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Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: Changing Selves, Changing Societies

Ineke Buskens, Anne Webb (eds.)
London: Zed Books (2014), 338 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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La "cybermigration maritale" des femmes camerounaises: La quête de conjoints blancs

Brice Arsène Mankou
Paris: L'Harmattan (2014), 176 pp.
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Nairobi: Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) (2014), iv, 39 pp.
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Annual Book Publishing Industry Survey 2013: Business Economic Report

Willem Struik, Liam Borgstrom
Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA); University of Pretoria (2014), 30 pp.
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Challenging humanitarian communication: An empirical exploration of Kony 2012

Johannes von Engelhardt, Jeroen Jansz
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 6 (2014), pp. 464-484
"In March 2012, American NGO Invisible Children released an online video about the crimes committed by Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. Rapidly shared through social network sites, Kony 2012 soon earned the title of fastest spreading online video ever produced. At the s ... more
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Journalist in Africa: A high-risk profession under threat

Marie-Soleil Frère
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Seamogano Mosanako
Brisbane: University of Queensland, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 293 pp.
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HIV/AIDS Communication in South Africa: Are You Human?

Colin Chasi
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 89 pp.
"Even though sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world, no new theories have been discovered, and questions about life and death are ignored. This book uses certain selected communication practices to offer the foundations of an African theory of communication, applicab ... more
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An Assessment of Community Radio in the Context of Rural Development in Kenya

James Pharaoh Ochichi
University of Nairobi, Doctoral Thesis (2014), xiii, 282 pp.
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The Gambia Media Survey

Gates Malaria Partnership; Center for Innovation Against Malaria (2014), 56 pp.
"A national survey was completed in November 2004, designed to measure: media access and use; knowledge of Malaria, its prevention and cure; reach of the radio programme Bolongodala. The sample achieved represented the adult (15+) population of the Gambia estimated to be 768,200. Mandinka is the mos ... more
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The Tension Between Ethics and Ethnicity: Examining Journalists’ Ethical Decision-Making at the Nation Media Group in Kenya

Herman Wasserman, Jacinta Mwende Maweu
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 2 (2014), pp. 165-179
"This article analyses how ethnicity influences the ethical decisions of journalists at the Nation Media Group (NMG) in Kenya. Ethnic identity is regarded as one of the key factors that shape the political beliefs of Kenyans in general, and for journalists and media practitioners in particular ethni ... more
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Advances in African and Arab Science Journalism: Capacity Building and New Newsroom Structures Through Digital Peer-To-Peer Support

Jan Lublinski, Inka Reichert, Augustin Denis, Jean-Marc Fleury, Olfa Labassi, Christoph Spurk
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 4-22
"Journalists who regularly cover science, health, environment and technology in Africa and the Arab world face a number of difficulties: Lack of elementary resources for journalistic research, and newsroom environments that are not always supportive of specialised reporting. Also a need for capacity ... more
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Dimitra Newsletter, Nr. 25

Brussels: FAO Dimitra (2014), 24 pp.
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Promouvoir des médias professionnels et responsables contribuant aux processus démocratiques dans les Grands Lacs: Projet de la Coopération suisse. Étude de faisabilité

Marie-Soleil Frère, Willy Nindorera, Anke Fiedler
Panos Grands Lacs; Association Burundaise des Radiodiffuseurs (ABR); Panos Europe (2014), 298 pp.
"Premier jalon de ce programme, cette étude, réalisée pour le compte de l’IPGL et de l’ABR par une équipe de 6 consultants locaux et internationaux, dresse un état des lieux du paysage médiatique des trois zones concernées. Il met en évidence des différences majeures entre les trois esp ... more
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Perceptions of Chinese presence in Africa as reflected in the African media: Case study of Uganda

Goretti Nassanga, Sabiti Makara
Beijing: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2014), 14 pp.
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Postcolonial Piracy: Media Distribution and Cultural Production in the Global South

Lars Eckstein, Anja Schwarz (eds.)
London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), ix, 300 pp.
"Across the global South, new media technologies have brought about new forms of cultural production, distribution and reception. The spread of cassette recorders in the 1970s; the introduction of analogue and digital video formats in the 80s and 90s; the pervasive availability of recycled computer ... 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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Third-party complaints in the system of press regulation: Inviting the reader to take part in journalistic accountability and securing press freedom

Julie Reid
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 58-74
"The system of self-regulation for the press was subject to contentious debates in South Africa from 2010 to 2012. The Press Council of South Africa and the accountability mechanism for the press (self-regulation) underwent two separate processes of review during this period, subsequently altering t ... more
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Media Development with Chinese Characteristics

Iginio Gagliardone
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 16 pp.
"China’s concessionary loans and support to development projects have tended to shift balances of power by favouring certain actors over others and have challenged existing development paradigms, revitalizing ideas of the developmental state. Building on fieldwork conducted in Ghana, Ethiopia, and ... more