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Seychellois support media freedom, endorse access to information held by government

Daniel Iberi

Afrobarometer (2024), 10 pp.

"What are Seychelles citizens’ perceptions of their media? Findings from the most recent Afrobarometer survey, conducted in late 2022, show that a majority of Seychellois support the media’s role as a watchdog over the government. Most citizens say the public should have access to information he ... more

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Measuring Exposure and Attention to Media and Communication: Solutions to Wicked Problems

Peter Neijens, Theo Araujo, Judith Möller, Claes de Vreese

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2024), 164 pp.

"Valid and reliable measurement of media and communication exposure is crucial for communication science, psychology, political science, sociology, pedagogy, economics, and law, and the practitioners in media, communication, and information. At the same time, this is a wicked problem for which there ... more

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Challenges and choices: Afghan women's media use and preferences amidst restrictions

London: BBC Media Action (2024), 2 pp.

"While most adult Afghans have access to some form of media platform, only around one in three have access to internet, with less than half of mobile users owning a smartphone. Men exhibit higher usage of radio and internet compared to women (52% male vs 43% female for radio and 36% vs 29% for inter ... more

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GeoPoll Media Viewership Survey: Afghanistan

GeoPoll (2024), 24 slides

"Media Audience Universe Estimates: 67% of the adult Afghan population watches TV at least once a month, 38% listen to the radio." (Slide 9) "Internet Access and Use: 60% of Afghans on average access the internet on an average day, 28% Watch TV or videos online/on mobile on an average day, 61% Use ... more

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Media Mapping on Educational Content Production and Dissemination in Afghanistan

Aida Sahraoui Soler et al.

Paris: UNESCO (2024), 16 pp.

"Within the complex media and educational landscape of Afghanistan, characterized by the takeover by the de facto authorities, a study of the current Media-Based education was facilitated by the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU) and Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) with the support o ... more

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Women and the media in Afghanistan: How to support female media workers in a challenging landscape

Catharine Buckell, Mahdi Zaki, Shukrana Azizi Suzanne Devai

London: BBC Media Action (2024), 50 pp.

"Women in Afghanistan continue to have less access to information than men, particularly through TV and the internet. At least 33% of women (more in rural areas) rely on family as a key source of information, while men prioritise other information sources. Yet Afghan women’s information needs have ... never been more pronounced – due to restrictions on their activities, many are confined to their homes. Women in Afghanistan with media access rely on this more than ever to keep updated on issues that concern them, and spend more time accessing and using media: "Now women are in the confines of their homes… The virtual space is the only window for us to learn about what is happening." (Female FGD participant, Herat). Two-thirds (65%) of female survey respondents say that the media is “very important” in their daily lives, compared with half (51%) of male respondents. Despite various efforts to cater to female audiences, 67% of female and male respondents feel that Afghan media only “somewhat” or “rarely” meets women’s needs. Reflecting restrictions on media content, respondents complain that domestic media contains too much religious content and not enough entertainment. However, educational content is still allowed, providing women and girls who are denied access to schooling with a vital source of education. Respondents are more satisfied with the balance of content in international media and media run by Afghans in exile, and they are more likely to watch some types of entertainment, such as movies, on international than domestic TV. However, a number of international media outlets are inaccessible from Afghanistan. Journalists inside Afghanistan are banned from working with international TV/radio channels or news sites, and some have been arrested for doing so. 87% of respondents say the presence of women in the media in Afghanistan has decreased since August 2021. Only 41% could name a female presenter or journalist. Almost all of those named by respondents worked in the media before 2021, or currently work from outside Afghanistan. Audience members support women featuring in news and educational programmes but are less supportive of them featuring in comedy and sports content. Over half (54%) of the general survey respondents say they would support a female relative to work as a journalist. A further 12% would support a female relative under certain conditions, including wearing the hijab and travelling with a mahram (women cannot leave their home without a male chaperone)." (Executive summary, page 6) more

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Batswana insist on media freedom, favour citizens’ right to government information

Asafika Mpako, Stephen Ndoma

Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.

"About three-quarters (76%) of Batswana say the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." A similar share (77%) insist on media freedom, while 20% say the government should have the right to prevent the publication of things it disapproves of. In particu ... more

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2025 Media Trends & Predictions

Kantar Media (2024), 60 pp.

