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Media Use in Afghanistan

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2015), 2 pp.

"The Afghan media scene has experienced tremendous growth in the post-Taliban period, buoyed by international involvement and the passage of a series of laws lending some protection to journalists. Though Reporters Without Borders listed Afghanistan’s media environment 128 out of 179 countries in ... more

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Labeling Albinism: Language and Discourse Surrounding People with Albinism in Tanzania

Giorgio Brocco

Disability & Society, volume 30, issue 8 (2015), pp. 1143-1157

"This article is based on a qualitative study that set out to analyze the labels and terms attached to 28 people affected by albinism in villages in Kilolo district, Tanzania. Even though national and international attention to killings of people with albinism has attempted to improve general knowle ... more

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Study on the Effects of New Information Technologies on the Abuse and Exploitation of Children

Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2015), xi, 60 pp.

"In enhancing the fight against ICT-facilitated child abuse and exploitation, governments and national authorities may focus on a child protection approach that fully respects human rights; on ensuring that legislation keeps pace with technological innovation; on recruiting, training and maintaining ... more

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How the World Views Migration

Neli Esipova, Julie Ray, Anita Pugliese et al.

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2015), viii, 59 pp.

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Remediating Transcultural Memory: Documentary Filmmaking as Archival Intervention

Dagmar Brunow

Berlin; Boston, Mass.: De Gruyter (2015), 252 pp.

"Despite the growing field of media memory studies, the impact from film and media studies has been scarce within memory studies. This unique study offers new theorizations of three crucial concepts for media memory studies: remediation, transculturality and the archive. This book takes a closer loo ... more

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Malakal: Nile FM: Baseline Assessment

Internews (2015), 9 pp.

"In February 2015, Internews established Nile FM, a community radio station in Malakal County, Upper Nile state [South Sudan]. As part of Internews' Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) that brings information to displaced and vulnerable populations throughout the country, Nile FM responds to the ... more

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UN House PoC 3 Juba - Central Equatoria State: Wave 2 Assessment

Internews (2015), 9 pp.

"In August 2014 Internews launched Boda Boda Talk Talk (BBTT) in the Protection of Civilians site known as PoC 3 in Juba. PoC 3 is the newest site and is adjacent to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) UN House base that contains PoC 1 and PoC 2. BBTT is a professionally produced reco ... more

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Media Consumption Forecasts 2015

Anne Austin, Jonathan Barnard, Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2015), 192 pp.

"This report surveys the changing patterns of media consumption in 65 countries across the world, and forecasts how the amount of time people allocate to different media will change between 2014 and 2017. It measures the amount of time spent reading newspapers and magazines, watching television, lis ... more

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Gendering the Arab Spring: Arab women journalists/activists, "cyberfeminism," and the sociopolitical revolution

Sahar Khamis

In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender

Cynthia Carter; Linda Steiner; Lisa McLaughlin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), pp. 565-575

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Medien, Migration, Partizipation: Eine Studie am Beispiel iranischer Fernsehproduktion im Offenen Kanal

Christine Horz

Bielefeld: transcript (2014), 481 pp.

"Die Rolle der Medien für die Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten wird in kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Studien oft thematisiert. Doch welche Möglichkeiten haben sie in Deutschland überhaupt, aktiv an der Medienproduktion zu partizipieren? Christine Horz untersucht am Beispiel deutsch-i ... more

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Enjoying books together: A guide for teachers on the use of books in the classroom

Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly

Save the Children (2014), 35 pp.

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Cultures of Memory in South Asia: Orality, Literacy and the Problem of Inheritance

D. Venkat Rao

New Delhi: Springer (2014), xvi, 336 pp.

"Culture of Memory in South Asia reconfigures European representations of India as a paradigmatic extension of a classical reading, which posits the relation between text and context in a determined way. It explores the South Asian cultural response to European “textual” inheritances. The main a ... more

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The Sub-Saharan African Media Landscape: Then, Now and in the Future

Balancing Act (2014), 50 pp.

"Over five years Facebook has grown from practically no users in Sub-Saharan Africa to become the most widely used social media platform. In the four countries where face-to-face surveys were carried out for this research, between 14% (Tanzania) and 27% (Ghana) of all respondents were using it [...] ... more

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Measuring the Audience: Why it Matters to Independent News Media and How it Can Contribute to Media Development

Michelle J. Foster

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 21 pp.

"Independent news media, which often operate on the fringes of media markets, risk being left out completely if they are not participating whole-heartedly, and with solid knowledge and support, in these emerging arenas. They must embrace audience research as the foundation of both their business dev ... more

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Media Literacy and Information Literacy: Similarities and Differences

Alice Y. L. Lee, Clement Y. K. So

Communicar, volume 42, issue 21 (2014), pp. 137-145

"In knowledge society, there is currently a call for cultivating a combination of media literacy and information literacy. This, however, requires cooperation from these two separate fields of study, and uncertainty regarding their boundaries hinders a smooth merger. It is unclear whether they are s ... more

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Journalism and Memory

Barbie Zelizer, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xv, 282 pp.

"Tracking the ways in which journalism and memory mutually support, undermine, repair and challenge each other, this fascinating collection brings together leading scholars in journalism and memory studies to investigate the complicated role that journalism plays in relation to the past." (Publisher ... more

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Contemporary Media Use in Pakistan

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2014), 2 pp.

"Just 18.1% of Pakistanis say they follow current events about the country “a lot,” but almost half (47.7%) follow current events “somewhat.” About one-third report being less attentive, following current events “very little” (29.6%) or “not at all” (4.6%). Results trend upward with ... more

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Konkorama: Radio Drama Raises Peace Awareness for Sierra Leonean Youth

Julia Krojer, Eustace U. Vin-Bah

In: Youth at the Heart of Peace Work

Christiane Kayser; Flaubert Djateng (eds.)

Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2014), pp. 71-77

"Since the end of the civil war in Sierra Leone the organisation Sierra Leone Adult Education Association (SLADEA), with its headquarters in Freetown and 13 branches all over the country, added Peace Building to its curriculum. In this field of work young people are a particular target group; youth ... more

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Médias en jeu, enjeux de mémoires

Jenifer Devresse, Geoffrey Grandjean

Liège: Université de Liège (2014), 185 pp.

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Cambodia: From Big Screen to Small

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2014), 37 slides

"Cambodia is a country on the cusp of rapid media change. TV and radio remain the top media and main sources of news. Apolitical newcomer Hang Meas is top source with tabloid news, entertainment. But new media is gaining, fueled by widespread mobile use: almost all households have a mobile phone; yo ... more