BACKGROUND This study investigated the nature of newspaper reporting about online health information in the UK and US. Internet users frequently search for health information online, although the accuracy of the information retrieved varies greatly and can be misleading. Newspapers have the potential to influence public health behaviours, but information has been lacking in relation to how news...

Using a case study of The Post newspaper in Cameroon, this article examines an alternative model through which a media organization located within the ‘have not’ side of the digital divide is publishing online.A skills inadequacy in the newsroom and a relatively weak telecommunications infrastructure in the country have prompted the newspaper’s online version to not only target a diasporic audi...