"The Global Media Index for Africa assesses and ranks online news stories of the 20 leading news providers that offer primary coverage of Africa for th
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e world. It is also a tool that aims to provide much needed regular 'health checks' on how Africa is framed in the media. The outlets selected are the digital platforms of: CNN, Deutsche Welle, Russia Today, Bloomberg, Xinhua, Le Monde, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, The Economist, New York Times, VOA News, AFP, Reuters, BBC, CGTN, Financial Times, RFI, and Washington Post. Over 1 000 news articles were collected over a six- month period, and evaluated across four key indicators, making the Global Media Index for Africa the largest manual study of media analysis ever conducted for an African media index." (Page 1)
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"We found that Covid-19 intensified economic pressures facing the global news media industry. It accelerated the decline of many news publishers’ most profitable revenue stream—printed newspap
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er advertising and circulation. Outlets in low- and middle-income countries have been the most severely impacted, with a rate of decline almost two times faster than the global average. Record growth in digital advertising and online subscription revenue in 2020 will not be sufficient to make up the difference. This has led to newsroom closures, layoffs and pay cuts for journalists at a time when access to trustworthy information is desperately needed. Covid-19 could help drive innovation in the news media industry, as outlets find alternative revenue streams by developing new products and tapping into new audiences. But in low- and middle-income countries, where many outlets operate in an unstable business environment and have limited access to investment capital, philanthropy and government support, the pandemic threatens the fundamental existence of free, fair, independent news media ecosystems." (Executive summary, page 8)
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"Este relatório fornece transcrições resumidas de consultas nacionais sobre a viabilidade da mídia com as partes interessadas no setor dos meios de comunicação. As consultas nacionais são baseadas nas trocas de conhecimento e pesquisas proporcionadas pela UNESCO e pela
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) e visam explorar a viabilidade de possíveis soluções para preservar a viabilidade da mídia sem comprometer a independência editorial e a integridade do jornalismo. As consultas nacionais foram organizadas e resumidas pela Free Press Unlimited (FPU)." (Introdução)
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"When questioning the relationship between media, development, and democracy, especially in the ill-defined “Global South,” it’s important to go beyond
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the commonly held meta-narratives that frame these concepts as common sense. In a quest to investigate alternative characterizations of these terms, this chapter uses Ghanaian political economist Lord Mawuko-Yevugah’s (2014) theoretical framework of “developmentality” to explain how development has been used as an ideological instrument to promote the Western liberal media model in the “Global South.” Using a case study of Malawi, which is heavily dependent on foreign aid from the same countries who have defined and promoted this liberal media model aboard, raises important questions about a media model that is characterized by high objectivity and political neutrality on one side, but subjects countries to high levels of competition and free market principles on the other. By outlining the temporal sequence of events that have unfolded since the arrival of missionary media in the 1800s, the presence of international donors and the rise in non-governmental organizations, this chapter reveals how certain ideologies and practices have been legitimized through development to preserve the unequal balance of power between the “Global South” and their former colonial powers." (Abstract)
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"The more undemocratic the system of government, the more likely it is that the Internet wil
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l be shut down. To prove this, the authors refer to the annual Democracy Index of the British consulting firm Economist Intelligence Unit of the news magazine of the same name. According to the index, 17 of the 22 states with Internet blocking are classified as "authoritarian". In the states classified as democratic or partially democratic, the governments have refrained from restricting Internet access. According to the study, the longevity in power also plays an important role: Eleven of the 14 African heads of state who have been in power for 13 years or more have at least temporarily switched off the Internet in recent years. These figures aren't really surprising: it's obvious that despots don't fit into the crap of hard-to-control communication platforms on the Internet. According to the study, not only civil society, but also the economy suffers from the Internet barriers: local and national telecommunications providers in the affected countries have made direct losses; in addition, the barriers have frightened off potential investors in the long term." (www.welt-sichten.org, April 9, 2019)
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"Why are organisations such as Vice and BuzzFeed investing in journalism and why are pedigree journalists joining them? Why are news organisations making journalists redundant but recruiting technologists? Why does everyone seem to be embracing native advertising? Why are some news organisations mor
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e innovative than others? Drawing on extensive first-hand research this book explains how different international media organisations approach digital news and pinpoints the common organisational factors that help build their success." (Publisher description)
