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Dossier de presse: Pollution

Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2018), 72 pp.

"Ce document se propose de fournir des informations aux professionnels des médias et surtout les orienter vers les recherches et centres de recherches qui travaillent sur les questions de pollution au Sénégal. Il est accompagné d’un glossaire avec une explication des termes techniques et une b ... more

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Social Media and Conflict in Nigeria: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms

Will Ferroggiaro

Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab (2018), 40 pp.

"PeaceTech Lab developed a Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms in Nigeria, combining cutting-edge social media analysis with in-country expertise to identify both the terms likely to incite violence and their social and political context. The Lexicon, published in April 2018, also identifies alternative la ... more

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La radio en Afrique au XXIe siècle: Mutations et enjeux

Étienne Damome (dir.)

RadioMorphoses, issue 3 (2018), pp. 2-79

"Introduite dès les années 1930 sur les terres africaines et durablement ancrée au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, la radio s’est peu à peu adaptée à l’environnement culturel, social et politique africain. Ses évolutions successives ont suivi la courbe des mutations culturelles ... more

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Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour la sécurité des journalistes et des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest

Michelle Betz

Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA);International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 45 pp.

"La relation entre les médias et les agences de sécurité, y compris les services de police et de renseignement, a toujours été délicate. Dans le contexte de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, cette relation est souvent caractérisée par des affrontements fréquents, résultant d'une incapacité quelque pe ... more

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"To give publicity to our thoughts": Journale asiatischer und afrikanischer Christen um 1900 und die Entstehung einer transregionalen indigen-christlichen Öffentlichkeit

Klaus Koschorke, Adrian Hermann, Frieder Ludwig, Ciprian Burlacioiu (eds.)

Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag (2018), 378 pp.

"Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts begannen indigen-christliche Eliten in Asien und Afrika, sich stärker in der kolonialen Öffentlichkeit ihrer Länder zu artikulieren. Sie gründeten ihre eigenen Journale, kritisierten Missstände in Gesellschaft und Missionskirchen, beteiligten sich an sozialen Be ... more

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Who Debates, Who Wins? At-Scale Experimental Evidence on Debate Participation in a Liberian Election

Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy

[no publisher] (2018), 45, 24 pp.

"In this paper we assess the electoral consequences of candidate selection into the supply of widely-disseminated programmatic information in the setting of Liberia, where clientelism is pervasive and the media sector is weak. We partnered with USAID and the NGO Internews to study the impact of rand ... omized elements of a nationwide initiative to hold debates for all 73 House of Representatives seats ahead of the Liberian election of October 2017. Beyond lawmaking, House members in Liberia control access to development funds as well as play key roles in the allocation and implementation of public goods, and thus voters have incentives to care about the policy priorities of the candidates and vote accordingly. However, historically, votes have been bought as often as won (Bowles et al., 2017). In an effort to improve democratic accountability, Internews organized 129 standardized debates, with at least one in each electoral district, to solicit the policy promises of the participating candidates. In the debates, the 59% of candidates who participated were asked a series of questions by moderating journalists on particular issues of local policy relevance, most often relating to district schools, primary healthcare facilities, and infrastructural investments. Rather than large townhall-style debates, the emphasis was on soliciting concrete policy platforms and promises from the candidates that would then be rebroadcast by community radio stations. To shock the supply of policy promises, we randomly varied the intensity of invitation efforts to persuade candidates to participate in the debates. The decision to participate is risky, particularly in clientelistic settings where the returns to programmatic competition can be both limited and highly uncertain. Candidates who ‘win’ a debate may enjoy greater publicity and net electoral gains, but ex ante they risk performing poorly, revealing their policy priorities to be disconnected from their constituents and restricting their ability to target campaign promises to small groups of influential voters. These risks are especially pronounced for the leading candidates (incumbents and their challengers), who enjoy greater resources for campaigning, are adapted to the existing clientelistic equilibrium, and are more likely to be attacked by opponents to gain publicity." (Pages 2-3) more

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The State of ICT in In Nigeria 2018

Alison Gillwald, Fola Odufuwa, Mothobi Onkokame Mothobi

Research ICT Africa (2018), 118 pp.

