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Pursuing Just Peace: An Overview and Case Studies for Faith-Based Peacebuilders

Mark M. Rogers, Tom Bamat, Julie Ideh (eds.)

Baltimore: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2008), 158 pp.

"The volume begins with a general overview of faith-based peacebuilding by pastor and peace-practitioner David Steele. Several CRS staff members provided input on the early drafts [...] The case studies that follow all deal with initiatives involving Catholic actors. This is the tradition out of whi ... more

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Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure, and Urban Culture in Nigeria

Brian Larkin

Durham: Duke University Press (2008), xi, 314 pp.

"In this groundbreaking work, Brian Larkin provides a history and ethnography of media in Nigeria, asking what media theory looks like when Nigeria rather than a European nation or the United States is taken as the starting point. Concentrating on the Muslim city of Kano in the north of Nigeria, Lar ... more

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Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media
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Walter C. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs, Kai Hildebrandt, Abdel Salam Sidhamed

Sterling: Kumarian Press (2008), xiv, 335 pp.

"This book takes a unique and comprehensive look at how the international community, led by the US, responded to ten humanitarian crises of the last decade and how major media outlets played a role in influencing (or failing to influence) action. Crises examined include Liberia, East Timor, Somalia, ... more

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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making

Roumeen Islam (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.

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Media and Democratisation in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 1, issue 3 (2008), pp. 269-426

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Newsroom Ethics

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 1, issue 2 (2008), pp. 139-265

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L’ édition en Côte d’Ivoire: étude du secteur scolaire soumis à appel d’offres

Stéphane Marill

[no publisher] (2008), 46 pp.

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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
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Hans M. Zell

Henry Chakava (introd. essay)

Lochcarron: Hans Zell Publishing, 3rd ed. (2008), xlix, 712 pp.

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Foundations of African Communication with Examples from Yorùbá Culture

Joseph Oládèjo Fáníran

Ibadan: Spectrum Books (2008), xiv, 317 pp.

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Mediating Transcendence: Popular Film, Visuality, and Religious Experience in West Africa

Johannes Merz

Conference on New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa, July 10-12, 2008, Abuja, Nigeria, conference paper (2008), 23 pp.

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Politics, Religion and the Media: The Transformation of the Public Sphere in Senegal

Frank Wittmann

Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 3 (2008), pp. 479-494

"Senegal is said to be a democratic model for Africa. This reputation was promoted by the former presidents Senghor and Diouf (both Socialist Party), and confirmed through the democratic change of government to the Senegalese Democratic Party under its leader Wade in 2000. Ostensibly, the successful ... more

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Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria

Pierre Barrot (ed.)

Oxford; Ibadan; Bloomington: James Currey Publishers;HEBN Publishers;Indiana University Press (2008), xii, 147 pp.

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The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues
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Christopher Yordy

Ottawa: Farm Radio International;African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 100 pp.

"This study claims to be one of the first attempts to explore the field of radio economics in rural Africa. Based on in-depth questionnaires filled in by 15 radio stations in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana and Mali, it found that the costs vary widely according to the type of ownership, i.e. public ... more

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Textbooks and School Library Provision in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Washington, DC: World Bank, Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA), Africa Region Human Development Department (2008), xxxii, 98 pp.

"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the ... more

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Transitional Justice Reporting Audit: A Review of Media Coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Process in Liberia

Lawrence Randall, Cosme R. Pulano

Liberia Media Center;International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ);UNESCO (2008), 37 pp.

"On the average, the radio sector dominated the print media by ensuring that news and information were thoroughly balanced in a 2-1 ratio. In some instances listed in the report, most of the covered news items from both the print and broadcast media violated Article 12 and 23 of the Press Union of L ... more

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Oral et virtuel

Zufo Alexis Dembele

Echirolles: Cyr Editions (2008), 148 pp.

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Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program

Jon Cohen, Laurie Zivetz, Mia Malan

Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.

"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal ... more

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Journalistic Training in Conflict-Related Situations

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2008), 82 pp.

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Radios et NTIC en Afrique de l'Ouest: Connectivité et usages

Malick Ndiaye (coord.)

Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2008), 116 pp.

"Les radios demeurent le médium de communication le plus approprié à la communication sociale et à la communication de développement en Afrique. Dans cette étude, il s’agissait de faire l’état des lieux de la connectivité des radios ouest-africaines aux TIC (internet, satellite, ordinate ... more

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Citizen Empowerment for Good Governance Through Community Radios in Western Africa: Legislative and Policy Frameworks: Compilation of Documents for an Action-Research to Remove Barriers and Increase Social Impact of Community Radio

Nairobi: AMARC Africa (2008), 55 pp.

Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media Top Insights

Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography Top Insights

The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues Top Insights

Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media
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Publishing, Books and Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
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The Economics of Rural Radio in Africa: An Introductory Study Into the Costs and Revenues
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