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Online Journalism in Africa: Trends, Practices and Emerging Cultures
London; New York: Routledge (2014), x, 273 pp.
"Very little is known about how African journalists are forging "new" ways to practise their profession on the web. Against this backdrop, this volume provides contextually rooted discussions of trends, practices, and emerging cultures of web-based journalism(s) across the continent, offering a comp
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Business Journalism Thrives - Even Under Repressive Regimes
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 8 pp.
"Even as a growing number of authoritarian regimes crack down on the political press, business news is thriving. And the coverage is more vigorous than might be expected. Enterprising journalists are exposing mismanagement and unearthing shady business deals, and — even at times exposing official
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Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through pers
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Action for Transparency: Tackling Corruption and Mismanagement of Government Funds in Zambia and Uganda. A Baseline Study
Kalmar; London: Fojo Media Institute; InterMedia (2014), 39 pp.
"The purpose of the study is to provide baseline data and research-driven recommendations to help inform and later evaluate the impact of ‘Action for Transparency’. Action for Transparency is a three-year, media-for-development programme, managed by Fojo and its partners and funded by the Swedis
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Television in Botswana: Development and Policy Perspectives
Brisbane: University of Queensland, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 293 pp.
"A national television service, Botswana Television (Btv) was introduced in 2000 by the Botswana Government. However, Btv’s role in national development has received limited research attention. This study examines the role of television in national development in Botswana. In addition, the study e
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In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 300 pp.
"This study constitutes the attempt to draw some initial conclusions from the work conducted by DW Akademie and other media development organizations in the past. It aims at a better understanding of which public service functions former state broadcasters can provide at all and which approaches of
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SAEF Report on Observation of Media Conduct During the 2014 Malawi Tripartite Elections
Southern African Editor's Forum (SAEF) (2014), 15 pp.
"SAEF’s major finding in Malawi was that although the media had covered the entire election process fairly well, it had failed to give equitable coverage to all three parts of the elections – presidential, parliamentary and local government. The press gave 40% coverage to the presidential race,
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Broadcasting the Pandemic: A History of HIV on South African Television
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2014), viii, 216 pp.
"Broadcasting the Pandemic tells the story of a South African television show, Beat It! Created during the aspirational years of the political transition in which the broadcast media were poised to democratize the airwaves, Beat It! was first screened on public television in 1999 and developed into
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Women and Media: Africa in Focus
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 35 slides
"Education and language skills are the main factors that influence which platform women access most frequently. Daily TV use is similar for men and women but women tend to lag men in frequent radio and internet use. Once a country reaches a critical mass in mobile penetration, gaps between both male
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The Network Society, Power and the Print Media in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Case of Media Contestation in Durban for Environmental Justice
Media, Culture & Society, volume 36, issue 7 (2014), pp. 966-981
"This article is interested in the extent to which various social actors in the Durban network society, such as civil society, corporations and the state, shape public information and perception in their own interests regarding environmental discourse. Empirical evidence presents viewpoints from key
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The Power of Talk: Media and Accountability in Three African Countries
London: BBC Media Action (2014), 24 pp.
"This policy briefing offers an empirical contribution to evolving thinking on governance within the international development landscape. Using the example of media, we argue that interventions designed to foster demand-based accountability may not be as successful in some fragile settings as more d
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African Media Barometer: Zambia 2013
Windhoek; Lusaka: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), 75 pp.
The Re-Emergence of Diasporic Radio in Independent Zimbabwe
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 3 (2014), pp. 54-72
"The article uses Short Wave Radio Africa and other diasporic radio stations domiciled outside Zimbabwe to examine how diasporic radio has re-emerged in independent Zimbabwe, where it manages to utilise affordable communication technologies to link with the population, providing the people with an a
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The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis
New York; London: Routledge (2014), xi, 330 pp.
"This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, includes a comparative analysis of possible alternative business models that may save the future of the quality news business across the developed, intermediate, and developing worlds. Its detailed evaluat
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An Exploration into the Operations and Sustainability of Community Radio Stations in South Africa
Braamfontein: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI); RAITH Foundation (2014), 31 pp.
"Community radio remains the most readily available means of access to information for the majority of poor communities in South Africa. In this regard, the purpose served by community radio within communities is elevated to encompass greater significance in the promotion of active citizens and part
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Whose Media, Whose Agenda? Monitoring the Malawi 2014 Tripartite Elections
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 3 (2014), pp. 106-114
"In 2014 Malawi experienced its first-ever tripartite elections involving presidential, parliamentary and local government contests. The role of the media was monitored in a major operation covering radio, television, newspapers, news websites and social media. The results revealed that, with the ex
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African Media Barometer: Swaziland 2014
Windhoek; Mbabane: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), 69 pp.
Global Digital Statistics 2014: We Are Social's Snapshot of Key Digital Indicators
Singapore: We Are Social (2014), 181 slides
