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Anti-Corruption Tabloid Journalism in Africa

Brian Chama

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), x, 219 pp.

"Defining tabloid journalism practice as an infotainment genre, the book examines corruption exposure by tabloids in Arabic, Portuguese and Francophone speaking countries across Africa, making it a unique addition to the field. In doing so, it also builds an understanding of the evolution of anti-co ... more

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Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases

Suman Mishra, Rebecca Kern-Stone (eds.)

Newark: Wiley (2019), ix, 246 pp.

"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa ... more

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Data Journalism in the Global South
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Bruce Mutsvairo, Saba Bebawi, Eddy Borges-Rey (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxxv, 334 pp.

"This volume seeks to analyse the emerging wave of data journalism in the Global South. It does so by examining trends, developments and opportunities for data journalism in the aforementioned contexts. Whilst studies in this specific form of journalism are increasing in numbers and significance, th ... more

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Futuros Criativos: Economia e Criatividade em Angola, Moçambique e Timor-Leste

Empreza Di’ak, Marta Lança, Orlando Garcia, Sara Almeida, Sara Moreira, Vanessa Rodrigues

Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2019), 231 pp.

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Bad news: Seeing communication for and about development through an exposé of Swedish aid to Zambia

Florencia Enghel, Magnus Danielsson

Journal of International Communication, volume 25, issue 2 (2019), pp. 254-274

"Communication for and about development are significant components of international development cooperation, interlinked in practice though separated in research. This article examines their interaction in donor-driven aid through the lens of journalism. How is bilateral development cooperation com ... more

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Annual Report 2018/2019

Johannesburg: Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) (2019), 136 pp.

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Pooling Aid Sector Demand for Digital Public Goods: Lessons from Sizing Mobile Channel Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa

Digital Impact Alliance (dial);Altai Consulting (2019), 38 pp.

"We started by performing fieldwork in five countries, covering the four main SSA regions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. We then conducted 116 interviews across 78 organizations, covering the overall ecosystem: mobile network operators (MNOs), aggreg ... more

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Anthropological Perspectives on the Religious Uses of Mobile Apps

Jacqueline H. Fewkes (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), 248 pp.

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Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa: A Mediated Analysis

Bruce Mutsvairo, Massimo Ragnedda (eds.)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2019), 278 pp.

"This is a timely and much-needed collection that fills an important gap in the literature. It offers excellent conceptual tools and a selection of case studies that provide a useful map of the digital divide across the African continent and between Africa and the rest of the world. I especially app ... more

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An Investigation into State Suppression of Freedom of Expression in Lesotho

Ntsoareleng Koroloso, Tawanda Mukurunge, Takura Bhila

IJCIRAS, volume 2, issue 2 (2019), pp. 75-82

"The constitution of Lesotho gives assurance to freedom of expression which is supposed to protect the rights of journalists in the day to day dispensation of their duties. The situation on the ground however shows the exact opposite. Recent history can show assassination attempts on practicing jour ... more

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Motsutsana ndi zovuta zonse = Against all odds. A participatory film project in Dowa, Malawi. Facilitator's guide

Steps;Social Mobilization for Transformation (SMOT) (2019), 11 pp.

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Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South
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Anya Schiffrin

New York: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) (2019), 180 pp.

"Three years after writing the report Publishing for Peanuts, in which we surveyed 35 media startups mostly from the Global South, we decided to go back and see how the outlets had fared. Our area of interest in 2015 was small-to-medium size independent media outlets with a track record of consisten ... more

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Vergeben und vergessen? Erinnerungskultur

iz3w, issue 373 (2019), pp. 16-37

"In den 1980er Jahren verstärkte sich das Unbehagen an der Gedenkkultur mit ihren Heldenerzählungen und nationalen Beschränkungen. Mit der größeren Komplexität des Gedenkens und der Hinwendung zu den sozialen Kosten historischer Ereignisse prägte sich eine neue Erinnerungskultur aus. Diese is ... more

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Conflict-Sensitive Journalism: A Practical Handbook for Journalists in Southern Africa

Admire Mare (ed.)

Windhoek: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Communication;Social Science Research Council;African Peacebuilding Network (APN) (2019), 96 pp.

"The collection of essays in this volume seek among other things to draw attention to the virtues of conflict-sensitive journalism as a way of transforming the negative effects of ‘war’ journalism. Contributors to the handbook include journalists drawn from the following countries: eSwatini, Les ... more

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Listeners Perceptions of Forte FM’s Role in Facilitating Community Development in Alice, South Africa

Betina Mawokomayi, Oluyinka O. Osunkunle

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 33, issue 1 (2019), pp. 88-100

"This paper examined listeners’ perceptions of Forte FM’s role in facilitating community development in Alice, which is a small rural town under Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, South Africa. Forte FM is a community radio station located at University of Fort Hare, Alice campus, established to facil ... more

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Elections 2019: Community Radio Toolkit
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Cape Town: Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) (2019), 52 pp.

"Section One (Elections 101) deals with the aspects of voter education and election regulations for both citizens and the media. Section Two (Your Community Radio Station at Election Time) suggests ways to reflect local issues in election coverage and how to make the most of the resources you’ve g ... more

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Redefining Community: Community Radio Licencing in Zimbabwe at Crossroads

Last Alfandika, Sarah Kimberly Muchetwa

African Journalism Studies, volume 40, issue 3 (2019), pp. 42-56

"The promulgation of the Broadcasting Service Act (BSA), which contains a three-tier model of the broadcasting system, was supposed to revolutionise the broadcasting media sphere in Zimbabwe. It was supposed to change the dynamics of radio broadcasting in Zimbabwe by increasing the opportunity for p ... more

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The Role of Community Radios in Information Dissemination to Rural Women in South Africa

Madeleine C. Fombad, Glenrose Veli Jiyane

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, volume 51, issue 1 (2019), pp. 47-58

"This article adopts the case study research approach through the use of document analysis and interviews to investigate the role of two community radio stations in selected areas of the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa with regard to rural development and the dissemination of information to w ... more

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Media and the Global South: Narrative Territorialities, Cross-Cultural Currents

Mehita Iqani, Fernando Resende

London et al.: Routledge (2019), xvi, 207 pp.

"This book interrogates the possibilities of global thinking from the south in the field of media, communication, and cultural studies. Through lenses of millennial media cultures, it refocuses the praxis of the global south in relation to the established ideas of globalization, development, and con ... more

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Future Proofing Community Radio

Jayshree Pather

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB);Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) (2019), 64 pp.

"This NAB guide is [...] aimed at assisting community radio as well as industry stakeholders to unpack current and future challenges facing the sector. These include issues such as digital disruption, technology convergence and the impact of new content platforms. The guide also provides an overview ... more

Data Journalism in the Global South Top Insights

Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South Inspiring Practice

Elections 2019: Community Radio Toolkit Key Guidance

Data Journalism in the Global South
Top Insights

Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South
Inspiring Practice

Elections 2019: Community Radio Toolkit
Key Guidance