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Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa

Tanja Bosch

Cape Town: HSRC Press (2017), vii, 176 pp.

"The media play a key role in post-apartheid South Africa and is often positioned at the centre of debates around politics, identity and culture. Media, such as radio, are often said to also play a role in deepening democracy, while simultaneously holding the power to frame political events, shape p ... more

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Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station That Helped Bring Peace to the Congo

Jennifer Bakody

Vancouver; Berkeley: Figure (2017), 304 pp.

"When Jennifer Bakody steps off the plane in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004, she walks right into the hardest and most inspiring job an idealistic young journalist from Nova Scotia could ever imagine. Six years of war involving eight countries and several million deaths have just ended ... more

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Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations
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Robyn S. Goodman, Elanie Steyn (eds.)

Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;World Journalism Education Council (2017), xviii, 468 pp.

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Implementing constitutional language provisions through the Indigenous Language Publishing Programme

Jana Möller, Beth le Roux

South African Journal of African Language, volume 37, issue 2 (2017), pp. 203-209

"The trade publishing sector in South Africa produces books primarily in English and Afrikaans, which is not representative of the spread of languages spoken in the country. In particular, there are very few books published for general readers in the local African languages. The Indigenous Language ... more

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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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ICT Sector Strategic Plan (2018-2024)

Kigali: Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (2017), 50 pp.

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Transparency is More Than Dollars and Cents: An Examination of Informational Needs for Aid Spending in Sierra Leone and Liberia

Aria Grabowski

Oxford: Oxfam (2017), 25 pp.

"This research looks at the information needed by in-country development stakeholders with an emphasis on accountability actors including civil society organizations, charities, government workers, and the media. To collect this information, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Sierra Leone ... more

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Digging for Transparency: How African Journalism Only Scratches the Surface of Conflict

Ibrahim Saleh

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 1-10

"It has become a pattern to find academics, professionals and students of journalism bragging with the scope, techniques and dilemmas of investigative journalism. But there is one gaping hole: nowhere was information collated about the heroic contributions, and often the sacrifices, that were made f ... more

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Asian Video Cultures: In the Penumbra of the Global

Joshua Neves, Bhaskar Sarkar (eds.)

Durham; London: Duke University Press (2017), viii, 360 pp.

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Les défis de la promotion et de la distribution des livres en langues africaines. Actes du colloque, Conakry 27 au 28 novembre 2017 – INRAP, Donka

Aliou Sow

Conakry: Éditions Ganndal (2017), 22 pp.

"Le colloque poursuivait les objectifs suivants : dresser un état des lieux de l’édition et de la politique du livre en langues nationales dans les pays participants au colloque; exposer et discuter de la pertinence, de l’utilisation, et de la portée de certains alphabets introduits dans les ... more

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Étude quantitative et qualitative des médias au Mali et de leur impact sur le processus de paix

Free Press Unlimited;IMMAR Research and Consultancy (2017), 170 pp.

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Audience Research in Media Development: Overview, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
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Dennis Reineck, Laura Schneider, Christoph Spurk

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2017), 49 pp.

"This publication takes a look at current developments in the field of audience research in media development and presents three case studies testing innovative methods that can be of use for research, monitoring, and evaluation. They are meant as an orientation and inspirational source for future p ... more

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The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
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Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 363 pp.

"To support joint efforts to protect journalism, there is a growing need for research-based knowledge. Acknowledging this need, the aim of this publication is to highlight and fuel journalist safety as a field of research, to encourage worldwide participation, as well as to inspire further dialogues ... more

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Twinning Social Memory and Social Imaginary: Challenges for East African Media Policies

Ullamaija Kivikuru

African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 3-4 (2017), pp. 50-73

"The article discusses the significance of the past in the planning of media policies in two neighbouring countries in Africa, namely Kenya and Tanzania. The theoretical frame is composed of four concepts: social imaginary, collective memory, domestication, and liminality. The scrutiny starts from t ... more

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First Level Agenda-Setting: A Study of Press Vs. Public Opinion in Kenya

Kioko Ireri, Eannes Ongus, Edna Laboso, Kangai Mwiti, Jared Onsongo

African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 3-4 (2017), pp. 26-49

"The present research examines media agenda setting effects in a Kenyan context in 2013 and 2014. Specifically, focusing on the first level of agenda setting, the study investigates whether two national daily newspapers influenced public opinion on six issues of national importance: corruption, devo ... more

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Media, Diaspora and Conflict
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Ola Ogunyemi (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxiii, 240 pp.

"This edited collection argues that the connective and orientation roles ascribed to diasporic media overlook the wider roles they perform in reporting intractable conflicts in the Homeland. Considering the impacts of conflict on migration in the past decades, it is important to understand the capac ... more

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Front Pages and Frontlines: How the News Cycle Impacted Humanitarian Assistance in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Heather Bourbeau

In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action

Robin Andersen; Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)

London: Routledge (2017), pp. 200-210

"Heather Bourbeau finds that in a crisis, media professionals and humanitarian aid providers negotiate a delicate balance between thorough and consistent coverage, and coverage that sensationalizes a crisis and leads to hysteria, misery, and fatigue. In "F" Bourbeau compares the media coverage of th ... more

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Reporting Humanitarian Narratives: Are We Missing Out on the Politics?

Suzanne Franks

In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action

Robin Andersen; Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)

London: Routledge (2017), pp. 189-199

"Suzanne Franks discusses how the visually dominated storytelling of famines in Africa distorted the causes of famine and therefore obscured the most effective solutions. As journalists struggled to document the depths of human suffering, humanitarian communication in these early stages raised compa ... more

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L'éducation aux médias: Un point de vue africain

Francis Barbey

Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 185 pp.

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La presse en ligne en Afrique francophone: Dynamiques et défis d'une filière en construction

Sokhna Fatou Seck-Sarr

Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 235 pp.

"L’auteure considère que des stratégies d’acteurs sont observables au coeur de la filière en construction de l’information en ligne et qu’il existe une redéfinition des rôles autour de la production, de la diffusion et de la consommation de l’information en ligne. L’ouvrage envisage ... more

Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations 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

Audience Research in Media Development: Overview, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned Top Insights

The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression Top Insights

Media, Diaspora and Conflict Top Insights

Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations
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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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Audience Research in Media Development: Overview, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
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The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
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Media, Diaspora and Conflict
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