Cote d’Ivoire’s national politics. Submitted to The Media and Democracy Project, University of Toronto, Scarborough; Accra, Ghana. *This chapter is part of an edited collection to be published as a book with Palgrave MacMillan in 2026. It is a result of a University of Toronto research summit in 2024.
  • Lemke, J. (March, 2018). Interviews with Ivorian Political Journalists: Examining the Political Role of Local and Foreign Journalists during Ivory Coast’s 2010-2011 Electoral Crisis. In B. Mutsvairo and B. Karam (Eds.) Perspectives on Political Communications in Africa (pp. 239-253). London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.

Book reviews

  • Lemke, J. (September, 2017). [Review of the book The War Machines: Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia]. African Journalism Studies, 38 (2), 198-200. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2017.1349270

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