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African Video Movies and Global Desires: A Ghanaian History

Carmela Garritano
Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (2013), xii, 246 pp.
"African Video Movies and Global Desires is the first full-length scholarly study of Ghana's commercial video industry, an industry that has produced thousands of movies over the last twenty years and has grown into an influential source of cultural production. Produced and consumed under circumstan ... more
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"Cry Your Own Cry": On Popular Visual Media of Life Experiences in Ghanaian Mottonyms

Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
EASA Media Anthropology Network (2013), 23 pp.
"Mottonyms are both inscriptions, based on people’s experiences, on Ghanaian commercial vehicles and ‘names’ by which drivers of such vehicles are called. Prior research on mottonyms implicitly affirms how these inscriptions are embedded in human interpersonal relationships and on careful refl ... 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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Access to Information in Africa: Examining Progress Since the APAI Declaration

Windhoek: African Platform on Access to Information (APAI); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 91 pp.
"Out of the twelve countries surveyed, only four have specific access to information laws. These countries are: Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. However, a significant indication of the shifting tide on the continent is that six of the countries surveyed have some form of specific access to ... more
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Listeners' Clubs: New Partnerships

Dimitra Newsletter, issue 23 (2013), pp. 3-7
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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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Taking Nigeria to the Movies: The Innovative Regulatory Role of the National Film and Video Censors Board

Ikechukwu Obiaya
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 261-274
"The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) of Nigeria [...] has powers that go beyond film classification and censorship. This has been manifested especially through its attempt to regularize film distribution in Nigeria through the introduction of a distribution framework. Many resented thi ... more
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ICTs and Radio in Africa: How the Uptake of ICT Has Influenced the Newsroom Culture Among Community Radio Journalists

Goretti Linda Nassanga, Linje Manyozo, Claudia Lopes
Telematics and Informatics, volume 30, issue 3 (2013), pp. 258-266
"This article highlights the influence that new ICTs and Computer Mediated Communication is having on the newsroom cultures among community radio journalists in Africa, especially the use of mobile phones and the internet. The discussion is based on findings from a research study that investigated t ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.
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Côte D’Ivoire 2010–2011 Post-Electoral Crisis: An Approach from the Media

José Carlos Sendín
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 187-201
"The objective of this work is approaching the political crisis occurred in Côte d´Ivoire after the contested elections of 2010, through the perspective of the Ivorian media and media professionals. This study draws theoretically on the media political economy and critical understanding of the rel ... more
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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 Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective

Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert (eds.)
London: Routledge (2013), 324 pp.
"This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines “the digital divide” as the unequal access and utility of internet communic ... more
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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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Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a ... 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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Mali

Baba Djourté
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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Évaluation de l’appui aux médias en période électorale en Afrique subsaharienne. Synthèse du rapport

SEE
Paris: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (2013), 27 pp.
"L’appui à la couverture médiatique du scrutin vise trois objectifs : offrir une information suffisante au citoyen pour que son choix électoral soit posé en connaissance de cause; garantir le pluralisme à travers la visibilité octroyée aux différentes forces en présence; crédibiliser le ... more
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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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Neue Medien

Nah Dran (GIZ), issue 1 (2013), pp. 12-27
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Media in Mali Divided by Conflict

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS); Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Panos West Africa (2013), 37 pp.