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Utilisation of Information and Communication Technology for E-Learning Among Select Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju

Nigerian Journal of Communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2018), pp. 359-374

"Information Technology (IT) has changed the modern workplace because of its development of new knowledge and skills. E-learning is the wholesome incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) resources, particularly the Internet, into the process of teaching and learning. Although ... more

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Médias, mondialisation et diversité culturelle: Le cas de l'Afrique subsaharienne

Caroline Pachecus

Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 242 pp.

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Rethinking Audiences: Visual Representations of Africa and the Nigerian Diaspora

Edward Adedamola Adeleke Ademolu

Manchester: University of Manchester, Doctoral Thesis (2018), 243 pp.

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New Media and the Mediatisation of Religion: An African Perspective

Gabriel Faimau, William O. Lesitaokana (eds.)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2018), xi, 173 pp.

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Les médias en Afrique depuis les indépendances: Bilan, enjeux et perspectives

Ndiaga Loum, Ibrahima Sarr (dir.)

Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 268 pp.

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Understanding Nigerian Media and Elections Through Research: Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election Campaign Messages

Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Ayo Oluwatosin, Nosa Owens-Ibie, Victor Ayedun-Aluma

Lagos: Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) (2018), 10 pp.

"1. Political parties and their supporters should concentrate more on issues-based campaign messages than hate campaign messages capable of demeaning personalities, religious/ethnic beliefs as well as ethnicity. 2. Political parties and their candidates should focus more on issue of importance to na ... more

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L'impact de la radio Sainte Thérèse sur la région centrale du Togo

Esso Essiname Dadja

Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (UCAO), Mémoire de Licence en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication (2018), vi, 92 pp.

"Les résultats obtenus nous amènent à affirmer que la radio Ste Thérèse [une radio confessionnelle dans le diocèse de Sokodé dans la région centrale du Togo] a une influence sur ses auditeurs. Cette influence se situe sur les plans spirituels, humains et intellectuels. En effet, 92,8 % des e ... more

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How Africa Tweets 2018

London et al.: Portland (2018), 22 pp.

"Our study is the first to identify and analyse who is shaping African Twitter conversations during elections over the past year. The study found that 53 per cent of the leading voices on Twitter around ten elections on the continent during the past year came from outside the country in which the el ... more

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The Print Media as a Tool for Evangelisation in Auchi Diocese

Peter Egielewa

Wien; Zürich: Lit (2018), xv, 486 pp.

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Status of Training and Research in Reporting Conflict, Peace Journalism and Safety Education in English Speaking West Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Umaru A. Pate, Lai Oso, Abubakar Jibril

Journalism Education, volume 6, issue 2 (2018), pp. 28-36

"This paper examines the teaching of conflict-sensitive reporting, safety education and peace journalism in the curricula of institutions offering mass communication/journalism programmes in three English speaking countries of West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. It assesses the status of r ... more

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Digital Platforms for Agro-Advisory and Business Service Delivery: Lessons from Scaling-up of AgroTech in Ghana

Cecil Osei, Alfred Yeboah, Francis Arthur, Emmanuel Agbedanu, Sybil Chidiac

Grameen Foundation;Farmradio International (2018), 15 pp.

"Grameen Foundation, Farm Radio International and other partners implemented the project “Achieving Impact at Scale” from 2015 to 2018 18. The objective of the project is to test the scale up of AgroTech, an ICT platform, in the delivery of agricultural extension and agribusiness advisory servic ... more

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Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage, But Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver: Deep Political Divides in Many Nations on Satisfaction with News Media

Amy Mitchell, Katy Simmons, Katerina Eva Matsa, Laura Silver

Pew Research Center (2018), 54 pp.

"Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far mo ... more

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Exploring Journalism Practice and Perception in Developing Countries

Abiodun Salawu, Toyosi Olugbenga, Samson Owolabi

IGI Global (2018), 339 pp.

"Exploring Journalism Practice and Perception in Developing Countries is a crucial reference source for the latest scholarly material on the impacts of development journalism on contemporary nations and the media’s responsibility to inform citizens of government and non-government activities. High ... more