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Creating Mobile Health Solutions for Behaviour Change: A Study of Eight Services in the MNutrition Initiative Portfolio

Kim Viljoen, Tobias Wacker

London: GSMA;Altai Consulting (2018), 50 pp.

"The GSMA mHealth programme, under the mNutrition Initiative funded by UK aid (the UK Department for International Development, DFID), has been working with mobile network operators (MNOs) and other mobile and health sector stakeholders to support the launch and scale of mobile health (mHealth) valu ... more

Global Photographies: Memory – History – Archives

Sissy Helff, Stefanie Michels (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2018), 208 pp.

Strengthening Police and Media Relations for the Safety of Journalists and Peaceful, Free and Fair Elections in West Africa

Michelle Betz

Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA);International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 42 pp.

"The relationship between the media and security agencies, including those in the law enforcement and intelligence services, has always been a delicate one. In the West African context, this relationship is often characterized by frequent clashes, arising from a somewhat startling inability of eithe ... more

A Baseline Study on the Media Coverage of Inequality Issues in Ghana

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2018), 29 pp.

"The study found that the media gives only 12% coverage to inequality issues in Ghana. Thus, across the 22 media outlets, 783 stories focused on inequalities out of a total of 6,477 stories monitored. It was also observed the media’s attention is largely focused on social inequalities overlooking ... more

Sénégal eléctions législatives 2017: Monitoring des médias. Rapport final

Dakar: Gorée Institute (2018), 53 pp.

Online Supplement to Working Paper 2018.1. Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N. Howard

Oxford: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute;Computational Propaganda Research Project (2018), 81 pp.

"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s ... more

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Journalisme pour la paix et résolution de conflit dans les médias, tome 2 = Peace journalism and conflict resolution in the media = Periodismo de paz y resolución de conflictos en medios

Andi Faisal Bakti, Pierre Gigùere, Yves Théorêt (eds.)

Paris: Les Editions de l'Immatériel;ORBICOM (2018), 296 pp.

"Nouvel ouvrage de la collection Ecritures du Monde, cet ouvrage a été réalisé dans le cadre des rencontres annuelles des Chaires UNESCO en communication ORBICOM. Les objectifs de la rencontre annuelle étaient les suivants : 1) Identifier et analyser les conflits culturels et communicationnels ... more

Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West and Southern Africa

Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) (2018), 100 pp.

"This report maps the current landscape in respect of digital rights and online freedom of expression in East, West and Southern Africa. It looks at the trends regarding law and policy developments, as well as recent litigation, within these regions. The report focuses on 18 countries – 6 per regi ... more

Le genre en detresse dans les médias au Mali: Rapport de l'etude sur le monitorage du genre dans les medias au Mali

Bamako: Tuwindi;Free Press Unlimited (2018), 26 pp.

The State of Digital Publishing: Facts and Figures from Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria

Nancy Brown, Rachel Heavner

San Francisco: Worldreader (2018), 25 pp.

"At a glance, there are a number of societal and infrastructural barriers to overcome before digital publishing has a huge market in these three countries. However, there are certainly opportunities at hand, particularly when it comes to testing and vetting content, where digital books can save publ ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community Networks

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 259 pp.

"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe ... more

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Le rôle professionnel des journalistes dans la crise post-électorale de 2010 en Côte d'Ivoire: Les journalistes de la RTI, instigateurs de la crise ou victimes d'un système?

Demindoyee N. Denise Kako

Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 133 pp.

"Hispano-Lusophone" Community Media: Identity, Cultural Politics and Difference

Ana Stela Cunha, Miguel de Barros, Rosana Martins (eds.)

Barcelona: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2018), 216 pp.

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Media Across the African Diaspora: Content, Audiences, and Global Influence

Omotayo O. Banjo (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2018), xiii, 267 pp.

Evaluation of Media Development Project

Olufela O. Adeyemi

UNDP (2018), 77 pp.

"There is a noticeable improvement in professional media practice in Sierra Leone since the project started. However, more work remains to be done to further improve professional media practice and ethics. The regulatory environment needs to be improved and the role of the Independent Media Commissi ... more

Community Access and Participation in Community Radio Broadcast: Case of Radio Gaakii, Ghana

Amadu Mohammed Faisal, Amin Alhassan

Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2018), pp. 85-102

"This paper draws on the theory of participatory development communication to understand the nature and philosophy of community participation in development processes. It explored the symbiotic relationship between Carpentier (2011) and Arnstein’s (1969) theses on participation to propose four maj ... more

Consultative Meeting on Community Radio Stations in Sierra Leone

UNDP (2018), 26 pp.

Community Radio in Rural Development in Northeastern Ghana: Experiences of Radio Gaakii in the Saboba District

Amadu Mohammed Faisal, Amin Alhassan

International Research Journal of Social Sciences, volume 7, issue 5 (2018), pp. 1-12

"This research paper draws on the theory of development communication to explore the relationship between community radio broadcast and community development in Northern Ghana. It traces the history of development communication practice in Ghana and its application in Ghana's rural development effor ... more

Pentecostal Forms Across Religious Divides: Media, Publicity, and the Limits of an Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism

Marleen de Witte

Religions, volume 9, issue 217 (2018), 13 pp.

"Scholars of Pentecostalism have usually studied people who embrace it, but rarely those who do not. I suggest that the study of global Pentecostalism should not limit itself to Pentecostal churches and movements and people who consider themselves Pentecostal. It should include the repercussions of ... more

Youth, Deprivation and the Internet in Africa

Chenai Chair, Ariane De Lannoy

Research ICT Africa;International Development Research Centre (IDRC);SALDRU (2018), 38 pp.

"The potential for young people to strengthen and grow the continent’s economies is only possible if they are adequately supported and provided with the tools they need to create a sustainable livelihood. Economic opportunities are a significant concern for young people globally, with youth three ... more