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Alerte medias: Afrique de l'Ouest, 2009: Rapport annuel sur la situation des médias

Legon (GH): Fondation pour les Médias en Afrique de l’Ouest (2010), viii, 176 pp.

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Ghana Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Lucy Neville, Anu Mohammed et al.

London: BBC World Service Trust;British Council (2010), 31 pp.

"Many Ghanaians do not understand the science of climate change, although they have noticed changes in the weather and seasons. They tell of rising temperatures, extended periods of drought and increasing variability in seasonal rainfall. Most people, however, do not connect these with global climat ... more

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Parler du sida au Nord-Cameroun

Henry Tourneux, Léonie Métangmo-Tatou (eds.)

Paris: Karthala, 2. éd. revue et corrigée (2010), 274 pp.

"Dans le cadre africain dit « francophone », les langues locales sont le parent pauvre de la réflexion sur la communication. Pourtant, une majorité d’Africains de ces pays ne maîtrisent pas le français. Les promoteurs (nationaux ou internationaux) de campagnes d’information et de conseil o ... more

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Mozambique

Tomás Vieira Mário

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 145 pp.

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Uganda

George W. Lugalambi, Peter G. Mwesige

Nairobi: Open Society Initiative for East Africa;Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), x, 145 pp.

"Uganda's broadcast media landscape has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. While the public broadcaster remains the dominant national player - in terms of reach - in both radio and television, commercial broadcasters have introduced a substantial level of diversity in the industry. Public ... more

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Not really enough: Foreign donors and journalism training in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda

Anya Schiffrin

Journalism Practice, volume 4, issue 3 (2010), pp. 405-416

"The media in much of sub-Saharan Africa is severely constrained by several factors: lack of resources, government pressure, the influence of media ownership and the declining quality of secondary education and professional journalism education. In many countries, newspapers are unable to perform th ... more

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African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Computing

Don Osborn

Cape Town; Ottawa: HSRC Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), xvi, 150 pp.

"This book is the result of several years of observation, analysis, consultation and synthesis of the adaptation of ict s to local languages in Africa. The goal of the Pan Africa Localization project led by Don Osborn was to closely track the progress of ict s in African languages and clearly identi ... more

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Zambia

Chris H. Chirwa

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA);Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 124 pp.

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China in Africa: A New Approach to Media Development?

Iginio Gagliardone, Maria Repnikova, Nicole Stremlau

Oxford; London: University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP);Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (2010), 21 pp.

"In the past few years China has rapidly become an important player in the media sector in many African countries in at least three ways. First, its economic success and the impressive growth of media outlets and users within China have quietly promoted an example of how the media can be deployed wi ... more

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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.

"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more

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In Need of Connection: Reflections on Youth and the Translation of Film in Tanzania

Birgit Englert

Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, issue 18 (2010), pp. 137-159

"The translation of films from languages such as English, Hindi/Urdu or Chinese into Swahili is a phenomenon that has quickly grown into a successful business in Tanzania in the last couple of years. The films are mainly products of the USA, of India and China, but also of countries such as Thailand ... more

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Research Makes the News: Strengthening Media Engagement with Research to Influence Policy

London: Panos (2010), 16 pp.

"The media have the capacity to speak to policymakers, civil society and the general public, and therefore have an important role to play in keeping debate and awareness of particular issues in the public domain. Research that supports existing debates can also bring evidence and corroborated facts ... more

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Kenya: Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues. A Guide for International Development Community

David Montez

Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 52 pp.

"InterMedia conducted in-depth interviews with senior Kenyan government officials and policy influencers outside government (collectively referred to in this report as policy actors), to find out how they gather, assess, share and disseminate information critical to development policy work. The aim ... more

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Comparative Study of Church and Non-Church Run Radio Stations in Zambia: A Case Study of Radio Explorers and Radio Maria in Eastern Province

Daniel Banda

Lusaka: University of Zambia, Master of Mass Communication Thesis (2010), xi, 125 pp.

"This is a comparative case study of the church-run, Radio Maria and non church-run, Radio Explorers in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The work compares and contrasts the (1) content and management of the stations, (2) the process of selection of programmes and content development, and (3) accessib ... more

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Medios de servicio público y transparencia: Análisis y medición de su desempeño

Fidela Navarro Rodríguez, Ernesto Villanueva

Quito: CIESPAL, 2nd ed. (2010), 321 pp.

"El estudio de los medios públicos desde la doble perspectiva jurídica y de análisis de desempeño constituye una iniciativa inédita y necesaria. Lo consideramos así porque no hay todavía distinciones conceptuales claras entre lo que son medios públicos, medios de servicio público y medios g ... more

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Guidelines for Religious Broadcasting

Accra: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) (2010), viii, 8 pp.

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SMS Uprising: Mobile Phone Activism in Africa
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Sokari Ekine (ed.)

Cape Town: Pambazuka Press (2010), xxii, 149 pp.

"This collection of essays by those engaged in using mobile phone technologies for social change provides an analysis of the socio-economic, political and media contexts faced by activists in Africa today. The essays address a broad range of issues including inequalities in access to technology base ... more

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Broadband for Africa: Developing Backbone Communications Networks

Mark D. J. Williams

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xviii, 81 pp.

"Broadband for Africa focuses on one part of the broadband policy jigsaw puzzle—backbone networks. These are the high-capacity communications networks that form the heart of the internet. This book addresses three specific questions: What role do backbone networks play in the provision of broadban ... more

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Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio
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Bill Orme

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 73 pp.

"For almost twenty years, United Nations peacekeeping missions have set up local radio stations in conflict-prone countries - 14 to date, seven of which remain in operation. According to this report, some of the fourteen peacekeeping radio stations implemented by the United Nations contributed more ... more

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Harnessing Africa’s Digital Future

Francis Mdlongwa, Moagisi Letlhaku (eds.)

Johannesburg; Grahamstown: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (2010), 136 pp.

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