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Spaces of Resistance in the De-Westernization of Journalism Curricula Narrative in Post-1994 South Africa

Bevelyn Dube, Lizette Rabe

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 415-433

"Since 1994, the call to de-westernize journalism education and training curricula has been a major narrative in South Africa’s transformation discourses. Journalism education and training institutions have responded to this call by holding conferences, colloquia, seminars and symposia to try and ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
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Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Adrian Shahbaz, Madeline Earp, Jessica White (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2017), 1060 pp.

"Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice ... more

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End of an Era and the Debacle of Cross-Border Media Building Projects in Africa

Sam Phiri

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 401-414

"In the 1990s following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in Germany and the death of Apartheid in South Africa, several cross-national initiatives were undertaken in Africa to strengthen the role of the media in nascent democracies. Some 30 years later, several of these initiatives are dead while the ... more

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Global Pop: Das Buch zur Weltmusik

Claus Leggewie (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 392 pp.

"Der Begriff "Weltmusik" war in den 1980er Jahren die gängige Beschreibung für Musikstile, die aus westlicher Perspektive "exotisch" wirkten. Er stand für unterschiedlichste musikalische Traditionen, die oftmals nicht viel mehr gemein hatten, als dass sie plötzlich für den westlichen Markt inte ... more

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The Zambian Press Freedom Conundrum: Reluctance Rather Than Resilience

Twange Kasoma, Greg Pitts

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 129-144

"As different governments have assumed power in Zambia since the democratic tide that swept across Africa in the early 1990s, the conundrum of a free press continues to complicate governance and journalistic practices. This study investigated how members of Parliament (MPs) felt about press freedom. ... more

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Africanising Community Radio Broadcasting: The Case of Vukani Community Radio (VCR) in South Africa

Siyasanga Mhlangabezi Tyali

Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, Doctoral Thesis (2017), xiv, 332 pp.

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Community radio management in South Africa: A study of Mafikeng Radio and Radio Mafisa

Jendele Hungbo

North-West University, Master Thesis (2017), 89 pp.

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Theatre as Alternative Media in Zimbabwe: Selected Case Studies from Matabeleland

Mandlenkosi Mpofu, Cletus Moyo

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 507-520

"Popular theatre occupies a special space in Matabeleland because it is situated in the everyday lives of ordinary people, and is able to articulate their experiences and to create spaces for them to ‘speak to power’. In the wake of the Gukurahundi massacres and perceived marginalization of Mata ... more

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Pavement Internet: Mobile Media Economies and Ecologies in South Africa

Marion Walton

In: The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media

Gerard Goggin; Larissa Hjorth (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 450-461

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China-Africa Media Interactions: Media and Popular Culture Between Business and State Intervention

Journal of African Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 1 (2017), pp. 1-147

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Shifting the South African Media Diversity Debate from the Stick to the Carrot: Lessons from Scandinavia, Latin America and West Africa
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Julia Plessing

African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 66-84

"More than 20 years into democracy, the South African media landscape, although free and moderately pluralistic, still does not represent fairly the diversity of viewpoints held in the country. Yet, the South African media debate on transformation has been dominated by the ANC’s continued focus on ... more

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Disability and Social Media: Global Perspectives
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Katie Ellis, Mike Kent (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2017), xxii, 340 pp.

"Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives yet the impact on people with disabilities has gone largely unscrutinised. Similarly, while social media and disability are often both observed through a focus on the Western, developed and English-speaking world, different global ... more

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In Media We Trust: Journalists and Institutional Trust Perceptions in Post-Authoritarian and Post-Totalitarian Countries

Alice N. Tejkalová et al.

Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 5 (2017), pp. 629-644

"Trust is a societal value that is difficult to gain and easy to lose. This article deals with the levels of trust that journalists working in eight post-authoritarian and post-totalitarian countries (Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Latvia, South Africa and Tanzania) have i ... more

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Assessing the Role of Community Radio Stations in Facilitating Development: A Case Study of Forte FM in the Eastern Cape Province

Mawokomayi Betina

Alice: University of Fort Hare, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Master Thesis (2017), xv, 160 pp.

"Forte FM is a community radio station located at University of Fort Hare Alice campus and was established to facilitate development in communities within the Amathole district municipality. Alice, a small rural town under Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, is one of the communities under the coverage of ... more

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Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing
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Veronica Baxter, Katharine E. Low (eds.)

London et al.: Bloomsbury (2017), xxiii, 315 pp.

"Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing is the first volume in the field to address the role that theatre, drama and performance have in relation to promoting, developing and sustaining health and wellbeing in diverse communities. Challenging concepts and understanding of health, wellbeing ... more

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Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences
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Dafna Lemish, Maya Götz (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2017), 254 pp.

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Synthesising Media, Politics and Foreign Intervention: An Examination Into Malawi’s Media System Transformation

Suzanne Temwa Harris

Hong Kong Baptist University, Doctoral Thesis (2017), vi, 202 pp.

"The conventional method for studying media systems has been to analyse the relationship between media and politics, based on Hallin and Mancini’s (2004) seminal research Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics. Their approach automatically places the nation-state as the key un ... more

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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South

Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)

Cape Town; Ottawa: African Minds;Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), xiii, 592 pp.

"Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasin ... more

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Country Reports 2017

Celia Collins (ed.)

Pan African Media Research Organization (PAMRO) (2017), 258 pp.

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Research Report: Regulatory Framework for Community Broadcasting

Johannesburg: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) (2017), 109 pp.

"There are currently 280 community broadcasting services (275 community sound and 5 community television services). According to AC Nielsen and All Media and Products Survey (AMPS) data, community broadcasting services collectively take up an audience share of 6.3 million people in South Africa. How ... more

Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy Top Insights

Shifting the South African Media Diversity Debate from the Stick to the Carrot: Lessons from Scandinavia, Latin America and West Africa Top Insights

Disability and Social Media: Global Perspectives Top Insights

Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing Inspiring Practice

Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences Top Insights

Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
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Shifting the South African Media Diversity Debate from the Stick to the Carrot: Lessons from Scandinavia, Latin America and West Africa
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Disability and Social Media: Global Perspectives
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Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing
Inspiring Practice

Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences
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