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Proverbes du Bénin: Sagesse éthique Appliquée de Proverbes Africains = Benin Proverbs: Practical Ethical Wisdom from African Proverbs

Angèle Kolouchè Bíao, Aurélien Atídegla (eds.)
Geneva: Globethics.net (2015), xxx, 95 pp.
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Uchaguzi: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of ICTs, Statebuilding, and Peacebuilding in Kenya

Warigia Bowman, Bob Bell, Wambui Ngugi, Wainaina Mungai, Grace Githaiga, Paola Cavallari
Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2015), 43 pp.
"This study has found that Uchaguzi represents a blended model incorporating both crowd-seeding (placing monitors on the ground to collect data) and crowd-sourcing (collecting information from the public). The success of crowd-seeding is a function of Uchaguzi’s partnerships with local and interna ... more
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African Journalism Studies: The First 60 Years

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African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 22-29
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Les radios communautaires en Afrique de l'Ouest: Moteur de la gouvernance démocratique locale

Diana Senghor
In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 81-99
"L'article examine en particulier la relation entre les radios dites communautaires et la gouvernance locale. Se fondant sur l'exemple du Sénégal, elle montre comment la décentralisation politique et administrative d'une part et l'émergence des radios locales d'autre part ont été deux dynamiqu ... more
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Contemporary Media Use in Nigeria

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 36 slides
"Nigeria is a complex country grappling with serious economic, political, and security challenges. New media are an increasingly effective pathway for reaching Nigerian audiences, especially those who are media rich. However, there remain media poor segments of the population who can only be reached ... more
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Healthcare Management Strategy, Communication, and Development Challenges and Solutions in Developing Countries

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi (ed.)
Lanham: Lexington Books (2014), xvi, 240 pp.
"This publication analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If developing countries are to reach their developm ... more
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Mobile Phones and Participatory Communication for Poverty Eradication on Public Service Broadcasting: The Case of Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)

Amani K. Millanga
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 3 (2014), pp. 281-297
"In this article it is argued that members of audience from different parts of Tanzania use mobile phones to participate in dialogue taking place on national radio (TBC-TAIFA) and/or national television (TBC1), and share their knowledge and lived experiences with the national audience as if they liv ... more
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Understand China’s Media in Africa from the Perspective of Constructive Journalism. Paper presented at the international conference China and Africa Media, Communications and Public Diplomacy

Zhang Yanqiu
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies (2014), 12 pp.
"China’s quest to improve its international image has increased exponentially in the last decade through cultural diplomacy and the media. However, the expansion of China’s state-led media has received mixed reactions and even stereotypes in Africa. By examining scholarly responses towards China ... more
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Chinese Soft Power and Public Diplomacy: An Analysis of China’s New Diaspora Engagement Policies in the Xi Era

Ding Sheng
Seoul: East Asia Institute (EAI) (2014), 22 pp.
"The communist government’s diaspora engagement policy in the Xi era represents a departure from tradition. Not only is it a very non-ideological policy, but it is also based on Xi’s vision of public diplomacy— indigenizing public diplomacy approaches and instruments to accommodate the needs a ... more
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The Sub-Saharan African Media Landscape: Then, Now and in the Future

Balancing Act (2014), 50 pp.
"Over five years Facebook has grown from practically no users in Sub-Saharan Africa to become the most widely used social media platform. In the four countries where face-to-face surveys were carried out for this research, between 14% (Tanzania) and 27% (Ghana) of all respondents were using it [...] ... more
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Media Laws: Training Curriculum

London: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2014), 70 pp.
"The aim of this handbook is to equip the reader with an understanding of Rwanda’s new media laws, both in terms of the rights and obligations introduced, as well as in terms of the regulatory and institutional structure they have established. The handbook is presented in seven modules, which comp ... more
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Communications, Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management

Raquel Vazquez Llorente, Imogen Wall (eds.)
European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2014), 68 pp.
"The articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier. All are written by those observing, experiencing and attempting to respond to the challenges created by the digital revolution and the very real threats it is creating for hu ... more
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Kenya's Media Landscape: A Success Story with Serious Structural Challenges

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)
Leipzig: Vistas (2014), 180 pp.
"Kenya’s 2010 Constitution guarantees press freedom in a way the country has never previously seen. However, the concentration of media ownership and pending consensus on new media legislation are tarnishing the triumphs of Kenya’s media liberalization and development. Regulation of news content ... more
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Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance

Yusuf Kalyango, David H. Mould (eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 283 pp.
"Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia a ... more
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Foreign Correspondents Report from Africa: Pulitzer Prize Winning Articles and Pictures

Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Wien; Münster: Lit (2014), 189 pp.
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Communication and Cultural Settings: An Islamic Perspective

Hamid Mowlana
In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 237-247
"In this chaper, Hamid Mowlana elucidates four cardinal concepts of the Islamic worldview that may serve as the fundamental principles of ethical communication in Muslim societies: (1) tawhid (unity, coherence, and harmony of all in the universe), (2) amr bi al-ma'ruf wa nahy'an al munkar (commandin ... more
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Whose Media, Whose Agenda? Monitoring the Malawi 2014 Tripartite Elections

Ivor Gaber, Edrinnie Lora-Kayambazinthu
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 ... more
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Sociedade Civil, Comunicação e Advocacia em São Tomé e Príncipe

Alexandro Cardoso, Ana Filipa Oliveira, José Cardoso Eduardo Elba Edson Moniz, Liadilma Alves et al.
ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2014), 128 pp.
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A imprensa e o império colonial em São Tomé e Príncipe (1857-1974)

Isadora Fonseca de Ataide
Comunicação Pública, volume 9, issue 16 (2014), 23 pp.
"Analisar a trajectória e o desempenho da imprensa em São Tomé e Príncipe ao longo docolonialismo é o objectivo deste artigo. Observam-se os papéis desempenhados pelo jornalismo no contexto sociopolítico do arquipélago no período colonial, entre 1857 e 1974. Para se compreender o percurso d ... more
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Business Journalism Thrives - Even Under Repressive Regimes

Don Podesta
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 ... more