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Elections Reporting and Peace Journalism Manual

Zimbabwe Media Commission (2023), xii, 116 pp.

"The main objective of coming up with the manual is to equip media practitioners and media houses with the necessary knowledge and skills on how to report elections to assist in the creation of a conducive environment for the holding of free and credible elections. The manual gives media practitione ... more

Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists: Annual Report, 2022

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 261 pp.

"Over the last year, the Theory of Change (ToC) has guided the MDP’s activities and actions. The Programme has followed a dual approach, reinforcing the capacities of duty-bearers and empowering rights-holders, with a focus on local media stakeholders. The aim of this approach is to create a safe ... more

Assessment of Media Development in Ghana: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Audrey Sitsofe Gadzekpo, Ibrahim Gariba, Baba Abdulai, Rayborn Bulley

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 124 pp.

"Ghana has made tremendous progress regarding freedom of expression and access to information since the inception of the Fourth Republic. Looking back to a firmly rooted history of democratic practice, the country has a vibrant and free media environment regulated by an independent body and supporte ... more

Is ChatGPT a Friend or Foe in the War on Misinformation? A South African Perspective

Burgert Senekal, Susan Brokensha

Communicare: Journal for Communication Studies in Africa, volume 42, issue 2 (2023), pp. 3-16

"The release of ChatGPT at the end of 2022 met with fears and optimism. One particularly important avenue of research that is emerging revolves around ChatGPT's ability to provide accurate and unbiased information on a variety of topics. Given the interest that Google and Microsoft have shown in sim ... more

Fertile Ground: How Africa and the Arab World Found Common Language with Russia on Ukraine: Analysis of the Pro-Russian Social Media Discourses

Jedrzej Czerep, Sara Nowacka

Warszawa: Polski Instytut Spraw Miedzynarodowych (2023), 94 pp.

African Media Barometer: Uganda 2022

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2023), 75 pp.

Audience Listenership of FM Radio: A Case Study of Rural Development in Northern Ghana

Antwi-Boateng Osman, Muhammed Danladi Musa, Mu-Azu Iddirisu Andani

Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 10, issue 2184750 (2023), 17 pp.

"The quest for effective strategies for rural development continues to be a challenge for policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa and their development partners. Communication development strategies executed using FM stations have emerged as a promising tool as a result of the medium being the most popul ... more

Community Radio as a Platform for Development Communication in Ghana

Africanus Lewil Diedong, Wilberforce S. Dzisah

Cogent Social Sciences, volume 9, issue 2269681 (2023), 12 pp.

"The paper’s aim is to demonstrate the relevance of applying the core principles of Community radio (CR) as a basis for CR’s drive for a democratically participant approach of communication, which can facilitate development communication. In a democratic society, the participation of people in d ... more

No Easy Solutions: Zambian Journalism’s ‘Blalizo’ Problem

Laida K. Chongo

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 18 pp.

"A suggestion by Government to introduce a minimum wage has the potential to ensure that journalists are paid a living wage, making it feasible to start an open conversation about the ethical implications of accepting blalizo [a “transport refund” issued to journalists by the organisers of event ... more

Climate Change Journalism in South Africa: Noticeable Improvements, Less Than Adequate

Enoch Sithole

Fojo Media Institute (2023), 58 pp.

Exploring the Role of Message Effects and Messenger Effectiveness in COVID-19 Vaccination Communication in Nigeria: Research Report

San Diego: Agency for All Project;University of California San Diego, Center on Gender Equity and Health;USAID (2023), 57 pp.

The Impact of a Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention in the Lake Zone Region of Tanzania on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Stunting Prevention

Kirk Dearden, Generose Mulokozi, Mary Linehan et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 20, issue 2:1214 (2023), 13 pp.

"Background: Large-scale social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) approaches can be beneficial to achieve improvements in knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). Addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE) included a significant SBCC component and targeted precursors to stunting inclu ... more

Evaluating Use of Mass-Media Communication Intervention ‘MTV-Shuga’ on Increased Awareness and Demand for HIV and Sexual Health Services by Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: An Observational Study

Natsayi Chimbindi, Nondumiso Mthiyane, Chidumwa, Thembelihle Zuma, Jaco Dreyer

BMJ Open, volume 13, issue e062804 (2023), 12 pp.

"Objective: To investigate the effect of exposure to 'MTV Shuga:Down South’ (MTVShuga-DS) during the scale-up of combination HIV-prevention interventions on awareness and uptake of sexual reproductive health (SRH) and HIV-prevention services by adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) [...] Conclus ... more

Media Consumption in an Evolving Digital World: Millenials and Digital Natives' Consumption Habits and Implications for Legacy Media in East Africa

Hesbon Hansen Owilla, Clare Mogere, Nancy Booker

Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications (2023), xii, 72 pp.

Going Upstream: A Holistic Approach to Ending Sexual Harassment Against Journalists

London: Article 19;Protecting Rights, Openness and Transparency Enhancing Civic Transformation (PROTECT) (2023), 9 pp.

National Mechanism for the Safety & Protection of Journalists in Kenya

Media Council of Kenya;Kenya Media Sector Working Group (2023), 5 pp.

Ranking Digital Rights in East and Southern Africa: The Polices and Practices of Telecommunication Companies

Internews;Ranking Digital Rights (2023), 60 pp.

Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19

Nils Ringe, Lucio Renno (eds.)

London; New York, NY: Routledge (2023), xx, 299 pp.

"Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. The responses of some populist leaders have received much publ ... more

Democratizing Digital: Landscape Assessment

Chrissy Martin Meier et al.

Digital Frontiers;USAID (2023), 57 pp.

Deciphering Digital Hate: Assessing the Evidence between Online Speech and Offline Violence in Africa

Nicole Stremlau, Caitlyn McGeer, Marlene Straub

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 13, issue 2 (2023), 25 pp.

"From Ethiopia to Sudan, there has been significant concern about the role of hate speech and incitement on social media to promote offline violence and, at its most extreme, genocide. These questions have become more urgent with the growth of large language models and Artificial Intelli-gence that ... more