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Aziza Bangwene

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 191-205

"Aziza Bangwene [écrit] sur différents projets développés par l'Institut Panos Paris dans la perspective de la consolidation de la paix dans la région: elle présente en particulier le projet OGL Ondes des Grands Lacs, mis en oeuvre entre 2009 et 2013, et dont l'objectif principal était d'amen ... more

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Médias et promotion de la paix dans la région des Grands Lacs: Dix années d'efforts (2003-2013)

Cyprien Ndikumana

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 175-189

"L'utilisation des technologies de l'information dans des projets innovants a été largement encouragée dans le cadre de divers projets d'appuis aux médias de la région des Grands Lacs. Cyprien Ndikumana présente un certain nombre d'initiatives mises en place, depuis 10 ans, pour amener les jou ... more

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Les radios communautaires en Afrique de l'Ouest: Moteur de la gouvernance démocratique locale

Diana Senghor

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 81-99

"L'article examine en particulier la relation entre les radios dites communautaires et la gouvernance locale. Se fondant sur l'exemple du Sénégal, elle montre comment la décentralisation politique et administrative d'une part et l'émergence des radios locales d'autre part ont été deux dynamiqu ... more

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La régulation des médias en Afrique: Vingt années d'évolution

Renaud de la Brosse

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 117-127

"La question de l'organisation du secteur des médias, à travers l'élaboration de cadres légaux et réglementaires adéquats, susceptibles de garantir le pluralisme et le respect d'un certain professionnalisme, conduit à se pencher sur les instances indépendantes de régulation de la communicat ... more

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Radios communautaires en RDC: Pluralisme bénéfique ou floraison des moutons noirs?

François Pascal Mbumba Mpanzu

In: Médias d'Afrique: Bingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)

Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 101-115

"[...] François Pascal Mbumba [écrit] sur la situation de ces médias particuliers en République démocratique du Congo, un pays qui se distingue par le caractère foisonnant de son secteur radiophonique qui compte actuellement plus de 500 stations. Les radios communautaires congolaises évoluent ... more

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Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field
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Julia Hoffmann, Virgil Hawkins (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xviii, 315 pp.

"This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation. From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea, comm ... more

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Centrafrique: Etat des lieux du secteur médias

Marie-Soleil Frère, Pierre Martinot, Pascal Chirhalwirwa, Johanna Rey

Marseille: Panos Europe (2014), 36 pp.

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Promouvoir des médias professionnels et responsables contribuant aux processus démocratiques dans les Grands Lacs: Projet de la Coopération suisse. Étude de faisabilité

Marie-Soleil Frère, Willy Nindorera, Anke Fiedler

Panos Grands Lacs;Association Burundaise des Radiodiffuseurs (ABR);Panos Europe (2014), 298 pp.

"Premier jalon de ce programme, cette étude, réalisée pour le compte de l’IPGL et de l’ABR par une équipe de 6 consultants locaux et internationaux, dresse un état des lieux du paysage médiatique des trois zones concernées. Il met en évidence des différences majeures entre les trois esp ... more

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Journalist in Africa: A high-risk profession under threat

Marie-Soleil Frère

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 2 (2014), pp. 181-198

"Every year, several international organizations monitoring press freedom worldwide issue reports in which they underline the occupational hazards faced by journalists while reporting. Some African countries, such as Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia or Equatorial Guinea, have been regularly pinpointed at the ... more

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International Media Assistance: Experiences and Prospects

Mary Myers, Marie-Soleil Frère, Christoph Dietz

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 7 pp.

"As an introduction to this special issue this article deals firstly with defining and clarifying terms and concepts which are used in the context of international media assistance. Secondly, the themes of the different articles in this collection are enumerated: these are broadly the how to of medi ... more

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Hate Radio: Materialien, Dokumente, Theorie

Milo Rau et al.

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 255 pp.

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Online Journalism in Africa: Trends, Practices and Emerging Cultures

Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, Okoth Fred Mudhai, Jason Whittaker (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2014), x, 273 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: News and New Media in Central Africa. Challenges and Opportunities

Marie-Soleil Frère

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 65 pp.

"In this report, Marie-Soleil Frère surveys the news landscapes of DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Marshaling an impressive range of data, she examin ... more

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The Media Map Project: The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010
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Marie-Soleil Frère

Washington, DC: Internews;World Bank Institute (2012), 98 pp.

