Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor
Associate Professor

Levi Obijiofor

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Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Communication and media studies Creative Arts and Writing Language, Communication and Culture

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Lagos
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Lagos
  • Masters (Coursework), Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • International news flow

  • Journalism education

  • Media representations

  • International journalism

Search Professor Levi Obijiofor’s works on UQ eSpace

53 works between 1995 and 2023
All (53) Journal Article (34) Book Chapter (7) Conference Publication (8) Book (3) Other Outputs (1)

1 - 20 of 53 works

2023

Journal Article

Managing difficult relationships: the case of foreign correspondents in Nigeria, state officials, and senior editors in overseas media

Obijiofor, Levi and M’Balla-Ndi Oelgemoeller, Marie (2023). Managing difficult relationships: the case of foreign correspondents in Nigeria, state officials, and senior editors in overseas media. Journalism Studies, 25 (3), 319-336. doi: 10.1080/1461670x.2023.2297784

Managing difficult relationships: the case of foreign correspondents in Nigeria, state officials, and senior editors in overseas media

2022

Journal Article

Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: toward a transformative approach

Obijiofor, Levi and M’Balla-Ndi Oelgemoeller, Marie (2022). Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: toward a transformative approach. International Communication Gazette, 85 (6), 1-20. doi: 10.1177/17480485221126344

Journalism education, research, and practice in Africa: toward a transformative approach

2022

Book

Challenges of reporting Africa for an international audience

Obijiofor, Levi and Murray, Richard (2022). Challenges of reporting Africa for an international audience. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Challenges of reporting Africa for an international audience

2021

Journal Article

Conflict, COVID-19, climate change: The emergence and possible evolution of peace journalism

Navuku, Kylie and Obijiofor, Levi (2021). Conflict, COVID-19, climate change: The emergence and possible evolution of peace journalism. Australian Journalism Review, 43 (2), 211-225. doi: 10.1386/ajr_00069_1

Conflict, COVID-19, climate change: The emergence and possible evolution of peace journalism

2020

Journal Article

Coping with change in India’s media: struggles of English-language journalists in an evolving mediascape

Obijiofor, Levi and Singh, Shailendra B. (2020). Coping with change in India’s media: struggles of English-language journalists in an evolving mediascape. Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa, 26 (2), 261-278. doi: 10.24135/pjr.v26i2.1076

Coping with change in India’s media: struggles of English-language journalists in an evolving mediascape

2020

Journal Article

Media freedom in Melanesia: the challenges of researching the impact of national security legislation

Oelgemoller, Marie M'Balla-Ndi and Obijiofor, Levi (2020). Media freedom in Melanesia: the challenges of researching the impact of national security legislation. Pacific Journalism Review, 26 (1), 75-85. doi: 10.24135/pjr.v26i1.1087

Media freedom in Melanesia: the challenges of researching the impact of national security legislation

2019

Book Chapter

Global Journalism

Obijiofor, Levi and Hanusch, Folker (2019). Global Journalism. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. edited by Jon Nussbaum. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.820

Global Journalism

2018

Conference Publication

Examining intergenerational cultural transmission in refugee families: a study of Congolese, Burmese, and Ethiopian refugee families resettled in Australia

Hebbani, Aparna , Obijiofor, Levi and MacKinnon, Mairead (2018). Examining intergenerational cultural transmission in refugee families: a study of Congolese, Burmese, and Ethiopian refugee families resettled in Australia. International Communication Association Preconference: Inclusivity and Family Communication Research: Advances and Innovations from across the Discipline, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-23 May 2018.

Examining intergenerational cultural transmission in refugee families: a study of Congolese, Burmese, and Ethiopian refugee families resettled in Australia

2018

Journal Article

Methodological and ethical challenges in partnering for refugee research: evidence from two Australian studies

Obijiofor, Levi, Colic-Peisker, Val and Hebbani, Aparna (2018). Methodological and ethical challenges in partnering for refugee research: evidence from two Australian studies. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 16 (3), 217-234. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2016.1250977

Methodological and ethical challenges in partnering for refugee research: evidence from two Australian studies

2017

Journal Article

Refugee parents’ communication and relations with their children: development and application of the refugee parent-child relational communication scale

Khawaja, Nigar G., Hebbani, Aparna, Obijiofor, Levi and Gallois, Cindy (2017). Refugee parents’ communication and relations with their children: development and application of the refugee parent-child relational communication scale. Journal of Family Communication, 17 (4), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/15267431.2017.1362409

Refugee parents’ communication and relations with their children: development and application of the refugee parent-child relational communication scale

2017

Journal Article

Changes in journalism in two post-authoritarian non-Western countries

Obijiofor, Levi, Murray, Richard and Singh, Shailendra B. (2017). Changes in journalism in two post-authoritarian non-Western countries. International Communication Gazette, 79 (4), 379-399. doi: 10.1177/1748048516682147

Changes in journalism in two post-authoritarian non-Western countries

2016

Journal Article

Africa in the Australian press: does distance matter?

