Tanja Bosch
Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town

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Tanja Bosch is Professor of Media Studies and Production at the Centre for Film and Media Studies. She is the Chairperson of the African Digital Rights Network; and currently holds the position of NRF South African Research (SARChI) Chair in Digital Media Sociology.
Bosch is author of Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa (HSRC Press, 2017), Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa (Routledge 2020); co-editor of Digital Citizenship in Africa (Zed Books, 2023), and Digital Feminist Citizenship in Africa (Bloomsbury, 2025); as well co-editor of the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics (2nd edition, forthcoming). Her research includes work on decolonising digital methods, digital citizenship, and social media culture and activism. Professor Bosch is the Editor of African Journalism Studies and Associate Editor of Communication Theory.