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Media Councils in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 5, issue 2 (2012), pp. 135-260

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Models of and Approaches to the Station Management of Six African Community Radio Broadcasters

Linje Manyozo, Goretti Nassanga Linda, Claudia Lopes

MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, volume 28, issue 52 (2012), pp. 7-27

"This article is a political economy critique that contributes to current scholarship on community radio and development by examining the question of the management of six networks from Mali, Mozambique and Uganda. This discussion argues that understanding the models and functions of management comm ... more

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Memory and Political Change

Aleida Assmann, Linda Shortt (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xviii, 223 pp.

"Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions." ( ... more

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Mapping with Mobiles: Lessons Learnt from the Use of Smartphones for Fast Humanitarian Surveys in Zimbabwe

Harare; Copenhagen: Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre (HIFC);International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 10 pp.

"SMS services have become a very efficient tool to warn people of health threats such as epidemics or water pollution, but smartphones can also be utilised to stream information in the opposite direction when they are used as tools for snap surveys. In both emergency settings and well-planned nation ... more

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The Handbook of Global Health Communication

Rafael Obregón, Silvio R. Waisbord (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2012), xx, 658 pp.

"The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change. It brings together 32 contributions from well-respected scholars and practitioners in the field, addressing a wid ... more

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Community Radio and Cultural Citizenship: Reflections on Radio Islam and Democratic Citizenship in South Africa

Last Moyo

In: Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century

Janey Gordon (ed.)

Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), pp. 303-320

"This chapter examines how community radio in post-apartheid South Africa is playing an important role in the cultural citizenship of ethnic minorities. Using the case study of Radio Islam, a community radio station located in Johannesburg in South Africa, it explores how the radio station provides ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.

"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa

Andrew Edward Van der Vlies (ed.)

Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press (2012), 476 pp.

"This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives—historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as ... more

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Tabloid TV in Zambia: A Reception Study of Lusaka Viewers of Muvi TV News

Herman Wasserman, Loisa Mbatha

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 277-293

"The tabloid news genre has been chastized for depoliticizing its public by causing cynicism about the democratic process and lowering the standards of rational public discourse. Counter-arguments point to the alternative public sphere offered by popular media such as ‘tabloid TV’ which is the f ... more

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Participation Pays: The Sustainability of Community Broadcasting in Perspective

David Lush, Gabriel Urgoiti

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);fesmedia Africa (2012), 36 pp.

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Guia de reforma das políticas e legislação da comunicação social em Moçambique

Tomás Vieira Mário

Maputo: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 85 pp.

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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)

Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.

"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more

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Investigating Communication, Health and Development: 10 Years of Research in the Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS)

Emma Durden, Eliza Govender (eds.)

Auckland Park: Jacana Media;University of KwaZulu-Natal, Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) (2012), xxx, 480 pp.

"This book traces some of the key research conducted over a ten-year period by honours, MA and PhD students who have attended the CCMS Entertainment Education / communication for participatory development course from its inception in 2002, until 2011. There has been a marked shift in the paradigm gu ... more

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The Myth of Press Freedom in Botswana: From Sir Seretse Khama to Ian Khama

Letshwiti B. B. Tutwane

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2011), pp. 43-55

"This article argues that for all the plaudits that it has received Botswana is not a true example of democracy. It only continues to shine because of its historical context and the elaborate machinations of the ruling party. It supports Good's (1996) thesis of Authoritarian Liberalism as an apt des ... more

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Acting on HIV: Using Drama to Create Possibilities for Change

Dennis A. Francis (ed.)

Rotterdam; Boston; Taipei: Sense Publishers (2011), xii, 153 pp.

"Acting on HIV offers a sustained and relatively systematic inquiry into drama as an approach to discussion of HIV/AIDS and related attitudes and behaviors. A distinctive feature of the research that is presented in Acting on HIV is the emphasis on the potential for and value of using drama to promo ... more

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Medien-Macht und Religionen: Herausforderung für eine interkulturelle Bildung

Manfred L. Pirner, Johannes Lähnemann, Werner Haußmann (eds.)

Berlin: EB-Verlag (2011), 362 pp.

"Medien und Religionen: ein brisantes Thema, das bisher nur unzureichend bearbeitet ist. Dabei ist spätestens seit dem 11. September 2001, seit den heftigen Auseinandersetzungen um die Mohammed-Karikaturen und dem Streit um das provokante Buch von Thilo Sarrazin deutlich, wie sehr Bilder und Videos ... more

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Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: A Map

Isabella Rega, Lorenzo Cantoni (eds.)

Lugano: New Mine Lab;New Media in Education Lab (2011), 13 pp.

"The Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) visited vary consistently in resources and services they offer. The table below summarizes the services currently available at each of the presented venues: Community radio and photocopies are always present; ICTs courses are also very present, except, at the ... more

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Barómetro Africano da Media: Angola 2010 = African Media Barometer: Angola 2010

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 128 pp.

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Watchdogs and News Hounds: Holding the Media to Account. Mechanisms, Principles and Practices from Around the World

Libby Lloyd

Windhoek: fesmedia Africa;Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) (2011), 32 pp.

"The issue of media accountability mechanisms has been brought into the spotlight in South Africa following the release by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of a discussion paper entitled ‘Media Transformation, Ownership and Diversity’ for deliberation at its National General Council me ... more

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A Tangled Web: Human Trafficking, Child Protection and the Media

Melanie Hamman, Laura Fletcher

Media Monitoring Africa (2011), 60 pp.

"This report examines South African media coverage of human trafficking during the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup. The monitoring period included the month during the World Cup and the month immediately after (11/06/2010 – 06/08/2010). A total of 3009 newspaper stories and broadcast items were monit ... more