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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 1: Forms

Lina Khatib (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2012), xi, 208 pp.
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Chad: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

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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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Eine Nacht des Glaubens: Eine Meditation über die Anfänge und die historische Rolle von Présence Africaine im Rahmen der afrikanischen Unabhängigkeiten

Valentin Yves Mudimbre
In: 50 Jahre afrikanische Un-Abhängigkeiten: eine (selbst)-kritische Bilanz
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Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 154-168
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Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 1: Conceptual Issues

Sarah Macharia, Pamela Morinière (eds.)
Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC); International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 59 pp.
"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book 1 discusses conceptual issues pertaining to gender, ... more
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A Bibliography of Academic Work on Nigerian and Ghanaian Video Films

Jonathan Haynes
Journal of African Cinemas, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 99-133
"This reckoning of the academic work that has been published on Nigerian and Ghanaian video films does not include theses and dissertations, of which many have been written. I have included as many books on the subject as possible whatever their character, but in order to make the project manageable ... 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
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TMF Impact Case Studies 2008-2012

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The Use of Jokes and Mobile Telephony to Create Counter-Publics in Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe Manganga
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 243-255
"This article discusses how ordinary Zimbabweans use jokes and mobile phones to construct their counter-publics. Jokes are an important part of the oral public sphere and have been used as outlets for political expectoration, to navigate and subvert state power and media censorship. Most of the joke ... more
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Freedom of Expression in Kenya: Exploring Public Use of Old and New Media

Winnie V. Mitullah
Afrobarometer (2012), 12 pp.
"Freedom of expression in Kenya has witnessed several phases of development, ranging from the autocratic to a proactive new media regime. This transformation has been enabled by governance reforms, including repeals and amendment of laws, as well as the promulgation of a new Constitution in 2010. Wi ... more
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Cameroun

Enoh Tanjong
Dakar; Johannesburg: Projet pour l’observation et le plaidoyer sur la gouvernance en Afrique (AfriMAP); Initiative de la Société Ouverte pour l’Afrique Occidentale (OSIWA); Programme média des fondations pour une société ouverte (Open Society Media Program – OSMP); Open Society Foundations (2012), xi, 91 pp.
"Le rapport sur la radiodiffusion publique au Cameroun observe que le pays a fait ses preuves en matière de libéralisation des médias depuis l'aube du millénaire, mais qu'en dépit de ses plus de 80 stations de radio et de ses cinq chaînes de télévision nationales, des problèmes subsistent. ... more
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Investigating Communication, Health and Development: 10 Years of Research in the Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS)

Emma Durden, Eliza Govender (eds.)
Auckland Park: Jacana Media; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) (2012), xxx, 480 pp.
"This book traces some of the key research conducted over a ten-year period by honours, MA and PhD students who have attended the CCMS Entertainment Education / communication for participatory development course from its inception in 2002, until 2011. There has been a marked shift in the paradigm gu ... more
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Cameroon

Enoh Tanjong
Dakar; Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA); Open Society Foundations; Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2012), xi, 88 pp.
"The report on public broadcasting in Cameroon, observes that the country although has a strong track record of media liberalization since the dawn of the millennium, but despite its more than 80 radio and five national television stations challenges remain. Cameroon’s record of upholding press fr ... more
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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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Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

Philip Seib (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), 204 pp.
"For Al Jazeera English (AJE), the Arab revolutions of 2011 offered an opportunity that news executives dream about. It was the biggest story of the century, it was happening on home territory, and the channel had the expertise and the reportorial staff on the ground at levels its competitors could ... more
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African Media Barometer: Ghana 2011

Accra; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.
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Public Memory, Public Media, and the Politics of Justice

Philip Lee, Pradip Thomas (eds.)
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvii, 220 pp.
"This book aims to provide a context in which a clear link can be traced between the politics of memory and its manifold representations and misrepresentations in public media towards a viable politics of justice. The assumption is that public awareness and perceptions of injustice, whether they are ... more
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Chad and the Darfur Refugee Crisis: Internews Humanitarian Information Service's Program in Chad 2005-2012

Celeste Hicks, Meredith Kohut
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 56 pp.
"Starting in 2005, Internews built three humanitarian radio stations in Eastern Chad to help those fleeing the violence in Darfur to receive the critical news and information they needed to survive. Seven years after the first station went on air, Internews has left eastern Chad as funding to intern ... more
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New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders

Bronwyn T. Williams, Amy A. Zenger
New York: Routledge (2012), xiv, 219 pp.
"How do students' online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States illustrate and analyze how literacy practices that are mediated through and influ ... more
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Something to be Glad About? Coverage of Children in South African and Zambian Media

Musa Oswald Rikhotso, Sandra Roberts
Johannesburg: Media Monitoring Africa; Open Society Foundation for South Africa (2012), viii, 46 pp.