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African Digital Media and the Public Sphere
New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xv, 260 pp.
"This book examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist, and pessimist stances through analyses of various forms of evide
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Media Sustainability Index 2006/2007: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xix, 385 pp.
Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
Deep Insights
Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.
Newsroom Ethics
African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 1, issue 2 (2008), pp. 139-265
Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program
Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.
"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal
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African Media, African Children: Yearbook 2008
Deep Insights
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom (2008), 243 pp.
"The essays in this volume reflect a wide-range of issues and concerns related to children’s media culture in Africa. For example, several address the role of entertainment television in Addis Abba, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, and Zambia and in the lives of Muslim children. Other essays introduce
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Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs
Washington, DC; Berkshire: United Nations Foundation; Vodaphone Group Foundation (2008), 59 pp.
"In this second publication in our Access to Communications Publication Series, the authors examine real-life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. The compelling stories por
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Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria
Oxford; Ibadan; Bloomington: James Currey Publishers; HEBN Publishers; Indiana University Press (2008), xii, 147 pp.
The Kenyan 2007 Elections and Their Aftermath: The Role of Media and Communication
London: BBC World Service Trust (2008), 16 pp.
"The media have shaped and will continue to play a central role in shaping Kenya’s democracy. The recent record of the media, according to many within it, is that media has undermined as well as invigorated that democracy. An understanding of democracy and democratic governance in Kenya is not pos
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Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Washington, DC: World Bank, Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department (2008), xxxii, 98 pp.
"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the
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Impact of FilmAid Programs in Kakuma, Kenya: Final Report
New York: FilmAid International (2007), 84 pp.
"FilmAid International (FilmAid) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to use the power of film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted populations. FilmAid offers programming that aims to facilitate social change by providing co
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The Media and the Rwanda Genocide
Deep Insights
London; Kampala; Ottawa: Pluto Press; Fountain Publishers; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), xvi, 463 pp.
"This book examines the crucial role the media played in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, bringing together local reporters and commentators from Rwanda, Western journalists, and media theorists. Part One (eight articles) describes and analyzes "Hate Media in Rwanda", mainly, but not exclusively, focusing
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Global Information Society Watch 2007: Focus on Participation
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 215 pp.
"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter
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Media Legislation in Africa: A Comparative Legal Survey
Deep Insights
Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies; UNESCO (2007), vii, 180 pp.
Frequently Asked Questions About Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs for Development: A Guide for National ICT Policy Animators
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 31 pp.
"Partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and particularly civil society in promoting information and communication technology (ICT) policy are a relatively new venture. The mechanisms, management and governance of such partnerships, from loose arrangements to more formal mechanism
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