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Análise da cobertura de saúde na mídia moçambicana 2013

Rui Lamarques

Maputo: IREX (2014), 32 pp.

"Se quisermos caracterizar o perfil das fontes às quais os jornalistas recorreram, poder-se-á dizer que esta é masculina, oficial e com fala desenraizada de um lugar geográfico específico – portanto, de nível nacional. É o caso do ministro da Saude, Alexandre Manguele, que é uma fonte reco ... more

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Farmer Radio in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Snapshot Final Report of the African Rural Radio Program Analysis (ARRPA)

Farm Radio International (2014), 108 pp.

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Youth at the Heart of Peace Work

Civil Peace Service (CPS);Brot für die Welt (2014), 95 pp.

"This brochure addresses the role of African youth in peace work, the hurdles and sources of potential. The CPS networks in Africa place particular emphasis on working with young people. You may already have read articles about peace work by and with young people in other publications in the “Buil ... more

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State of the Newsroom: South Africa 2014. Disruptions Accelerated

Glenda Daniels (ed.)

Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, Wits Journalism (2014), x, 134 pp.

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Key Issues in the Development of Mobile Telephony in Botswana (1998-2011): An Empirical Investigation

William O. Lesitaokana

New Media & Society, volume 16, issue 5 (2014), pp. 840-855

"The study has shown that as a developing country, Botswana has done well to develop and structurally position the mobile telephony sector for the benefit of its citizens. This is evidenced by the high rate of subscription of mobile telephony countrywide and continuous attempts by the government to ... more

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Somaliland Press Freedom: Opportunities and Challenges

Social Research and Development Institute (SORADI);Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2014), 139 pp.

"Somaliland needs legal, policy and institutional reforms in order to avoid arbitrary and politically motivated interference with the dissemination of information and opinions to the public. This is the conclusion of one of the papers presented at the 4th Annual Conference organized by the Social Re ... more

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Radio Centrafrique: Institutional and Technical Assessment

Internews;USAID (2014), 10 pp.

"Radio Centrafrique was established in 1958. In its roles as the nation’s public broadcaster, it is run like a state media. However, since 2013, Radio Centrafrique has tried to preserve a neutral tone and its focus on public interest information. However, its status within the Ministry of Communic ... more

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Hate Radio: Materialien, Dokumente, Theorie

Milo Rau et al.

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 255 pp.

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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 ... more

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Médias, religion et mobilité en Afrique et dans la diaspora = Media, Religion and Mobility in Africa and the Diaspora

Katrien Pype, Anne Mélice, Steven Van Wolputte (eds.)

Social Compass, volume 61, issue 1 (2014), pp. 3-72

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South Africa’s Protection of State Information Bill: What Are the Lessons Learned for Africa?

Christian Echle, Justine Limpitlaw

KAS International Reports, issue 4 (2014), pp. 23-35

"The highly debated Protection of State Information Bill (POSIB) in South Africa represents the first attempt of a sub-Saharan African country to create security legislation which is not based on Colonial law. It can be assumed that this law will have a significant impact on similar legislative refo ... more

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Transitional Justice, Culture, and Society: Beyond Outreach

Clara Ramírez-Barat (ed.)

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC);International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) (2014), 560 pp.

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New Media and the Developmental State in Ethiopia

Iginio Gagliardone

African Affairs, volume 113, issue 451 (2014), pp. 279-299

"The Ethiopian government, led by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has developed one of the most restrictive systems for the regulation of new media in Africa. So far, most discussion has focused on the measures employed by the EPRDF to prevent the Internet and mobile p ... more

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Missão Midiática Afrikania: Representando a “Religião Tradicional Afrikana” na esfera pública cristã em Gana

Marleen de Witte

Religião e Sociedade, volume 34, issue 2 (2014), pp. 161-183

"No campo de estudos de religião e mídia, a importância da comunicação de massa está bem estabelecida para as religiões globalizadas tais como o cristianismo e o islamismo, mas o mesmo não se verifica com relação às religiões nativas africanas. O presente artigo busca preencher essa lacu ... more

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Internet Freedom and Freedom of Expression in South Africa

Johannesburg: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI);Raith Foundation (2014), 31 pp.

"In a rapidly changing civil-political and socio-economic environment, the internet has emerged as one of the primary mechanisms that influence and continue to redefine the practice of democracy. Internet freedom is therefore an increasingly important safeguard towards advancing not only freedom of ... more

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Understand China’s Media in Africa from the Perspective of Constructive Journalism

Zhang Yanqiu

Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2014), 12 pp.

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In Service of Two Masters: A Political History of Radio in Pre-Independence Botswana

James Zaffiro

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 28, issue 6 (2014), pp. 958-976

"This study identifies and critically analyses the major imperial (global and regional) political and economic factors and decisions that influenced and shaped the development of pre-independence radio broadcasting in the Bechuanaland Protectorate. With little or no consideration of the needs of the ... more

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Projet d’élaboration de la stratégie de communication pour le changement des normes sociales et des comportements (CCNSC) pour la nutrition en Côte d’Ivoire: Rapport de la revue documentaire

Moussa Traoré, Patricia N'Goran, A. Békroudjobehon Aka

Washington, DC; Yamoussoukro: FHI 360;Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA);Ministere de la Santé et de la Lutte Contre le SIDA (2014), viii, 74 pp.

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A quiet revolution: The moral economies shaping journalists’ use of NGO-provided multimedia in mainstream news about Africa

Katherine Wright

London: University of London, Goldsmiths, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 495 pp.

"Building a body of empirical evidence about why and how journalists use such multimedia and the consequences of this for journalism, NGO-work and those represented, is the central focus of this thesis. Unlike previous research on news coverage of Africa and journalists’ use of NGO-provided multim ... more

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50 Years of Independence: Reflections on the Role of Publishing and Progressive African Intellectuals

Walter Bgoya

Africa Spectrum, volume 49, issue 3 (2014), pp. 107-119

"In this contribution, the role of progressive African intellectuals fifty years after independence in the context of African postcolonial, political and socio-economic conditions is examined. African intellectuals have been marginalized by the African state, and progressive intellectuals have been ... more