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Upstairs Downstairs: Communication Contradictions Around Two African Refugee Camps

Ullamaija Kivikuru

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 35-51

"This article describes and analyses the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) communication policy in the current world environment where a variety of well-doers attempt to pursue attention. The analysis is reflected against the results of focus group interviews with Congolese women ... more

Speaking Up and Talking Back? Media Empowerment and Civic Engagement Among East and Southern African Youth

Thomas Tufte, Norbert Wildermuth, Anne Sofie Hansen-Skovmoes, Winnie Mitullah (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2013), 302 pp.

"The book questions whether and how young citizens in Africa engage with media and communications technologies and platforms in a desire to be included in the change processes of their societies. The theme echoes some of the claims made by disenchanted and frustrated youth and other citizens in the ... more

ICT for Anti-Corruption, Democracy and Education in East Africa

Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (2013), 98 pp.

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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (ed.)

Wiley;Bloomberg Press (2013), 304 pp.

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South Africa’s Media 20 Years After Apartheid

Libby Lloyd

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 54 pp.

"South Africa’s news media has become, in the post-1994 democratic era, among the most concentrated in the world, affecting the quality of its content and the sales of its newspapers. A significant decrease in international development support, and post-1994 changes to the nature of that support, ... more

The Elearning Africa Report 2013
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ICWE (2013), 61 pp.

"The report highlights the views of 413 eLearning practitioners on priorities for the post-2015 development agenda. Not only can we now take stock of our collective endeavour to reach the Education for All objectives and the Millennium Development Goals, but it is also our moment in Namibia to consi ... more

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Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 2

Justine Limpitlaw

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), pp. 397-707

"A practical guide for journalists practising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to improve ... more

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Citizen Watchdog Report: November 2012-April 2013

Edna Ipalei

Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 35 pp.

"For six months between November 2012 and April 2013, fifty citizen watchdog monitors carefully noted incidents of hate speech and dangerous speech broadcast by five radio stations in Kenya. It was part of Internews in Kenya’s Free and Fair Media (FFM) programme aimed at working with the media to ... more

Promoting Children's Rights: Coverage of Children in South African and Zambian Media

Musa Oswald Rikhotso, Lister Namumba, Kgalalelo L. Morwe, Lethabo T. Dibetso

Johannesburg: Media Monitoring Africa (2013), 41 pp.

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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts

Lina Khatib (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), x, 198 pp.

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Health Communication: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs

Do Kyun Kim, Arvind Singhal, Gary L. Kreps (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2013), vii, 383 pp.

"Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and happier lives. This book represen ... more

Mapping Digital Media: Kenya

George Nyabuga, Nancy Booker

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 94 pp.

"In online journalism, the virtues associated with ethics—accuracy, honesty, truth, impartiality, fairness, balance, respect for autonomy of ordinary people—are barely respected, largely because there is no effective way of policing this, and there are no legal penalties. Concentration of owners ... more

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Promesses et désespoirs d'un service public: La Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise

Kadialy Diakhité

Paris: L'Harmattan (2013), 320 pp.

"La Radiotélévision sénégalaise (RTS) est en retard sur l’évolution politique du peuple et de l’Administration qui ont réussi deux alternances pacifi ques à la tête de l’État. Elle reste la chasse gardée des pouvoirs successifs qui en ont toujours fait un instrument de propagande à ... more

Audit des médias par les médias: Rapport final - version definitive

Willy Nindorera, Sylvie Capitant, Tharcisse Ndarugirire

Bujumbura; Paris: Association Burundaise des Radiodiffuseurs (ABR);Université Paris, Institut d’étude du développement économique et social (IEDES) (2013), 168 pp.

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Dimensions of Advertising Theory and Practice in Africa

Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Beatrice A. Laninhun (eds.)

Dakar: Amalion Publishing (2013), xxii, 256 pp.

Village Voices for Development: A Study in the Use of Radio to Promote Human Rights and Enable Citizens to Act on Their Rights to Information and Freedom of Speech in Southern Madagascar

Yvonne Orengo, Nicola Harford

Tolagnaro (RM); London: Andry-Lalana-Tohana (ALT);Andrew Lees Trust (2013), 62 pp.

"The purpose of this report is to share the key findings of the VVD radio project in Southern Madagascar after six months of broadcasts in 2012, in particular to document the design and evolution of the pilot project; feedback the outcomes to participating stakeholders; inform the donor community ab ... more

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Hostages of Peace: The Politics of Radio Liberalization in Somaliland

Nicole Stremlau

Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2013), pp. 239-257

"Somaliland has held several competitive and multiparty elections that have been cited by international election monitors as being ‘‘free and fair.’’ While political competition has been tolerated, or even encouraged by the governments in power, there has been a continued reluctance to allow ... more

No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an “Old Woman’s Problem” in Ghana

Alexandra Crampton

Anthropology & Aging Quarterly, volume 34, issue 2 (2013), pp. 199-212

"In Ghana, older women may be marginalized, abused, and even killed as witches. Media accounts imply this is common practice, mainly through stories of “witches camps” to which the accused may flee. Anthropological literature on aging and on witchcraft, however, suggests that this focus exaggera ... more

International News Reporting in the Multidimensional Network: The Socio-Demographics, Professional Culture and Newswork of Foreign Correspondents Working Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Paulo Nuno Gouveia Vicente

Lisboa: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH), Doctoral Thesis (2013), xiv, 282 pp.