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Media Sector Mapping in Liberia

Adrien Sindayigaya, Oscar Bloh, Francis Rolt
Monrovia: Search for Common Ground (2007), ii, 31 pp.
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Options for Terrestrial Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Anders Engvall, Olof Hesselmark
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2007), 50 pp.
"This report makes an inventory of existing transmission backbones in Sub-Saharan Africa, and discusses issues related to solutions for improved utilization of such networks. Mobile GSM operators in Sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly covering most populated areas with telephone services. To reach new ar ... more
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Strengthening Liberia's Media: A Review of Media Support in the Post-Conflict Transitional Period and Recommendations for Future Actions

International Media Support (IMS); Article 19; Free Voice; Fondation Hirondelle; International Press Centre (IPC) (2007), 58 pp.
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Enjeux et publics de la télévision en République démocratique du Congo (1990-2005)

Tharcisse-Henry Kasongo-Mwema Y'Ambayamba
Paris: L'Harmattan (2007), 265 pp.
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The Role and Impact of Radio in Reforming the Rural Business Environment in Africa
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Gavin Anderson, David Elliott
Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Employment and Income Division (2007), 46 pp.
"This paper explores the role that the mass media can play in enhancing processes that underpin the reform of the business environment. It does so through the lens of local FM radio stations in Uganda that have emerged over the last decade to become a prominent feature of the country’s social, pol ... more
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Evoking Moral Community, Fragmenting Muslim Discourse: Sermon Audio-Recordings and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate in Mali

Dorothea E. Schulz
Journal for Islamic Studies, volume 27 (2007), pp. 39-72
"The article explores the processes that have allowed Islam to gain great appeal as a community-building idiom in Mali since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1991. Drawing on the mediatic performances of the charismatic preacher Sharif Haidara, the article analyzes how new media technolog ... more
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Factors Influencing the Cost of Books in South Africa

Genesis Analytics
Bellville: South African Book Development Council; National Department of Arts & Culture (2007), 83 pp.
"A study commissioned and funded by the South African Department of Arts and Culture. It comprises an investigation of the factors that affect the cost of books in South Africa, conducted in order to identify possible ways in which government, industry members and other stakeholders can work togethe ... more
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L'édition du livre au Burkina Faso

Armand Joseph Kaboré
Paris: L'Harmattan (2007), 78 pp.
"Offre une approche socio-économique de l'édition et des marchés du livre au Burkina Faso. Il examine les aspects infrastructurels et le cadre organisationnel de la filière du livre et aborde des questions telles que les méthodes de distribution et l'émergence de librairies non conventionnelle ... more
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Cinémas africains d'aujourd'hui: Guide des cinématographies d' Afrique

Catherine Ruelle, Antoinette Delafin (eds.)
Paris: Karthala; Canal France International (CFI); Médias France Intercontinents (MFI) (2007), 142 pp.
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L'éditorial dans la presse chrétienne: Analyse des hebdomadaires "La Semaine Africaine" et "La Vie"

Philippe Mabiala
Paris: L'Harmattan (2007), 293 pp.
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‘Anyone here been raped and speaks English?’: Workshops for editors and journalists on gender-based violence and sex-trafficking

Lesley Abdela
Gender & Development, volume 15, issue 3 (2007), pp. 387-398
"Editors and journalists who have been trained to understand issues of gender-based violence and human rights can have a positive influence on educating public and political understanding of these issues. This article describes two workshops held recently in Senegal and Albania for male and female e ... more
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Communication and Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-1930

Dwayne Roy Winseck, Robert M. Pike
Durham: Duke University Press (2007), xx, 429 pp.
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Media and Religion

Anthony McNicholas (ed.)
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 4, issue 1 (2007), pp. 1-102
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Empowering Radio: Good Practices in Development and Operation of Community Radio
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Bruce Girard (Coord.)
Amparo Cadavid; Martin Faye; Raghu Mainali; Carlos Rivadeneyra; Nkopane Maphiri (contrib.)
Washington, DC: World Bank Institute (WBIST), Program on Civic Engagement, Empowerment & Respect for Diversity (CEERD) (2007), 249 pp. [60 pp. + 5 annexes]
"This report is one of the first studies comparing systematically different aspects of community radio practice in developing countries. Based on five country surveys - Colombia, Mali, Nepal, Peru and South Africa - it provides descriptions and analyses of: participatory processes and volunteerism; ... more
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The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in the Philippines - Lessons for Africa

Shawn Mendes, Erwin Alampay, Edwin Soriano, Cheryll Soriano
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2007), 60 pp.
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The Daughters of St. Paul in Kenya 1976-2006

Maria Rosa Ballini
Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa (2007), 152 pp.
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African Children’s Literature: A Bibliography

Nyambura Mpesha
Bloomington, Indiana; Milton Keynes, UK: AuthorHouse (2007), 290 pp.
"This bibliography, by a Kenyan scholar and children’s author, lists 1,759 titles in English and in Kiswahili. In her introduction the author states that a proportion of the books were personally examined by her, while other entries are based on listings in Kenya Books in Print, publishers’ cata ... more
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Editing Educational Materials: A Course for Editors in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vancouver; Washington, DC: Commonwealth of Learning (COL); World Bank (2007), 65 pp.
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An Exploration of the State of Self-Publishing in the Academic Publishing Sector of South Africa

Estelle Rhodé Odendaal
Pretoria: University of South Africa, Master Thesis (2007), 215 pp.
"The academic publishing sector in South Africa is facing many changes and challenges in the post-1994 democracy, with most of the changes brought about by the Higher Education Act No. 101 of 1997. A recent challenge, or threat, to commercial publishers is the phenomenon, and proliferation, of self- ... more
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Media in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Strategies

Shira Loewenberg, Bent Nørby Bonde (eds.)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle Media Services; Bonn Network (2007), 169, 21 pp.