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The Sub-Saharan African Media Landscape: Then, Now and in the Future

Balancing Act (2014), 50 pp.

"Over five years Facebook has grown from practically no users in Sub-Saharan Africa to become the most widely used social media platform. In the four countries where face-to-face surveys were carried out for this research, between 14% (Tanzania) and 27% (Ghana) of all respondents were using it [...] ... more

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Face-To-Face Survey Overview Summary Results

London: Balancing Act (2014), 50 pp.

"Mobile ownership in all of the four surveys [in Ghana, Nothern Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania] was around 90%, making the mobile phone the most widely owned device media device, both used as a media carrier (radio) and a media in its own right (Internet, SMS) [...] Radio remains the dominant medium ... more

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Feature Phone User Survey: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

London: Balancing Act (2014), 64 pp.

"Feature phone users are significantly more likely to use the Internet almost as much radio and TV for news and information. This is not an either/or set of choices but the Internet is part of the range of media they use. Internet is in second position in Nigeria, third position in Ethiopia and Keny ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2014. Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls

Sanja Kelly, Madeline Earp, Laura Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 986 pp.

"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fourth consecutive year, with a growing number of countries introducing online censorship and monitoring practices that are simultaneously more aggressive and more sophisticated in their targeting of individual users. In a departure from the pa ... more

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The Internet and Democracy Building in Lusophone African Countries

Susana Salgado

Farnham: Ashgate (2014), xi,185 pp.

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The Gambia Media Survey

Gates Malaria Partnership;Center for Innovation Against Malaria (2014), 56 pp.

"A national survey was completed in November 2004, designed to measure: media access and use; knowledge of Malaria, its prevention and cure; reach of the radio programme Bolongodala. The sample achieved represented the adult (15+) population of the Gambia estimated to be 768,200. Mandinka is the mos ... more

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Discussing the Igbo Language on the Igbo Internet Radio: Explicating Ethnolinguistic Vitality

Uchenna Onuzulike

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 3 (2014), pp. 285-298

"There is a growing concern about the decline and possible extinction of the Igbo language. The Igbo are primarily located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. This study analysed four interviews on Igbo Radio, an Igbo Internet radio station, to ascertain how Internet radio is being utilized in dis ... more

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Videos That Speak for Themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences

Jeffery Bentley, Paul Van Mele, Florent Okry, Espérance Zossou

Development in Practice, volume 24, issue 7 (2014), pp. 921-929

"In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, w ... more

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Radio Centrafrique: Institutional and Technical Assessment

Internews;USAID (2014), 10 pp.

"Radio Centrafrique was established in 1958. In its roles as the nation’s public broadcaster, it is run like a state media. However, since 2013, Radio Centrafrique has tried to preserve a neutral tone and its focus on public interest information. However, its status within the Ministry of Communic ... more

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In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
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Jan Lublinski, Petra Berner, Merjam Wakili (eds.)

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 300 pp.

"This study constitutes the attempt to draw some initial conclusions from the work conducted by DW Akademie and other media development organizations in the past. It aims at a better understanding of which public service functions former state broadcasters can provide at all and which approaches of ... media development actors have proved to be successful. Reforming of state mouthpieces into public service media can indeed be achieved. This is one of the most important findings of this study. DW Akademie researchers here present examples of media outlets that fulfill their public service remit of creating a public sphere and supporting integration to a substantial degree. Even among the success stories, not all the media outlets studied here have adopted a public service ethos to its full extent. Their work, however, improved considerably. In assisting reform, media development actors were thus able to enhance the public’s freedom of expression as well as its access to information – two basic human rights we see as important prerequisites for peace and democracy. On the other hand, this study shows how difficult and complex transformation is. State media are often highly politicized. Successful transformation, therefore, requires support of a lot of different actors: the political elite, civil society, the management of the broadcaster, its staff, and last but certainly not least, the public as a whole. It is vital that media development actors identify windows of opportunity and profit from them in order to propel change forward. At the same time, this study demonstrates that media development organizations have to think beyond their traditional fields of expertise: capacity development and newsroom consultancy. A much broader approach is needed if substantial and sustainable development is to be achieved. DW Akademie is currently implementing a new, more complex strategy for successful media development cooperation that takes this into account. Political and legal frameworks have become a strategic area of activity. Other equally important areas comprise qualifications, professionalism, and economic sustainability of the media sector, participation in society, and digital change. With regard to public broadcasting, political and legal frameworks are especially important in order to ensure editorial independence of former state broadcasters. Furthermore, media development actors have to engage more in organizational development. Therefore, at the end of this study, we dedicate a whole chapter to this question. This study of selected media outlets from twelve countries does not attempt to provide a final answer to the question of successful public service transformation. It aims at giving an overview of what has been achieved in practical work in this field in the course of the past years. More research is needed to understand which steps of reform are needed for a genuine transformation that is sustainable in the long term. The media are undergoing crucial developments. Digital change, convergence, and social media have increased pluralism of opinion substantially in many parts of the world. At the same time, the media face new challenges with respect to their economic sustainability. The notion of public service media that offer a model for providing journalistic quality without financial dependence deserves further thought." (Preface) more

