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The Pros and Cons of Social Communication in the Mission of the Church in Nigeria

Justine John Dyikuk

Igwebuike: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities, volume 5, issue 1 (2019), pp. 98-121

"Through the qualitative method of study, it was discovered that despite the rich extant documents of the Church on effective use of the means of communication, there is a wrong understanding of communication, lack of will-power to incarnate media use into the Nigerian pastoral context and suspicion ... more

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FemmePowermentAfrique: Introducing the Scope and Design of the Project

Emma Heywood

Sheffield, UK: University of Sheffield (2019), 16 pp.

"This working paper defines the scope of the FemmePowermentAfrique project, its significance, its research approach and its intended beneficiaries. This project originated in an impact assessment of radio on women’s rights and empowerment in Niger, yet has broadened to incorporate a series of rela ... more

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Mauritania Violent Extremism & Media Landscape Assessment: Desk Study & Field Analysis

USAID;International Business and Technical Consultants (IBTCI) (2019), 89 pp.

"The primary questions driving this assessment are: What are the principal drivers of extremism in Mauritania? What are the principal social fractures that have been, or could be, exploited by extremists? The table below displays the overall main drivers of VE in Mauritania, as well as the five subn ... more

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African Media Barometer: Nigeria 2019

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2019), 60 pp.

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Digital Activism Engagement Ecosystem: Creating Constructive Conversations on the Benbere, Habari and Yaga Blogging Platforms

Yaa Jahou Nyan

Utrecht (NL): University of Applied Sciences, Master Thesis (2019), 42 pp.

"The premise of this research is that digital activism, like many other forms of online engagement work in an ecosystem. And just like the success of a species is largely dependent on environmental factors, and its reaction to those circumstances, so does the success of a digital activist platform. ... more

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After Access 2018: A Demand-Side View of Mobile Internet from 10 African Countries

Cape Town: Research ICT Africa;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2019), vii, 38 pp.

"Of all 10 African countries surveyed, only in South Africa is more than half the population online. The Internet penetration rate in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria and Senegal is above the 20% threshold – but even this requires further investigation in a developing country context, where the unaf ... more

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Panorama de la presse centafricaine: Entre pauvreté et politique d'influence

Saber Jendoubi

Paris: Ifri (2019), 21 pp.

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Radio, Conflict and Land Grabbing in Sierra Leone: Communicating Rights and Preventing Violence Through Drama

Valentina Baú

Media, War & Conflict, volume 12, issue 4 (2019), pp. 373-391

"With a focus on entertainment education, this article sheds light on the effects of radio drama in addressing conflict over land governance. The discussion is built around the broadcast of Bush Wahala radio series during the recent land acquisition process that has taken place in Sierra Leone. Thro ... more

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Endangered Voices: Attack on Freedom of Expression in Nigeria

London: Amnesty International (2019), 40 pp.

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Civil Society and Media Whole-of-Intermediate Result (IR) Evaluation

Monrovia: USAID;Social Impact Inc. (2019), ix, 107 pp.

"This report presents findings and recommendations from the whole-of-Intermediate Result (IR) evaluation of activities generated from the USAID Civil Society and Media Project Appraisal Document (PAD) created in 2015. The evaluation included two current activities—Liberia Accountability and Voice ... more

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L'audiovisuel africain et la capitalisme global

Politique Africaine, issue 153 (2019), pp. 7-159

"Ce dossier se concentre sur ces transformations plus récentes afin d’analyser leur impact sur l’économie et la politique de la production et de la distribution audiovisuelle en Afrique, tout en mettant en question les cadres théoriques et méthodologiques que nous adoptons en tant que cherch ... more

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Entrepreneurial Journalism in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks for Media in the Digital Age. Learnings from a Conference Held by KAS Media Africa in Accra, Ghana, 16-19 September 2018

Francis Mdlongwa (ed.)

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 64 pp.

"[...] there seems to be an understanding that the media is important and that society needs the media. In October 2018, KAS Media Africa, therefore, gathered the CEOs of media houses, publishers and editors-in-chief from 16 different countries, both from Anglophone and Frenchspeaking Africa, in Acc ... more

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Study of Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Senegal

Diouf Astou

Kampala: CIPESA;Jonction (2019), 33 pp.

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Media, Access to Information and ICT, and the Empowerment of Women & Girls: Technical Assistance to the EU Delegation to Burkina Faso

Virginie Ramey, Nestorine Sangare Compaore, Dessi Damianova

Media 4 Democracy (2019), 72 pp.

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Video Games and the Global South

Phillip Penix-Tadsen (ed.)

Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University;ETC Press (2019), viii, 290 pp.

"The innovative research in Video Games and the Global South focuses on a range of topics including art games and serious games from the global south, postcolonialism and cultural representation, player communities, software modification (modding), intercultural communication online, racism and sexi ... more

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Media and Information Literacy: Non-Formal Education Guide for All Platforms

Nosa Owens-Ibie, Ifedolapo Ademosu, Abiodun Oyeleye (eds.)

Abuja: UNESCO (2019), 49 pp.

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Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases

Suman Mishra, Rebecca Kern-Stone (eds.)

Newark: Wiley (2019), ix, 246 pp.

"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa ... more

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Ghana Top Shows on TV & Radio, 2018

Geo Poll (2019), 7 pp.

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Usages et services d'Internet au Mali: Rôle et positionnement des bibliothèques

Amadou Békaye Sidibé

Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 268 pp.

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Continuity in Change: A History of Radio for National Development

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah, Margaret I. Amoakohene, Marquita S. Smith

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 17, issue 2 (2019), pp. 217-234

"In this article, we assert and demonstrate a particular and enduring adaptability of radio in tandem with observable temporal shifts in development communication theory and practice in Africa. Specifically, we use the historical research method to explore and explain the ideological discourses, pol ... more