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Trust in international news media in partially free media environments: A case study of five markets in Africa and South Asia

Anne Geniets

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 92 pp.

"This report is focused on attitudes to trust in international media. It collates findings from 36 focus groups and 11 immersion interviews conducted in Nairobi (Kenya), Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Mumbai (India) and Lahore (Pakistan) in the summer and autumn of 2010 [...] The report explores th ... more

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"Turning the Page": Hopes for Media Freedom in Niger and Guinea

Ambroise Pierre

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2011), 17 pp.

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Atlas de l'Afrique

Danielle Ben Yahmed (ed.)

Paris: Éditions du Jaguar, 4. éd. (2011), 255 pp.

"L'Afrique dans son ensemble : 28 chapitres présentant le continent par rapport au reste du monde. Tous les aspects de la géographie physique : relief, hydrographie, climat, végétation, et aussi l'histoire, les religions, les langues. L'Afrique par régions. Les cartes de localisation avec visua ... more

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Peace Communication in Sudan: Toward Infusing a New Islamic Perspective

Haydar Badawi Sadig, Hala Asmina Guta

In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics

Robert S. Fortner; Mark Fackler (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 602-625

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The "Fourth Estate" in Democracy Assistance: Practices and Challenges of German and International Media Development Cooperation. 6th Symposium Forum Media and Development

Christoph Dietz, Julia Steffenfauseweh, Angelika Mendes (eds.)

St. Augustin; Berlin; Aachen: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2011), 69 pp.

"The first part of this publication provides insight into the media development practices and policy frameworks of France, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom while the second part deals with different issues and projects, such as the role of media for social transformation in Africa and coordina ... more

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From Watchdog to Lapdog? The Impact of Government Intimidation on the Public Watchdog Performance of Peace Media in Processes of Democratisation

London: London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Media and Communications (2011), 36 pp.

"The article explores the case of Radio Ndeke Luka, a UN-backed peace radio in the Central African Republic. It investigates whether government intimidation influences the radio’s public watchdog role and, if so, in what ways and to what extent, and whether and how the support of a European NGO an ... more

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Political Economy of Media Transformation in South Africa

Anthony Olorunnisola, Keyan G. Tomaselli (eds.)

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2011), ix, 304 pp.

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An Analysis of the Somali Media Environment

Sonia Whitehead, Chris Larkin, Jamal Abdi, Hodan Ibrahim, Samuel Otieno

London: BBC World Service Trust (2011), 138 pp.

"In 2006 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST), funded by the UK Department for International Development, conducted research into media in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify priorities for future media development initiatives. A series of African Media Development Initiativ ... more

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Tanzanian Media Environment: Current Access, Potential for Growth and Strategies for Information Dissemination

Gayatri Murthy

Washington, DC: InterMedia (2011), 49 pp.

"This report uses AudienceScapes data from a nationally representative survey of Tanzania to describe how people of different social groups gather, share and access information through mass media. We also focus on whether the presence of mobile phones can further augment information dissemination us ... more

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Migration aus Afrika in die EU: Eine Analyse der Berichterstattung in deutschen und senegalesischen Zeitungen

Florence Tsagué Assopgoum

Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2011), 335 pp.

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Marketing on the Airwaves: Marketing Information Service (MIS) and Radio

Sheila Huggins-Rao

Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 63 pp.

"Farmers require varying marketing information, depending on their location, local market conditions, crops, production activities, and cultural practices. Radio has the capacity to reach a large audience, and can provide an integrated approach to market information, incorporating all these elements ... more

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African Voices for Rights, Democracy and Development: AMARC Africa Program of Activities 2011-2014

Accra: AMARC Africa (2011), 29 pp.

"The present Program of activities is informed by the AMARC Africa Strategic Plan of Action adopted in 2009 for the 2011 to 2014 period. Its strategic objective is to empower poor communities through implementation of their right to access to communication and exercise their freedom of expression in ... more

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Cinema in Ghana: History, Ideology and Popular Culture

Vitus Nanbigne

Bergen: University of Bergen (2011), 303 pp.

"Cinema in Ghana- History, Ideology and Popular Culture, is an attempt to start a dialogue about national cinema in Ghana. The primary purpose of this thesis is not simply to provide a historical account of cinema in Ghana, but rather to question and dialogue with the history in order to locate the ... more

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Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey

Bill Sweeney (ed.)

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2011), 431 pp.

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Barómetro Africano da Media: Moçambique 2011 = African Media Barometer: Moçambique 2011

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2011), 126 pp.

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News Audiences Beware! Insights from Darfur

Bella Mody

Media Development, volume 58, issue 4 (2011), pp. 32-36

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German Colonialism and National Identity

Michael Perraudin, Jürgen Zimmerer (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2011), x, 340 pp.

"The German empire that emerges from the volume edited by Michael Perraudin and Jürgen Zimmerer is one very much embedded in a broader European colonial discourse. Just like any other empire, Germany believed itself to be a "better" empire, more benevolent, more efficient, more civilized. Yet we le ... more

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Development Journalism Revived: The Case of Ethiopia

Terje S. Skjerdal

African Journalism Studies, volume 32, issue 2 (2011), pp. 58-74

"In 2008, Ethiopian authorities presented a draft policy document which established development journalism as the official reporting style for the state media. The policy prescribes that the media an journalists should play an active role in the country's development scheme. Assigning such a role th ... more

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Public Radio Broadcasting and Cultural Pluralism: South Africa's Case of 'holy Cultural Matrimony'

Brilliant Mhlanga

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 8, issue 2 (2011), pp. 35-62

"A closer analysis of the long and arduous journey traversed by African nationalism often shows ethnicity marching along as an invisible ‘matrimonial’ partner. It is on that note that this article seeks to present South Africa’s project of managing ethnic diversity using public radio broadcast ... more

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African Media Barometer: Ethiopia 2010

Windhoek; Adis Ababa: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 64 pp.