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Theatre for development in Africa: Historical and institutional perspectives
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Christopher Balme, Abdul Karim Hakib (eds.)

Hildesheim; München: Olms;University Library of LMU München (2023), xiii, 256 pp.

"Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed ... more

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Safety of Journalists in Ghana

Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey

In: The State of the Ghanaian Media Report

Abena Animwaa Yeboah-Banin (ed.)

Accra: University of Ghana, Department of Communication Studies;Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2023), pp. 60-70

"The continual threats against the lives of journalists have been blamed for Ghana’s decline in the World Press Freedom Index ranking for the past two years. Even though much of the evidence for this has primarily been anecdotal, various efforts have been undertaken to compile reports of abuses th ... more

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Assessing safety of journalism practice in Ghana: Key stakeholders’ perspectives

Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Sulemana Braimah

Cogent Social Sciences, volume 9, issue 1: 2225836 (2023), 16 pp.

"This study sought to use the self-reporting method of survey as well as key informant interviews to investigate the depth and spread of the problem. A total of 115 respondents took part in the survey. Additionally, eight interviews were conducted with key stakeholders. The study found that the most ... more

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Journalists’ Level of Safety at Election Seasons in Southwest Nigeria

Sola Elijah Olorunda

Asia Social Issues, volume 16, issue 3, e260022 (2023), 11 pp.

"The study used survey-style descriptive research. All of southwest Nigeria’s media outlets made up the population. 200 respondents made up the study’s sample, using a multistage sampling approach that included stratified random and simple random sampling techniques. A questionnaire titled “Le ... more

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Safety concerns and awareness of safety measures among female journalists reporting elections in Nigeria

Mofoluke I. Akoja, Oguchi O. Ajaegbu, Adetunji Adeteye, Medinat Kanabe

Seybold Report, volume 18, issue 7 (2023), pp. 2402-2419

"Female journalists often face a dual challenge when reporting on elections, grappling with routine attacks both as women and as professionals. This study aims to explore the safety concerns of female journalists covering elections in Lagos state, Nigeria, and investigate their attitudes towards the ... more

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Online harassment of journalists in Nigeria: Audience motivations and solutions

Temple Uwalaka, Azubuike Fred Amadi, Bigman Nwala, Peter Wokoro

Media International Australia (2023), 16 pp.

"This study investigates the motivations for the hostility towards the press by the audience and how to control online harassment of journalists in Nigeria. Data for this study are from online and face-to-face semi-structured interviews of 54 Nigerians in Nigeria. Finding shows that perceived journa ... more

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The struggle for authority and legitimacy: Lifestyle and political journalists’ discursive boundary work

Sandra Banjac, Folker Hanusch

Journalism, volume 24, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2155–2173

"Scholarship has pointed to an artificial hierarchy between political and lifestyle journalism that is rooted in norms and values stemming from Western-liberal thought. Within this distinction, lifestyle journalism has been subordinated as occupying a marginal or peripheral position in the field. Ye ... more

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“I thought You Are Beautiful”: Uganda Women Journalists’ Tales of Mob Violence on Social Media

Gerald Walulya, Florence Namasinga Selnes

Digital Journalism, volume 11, issue 10 (2023), pp. 1962-1981

"This article contributes to our understanding of the notion of mob censorship from the Ugandan context by examining the nature and consequences of harassment targeting women journalists on social media. Drawing on research about online harassment and censorship, we link mob violence in physical spa ... more

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#MbungeLive: Findings from an evaluation study

Twaweza East Africa (2023), 13 pp.

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Free to Express? Ugandan citizens’ views and experiences of the media and freedom of expression

Twaweza East Africa (2023), 12 pp.

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Kenya Media Landscape Report

Communications Authority of Kenya (2023), 18 pp.

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My ability: News for persons with disabilities by persons with disabilities

Windhoek: Namibia Media Trust (2023), 2 pp.

"The Namibia Media Trust (NMT) has launched a project to empower persons with disabilities in Namibia. The project aims to help enable them to actively participate in democratic processes and develop critical media production and literacy skills for self-advocacy. The NMT believes that decisions con ... more

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Continued neglect of women: An analysis of media’s representation of women as sources in top 10 trending topics of January to June, 2023

Lister Namumba

Media Monitoring Africa (2023), 9 pp.

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Artificial Intelligence in the Information and Communications Space. Country Assessment Report: South Africa

Sarah Chiumbu, Unathi Malunga, Kgothatso Mampa, Minaar, Izak, Dimitri Martinis, Tharin Pillay

Forum on Information & Democracy;Media Monitoring Africa (2023), 80 pp.

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How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech

Lisa Garbe, Lisa-Marie Selvik, Pauline Lemaire

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 1 (2023), pp. 86-103

"While scholars have already identified and discussed some of the most urgent problems in content moderation in the Global North, fewer scholars have paid attention to content regulation in the Global South, and notably Africa. In the absence of content moderation by Western tech giants themselves, ... more

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Cryptopolitics: Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media

Victoria Bernal, Katrien Pype, Daivi Rodima-Taylor (eds.)

New York: Berghahn (2023), vii, 245 pp.

"Hidden information, double meanings, double-crossing, and the constant processes of encoding and decoding messages have always been important techniques in negotiating social and political power dynamics. Yet these tools, "cryptopolitics," are transformed when used within digital media. Focusing on ... more

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State of children in South African media: An analysis of media’s coverage of children in 2022

Musa Oswald Rikhotso

Media Monitoring Africa (2023), 21 pp.

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Metavoicing, trust-building mechanisms and partisan messaging: A study of social media usage by selected South African female politicians

Trust Matsilele, Sisanda Nkoala

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 13 (2023), pp. 2575-2597

"This study investigates social media usage patterns, Twitter’ frequency use and message typologies of selected South African female politicians’. Using the digital public sphere theory as a lens, the study considers six hundred Twitter posts from six female politicians from the African National ... more

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Compilation of Briefing Papers on the Media Sector Development in Ethiopia

Abdissa Zerai, Elsabet Samuel Tadesse, Haron Mwangi, Teshager Shiferaw, Tewodros Negash

PRIMED;International Media Support (IMS) (2023), 64 pp.

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Demand of and Access to Health Messages Through Mass Media in the Rural Community of Eastern Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study

Bushra Aliyi, Yadeta Dassie, Alemayehu Deressa et al.

Risk Management and Healthcare, issue 16 (2023), pp. 1859-1874

"Background: The demand for health-related information has increased dramatically in recent years. Media is crucial in reaching health messages to audiences, especially those who are distant and rural. Therefore, the study aimed to assess demands, access, and factors associated with access to health ... more

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Theatre for development in Africa: Historical and institutional perspectives
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