Obijiofor, Levi and MacKinnon, Mairead (2016). Africa in the Australian press: does distance matter?. African Journalism Studies, 37 (3), 41-60. doi: 10.1080/23743670.2016.1210017

Africa in the Australian press: does distance matter?

2016

Other Outputs

Refugee settlers in South-East Queensland: Employment, aspirations and intergenerational communication about future occupational pathways: final report

Hebbani, Aparna, Khawaja, Nigar, Colic-Peisker, Val, Obijiofor, Levi, Gallois, Cindy and MacKinnon, Mairead (2016). Refugee settlers in South-East Queensland: Employment, aspirations and intergenerational communication about future occupational pathways: final report. Brisbane, Australia: School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland.

Refugee settlers in South-East Queensland: Employment, aspirations and intergenerational communication about future occupational pathways: final report

2016

Conference Publication

Locating journalism in three post-military non-Western countries

Obijiofor, Levi, Murray, Richard and Singh, Shailendra (2016). Locating journalism in three post-military non-Western countries. World Journalism Education Congress. Identity and Integrity in Journalism Education, Auckland, New Zealand, 14-16 July 2016.

Locating journalism in three post-military non-Western countries

2015

Journal Article

African journalists as an endangered breed

Obijiofor, Levi (2015). African journalists as an endangered breed. African Journalism Studies, 36 (1), 122-128. doi: 10.1080/23743670.2015.1008178

African journalists as an endangered breed

2015

Book

New technologies in developing societies: from theory to practice

Obijiofor, Levi (2015). New technologies in developing societies: from theory to practice. Houndmills, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137389336

New technologies in developing societies: from theory to practice

2013

Journal Article

Internationalization as de-westernization of the curriculum: the case of journalism at an Australian university

Breit, Rhonda, Obijiofor, Levi and Fitzgerald, Richard (2013). Internationalization as de-westernization of the curriculum: the case of journalism at an Australian university. Journal of Studies in International Education, 17 (2), 119-135. doi: 10.1177/1028315312474897

Internationalization as de-westernization of the curriculum: the case of journalism at an Australian university

2013

Book Chapter

Navigating intercultural difference: understanding the perspective of Sudanese former refugee women in Australia

Hebbani, Aparna, Obijiofor, Levi and Bristed, Helen (2013). Navigating intercultural difference: understanding the perspective of Sudanese former refugee women in Australia. South Sudanese diaspora in Australia and New Zealand: reconciling the past with the present. (pp. 157-172) edited by Jay Marlowe, Anne Harris and Tanya Lyons. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Navigating intercultural difference: understanding the perspective of Sudanese former refugee women in Australia

2012

Journal Article

Acculturation challenges that confront Sudanese former refugees in Australia

Hebbani, Aparna Girish, Obijiofor, Levi and Bristed, Helen (2012). Acculturation challenges that confront Sudanese former refugees in Australia. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 28 (28).

Acculturation challenges that confront Sudanese former refugees in Australia

2012

Book Chapter

Death of the gatekeeper: foreign news reporting and public sphere participation in Africa

Obijiofor, Levi (2012). Death of the gatekeeper: foreign news reporting and public sphere participation in Africa. International news in the digital age: East-West perceptions of a new world order. (pp. 41-59) edited by Judith Clarke and Michael Bromley. New York, United States: Routledge.

Death of the gatekeeper: foreign news reporting and public sphere participation in Africa

Past funding

  • 2013 - 2015
    Refugees' employment aspirations and inter-generational communication about future occupational pathways
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Examining refugee employment trajectories and the role of intergenerational communication in enabling settlement
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Empowering the Sudanese community: A project to improve community relations through a media platform
    Sudanese Community Association of Queensland Inc
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Refugees and Employment: Analysis of the experiences of multiple refugee residents in the employment sector
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    A Comparative Ethnographic Study of the Impact of New Technologies on Indigenous Communities in Australia, Africa and Canada
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Impact of television on a remote Aboriginal community: A case study
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Impact of new communication technologies on journalism practice
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Impact of national security legislation on public interest journalism in Australia

    The research examines the tensions between the need to safeguard Australia's national interests and the need for journalists to be allowed to do their work that is in the public interest.

  • Examining the impediments to media freedom in Commonwealth countries.

    The project examines factors that impede media freedom in Commonwealth countries. Some of the obstacles include national security legislation, media laws, FoI, structural constraints, etc.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Media and Conflict: Analysing West African Media Coverage of Conflict through War and Peace Journalism Framework

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Jane Johnston

  • Doctor Philosophy

    How a single-party country constructs worldview of COVID-19 pandemic to manufacture domestic publics' consent

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Shuang Liu

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor directly for media enquiries about:

  • Education of journalists
  • Ethnic minority representation in media
  • Indigenous communities and media
  • International news reporting
  • Journalism - across cultures
  • Journalism and technology
  • Media technology
  • News reporting - international

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