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Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry

Matthias Krings, Onookome Okome (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2013), viii, 371 pp.

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Community Media for Development and Participation: Experiences, Thoughts and Forethoughts
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Ayobami Ojebode (ed.)

Ibadan: John Archers (2013), xxii, 422 pp.

"A collection of debate and report articles on community media and community communication, this book presents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria. In the first section of the book are found studies of the practice and impact of community media, esp ... more

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Social Media and Journalism in Africa

African Journalism Studies, volume 34, issue 1 (2013), pp. 1-122

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Histoire des médias au Sénégal: De la colonisation à nos jours

Moustapha Barry

Paris: L'Harmattan (2013), 351 pp.

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Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives

Stephen J. A. Ward (ed.)

Walden, Mass.; Oxford: Wiley Blackwell (2013), 326 pp.

"Through case studies, analysis of emerging practices, and theoretical discussion, a team of leading journalism and communication experts investigate the impact of major global trends on responsible journalism and lead readers to better understand changes in media ethics. Chapters look at how these ... more

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The Education of the Filmmaker in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas

Mette Hjort (ed.)

New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiv, 302 pp.

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Negative Political Advertising and the Imperative of Broadcast Regulation in Ghana

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 203-217

"This article addresses concerns that an insidious culture of intolerance, hate and insults in Ghanaian politics and electoral contests could undermine the efficacy of the country’s neo-democracy. The article draws on pre-election interviews with the two main contenders in Ghana’s 2012 elections ... more

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Eileen Manka Tabuwe; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Dakar; Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP);Open Society Media Program (OSMP) (2013), xi, 96 pp.

"There are over 250 radio stations in Mali, and two TV stations that serve a population of 16 million, of whom one of every five own a TV set. The author argues that Mali’s state broadcaster ORTM must use the opportunity of a new political dispensation and usher in urgent reforms if its rich histo ... more

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Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013

Berthold Pelster (Red.)

München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.

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Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter

Araba Sey, Chris Coward, François Bar, George Sciadas, Chris Rothschild, Lucas Koepke

Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.

"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S ... more

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Global Hotspots: Media Use in Mali and Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2013), 60 slides

"Strategic Considerations for a Mali Communications Strategy: Don't forget the importance of local language to reach broad cross-section of the population. Broadcast media remain paramount; on a national radio is likely to be the key medium. Digital is still mostly a niche phenomenon." (Slide 39) "S ... more

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Communication for Social Mobilization: An Evaluative Study of the National Immunization Campaign in Nigeria

Grade O. Imoh

IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IOSR-JHSS), volume 13, issue 6 (2013), pp. 78-88

"This study critically evaluates the communication strategies used in the campaign for social mobilization for the National Programme on Immunization in Nigeria. Its objective is to determine the communication factors that contributed to the participation of individuals and groups in the programme a ... more

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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Zemio Region

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime

Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 10 pp.

"Between June 30th and July 10th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults, representative of the adult population of the town of Zemio and its surroundings, over 1,000 km east of the capital Bangui in the prefecture of Haut Mbomou, near the bo ... more

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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Obo Region

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime

Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 11 pp.

"Between May 19th-27th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults representative of the adult population in Obo, the capital of Haut-Mbomou, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR), and its surroundings [...] Radio is the ... more

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A Grey Area: The Nigerien Sahel in the French Media

Gado Alzouma

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 61-74

"This paper analyses how the French media perceive the advent of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the Sahel, and particularly in Niger. It shows that the French media are constructing Niger as a ‘grey area’, a dangerous place and a ‘failed state’ through a monolithic discourse rooted in ... more

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Global and Local Televangelism

Pradip Thomas, Philip Lee (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiv, 250 pp.

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African Media Barometer: Ghana 2011

Accra; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.

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Addressing Mistrust Between Humanitarians and Local Media: Baseline Assessment for “Integrating Local Media and ICTs Into Humanitarian Response in CAR”

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime

Internews;Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 8 pp.

"Internews' project to integrate local media and ICTs into humanitarian response in CAR takes place in a context of distrust between journalists and humanitarians. According to this report, humanitarians view the media as lacking credibility, depth, independence and fairness, and as monetizing news ... more

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The Media and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: An Overview of Government–media Relations, 1999–2009

Simeon H. O. Alozieuwa

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 377-393

"Relations between the media and government in Nigeria have historically been conflictual. Nevertheless, the Nigerian media has played important roles in the country’s struggles to free itself from the shackles of colonialism and military rule. A national desire for disengagement from decades of m ... more

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The Nigerian Press and the Challenge of Private Newspaper Ownership: A Study of the Nigerian Tribune, 1949–2009

Abimbola Omotayo Adesoji, Shina Alimi

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 357-376

"As the oldest surviving privately owned newspaper in Nigeria, the Nigerian Tribune (NT) provides a classic example of how newspapers come to serve a common cause while at the same time projecting the personal ambitions and interests of their founders. This article examines the challenges of private ... more

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