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Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa

Mphathisi Ndlovu, Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Shepherd Mpofu (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii, 303 pp.
"This book explores how popular cultural artifacts, literary texts, commemorative practices and other forms of remembrances are used to convey, transmit and contest memories of mass atrocities in the Global South. Some of these historical atrocities took place during the Cold war. As such, this book ... more
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Insurgency in northeast Nigeria: Are journalists safe to report?

Umaru A Pate, Abubakar Jibril
Journalism, volume 26, issue 6 (2024), pp. 1288-1306
"This article interrogates the effectiveness of the safety measures available for journalists in the challenging operational environment. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 16 journalists representing different organisations from the conflict-prone areas in northeast Nigeria. Finding ... more
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Press freedom and safety of journalists in Ghana 2024: An assessment based on the African Media Barometer

Gabriel Baglo
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Technology enabled learning in Kenya: Kwa Ground insights on building resilient distance learning ecosystems

Jennifer Otieno, Rebecca Ward
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Influence of Malawi's Cybersecurity Act 2016 on Online Evangelisation among Young Catholics in Blantyre

Frank Mwinganyama
Nairobi: Daystar University, Master Thesis (2024), xi, 89 pp.
"The youth are ardent users of digital media and there is no much difference between virtual and real life for them. So, the Catholic Church has persistently invited the faithful, especially the youth who are the true natives of the digital world, to adopt online platforms for evangelization. Concer ... more
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Gendered Threats and Attacks in and outside the Newsroom: Nigerian Female Journalists' Experiences with Harassment

Moyosore Omowonuola Alade
In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 67-87
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Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa

Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise, Shumani Eric Madima (eds.)
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2024), 303 pp.
"This edited collection provides a methodology for African researchers, practitioners, and marginalized communities to integrate digital technologies into their lives to foster innovation, advance the documentation and preservation of underrepresented languages, and promote African-centered epistemo ... more
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Global Cybersecurity Index 2024

Geneva: ITU, 5th ed. (2024), viii, 139 pp.
"The fifth edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) measures the commitment of countries to cybersecurity in the context of measures across the following five pillars: legal; technical; organizational; capacity development; cooperation. The GCI, launched in 2015 by the International Telecommu ... more
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Aid and the news agenda: Examining the forces shaping NGO-produced humanitarian media

Michael Sunderland
Bournemouth University, Doctoral Thesis (2024), 268 pp.
"This study examines the external influences that shape NGO-produced news content concerning humanitarian crises in East, West and Central Africa. Employing a thematic analysis of semi-structured in-depth interviews with humanitarian communicators and a content analysis of the humanitarian press rel ... more
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Refugees and the Media: Local and Global Perspectives

Nasir Uddin, Delaware Arif (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xxv, 354 pp.
"Should the media stand by refugees or maintain deliberate ‘neutrality’? Should the media dehumanize the refugees further in their humanitarian conditions? Are the media entitled to publish photographs of refugees without informed consent? Should the media stand by the state being responsible fo ... more
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Radio and Women's Empowerment in Francophone West Africa

Emma Heywood
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xiii, 239 pp.
"This open access book breaks new ground by examining the significant role played by radio in empowering women in three Francophone West African countries: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. It examines the representation and perception of key themes broadcast by radio and associated with women's empower ... more
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Emergent Forms and Patterns of Online Harassment of Women Journalists in African countries

Blessing Makwambeni, Patricia Rudo Makwambeni
In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 49-66
"The internet and digital platforms have contributed to the democratisation of the public sphere. A number of studies have shown how the internet and new digital platforms have brought subaltern voices into the mainstream. However, recent studies show that on the flip side, the cybersphere also prom ... more
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Challenging Global Development: Towards Decoloniality and Justice

Henning Melber, Uma Kothari, Laura Camfield, Kees Biekart (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xiii, 260 pp.
"This open access book presents contributions to decolonize development studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social justice. Recognising global poverty and inequalities as historic injustices, the book addresses how these can b ... more
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Parler de la société à la société avec les proverbes, les contes, les chansons et les tambours: Une approche socio-anthropologique de la communication sociale en Afrique traditionnelle

Benoît Kouakou Oi Kouakou
Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 264 pp.
"Les proverbes, les contes, les chansons et les tambours-parleurs sont, dans les sociétés traditionnelles africaines, l’espace où se tient le discours sur la vie sociale, ou plus exactement, le discours de la vie sociale, c’est-à-dire le discours que produit la société elle-même à ses in ... more
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Breaking the Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2023

London: Care International (2024), 26 pp.
"For the second year in a row, all ten of the most under-reported crises are in Africa. From conflict in Angola to climate change in Zimbabwe, every entry in this report represents countless human tragedies taking place in the shadows of the world’s gaze. Our second most under-reported crisis coun ... more
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Expectations of News Media in Uganda: Advancing a Theory of Relative Institutional Trust in Journalism

Meagan E. Doll
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1873–1892
"Compared with work on trust in news, surprisingly little research examines audiences’ expectations of journalism. Audiences’ expectations, after all, elucidate public opinion of news, including the criteria by which news and journalists may be trusted. Journalism expectancy research is particul ... more
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‘Journalism in another form’: How exile experiences from Burundi renegotiate key elements of journalism

Louisa Esther, Richard H. Thomas
Media, War & Conflict, volume 18, issue 2 (2024), pp. 273-294
"Since the renewed outbreak of the ongoing crisis in Burundi in May 2015, triggering a media crackdown, over one-third of the country’s reporters have gone into exile. They therefore joined an increasing number of journalists worldwide who are forced into exile. Between 2015 and 2021, many of the ... more
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Mass Communication in Africa: Conventions, Issues and New Paradigms. A Festschrift in Honour of Augustine Ufua Enahoro

Taye C. Obateru, Godfrey Naanlang Danaan, Daniel Cirman (eds.)
Augustine Ufua Enahoro (honoured person)
Jos, Plateu State (NI): University of Jos, Department of Mass Communication; Fab Anieh Nigeria Limited (2024), vii, 317 pp.
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Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities

Danica Radovanovic (ed.)
Cham: Springer (2024), xxi, 218 pp.
"More than a dozen experts provide deep insights in stories, research reports, and geographical studies of digital literacy and inclusion models, all from a multi-disciplinary perspective that includes engineering, social sciences, and education. Digital Literacy and Inclusion also highlights a show ... more