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Digital Disinformation in Africa: Hashtag Politics, Power and Propaganda

Tony Roberts, George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane (ed.)
London: Zed Books (2024), xiv, 242 pp.
"In an era when hashtag campaigns like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter capture global attention for victims of injustice, politicians and corporations are now spending billions employing Cambridge Analytica-type consultancies to manufacture disinformation - employing trolls, cyborgs and bots to disrupt ... more
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Le journalisme sénégalais a la croisée des chemins

Sadibou Marong, Camille Montagu
Paris: Reporters Sans Frontières (2024), 27 pp.
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Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy: Harnessing AI for Africa’s Development and Prosperity

African Union (2024), 63 pp.
"For Africa, AI has the potential to significantly impact the attainment of Agenda 2063 Aspirations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is seen as a driving force for positive change, socio-economic transformation and cultural renaissance. AI can stimulate economic growth, create new in ... more
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Mapping a Surge of Disinformation in Africa

Washington, DC: Africa Center for Strategic Studies, March 13 (2024)
"Disinformation campaigns have targeted every region of the continent. At least 39 African countries have been the target of a specific disinformation campaign. Disinformation tends to be concentrated. Half of the countries subjected to disinformation (20 of the 39) have been targeted three or more ... more
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Navigating Kenya’s Digital Information Ecosystem

Chaacha Mwita, Anne Mikia, David Odongo
Internews; Kenya Safe and Inclusive Digital Space (KenSafeSpace) (2024), 40 pp.
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The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2023

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (2024), 19 pp.
"All crises featured in this year’s report are protracted and have been affecting the lives of communities for years, sometimes even decades. The calamity in Sudan is a stark warning of what happens when neglect deepens and the world turns its back on a crisis. In 2023 Sudan plunged into devastati ... more
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Global Journalism in Comparative Perspective: Case Studies

Dhiman Chattopadhyay (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
"This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice. Drawing on case studies of how conflicts, pandemics, political developments, or human rights violations are covered in an online-fir ... more
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Constructing Africa in Chinese international news reporting: Peace or conflict journalism?

Valerie A. Cooper, Innocent Chiluwa
Critical Discource Studies (2024), 17 pp.
"China’s extensive media presence in Africa aims to distinguish itself through the use of constructive journalism in contrast with the perceived dominance of conflict journalism by Western media outlets. However, many scholars have raised questions of consistency surrounding Chinese media’s use ... more
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Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
"Drawing from case studies from selected African countries, an international team of authors offer a broad insight into the state of harassment across the continent, while building new theoretical perspectives that are also context-specific. The chapters bring previous theories and research up to da ... more
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Coping into Self-Censorship: Exploring Coping Strategies of Journalists Working in South Sudan

John Gai Alier, Samuel Kazibwe, Fred Kakooza
In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 203-222
"Local journalists in South Sudan have faced enormous threats from security groups, politicians and powerful individuals in the country. These threats have made the work of the press difficult. Despite the precarious security situation, some journalists have had the courage to continue working in So ... more
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African Media Barometer: Botswana 2023

Windhoek; Gabarone: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2024), 63 pp.
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Media coalitions for change: Assessment of the state of African media coalitions, networks, and programmes in East, West, and Southern Africa in support of media’s role in democracy

Sarah Chiumbu
Focus Group Discussion (2024), 71 pp.
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Are We Making a Difference? Global and Local Efforts to Assess Peacebuilding Effectiveness
Deep Insights

Stacey L. Connaughton, Jasmine R. Linabary (eds.)
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2024), xxvii, 320 pp.
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Social Media, Youth, and the Global South: Comparative Perspectives

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xix, 292 pp.
This book illuminates the complex relationship between social media, identity, and youth in the Global South. By examining the profound impact on the psychosocial well-being and economic prospects of young people across diverse regions, the collection present empirical evidence from scholars spannin ... more
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Safety of Journalists in the Run-Up to the 2023 Elections in Zimbabwe

Nkosini Aubrey Khupe, Mphathisi Ndlovu
In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 223-238
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Batswana insist on media freedom, favour citizens’ right to government information

Asafika Mpako, Stephen Ndoma
Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.
"About three-quarters (76%) of Batswana say the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." A similar share (77%) insist on media freedom, while 20% say the government should have the right to prevent the publication of things it disapproves of. In particu ... more
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Communication Rights in Africa: Emerging Discourses and Perspectives

Tendai Chari, Ufuoma Akpojivi (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xxiii, 257 pp.
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Gender-Based Violence and Digital Media in South Africa

Millie Mayiziveyi Phiri
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xi, 124 pp.
"This book presents a new paradigm for attending to gender-based violence (GBV) social media discourse among marginalised black women in South Africa. Focusing on the intersections of television and social media, the study charts the morphing and merging of the "inside" of the soap opera and the "ou ... more
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China’s Strategy to Shape Africa’s Media Space

Paul Nantulya
Washington, DC: Africa Center for Strategic Studies, April 16 (2024)
"China’s biggest media conglomerate, Xinhua, has 37 bureaus in Africa. This dwarves any other news agency—African or non-African—and is a dramatic increase from just a handful two decades ago. Another Chinese media giant, StarTimes, is China’s biggest player in African digital TV and the sec ... more
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Impact Assessment: Rural Household Devices Project Program of the Uganda Communications Universal Service Access Fund (UCUSAF)

Evelyn Namara, Ingrid Brudvig
Alexandria, VA; Kampala: Global Digital Inclusion Partnership; Uganda Communications Commission (2024), 46 pp.
"The impact assessment underscores the commendable achievements of the Rural Household Devices project. By December 2023, the initiative had successfully reached 54 districts and impacted 10,706 households. The outcomes are multifaceted and transformative, with a substantial number of beneficiaries ... more