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Indigenizing Radio in Ghana

Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo, Audrey Gadzekpo
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 18, issue 1 (2020), pp. 95-112
"Radio is hailed as Africa’s medium of choice in the global communication age. Introduced as a colonial tool of information, education and entertainment in the early 1930s, radio broadcasting was mainly in colonial languages as colonial administrators perceived local language broadcasting a threat ... more
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The Sage Handbook of Media and Migration
Deep Insights

Kevin Smets, Koen Leurs, Myria Georgiou, Saskia Witteborn, Radhika Gajjala (eds.)
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2020), lxii, 638 pp.
"The SAGE Handbook of Media and Migration offers a comprehensive overview of media and migration through new research, as well as a review of present scholarship in this expanding and promising field. It explores key interdisciplinary concepts and methodologies, and how these are challenged by new r ... more
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Double-Edged Sword? Ghanaians See Pros, Cons of Social Media, Want Access But Not Fake News

Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Edem Selormey
Afrobarometer (2020), 12 pp.
"The Afrobarometer survey conducted in late 2019 shows that although radio and television remain the most dominant news sources, daily news consumption via social media (by 22% of Ghanaians) and the Internet (19%) is steadily increasing. Social media is less trusted as a source of information – on ... more
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Poursuite des cours par télévision, radio, et Internet pendant la pandémie du COVID-19: Atouts et contraintes au Togo

Komi Amewunou
Afrobarometer (2020), 10 pp.
"Quatre Togolais sur cinq environ disposent d’une radio dans leur ménage (81%) et suivent régulièrement les informations à la radio (78%). Deux ménages sur cinq (44%) ne possèdent pas de télévision. La moitié (51%) des Togolais ne suivent jamais ou rarement les informations à la télé. ... more
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Evaluation of UNESCO’s Work in the Thematic Area of Media and Information Literacy (MIL)

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 128 pp.
"Overall, this evaluation has shown that over the last biennia UNESCO has made significant achievements through its work in MIL and is holding the lead in this constantly evolving field that has gained increasing importance at the forefront of global and national agendas. It also revealed that MIL o ... more
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Transnational Memories and the Practices of Global Justice in the Ayotzinapa Case

In: Agency in Transnational Memory Politics
Jenny Wüstenberg, Aline Sierp (eds.)
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2020), pp. 47-67
"In this chapter, I analyze transnational memory following the four elements outlined in the introduction—actors, structures, practices, and outcomes—in the case of the disappearances of forty-three students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, in 2014. First, I discuss why the issue of agency and the outco ... more
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Contando colombianos: Medición comercial, métricas de audiencias y biopolítica

Juan Carlos Valencia Rincón (ed.)
Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2020), 442 pp.
"La tiranía del rating se ha convertido en los últimos años en una expresión muy utilizada por diferentes actores de la industria de los medios de comunicación, que desconfían de la forma en la que las métricas miden el comportamiento de las audiencias. Los compradores, los periodistas, los a ... more
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The Measurement of Trust in Communication Research, Part 1

Paola Pascual-Ferrá
Communication Research Trends, volume 39, issue 4 (2020), pp. 4-34
"Professor Pascual-Ferrá provides a real service to researchers by assembling not only the story of research into trust but also the key scales with which people examined trust. Taking even a brief look at the tables accompanying this study of trust, one easily sees how unsettled this research area ... more
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History in Games: Contingencies of an Authentic Past

Martin Lorber, Felix Zimmermann (eds.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2020), 280 pp.
"Where do we end up when we enter the time machine that is the digital game? One axiomatic truth of historical research is that the past is the time-space that eludes human intervention. Every account made of the past is therefore only an approximation. But how is it that strolling through ancient A ... more
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Shooting Cameras for Peace: Youth, Photography, and the Colombian Armed Conflict = Disparando cámaras para la paz: Juventud, fotografía y el conflicto armado colombiano

