BOOK

Workneh, T.W., & Haridakis, P. (Eds.). (2021). Counter-terrorism laws and freedom of expression: Global perspectives. Lexington Books.

 

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

LeJeune, H. J., & Workneh, T. W. (2024). The construction of human rights narratives in the 2022 World Cup: A critical examination of US and Qatari news coverage. Communication & Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795241230849

Workneh, T. W. (2022). Pandemic politics and Africa: Examining discourses of Afrophobia in the news media. Journal of African Media Studies, 14(1), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams_00071_1

Workneh, T. W. (2021). Overseas media, homeland audiences: Examining determinants of newsmaking in Deutsche Welle’s Amharic service. Media, Culture and Society, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437211022724  

Workneh, T. W., & Lin, M-C. (2021). Teaching global communication during COVID-19: Challenges, mitigation, and lessons learned. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 1-14. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10776958211026176

Workneh, T. W. (2021). From state repression to fear of non-state actors: Examining emerging threats of journalism practice in Ethiopia. Journalism Practice, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1919176

Workneh, T.W. (2020) Social media, protest, & outrage communication in Ethiopia: Toward fractured publics or pluralistic polity?, Information, Communication & Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1811367

Workneh, T. W. (2020). Beyond state vanguardism and market fundamentalism: A case for telecommunications commons in Ethiopia. Popular Communication, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2020.1781861

Workneh, T. W. (2019). Ethiopia’s hate speech predicament: Seeking antidotes beyond a legislative response. African Journalism Studies, 40(3), 123–139. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2020.1729832

Workneh, T. W., & Steeves, H. L. (2019). Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown in Africa: Cultural brokerage, “going native,” and colonial nostalgia. International Journal of Communication, 13, 5525–5547. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/11895

Workneh, T. W. (2019). Counter-terrorism in Ethiopia: Manufacturing insecurity, monopolizing speech. Internet Policy Review, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.14763/2019.1.1394

Workneh, T. W. (2019). Exotica Africana: Interrogating African otherness in Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2019.1637524

Workneh, T. W. (2019). Journalistic autonomy in Voice of America’s Amharic service: Actors, deterrents, and safeguards. Journalism Studies, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2019.1634484

Workneh, T. W. (2018). State monopoly of telecommunications in Ethiopia: Origins, debates, and the way forward. Review of African Political Economy, 45(158), 592–608. https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2018.1531390

Workneh, T. W. (2018). Journalism education interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa: An examination of the Norwegian model in Ethiopia. African Journalism Studies, 39(2), 9–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2018.1473269

Workneh, T.W. (2016). Chinese multinationals in the Ethiopian telecommunications sector. Communication, Culture & Critique, 9(1), 126–147. https://doi.org/10.1111/cccr.12129 2015

Workneh, T. W. (2015). Digital cleansing? A look into state-sponsored policing of Ethiopian networked communities. African Journalism Studies, 36(4), 102–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2015.1119493

Workneh, T. W. (2013). War journalism or peace journalism? A case study of U.S. and British newspapers’ coverage of the Somali conflict. Global Media Journal, 6(1), 40-52.

Workneh, T. W. (2003). Disney kids: A study on the reception of a global media mogul by Ethiopian children. The International Clearinghouse on Youth, Children and Media Yearbook, 83-97.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Workneh, T. W. (2025). Political transition and the evolution of media capture in Ethiopia: Revisiting the viability of the polarised pluralist model. In H. M. Mabweazara & B. Pearson (Eds.), Media capture in Africa and Latin America: Power and resistance (pp. 59–80). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68962-8_3

Workneh, T. W. (2024). Ethiopia: media landscape, emerging trends, and future prospects. In A.K. Schapals and C. Pentzold. Media compass: A companion to international media landscapes (pp. 411-421). Wiley Blackwell.

Workneh, T. W. (2024). From state repression to fear of non-state actors: Examining emerging threats of journalism practice in Ethiopia. In O. Westlund, R. Krøvel, & K. S. Orgeret (Eds.), Journalism and safety: An introduction to the field (pp. 321–330). Routledge.

Workneh, T. W. (2023). The promises and limitations of journalism education in Ethiopia. In B. Mutsvairo, S. Bebawi, and E. Borges-Rey. The Routledge companion to journalism in the global south (pp. 146-155). Routledge.

Workneh, T. W. (2022). Telecommunications and broadcasting deregulation in Ethiopia: A dialectical discussion of policy and politics. In W. Mano and L. El Mkaouar (Eds.), Media ownership in Africa in the digital age: Challenges, continuity & change (pp. 99–118). Routledge.

Workneh, T. (2021). Counter-terrorism and freedom of speech in Ethiopia: The EPRDF years. In T. Workneh & P. Haridakis (Eds.), Counter-terrorism laws and freedom of expression: Global perspectives (pp. 333–350). Lexington Books.

Workneh, T., & Haridakis, P. (2021). Counter-terrorism laws in the international frame: Uncertain times for freedom of expression. In T. Workneh & P. Haridakis (Eds.), Counter-terrorism laws and freedom of expression: Global perspectives (pp. 3–24). Lexington Books.

Haridakis, P., & Workneh, T. (2021). Epilogue: Insights and lessons learned or confirmed. In T. Workneh & P. Haridakis (Eds.), Counter-terrorism laws and freedom of expression: Global perspectives (pp. 371–376). Lexington Books.

Workneh, T. W., & Steeves, H. L. (2020). State monopoly of telecommunications in Ethiopia: Revisiting natural monopoly in the era of deregulation. In R. Nichols & G. Martinez (Eds.), Political economy of media industries: Global transformations and challenges (pp. 127–147). New York & London: Routledge.

Sharma, R., & Workneh, T. W. (2020). The Spice of Life: Discussing Diversity and Disparity in Mississippi Masala. In J.D. Hamlet (Ed.), Films as Rhetorical Texts: Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations (pp. 29–46). Lanham/Boulder/New York/London: Lexington Books.

Workneh, T. W.  (2018). Examining the intersections of counter-terrorism laws and Internet governance in Ethiopia. In D. Oppermann (Ed.), Internet governance in the global south. NUPRI Research Group.

Workneh, T. W. (2016). Sub-Saharan Africa. In B. Birkinbine, R. Gomez, & J. Wasko (Eds.), Global media giants (pp. 287–311). New York: Routledge.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES

Workneh, T. W. Ethiopia. In D. L. Merskin (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of mass media and society (Vol. 1, pp. 570-572). SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483375519.n229

Workneh, T. W. Naspers. In D. L. Merskin (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of mass media and society (Vol. 1, pp. 1162-1163). SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483375519.n441

REPORTS

Chala, E., Esenler, A., Masouras A., Popplewell, G., Sigal, I., & Workneh, T. (2021). A clash of narratives: National identity and violent conflict in Ethiopia (pp. 1–52). Global Voices. https://globalvoices.org/special/ethiopia-media-ecosystem-observatory/