Filter
56
Breadcrumb:
Afrobarometer
Featured
56
3
Topics
29
29
26
16
13
8
8
8
6
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Language
Document type
5
3
Countries
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
Publication Years
Methods applied
Output Type
Face à l’hégémonie de la télévision et la radio, l’Internet et les médias sociaux continuent leur popularité grandissante en Côte d’Ivoire
Afrobarometer (2020), 11 pp.
"L’utilisation de la mesure d’audience par les médias est faible en Côte d’Ivoire. Selon une étude du Ministère de la Communication, de l’Économie Numérique et de la Poste (2017), la plupart des médias ivoiriens naviguent à vue sans une véritable connaissance et maîtrise du marché
...
Access to Remote-Education Tools Unequal in Kenya: Radio Best Way to Reach Most
Afrobarometer (2020), 11 pp.
"As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across Africa, educators, policy makers, parents, and pupils face uncertainty about the path forward. In Kenya, the government has halted all in-person teaching at the primary and secondary levels and moved to remote teaching. Survey findings show, howev
...
Double-Edged Sword? Ghanaians See Pros, Cons of Social Media, Want Access But Not Fake News
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
...
Free Vs. False: Namibia’s Changing Media Landscape Presents Tough Choices for Citizens
Afrobarometer (2020), 10 pp.
"Most adult Namibians own mobile phones (88%) and radios (67%). Four in 10 (40%) own television sets, and one in four (25%) own computers. Daily Internet use has multiplied over the past decade, increasing from 5% in 2008 to 28% in 2019. But more than four in 10 Namibians (44%) still “never” use
...
How Free is Too Free? Across Africa, Media Freedom is on the Defensive
Deep Insights
Cape Town: Afrobarometer (2019), 34 pp.
"Popular support for media freedom continues to decline, dropping to below half (47%) of respondents across 34 countries. More Africans (49%) now say governments should have the right to prevent publications they consider harmful. Twenty-five of 31 countries tracked since 2011 experienced declines i
...
"Trois-quarts des Nigériens possèdent un téléphone portable ou y ont accès à travers quelqu’un du foyer qui en possède un. Cet accès est de 55% pour la radio, 21% pour la télé, et 6% pour l’ordinateur. Mais juste 12% des Nigériens ont un téléphone portable avec accès à l’Interne
...
Do East Africans Still Want a Free Media? Afrobarometer Finds Weakening Popular Support
Accra: Afrobarometer (2018), 5 pp.
"Popular support for a free news media has declined significantly in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania – three countries currently making headlines for government attempts to limit press freedom. Recent Afrobarometer surveys show that the proportion of respondents who say the government “should have t
...
Public Trust in Elections: The Role of Media Freedom and Election Management Autonomy
Accra: Afrobarometer (2017), 24 pp.
"Very few cross-national studies have examined the consequences of electoral manipulation, including the manipulation of election administration and the media, on citizens’ trust in elections. This paper addresses this gap by exploring how autonomy of election management bodies (EMBs) and media fr
...
"Tanzanians express near-unanimous satisfaction with the degree of freedom of expression in the country: 96% of respondents in 2014 say they feel somewhat or completely free to say what they think. Two-thirds (65%) say the media should scrutinize the government and report on corruption and mistakes.
...
"Six in 10 respondents (62%) access news media daily. Radio remains the leading source of news but is declining in importance as television and the Internet build their audiences. A solid majority (57%) of Africans demand press freedom, endorsing the media’s right to publish what it wants without
...
"Batswana overwhelmingly express support for media and individual freedoms. This suggests that freedom of expression – both personal and collective – is regarded by the Batswana as an essential attribute of a functioning democracy. Despite recent government attempts to suppress the media and ind
...
"It is clear that corruption is considered an important issue by South Africans. It is frequently cited as a critical issue facing the country, and many people believe that there are high levels of corruption in various parts of government. At the same time however, the incidence of bribery appears
...
Freedom of Expression in Kenya: Exploring Public Use of Old and New Media
Afrobarometer (2012), 12 pp.
"Freedom of expression in Kenya has witnessed several phases of development, ranging from the autocratic to a proactive new media regime. This transformation has been enabled by governance reforms, including repeals and amendment of laws, as well as the promulgation of a new Constitution in 2010. Wi
...
"While in some respects – particularly through their radios – Africans are very connected to the outside world, our findings suggests that the majority continue to be local rather than world citizens. However, this initial work on cosmopolitanism suggests that as their world becomes larger throu
...
Freedom of Speech, Media Exposure, and the Defense of a Free Press in Africa
Afrobarometer (2003), 6 pp.
"There are considerable regional variations in media exposure across and within African countries. Take access to daily radio news bulletins, which is higher in Southern Africa (except Lesotho) than in West Africa: whereas 71 percent of South Africans listen to radio news daily, only 44 percent of N
...
