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Sénégal eléctions législatives 2017: Monitoring des médias. Rapport final

Dakar: Gorée Institute (2018), 53 pp.
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Cell Phones as an Anticipatory Technology: Behind the Hype of Big Data for Ebola Detection and Containment

Ulf Engel, Richard Rottenburg (eds.)
Halle; Leipzig: University of Halle; University of Leipzig (2018), 17 pp.
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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
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Commodification of Development Programming on Radio in Northern Ghana

Amin Alhassan, Felix Odartey-Wellington, Amadu Mohammed Faisal
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 75-89
"This article discusses the commodification of development programming such as news and other content in the Ghanaian media space. It uses the case of two NGOs operating in the Northern Region to examine how development programming is transmitted via FM radio stations in the region. Using in-depth i ... more
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African Digital Media Review (3)

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-128
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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
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Information Needs Assessment: Gao, Mali

Lucas Destrijckes et al.
Washington, DC et al.: Internews (2018), 63 pp.
"This study analyses if people on the move in the northeastern region of Mali, more specifically in the city of Gao, have accurate information at their disposal. It maps information needs and habits of migrant communities in Gao to better understand how these individuals and communities receive info ... more
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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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Die Deutschen und ihre Kolonien: Ein Ãœberblick

Horst Gründer, Hermann Joseph Hiery (eds.)
Berlin: be.bra Verlag, Sonderausg. (2018), 352 pp.
"Zwischen 1884 und 1914 besaß Deutschland ein Kolonialreich, das von Togo in Westafrika bis zu den Inseln Samoas im Pazifik reichte. Dieses Buch bietet einen kenntnisreichen und allgemeinverständlichen Überblick über das kurzlebige deutsche Kolonialabenteuer. Es informiert über die politischen ... more
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Youth-Led Communication for Social Change: Empowerment, Citizen Media, and Cultures of Governance in Northern Ghana

Lise Grauenkaer, Thomas Tufte
Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 400-413
"This article critically assesses the possibilities and limitations of strategic communication initiatives to enhance cultures of governance among youth in Northern Ghana. The analysis is embedded within contemporary debates about communication and social change, with particular focus upon dynamics ... more
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Media Reforms and Democratization in Emerging Democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa

Ufuoma Akpojivi
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), 186 pp.
"This book examines the media reform processes and re-democratization projects of Ghana and Nigeria’s emerging democracies. It evaluates and critiques these reform processes, arguing that because of dependency approaches resulting from the transplanting of policy framework from the West into these ... more
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Safety concerns in the Nigerian media: What gender dynamics?

Lilian Ngusuur Unaegbu
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 171-184
"This chapter focuses on gender dynamics in media safety in Nigeria. It critically examines the safety challenges journalists in Nigeria face in executing their duties in a country that has experienced different forms of conflicts, ranging from political instability, organized crime, terrorism, and ... more
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China-Africa Media Interactions: Media and Popular Culture Between Business and State Intervention

Journal of African Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 1 (2017), pp. 1-147
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The Dilemma of Building Campus Radio Stations on a Business Model: The Case of ATL FM in Ghana

Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo
Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 60-78
"The quest for competitiveness and popularity of a campus radio station needs to be balanced with the epistemological frames of community radio, which include participation, community ownership, and opposition to hegemonic discourse in the mainstream media as well as independence from political and ... more
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The Political Economy of Climate Change Reporting in Nigeria

nnaEmeka Meribe
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 40-65
"While scholarly inquiries into the coverage of climate change in Africa are growing, there appears to be a dearth of studies focusing on how the political economy shapes the coverage. This qualitative study addresses this gap by exploring how vested interests, corruption and declining advertising r ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2017: National and Regional Internet Governance Forum Initiatives (NRIs)
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), 249 pp.
"National and Regional Internet Governance Forums (NRIs) are the stars of the 2017 Global Information Society Watch. The story of NRIs began two years after the first global IGF held in 2006. In 2008, stakeholders from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda organised national forums and a subsequent Eas ... more
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La presse en ligne en Afrique francophone: Dynamiques et défis d'une filière en construction

Sokhna Fatou Seck-Sarr
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 235 pp.
"L’auteure considère que des stratégies d’acteurs sont observables au coeur de la filière en construction de l’information en ligne et qu’il existe une redéfinition des rôles autour de la production, de la diffusion et de la consommation de l’information en ligne. L’ouvrage envisage ... more
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Sierra Leone Mudslide Response 2017: Using Digital Platforms to Place Affected Populations at the Heart of the Response. A Case Study

UNICEF (2017), 7 pp.
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Journalists and Political Sources in Nigeria: Between Information Subsidies and Political Pressures

Rodney Ciboh
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 22, issue 2 (2017), pp. 185-201
"The relationship between journalists and political sources has been characterized by a tug of war between reporters and officials where top politicians have the upper hand in the coproduction of news through their ability to provide critical information subsidies that most news media rely on. The d ... more
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Médias 2.0 et Églises chrétiennes au Burkina Faso: Évangélisation numérique et contrôle du message

Louis Audet Gosselin
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 71-85
"La diffusion progressive d’Internet au Burkina Faso a entraîné récemment un foisonnement de l’utilisation des réseaux sociaux, principalement Facebook, par les Églises catholique et évangéliques. Cette utilisation est toutefois fortement conditionnée par un nombre restreint de gatekeepe ... more