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Ethiopians support free media holding government accountable

Mulu Teka, Daniel Iberi

Afrobarometer (2024), 11 pp.

"A large majority (71%) of Ethiopians "agree" or "strongly agree" that the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." About six in 10 citizens (59%) endorse the principle that the media "should have the right to publish any views and ideas without governm ... more

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Bundles of trust? Examining the relationships between media repertoires, institutional trust, and social contexts

Marc Verboord

Coomunications, volume 49, issue 2 (2024), pp. 243-262

"How the media influence the trust that citizens have in institutions such as politics and science seems more important than ever, given the decline of institutional trust in Western societies, and the increasingly diversified media landscape. This paper focuses on the relationship between media rep ... more

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An unbroken spirit: Afghanistan exiled media since the Taliban takeover
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Berlin: JX Fund (2024), 44 pp.

"A large portion of independent media has relocated to United States of America, Canada, and European countries such as Germany, France, UK, Ireland after the Taliban took over. The teams of many of these outlets operate in a hybrid model with editorial leadership in exile and staff members and free ... lancers in Afghanistan. Just over half of Afghan exiled media (57%) were founded in Afghanistan before the Taliban took over, but others (42%) were established in exile after August 15, 2021. Exiled media publish their content in multiple languages, including both the official languages of Afghanistan: Pashto and Dari (Farsi). Out of 47 media surveyed, 35 also publish their content in English. Afghan women journalists have founded several media outlets spanning various platforms, including online publications, radio and television channels, social media platforms, and podcasts. Through these outlets, they amplify the voices of Afghan women and shed light on the challenges they face under Taliban rule. In exile, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and political affiliations continue to influence the content and ownership of some media outlets, with direct consequences on their credibility. Afghan exiled media mostly aim for nation-wide coverage (90%). Only 10% of exiled media focus on regional coverage. Media consumption in Afghanistan has shifted towards exiled media. In addition, since the Taliban takeover, audiences increasingly relied on the internet, particularly social media platforms, to access information and entertainment programs. The study reveals that Facebook, X, and YouTube are the most popular social media platforms for exiled media outlets – both for audiences to consume content and interact with publishers. Television still stands as the predominant broadcasting platform in Afghanistan, with urban areas exhibiting a higher prevalence of household TV ownership compared to rural regions. Television coverage extends to nearly 40 percent of Afghanistan’s population. At least 12 Afghan TV exiled projects are accessible via satellite, web, social media, apps and streaming platforms. Fact-checking information coming from on-the-ground sources is becoming harder. The Taliban severely restricted information flows. Most Afghan exiled media rely on citizen journalism and anonymous sources. Lack of financial sustainability is a major concern. Afghan exiled media have lost their previous funding opportunities and need to cover budget gaps from international organizations or other philanthropic sources." (Executive summary, page 3) more

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Emaswati support media’s watchdog role, insist on media freedom

Asafika Mpako, Stephen Ndoma

Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.

"According to the most recent Afrobarometer survey, in late 2022, Emaswati broadly agree that the media should act as a watchdog over the government, exposing government missteps and wrongdoing. Citizens value media freedom and reject the notion that public information should be the exclusive preser ... more

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Mapping the Russian Media Field through Audience Networks and Agenda Choice

Alla Loseva, Anna Moroz, Egor Shmidt, Daniel Alexandrov,

International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1-26

"In light of the “gardening” of the public sphere in autocracies, the question of how power is distributed in the media field calls for empirical investigation. We use computational methods of network analysis, topic modeling, and semantic analysis to test if the Russian media landscape is organ ... more

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Freedom of expression and media consumption research in Armenia

Shushan Ghahriyan, Gayane Harutyunyan, Liana Poghosyan

Yerevan: Prisma; Internews; USAID (2024), 60 pp.

"The research reveals that traditional television channels and online news websites continue to be the most popular sources of general media consumption, with 80 percent and 73 percent of respondents using them, respectively. Despite minor variations, media consumption habits have remained stable be ... more

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Einblicke in eine neue Mediennutzungstypologie: Medien und Lebenswelten als strategisches Instrument: Die Digital Media Types

Annika Mollenkopf, Sylvia Feuerstein, Matthias Eckert, Marlene Handel, Victoria Winkler

Media Perspektiven, issue 4 (2024), 11 pp.