"Today, the DRC tops the African charts in the number of registered media outlets, be they print media, radio or television. In 2008, 638 publications were registered country-wide; there were 341 radio stations and 82 television stations, although TV is still an essentially urban phenomenon, given t ... he lack of access to electricity. Despite this hugely diverse media landscape, citizens in the provinces are often deprived of access to information, as the media are most concentrated in the capital city, Kinshasa. Congolese media outlets are characterized by poor content, a severe shortage of material and technical capacity, and significant sustainability problems. Journalists work in an unsafe environment, lack regular salaries and protection, and regularly struggle with threats to press freedom. The legal and regulatory framework does not provide sufficient guarantees and basic regulations to ensure that media outlets abandon their “informal” practices. The advertising market is still undeveloped and disorganized, providing little financial backing to media companies. The supposedly “public” broadcaster is the mouthpiece of the government, and the only “public service broadcaster” is Radio Okapi, a UN-based station. In such an unfavorable context, the involvement of donors has become increasingly important over the last 20 years. The reasons why donors have intervened and continue to support the media sector are tied to the country’s political situation. The media have thus been supported for a variety of reasons: from 1990 to 1997: to encourage new democratic media freedoms; from 2000 to 2004: to promote a return to peace and reconstruction during negotiations to solve the conflict; from 2004 to 2007: to enable the media to play their part during the electoral process, as the first democratic elections during the last 40 years took place in 2006; from 2007 to 2011: to establish a solid and responsible press likely to take part in the consolidation of democracy. Reaching $80 million over the past ten years, media support by donors and operators has varied, essentially covering five types of activities: the creation of “neutral” and “apolitical” media and content (a recurring strategy in post-conflict countries); direct support (funds or equipment) for a number of outlets; media staff training; strengthening of the sector’s professional organizations and associations; consolidation of public institutions to organize the sector (including regulation and legal reform). Each of these types of interventions has generated both positive impacts and negative effects on individual journalists, newsrooms, media outlets and local organizations in the media sector. Beneficiaries, donors, and INGOs have all advanced their own critiques regarding the ways in which media support initiatives have been designed, implemented and assessed so far. They also make suggestions about how to improve media support in the future, to make it more consistent with the needs of the local Congolese media." (Executive summary, page 6-7 more

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Perspectives on the media in ‘another Africa’

Marie-Soleil Frère

African Journalism Studies, volume 33, issue 3 (2012), pp. 1-12

"A dual journal project was launched in 2010 to build bridges between French and English media research spheres through the translation and reciprocal publication of a series of essays from each linguistic sphere. In 2012, a special issue of Afrique contemporaine (‘Les Afriques médiatiques’) wa ... more

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Media Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and Stakes in French-Speaking Countries

Renaud de la Brosse, Marie-Soleil Frère

African Journalism Studies, volume 33, issue 3 (2012), pp. 74-92

"After independence since the 1960s, the legacies and traditions in the field of media policy led African countries from the three distinct European linguistic spheres (French, English and Portuguese) to draw on the institutional models in use by the former colonial powers. Media policy is a fundame ... more

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Covering Post-Conflict Elections: Challenges for the Media in Central Africa

Marie-Soleil Frère

Africa Spectrum, volume 46, issue 1 (2011), pp. 3-32

"This paper attempts to show the many challenges faced by the media while covering post-Conflict electoral processes. In a context of great political tension, in which candidates are often former belligerents who have just put down their guns to go to the polls, the media operate in an unsafe and ec ... more

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Elections and the Media in Postconflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace?
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Marie-Soleil Frère

London; New York: Zed Books (2011), xiv, 289 pp.

"In democracies with adjectives, the freedom of press also comes with adjectives." If the political regime is situated between a pure democracy and despotism, the freedom of press is also stuck in an in-between-situation. This statement sums up the results of ... more

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Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa
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Herman Wasserman (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2011), xiii, 288 pp.

"Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of 'democracy' and 'development'. Drawing on diverse case studies from various regions of the Afric ... more

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Elections and Media Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa

Marie-Soleil Frère

Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2010), 4 pp.

"Recent elections show that despite the apparent diversity of newspapers and broadcasters, political and economic constraints, as well as restricted access to information prevent the development of independent media in Sub-Saharan Africa that can play a part in enlightening citizens", says the autho ... more

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The Media Map Project: The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010 Top Insights

Elections and the Media in Postconflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace? Top Insights

Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa Top Insights

Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field
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The Media Map Project: The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010
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Elections and the Media in Postconflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace?
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Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa
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