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Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism

David B. Sachsman, JoAnn Myer Valenti (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xx, 421 pp.
"An increasing number of media platforms - from newspapers and television to Internet social media networks - are the major providers of indispensable information about the natural world and environmental risk. Despite the dramatic changes in the news industry that have tended to reduce the number o ... more
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Optimizing Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Health Information Systems: Lessons Learned from Ebola to COVID-19

Arusch Lal, Henry C. Ashworth, Sara Dada, Laura Hoemeke, Ernest Tambo
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, volume 16, issue 1 (2020), pp. 333-340
"Strengthening health systems and maintaining essential service delivery during health emergencies response is critical for early detection and diagnosis, prompt treatment, and effective control of pandemics, including the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health information systems (HIS) d ... more
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Online surveillance and the repressive Press Council Bill 2018. A two-pronged approach to media self-censorship in Nigeria

Olunifesi Adekunle Suraj
In: Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
Ingrid Fadnes, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Roy Krøvel (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), pp. 80-99
"This chapter examines the perceptions of Nigerian journalists towards the Nigerian Press Council Bill 2018 and the governments’ online surveillance. The study employs survey and interview methods: 217 Nigerian media practitioners selected from print and online media responded to the questionnaire ... more
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État des libertés sur Internet au Sénégal 2019: Cartographie des tendances en matière de contrôle de l’Internet par les pouvoirs publics, 1999-2019

Kampala: CIPESA (2020), 17 pp.
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How Free is Ghana’s Media?

Nana Ama Agyemang Asante
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2020), 15 pp.
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Global Information Society Watch 2020. Technology, the Environment and a Sustainable World: Responses from the Global South
Deep Insights

Alan Finlay et al.
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2020), 268 pp.
"The world is facing an unprecedented climate and environmental emergency. Scientists have identified human activity as primarily responsible for the climate crisis, which together with rampant environmental pollution, and the unbridled activities of the extractive and agricultural industries, pose ... more
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Film ab! Kunst, Geschäft und Widerstand: Kino im globalen Süden

welt-sichten, issue 6 (2020), pp. 12-33
"Viele Filme aus Ländern in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika befassen sich phantasievoll mit gesellschaftlichen Fragen. Unter welchen Bedingungen arbeiten Regisseurinnen in Algerien, Marokko und Tunesien? Warum sind afrikanische Religionen und Riten ein Thema im jungen nigerianischen Kino? Und wie g ... more
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Biafra, Humanitarian Intervention and History

Marie-Luce Desgrandschamps, Lasse Heerten, Arua Oko Omaka, Kevin O'Sullivan, Bertrand Taithe
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 2, issue 2 (2020), pp. 66-78
"This roundtable took place on 16 January 2020, at the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war in Biafra. It brought together Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, Lasse Heerten, Arua Oko Omaka and Kevin O’Sullivan. The roundtable was organised and chaired by Bertrand Taithe, University of ... more
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Communicating Science: A Global Perspective
Deep Insights

Toss Gascoigne, Bernard Schiele, Joan Leach, Michelle Riedlinger, Bruce V. Lewenstein, Luisa Massarani, Peter Broks (eds.)
Canberra: Australian National University (ANU) Press (2020), xi, 982 pp.
"This collection charts the emergence of modern science communication across the world. This is the first volume to map investment around the globe in science centres, university courses and research, publications and conferences as well as tell the national stories of science communication. How did ... more
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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Ghana

Dennis Reineck, Luise Krumm
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 27 pp.
"Ghana’s youth is embracing digital. According to the representative survey conducted for DW Akademie’s MIL INDEX study, three quarters of 15-25-year-olds own a smartphone. Over 70 % report going online with a mobile phone as well as using Facebook and WhatsApp on a weekly basis. Use of several ... more
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More-Troll Kombat: French and Russian Influence Operations Go Head to Head Targeting Audiences in Africa

Graphika (2020), 83 pp.
"On December 15, Facebook announced that it had taken down three separate networks that it had discovered for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that targeted communities across Africa. One, centered on the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali, was linked to individuals associated with the Fr ... more
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Enhancing Citizens’ Access to Information at the Local Level in Ghana: Using the RTI Law (989)

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 33 pp.
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Project: Promoting Professional Standards & Enhancing the Watchdog Role of the Ghanaian Media

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 5 pp.
"The guide below serves as a Glossary of Definitions of the basic principles of ethics to be monitored. It is designed to assist and guide the Monitor in understanding properly and identifying accurately, any violations of particular Ethical principles by the media. The list here is not exhaustive. ... more
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Essentials of the Right to Information Law (989): Ghana. A Guide Book

Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), ii, 28 pp.
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The Media-Democracy Paradox in Ghana: Rethinking Political Communication in an African Context

W. S. Dzisah
Bristol: intellect (2020), 218 pp.
"This original new book researches into the praxis of this democracy and its media, delving into Ghana's evolvement, media practice, leadership aspirations, pressure group politics and ethnic and tribal cleavages. Written in accessible language it will provide valuable source material for readers in ... more
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Evaluation du développement de l’internet au Sénégal: Utilisation des indicateurs ROAM-X de l’Universalité de l’Internet de l’UNESCO

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 153 pp.
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Media and COVID-19 in West Africa: Liberia

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 7 pp.
"With the exception of the introduction of new press passes for the journalists by the Deputy Minister of Information and the harassment that followed its implementation, the media landscape in Liberia in May and June has been open and free. Even though the Ministry of Information reduced the freque ... more
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Evaluation of UNESCO’s Work in the Thematic Area of Media and Information Literacy (MIL)

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 128 pp.
"Overall, this evaluation has shown that over the last biennia UNESCO has made significant achievements through its work in MIL and is holding the lead in this constantly evolving field that has gained increasing importance at the forefront of global and national agendas. It also revealed that MIL o ... more
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Face à l’hégémonie de la télévision et la radio, l’Internet et les médias sociaux continuent leur popularité grandissante en Côte d’Ivoire

Joseph Koné, Kaphalo Ségorbah Silwé
Afrobarometer (2020), 11 pp.
"L’utilisation de la mesure d’audience par les médias est faible en Côte d’Ivoire. Selon une étude du Ministère de la Communication, de l’Économie Numérique et de la Poste (2017), la plupart des médias ivoiriens naviguent à vue sans une véritable connaissance et maîtrise du marché ... more
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Radio: Stronger and more vibrant than ever

UNESCO Courier, issue January-March (2020), pp. 6-27