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Women and Media: Africa in Focus

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2014), 35 slides

"Education and language skills are the main factors that influence which platform women access most frequently. Daily TV use is similar for men and women but women tend to lag men in frequent radio and internet use. Once a country reaches a critical mass in mobile penetration, gaps between both male ... more

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Healthcare Management Strategy, Communication, and Development Challenges and Solutions in Developing Countries

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi (ed.)

Lanham: Lexington Books (2014), xvi, 240 pp.

"This publication analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If developing countries are to reach their developm ... more

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Transitional Justice, Culture, and Society: Beyond Outreach

Clara Ramírez-Barat (ed.)

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC);International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) (2014), 560 pp.

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Baseline Study Report on Women Access to Information Through Mobile and Media Communication Services

Liberia Women Media Action Committee (LIWOMAC);United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2014), 38 pp.

"Out of a total 400 participants, 374 respondents, representing 93.5%, know how to use cell phones, while 26, representing 6.5%, have no knowledge whatsoever about cell phone usage. This finding is indicative of a relatively high knowledge of mobile phones utility. The result also indicates that Lon ... more

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Postcolonial Piracy: Media Distribution and Cultural Production in the Global South

Lars Eckstein, Anja Schwarz (eds.)

London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), ix, 300 pp.

"Across the global South, new media technologies have brought about new forms of cultural production, distribution and reception. The spread of cassette recorders in the 1970s; the introduction of analogue and digital video formats in the 80s and 90s; the pervasive availability of recycled computer ... more

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Projet d’élaboration de la stratégie de communication pour le changement des normes sociales et des comportements (CCNSC) pour la nutrition en Côte d’Ivoire: Rapport de la revue documentaire

Moussa Traoré, Patricia N'Goran, A. Békroudjobehon Aka

Washington, DC; Yamoussoukro: FHI 360;Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA);Ministere de la Santé et de la Lutte Contre le SIDA (2014), viii, 74 pp.

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Radios et religions en Afrique subsaharienne: Dynamisme, concurrence, action sociale
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Étienne Damome

Pessac: Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux (2014), 319 pp.

"Cet ouvrage analyse l’environnement des radios confessionnelles et leurs stratégies de communication dans un contexte médiatique, religieux et social marqué par le libéralisme et de profondes mutations. Il nous fait découvrir l’extraordinaire expansion des médias radiophoniques en Afrique ... more

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Religion & communication

David Douyère, Stéphane Dufour, Odile Riondet

Paris: L'Harmattan (2014), 232 pp.

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Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: Changing Selves, Changing Societies

Ineke Buskens, Anne Webb (eds.)

London: Zed Books (2014), 338 pp.

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Futuros Criativos - Economia e Criatividade em Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau e São Tomé e Príncipe

Alexandro Cardoso, Debora Sanches, Proença, Ilsa Sá, Maria Miguel Estrela, Mário Moniz et al.

ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2014), 209 pp.

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries Inspiring Practice

Radios et religions en Afrique subsaharienne: Dynamisme, concurrence, action sociale Top Insights

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
Inspiring Practice

Radios et religions en Afrique subsaharienne: Dynamisme, concurrence, action sociale
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