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Differing Paradigms of Media Systems Development in Contemporary Africa: Does the ‘Chinese Model’ Have a Place?

Teke Ngomba

Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 47, issue 1 (2012), pp. 52-67

"This article addresses the emerging patterns of contemporary media-based engagements between China and Africa and argues, after an examination of current media systems in both China and Africa, that, despite expressed worries to the contrary, because of reasons spanning from history to geo-politics ... more

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The Three Alternative Journalisms of Africa

Terje S. Skjerdal

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 7 (2012), pp. 636-654

"Much African journalism scholarship has had a critical stand towards ‘Western’ journalism models. The criticism has resulted in the submission of alternative African journalism models such as ujamaa journalism, ubuntu journalism and oral discourse journalism. The present article reviews a numbe ... more

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Community Radio for Social Development: The Case of Jimma Community Radio

Kassahun Wodajo

Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2012), 118 pp.

"The findings of the study show that the Jimma community radio produces different entertainment and education programs with the social development messages. It also produces programs that promote the local language and culture through local music, and narration. Moreover, the study reveals that the ... more

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South Sudan: Media and Telecom Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 97 pp.

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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis

Geoffrey Batchen, Mick Gidley, Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

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Peacebuilding and Public Service Media: Lessons from Star Radio and Media Development in Liberia

Elizabeth Goodfriend

London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2012), 39 pp.

"Star Radio, one of Liberia’s leading nationally broadcast radio stations, went off-air at the end of 2010 following a staff strike. Started as an international project with funding from international donors, the station did not have the capacity to compete in a challenging market when donor fundi ... more

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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World

Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini (eds.)

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.

"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring ... more

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Development Communication in Directed Social Change: A Reappraisal of Theory and Practice

Srinivas R. Melkote (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2012), vi, 266 pp.

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Digital Drama: Teaching and Learning Art and Media in Tanzania

New York: Routledge (2012), xvi, 255 pp.

"The aim of this book is to explore digital media and intercultural interaction at an arts college in Tanzania through innovative forms of ethnographic representation. The book and the series website weave together visual and aural narratives, interviews and observations, life stories and video docu ... more

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Information Communication Technologies for Gender and Development in Africa: The Case for Radio and Technological Blending

Christobel Asiedu

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 3 (2012), pp. 240-257

"The information communication technologies for development literature (ICT4D) has identified information communication technologies (ICTs) as a significant tool for economic and social development of least developed countries. The discourse has marginalized radio and promoted ICTs. However, there a ... more

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Socio-Economic Incentives, New Media and the Boko Haram Campaign of Violence in Northern Nigeria

Aliyu Odamah Musa

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 111-124

"This article seeks to analyse and explain the emergence of the extremists Islamist Boko Haram sect that is currently perpetuating a reign of violence in Northern Nigerian cities and factors that have aided its rise. It takes a look at the changing political and socio-economic situations in the coun ... more

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Uganda Joint Behaviour Change Communication Survey

USAID (2012), xii, 129 pp.

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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank;ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.

"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)

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50 Jahre afrikanische Un-Abhängigkeiten: Eine (selbst)-kritische Bilanz

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Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2012), 260 pp.

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L’état de la liberté de la presse en Afrique centrale francophone. RD Congo: Sous pretexte de la guerre

Donat M'Baya Tshimanga

Kinshasa: Journaliste en Danger (JED) (2012), 100 pp.

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The Nigerian Press and the Challenge of Private Newspaper Ownership: A Study of the Nigerian Tribune, 1949–2009

Abimbola Omotayo Adesoji, Shina Alimi

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 357-376

"As the oldest surviving privately owned newspaper in Nigeria, the Nigerian Tribune (NT) provides a classic example of how newspapers come to serve a common cause while at the same time projecting the personal ambitions and interests of their founders. This article examines the challenges of private ... more

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Actes du dialogue régional des instances de régulation et d'autorégulation sur l'accompagnement des médias en période electorale

Rufin B. Godjo (coord.)

Cotonou: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 112 pp.