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Legal framework regulating freedom of expression and press in Nigeria and pathways to neutralizing threats

Abuja: Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) (2022), 25 pp.

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Youth Talk: Empowering Young People Through Media in Mali, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. Final Evaluation

Anna Louise Strachan, James Moody, Laura le Ray

Kigali: Search for Common Ground (2022), 57 pp.

"Thanks to an inclusive and context-sensitive selection process of youth journalists and relevant and participatory capacity-building sessions, the project successfully empowered hard to reach youth by providing them with a range of transferable skills that they have been able to use both within and ... more

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Covid-19 in International Media: Global Pandemic Perspectives

John C. Pollock, Douglas A. Vakoch (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xxxi, 267 pp.

"The book evaluates unique civic challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities for media worldwide, exploring pandemic social norms that media promote or discourage, and how media serve as instruments of social control and resistance, or of cooperation and representation. These chapters raise sign ... more

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Media and Communication in Nigeria: Conceptual Connections, Crossroads and Constraints

Bruce Mutsvairo, Nnamdi T. Ekeanyanwu (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xv, 272 pp.

"The book traces communication in Nigeria back to pre-colonial indigenous communication, through the development of telecommunication, broadcasting networks, the press, the Nigerian flm industry (‘Nollywood’) and on to the digital era. At a time when Western voices still dominate the academic li ... more

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Report: State of Media Freedom in Ghana 2022

East Legon: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2022), 13 pp.

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Brennpunkt Westafrika: Die Fluchtursachen und was Europa tun sollte

Olaf Bernau

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2022), 317 pp.

"Westafrika wird in Europa oft undifferenziert als Krisenregion wahrgenommen. Während fundierte Kenntnisse über die Geschichte und Gegenwart der dortigen Staaten vielfach fehlen, halten sich Stereotype über die Ursachen von Flucht und Migration in und aus Westafrika zäh. Der Soziologe Olaf Berna ... more

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Evaluation of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists in Nigeria

Olushola Mary Okpodu

American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, volume 6, issue 2 (2022), pp. 125-133

"The freedom of expression and Journalists* safety, as well as other media practitioners have become an issue of debate on press freedom and the working condition of reporters following untoward development on the media space which has become a preoccupation with journalism professional organization ... more

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Nigerian Journalists Towards Safety Protocols in an Insecure and Covid-19 Pandemic Nation

Fidelis Ndidiamaka Asogwa, Monday Ogodo Ogodo, Ibe Nkechinyere Awo

Melting Pot, volume 6, issue 2 (2022), pp. 87-102

"This paper examines the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Nigerian journalists towards safety protocols especially within security and COVID-19 in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey methodology and relied on questionnaire as instrument of primary data collection. The population of the study ... more

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Private Sector Investment and Public Sector Support for the Media in Sierra Leone: A Binding Constraints Analysis

Francis Sowa

BBC Media Action;PRIMED (2022), 7 pp.

"This Binding Constraints Analysis is part of the process of building a business case for private sector investment and public sector support for the media in Sierra Leone. Informed by the findings of the State of the Media report, this analysis is aimed at presenting an overview of the risks, chall ... more

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Survey on Gender Equality in the Media and Media Content: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo

Nicole Chavranski, Mélanie Canino, Marie-Christine Lebret

Issy-les-Moulineaux: CFI (2022), 23 pp.

"This survey had two main goals: 1. Report on gender equality in the media in four countries across Sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2. Draw up a strategic document pinpointing the needs of industry players in these four countries, along with r ... more

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Médias publics au Burkina Faso: Entre journalisme d'Etat et renouveau médiathique

Lassané Yaméogo

Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 444 pp.

"La recherche révèle que dynamiques intra et interprofessionnelles et relationnelles font émerger des journalismes aux visées ambigües et contrastées. D’une part, des accommodements politiques et financiers formels et informels mêlant sanctions non dites et récompenses conduisent certains ... more

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Media Governance: A Cosmopolitan Critique

Sarah Anne Ganter, Hanan Badr (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xv, 318 pp.

"The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional foci. The first part addresses the epistemological and ontological flaws in the use and adap ... more

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Influencing factors of ‘local’ conflict journalism and implications for media development: A critical appraisal

Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos, Viviane Schönbächler

Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 189-209

"When conflicts emerge the media often become, intended or not, a key actor. It is through media that every party within a conflict attempts to convey its own narrative, contributing to a complex reality that affects journalists’ work in many different ways. This article aims to reflect on Bläsi� ... more

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Modelling journalists’ coping strategies for occupational hazards in their coverage of protests against police brutality (ENDSARS protests) in Nigeria

Blessing Chinweobo-Onuoha, Elif Asude Tunca, Felix Olajide Talabi, Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju, VVictor Oluwole Adefemi, Verlumun Celestine Gever

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, volume 28, issue 4 (2022), pp. 2439-2446

"Although journalism practice exposes media workers to different levels of occupational hazards, research on the coping strategies is limited. This study made an effort to extend literature in this direction by providing a model that explains the coping strategies of Nigerian journalists who covered ... more

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The Political Economy of the Media in Sierra Leone and the Potential for Private-Sector Investment

Ibrahim Bangura

BBC Media Action;PRIMED (2022), 13 pp.

"The purpose of this political economy analysis (PEA) is to understand how political and economic factors have affected, or hindered, the media sector in Sierra Leone as well as the potential for private sector investment in the media [...] The report presents a contextual analysis of the media sect ... more

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Africa Entertainment & Media Outlook 2022-2026

Alinah Motaung, Charles Stuart, Elenor Jensen

Price Waterhouse Coopers (pwc) (2022), 16 pp.

"Entertainment and media (E&M) revenue across South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya grew strongly in 2021 as all three markets, like the rest of the world, recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Industries that were more severely impacted in 2020, such as live music and B2B trade shows, made ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2021-2022: Digital Futures for a Post-Pandemic World

Alan Finlay et al.

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2022), 268 pp.

"The pandemic made inequality, discrimination, exclusion and structural inequity more palpable, and rather than stagnating in indignation, it reactivated a sense of rebellion and contestation. The strength and sharpness with which we connect social justice, gender justice, environmental justice, eco ... more

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The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria

Oluwasola Festus Obisean

Africa Development, volume 47, issue 2 (2022), pp. 107-145

"This article examines the roles of social media on youth’s political participation in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. It interrogates the roles played by these communication tools in the emancipation and agency of youths while revealing the double-edged implications the devices may have on ... more

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Attributing Public Ignorance in Vaccination Narratives

Samantha Vanderslott, Luisa Enria, Alex Bowmer, Abass Kamara, Shelley Lees

Social Science & Medicine, issue 307: 115152 (2022), 11 pp.

"Examples from Sierra Leone, Uganda, and India show how ‘ignorant public’ framings are used as explanation for vaccine hesitancy through assigned roles for institutions and publics, and the consequences this narrative has for vaccination encounters. These examples are based on ethnographic field ... more

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Empowering Youth in Africa Through Media and Communication: 2018 - 2022

Dakar: UNESCO Office Dakar and Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (2022), 15 pp.

"The project "Empowering young people in Africa through media and communication" aims to build media professionals' capacities, both men and women, in the treatment of information on various aspects of migration (irregular, legal, intra-regional, female, etc.), in order to guarantee public access to ... more