Alexander L. Fattal
Cambridge, Mass.: Peabody Museum Press (2020), 251 pp.
"As a young Fulbright scholar in Bogotá, determined to democratize the photographic gaze and bring new visions and voices to public debate about Colombia's armed conflict, Alexander L. Fattal founded Disparando Cámaras para la Paz (Shooting Cameras for Peace). The project taught photography to you ... more
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Die Wahrheit ist tot, es lebe die Wahrheit! Medien und Politik im heutigen Polen

Mikolaj Lewicki
Warsaw: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 4 pp.
"Die Medien haben in den letzten 10 Jahren in Polen deutlich an Glaubwürdigkeit eingebüßt – gleichzeitig ist in der Bevölkerung das politische Interesse und Engagement gestiegen. Die auseinandergehende Wahrnehmung der Politik in den Bevölkerungsgruppen formt der unterschiedliche Medienkonsum. ... more
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Legal Frameworks: The Nexus of Gender-Based Violence and Media

Emma Lygnerud Boberg
International Media Support (IMS) (2020), 10 pp.
"All the international and legal frameworks outlined above demonstrate concrete entry points for collaboration between women’s rights organisation and media for the elimination of gender-based violence. Media can challenge stereotypes and patriarchal structure through gender-sensitive reporting an ... more
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Guidelines for Parents and Educators on Child Online Protection
Key Guides

Geneva: ITU (2020), 59 pp.
"Many parents and guardians are under a common misconception that their child is safer if they use the computer at home, or at school, than elsewhere. This is a dangerous misconception because the Internet can take children and young people virtually anywhere in the world, and in the process, they c ... more
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Remembering with games: Ten key questions on using game-based digital formats in remembrance culture

Berlin: Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur (2020), 34 pp.
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Are Indigenous Voices Being Heard? A Study on the State of Indigenous Community Broadcasting in 19 Countries;Voces Indígenas. ¿Están siendo escuchadas? Estudio sobre el estado de la radiodifusión comunitaria indígena en 19 países

José Manuel Ramos Rodríguez
Cambridge, MA; Toronto: Cultural Survival; World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2020), 135 pp.
"Indigenous Peoples have been excluded from accessing media for many reasons, including their geographic location, languages, and legal barriers. Indigenous Peoples living in isolated areas have little physical access tu urban-centred media. Similarly, a lack of awareness of human rights, freedoms, ... more
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Information to Empower Youth: Survey Report 2020

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2020), 40 pp.
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The Role of Social Media in Mali and its Relation to Violent Extremism: A Youth Perspective

Elise Vermeersch, Julie Coleman, Méryl Demuynck, Elena Dal Santo
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI); International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) (2020), 14 pp.
"Data, including information collected by the MERIT project, demonstrates that social media and social messaging are powerful tools in Mali, and have the potential to both positively and negatively impact society, particularly in relation to violent extremism. Malian youth use social media and messa ... more
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Die positive Grundstimmung beim Hören von Audio: Eine Studie zum Einfluss emotionaler Bewertungen von Mediengattungen auf die Nutzungsmotive

Alexander Bohn, Uwe Domke, Jan Isenbart
Media Perspektiven, issue 12 (2020), pp. 636-648
"Die Studie verknüpft Daten einer Onlinebefragung mit qualitativen Einzelinterviews. Das Instrument des Emotional Branding Monitor (EBM) wurde erstmalig auf Mediengattungen angewendet. Bei der Nutzung von Audio wird im Vergleich zu den anderen Medien die positivste emotionale Grundstimmung erzeugt. ... more
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Media, Indigeneity and Nation in South Asia

Markus Schleiter, Erik de Maaker (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xiv, 281 pp.
"How do videos, movies and documentaries dedicated to indigenous communities transform the media landscape of South Asia? Based on extensive original research, this book examines how in South Asia popular music videos, activist political clips, movies and documentaries about, by and for indigenous c ... more
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Port-Au-Prince Information Ecosystem Assessment

Internews; Panos Caribbean (2020), 70 pp.
"Key finding 1: A trusted thirdperson is the most important information provider. When asked for their main source of information, family, friends, and religious leaders accounted for 89% of the response choices combined. Additionally, 97% stated they trust their family and friends. Key finding 2: S ... more