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Sowing the Seeds: A Study of Media Coverage of Agriculture and Women in the Agricultural Sector in Three African Countries: Mali, Uganda and Zambia

Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2009), 27 pp.
This report documents the scant attention that agriculture and women agriculturalists have received from news media.
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Understanding Film and Video as Tools for Change: Applying Participatory Video and Video Advocacy in South Africa

Julia Cain
Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, Thesis (2009), v, 240 pp.
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Freedom of the Press 2008: A Global Survey of Media Independence

Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Sarah G. Cook (eds.)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2009), xxv, 369 pp.
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Youth Engaging with the World: Media Communication and Social Change

Thomas Tufte, Florencia Enghel (eds.)
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2009), 341 pp.
"The Yearbook 2009 focuses on youth as a generation of actors and citizens who are increasingly exposed to and making use of media/ICT for entertainment and informational purposes, for social networking and mobilization, and for knowledge sharing. At the core of this creativity and these innovative ... more
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Diary of a Participatory Advocacy Film Project: Transforming Communication Initiatives Into Living Campaigns

Emilie Flower, Brigid McConville
Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 7 (2009), pp. 933-937
"In August 2007, the Government of Tanzania committed to doubling the number of training places for skilled midwives following a five-year campaign by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania (WRATZ), which culminated in the first television screening of a participatory film, ‘Pla ... more
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Beyond Broadcasting: The Future of State-Owned Broadcasters in Southern Africa

Guy Berger
Fackson Banda; Jane Duncan; Rashweat Mukundu; Zenaida Machado (contrib.)
Grahamstown: Highway Africa, School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2009), 65 pp.
"Digital communications technology does many new things. Its spread means that it is no longer a case of a tiny minority of professionals and politicians having a monopoly on mass communication. Implicit in the observations of this report, is the recognition that - amongst other things - digitisatio ... more
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From Mouthpiece to Public Service: Donor Support to Radio Broadcasters in New Democracies

Simon Milligan, Graham Mytton
Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 491-503
"State-run broadcasting organisations in the South are usually ill-prepared for their public-service role in new democracies. They are often poorly funded compared to their new, commercial rivals and often still bound by the same ‘rules of the game’ that governed them prior to the democratic era ... more
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Accès aux nouvelles technologies en Afrique et en Asie: TIC et service universel

Annie Chéneau-Loquay (coord.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 252 pp.
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A 10-Year Systematic Review of HIV/AIDS Mass Communication Campaigns: Have We Made Progress?
Deep Insights

Seth M. Noar, Philip Palmgreen, Melissa Chabot, Nicole Dobransky, Rick S. Zimmerman
Journal of Health Communication, volume 14 (2009), pp. 15-42
"The purpose of the current study was to conduct a 10-year systematic review of HIV/AIDS mass communication campaigns focused on sexual behavior, HIV testing, or both (1998-2007) and to compare the results with the last comprehensive review of such campaigns, conducted by Myhre and Flora (2000). A c ... more
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Untold: Stories in a Time of HIV & AIDS. Audience Reception and Capacity Building Report

Soul City (2009), 24 pp.
"The Untold films bear testimony to the success of the skills development element of this Regional Programme initiative. The fact that these television dramas were developed, written, directed and produced in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabw ... more
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Media in Africa: Political, Cultural and Theoretical Trajectories in the Global Environment

Arnold Shepperson, Keyan G. Tomaselli
International Communication Gazette, volume 71, issue 6 (2009), pp. 473-489
"This article tackles assumptions made by Louise Bourgault in her pioneering book, Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa. The article discusses her claims about African journalism in relation to her engagement with Western approaches, and with regard to issues of orality, the Shannon and Weaver communica ... more
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Children's Views Not in the News: Portrayal of Children in South African Print Media 2009

Ronell Naidoo
Melissa Meyer; William Bird (eds.)
Johannesburg: Media Monitoring Africa (2009), 32 pp.
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Radio, Newspaper and More: Media Tools for Peace. Experiences from the Field, 2002-2008

Martin Zint
Neuwied: Eirene (2009), 51 pp.
"This publication provides examples of the way in which media can be used for the non-violent management of regional conflicts. Practitioners from radio initiatives in Chad, Niger, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo report their experiences regarding the function and perception of the media i ... more
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From the Bogside to Namibia: The Place of Community Broadcasting in Post-Conflict Cultural Reconstruction

Paul Moore
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 6, issue 1 (2009), pp. 45-58
"This article has evolved from the author's continuing relationship, as a broadcaster and trainer, with two so-Called community radio stations. One is a community station according to accepted definitions of the global community radio movement, and the other is an example of community radio in a pub ... more
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Media on the Move: Migrants and Minorities and the Media. 4th Symposium Forum Medien Und Entwicklung (FoME)

Christoph Dietz, Petra Stammen (eds.)
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), 84 pp.
"The symposium focused in three sections on migration and ethnic minority media coverage within Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and South-Eastern Europe. Special attention was paid to concrete experiences regarding the strengthening of ethnic and diversity media and the potentials as we ... more
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Reporting Water in Southern Africa: A Media Guide to Managing Our Water Resources

Harare: Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC); Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa (IMERCSA) (2009), 120 pp.
"Most of the current water problems in southern Africa arise from inadequate or improper management of water resources, rather than shortages. Thus it is essential to raise awareness of water availability and use, and of management approaches that are sustainable. A challenge for media practitioners ... more
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Manual sobre periodismo y justicia transicional: Oportunidades y desafíos para el periodismo regional en Colombia

José Barbeito
Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2009), 67 pp.
"Las desmovilizaciones de los grupos paramilitares y la implementación de la Ley de Justicia y Paz, en medio de condiciones muy complejas, han puesto sobre la mesa – nuevamente – la pregunta sobre el papel que juegan los medios de comunicación en Colombia. Y en este punto es importante hacer u ... more
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Final Report of the Peer-To-Peer Development and Support of Science Journalism in the Developing World: The SjCOOP Project

Gatineau: World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) (2009), 104 pp.
"SjCOOP1 objectives were to (1) develop a network of professional science journalists in Africa, North Africa and in the Middle East; (2) put in place national and regional associations of science journalists; and (3) strengthen the World Federation of Science Journalists as a supportive partner of ... more
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Africa’s Media: Between Professional Ethics and Cultural Belonging

Francis Nyamnjoh
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2009), 25 pp.
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Textes juridiques et déontologiques régissant les médias au Burundi

Gérard Ntahe
Paris: Panos Paris (2009), 156 pp.