"Mit den Digital Media Types wurde die MedienNutzerTypologie für die digitale Welt weiterentwickelt. Sie bilden verschiedene Lebensstile und -welten ab, die Einfluss auf die Mediennutzung haben. Programmentwickler können sie als strategisches Instrument einsetzen, um spezifische Interessen und Bed ... more

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Media Analytics: Understanding Media, Audiences, and Consumers in the 21st Century

C. Ann Hollifield, Amy Jo Coffey

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xxi, 416 pp.

"This textbook takes a case study approach to media and audience analytics. Realizing the best way to understand analytics in the digital age is to practice it, the authors have created a collection of cases using data sets that present real and hypothetical scenarios for students to work through. M ... more

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Freedom of Expression and Media Consumption Research in Armenia

Yerevan: Internews; USAID; Prisma Research and Analysis (2023), 71 pp.

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Mis- and Disinformation: Media Perception and Consumption of Fake News in Lebanon

Nidal Ayoub

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 20 pp.

"Participants in the study take a snapshot of a variety of news channels and social media platforms to get their news, evaluating their truthfulness and attempting to “figure out the truth.” Across different focus groups, there is a shared lack of trust in news channels, and no media outlet is p ... more

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Solomon Islands: Understanding Audience Needs, Values, and the Role of Media and Communication

Sao Vichheka, Keo Rancha, Sally Gowland et al.

London: BBC Media Action (2023), 12 pp.

"The vast majority (87%) of survey respondents said they receive information indirectly or through word of mouth. This is higher than respondents’ reported use of any formal media platforms such as radio, internet, newspapers, or TV. This trend is also evident in which sources people rely on for i ... more

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Audience des médias en RDC: Habitudes médiatiques des Congolais 2023

Target (2023), 108 pp.

"Il s’observe une baisse générale d’audience de tous les médias à l’exception de la télévision par câble qui enregistre une légère croissance par rapport à 2022. Comparativement aux années antérieures, près de 5 congolais sur 10 surfaient entre au moins 2 médias alors que cette t ... endance connait une chute remarquable en 2023 avec plus de 70% des consommateurs figés sur un seul média à cause notamment de la place que prend l’usage du téléphone et des réseaux sociaux. En 2023, il est constaté que la tendance à basculer entre plus d’un média est plus fréquente chez les hommes (34%) que chez les femmes (24%). La télévision en clair/TNT non payante a connu la baisse la plus importante (-24%) au bénéfice de la Télévision câblée (+8), et se classe en 3ème position derrière la radio et l’internet. Depuis le pic d’audience atteint en 2018 (72%), la radio demeure sur une pente avec une moyenne de -4 pts chaque année contre -5 pts pour la télévision. Seuls l’internet et la télévision payante ont une variation moyenne positive entre 2018 et 2023. Consommé en majorité au Kivu, le taux d’audience internet diminue en fonction de l’âge alors que celui de la radio augmente. Cependant, La télévision est suivie par toutes les tranches d’âge et la télévision payante demeure plus populaire dans le Kongo Central que dans d’autres régions du pays. En moyenne, au moins 1 consommateur des médias sur 2 préfère un contenu en français qu’en une autre langue. Exceptionnellement, la majorité des auditeurs du Grand Equateur affirme une préférence pour un contenu en lingala (58%) contre 42% pour un contenu en français tandis que dans la Province Orientale, les avis sont quasi partagés entre le français (46%) et le lingala (41%). En termes de fréquence, il est constaté qu’internet est le média le plus consommé de manière régulière (Tous les jours ou presque) suivi de la télévision (en clair et payante). D’une manière générale, les audiences des médias sont très fortes le samedi (le pic) sauf pour la télévision payante qui est plus consommée le dimanche et la radio qui atteint son pic le lundi. Cependant, il est constaté qu’internet, la télévision non payante et la télévision payante sont les médias les plus consommés le weekend. Dans la semaine ou pendant le weekend, la télévision (payante et non payante) et l’internet sont plus consommés entre 18 et 21h avant d’amorcer une baisse aux heures creuses (au-delà de minuit) tandis que la radio est plus écoutée entre 6 et 9h du matin." (Page 10) more

An unbroken spirit: Afghanistan exiled media since the Taliban takeover Deep Insights

An unbroken spirit: Afghanistan exiled media since the Taliban takeover
Deep Insights