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"This report has identified the importance of African business media to investment in Africa. Notwithstanding the increase in the quantity and q
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uality of business media coverage revealed in our study, accurate and analytical business stories are still in demand from investors, and this will be more so during the current economic crisis. From our sample of investors, three main areas for improving African business media coverage were highlighted: access to reliable facts and figures; training to improve the financial acumen of local journalists; sustained efforts to promote responsible and accurate business reporting." (Recommendations, pages 25-26)
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"One of Marshall McLuhan's outstanding contributions has been to bring into prominence the works of the late Canadian economist, Harold Innis, w
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hose early insights into the importance of media to economics and culture have become increasingly pertinent. His thesis is that the communications systems of empires have influenced their rise and fall. In 'Empire and Communication' he discusses the possibility, with emphasis on economics, that communication may occupy a crucial position in the organization and administration of government and in turn of empires and of Western civilization." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 203)
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"The present work forms part of a series of three studies published by the documentation centre of the Information Department, concerning
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the previous situation and the future demand for paper for printing purposes and writing paper — This study is partly based on the statistical information contained in the preceding studies. See also: Reports and Papers on Mass Communication n° 11, March 1954 and Reports and Papers on Mass Communication n° 10, February 1954." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 722, topic code 141)
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"Le présent ouvrage fait partie d'une série de trois études publiées par le Centre de Documentation du Département de l'Information, en ce qui concerne la situation antérieure et la, demande future en matière de papiers d'impression et d'écriture — Cette étude se fonde partiellement sur l
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es données statistiques contenues dans les études précédentes." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 721, topic code 141)
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"Ressources forestières et usage du bois — Pâte de bois et bois à pâte — Le papier — Papier d'impression et papier d'écriture — Papier journal — La crise du papier journal — Nouvelles sources de matières premières: tels sont les chapitres traités dans cet ouvrage, consacré au pr
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oblème de l'approvisionnement posé par l'accroissement des besoins mondiaux en papier. Collection d'études publiées par l'Unesco. Ouvrage présenté conjointement par l'Unesco et la FAO." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 719, topic code 141)
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"Work presented jointly by Unesco and the FAO. Forestry resources and use of timber — Wood pulp and wood for making pulp — Paper — Paper for printing purposes and writing paper — Newsprint — Th
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e newsprint crisis — New sources of raw materials: these are the topics covered by this work on the problem of supplies brought about by the increasing world demand for paper." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 720, topic code 141)
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"The long-term growth in the world demand for newsprint is assured. No one can foretell the rate of expansion or
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the demand levels likely to be established in ten or twenty years. If the estimates for newsprint consumption given in Chapter V for the medium term are accepted, world demand should at least be 10 million tons by 1955. According to these estimates the regional distribution would be as follows:- North America, 5 millions tons; Europe 3 million tons; Latin America 600,000 tons; Asia 750,000 tons; Russia 300,000 tons; Oceania 250,000 tons; Africa and Near East 150,000 tons. A large speculative element attaches to these estimates, but insofar as they err they are likely to do so on the low side. In particular the conservative assumption made for North America may have to be modified. The significant point is that, on virtually any showing, the demand for newsprint in the medium term is certain to exceed both current world production at 8 million tons and existing world capacity estimated at 9 million tons a year. Full utilisation of idle newsprint capacity amounting to 1 million tons would probably end the present newsprint shortage. But it would be sanguine to expect that every ton of idle plant can, in fact, be used, or that 100 per cent capacity operations can be attained soon. The chances are that by the time production in the under-employed newsprint industries is raised to capacity, demand may also have risen. Although the world shortage of papermaking materials may be less serious than was at one time feared, local shortages are likely to persist, especially in regions where increasing demands for all classes of printing papers, generated by industrialisation, the spread of literacy and the growth in political consciousness, have stimulated the establishment of new pulp and paper industries." (Conclusion, page 110)
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