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Public Support for Local and Community Media in Three Countries: A Comparative Study

Franz Krüger

African Journalism Studies, volume 44, issue 4 (2023), pp. 310-326

"In the discussion of possible solutions to the business crisis facing legacy media, insufficient attention has been paid to existing arrangements that channel public money to media serving marginalised audiences, particularly in Global South countries. Argentina and South Africa are upper middle-in ... more

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Religion and Politics in a Mediatized Society: Critical Analyses and Spheres of Interinfluence in Nigeria and Beyond

Bellarmine A. Ezumah, Charles Achunike Ebelebe, Olunifesi Adekunle Suraj (eds.)

Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2023), x, 157 pp.

"The dynamics of religion and religious practices are examined using various communication theories and paradigms to extrapolate how religion is designed, packaged, disseminated, and interpreted among Nigerians. Contributors trace the evolution and development of this problem to colonialism. The con ... more

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Enslaved. Trapped and Trafficked in Digital Black Holes: Human Trafficking Trajectories to Libya

Mirjam van Reisen, Munyaradzi Mawere, Klara Smits, Morgane Wirtz (eds.)

Bamenda: Langaa (2023), xxix, 791 pp.

"Eritrean refugees are being trafficked and enslaved in Libya, where they are tortured to force relatives to pay a ransom for their release. Labelled with a digital code, they are moved along in the possession of the traffickers through a series of ‘black holes’, in which their access to digital ... more

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Digital Dissidence and Social Media Censorship in Africa

Farooq A. Kperogi (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), 292 pp.

"Drawing on cases from across the continent, contributors explore the form and nature of social media and government censorship, often via antisocial media laws, or less overt tactics such as state cybersurveillance, spyware attacks on social media activists, or the artful deployment of the rhetoric ... more

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Efficacy of Media Training on Extractive Sector Reporting in Nigeria

Akintunde Babatunde et al.

Abuja: Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) (2023), 34 pp.

"This study aims to investigate media intervention in the extractive sector, like media training for journalists, and investigative reporting in the sector, to improve innovations designed to drive transparency and accountability. It also aims to understand the experiences of journalists and media o ... more

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Psychological and Physical Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering Terrorism in Kenya

Benjamin Muindi

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, volume 78, issue 2 (2023), pp. 251-266

"This research is based on 28 in-depth interviews with Kenya-based journalists who report terrorism. The objective of the research was to recount their lived experiences. The theme of safety of journalists comprised psychological and physical safety of the newspeople, and there were various ways in ... more

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Tanzania

Goodiel Moshi, Muriuk Mureithi, Judyth Engels, Susannah Horto

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 123 pp.

"The Tanzania DECA report presents the findings and recommendations of the Tanzania DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Tanzania’s digital ecosystem and provides 13 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by USAID/Tanzania priorities: i) foundational ... more

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Dissemination of disinformation on political and electoral processes in Nigeria: An exploratory study

Idayat Hassan

Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 10, issue 2216983 (2023), 11 pp.

"Increasingly, social media has become a major source of fake news, with disinformation used as a tool in manipulating public opinion and delegitimizing opposing voices. This study explores the influence of the content of social media on traditional media, and the proliferation of disinformation in ... more

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Online Harassment of Journalists in Zimbabwe: Experiences, Coping Strategies and Implications

Mphathisi Ndlovu, Nkosini Aubrey

In: New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking Cultures

Trust Matsilele; Shepherd Mpofu; Dumisani Moy (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), pp. 95-111

"This chapter examines the safety risks faced by Zimbabwean journalists as they conduct their day-to-day professional work in online spaces. Given that journalists in Africa are increasingly utilising and adopting social media tools for news production and distribution, it is timely to examine the d ... more

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Social Media Use and Consumption in Kenya: Beyond Likes and Share - Quantifying the Quirks and Trends of a Nation Online

Nairobi: SIMElab;United States International University-Africa (USIU Africa) (2023), 63 pp.

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Through the Media Looking Glass: Journalists’ Perceptions on South Africa’s Funded Environmental Journalism

Trust Matsilele, Lungile Tshuma

African Journalism Studies, volume 44, issue 1 (2023), pp. 58-72

"Environmental journalism has passed through a plethora of iterations—from a reporting that was science-oriented to a reporting for popular publications focusing on the green. This qualitative study looks at the political economy of environmental journalism in South Africa. The study seeks to unde ... 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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Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan, Joanna Soraya Abu Zahari (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxviii, 280 pp.

"Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research addresses the need for a discipline-cum-methodology-tailored book that navigates the current research spectrum of communication and social media ("CommSocMed"). It examines contemporary and relevant issues that intertwine the exp ... more

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Publishing and the Book Sector in Africa Today: A Synopsis

Hans M. Zell

African Book Publishing Record, volume 49, issue 1 (2023), pp. 7-12

"A pilot edition of a new, freely accessible reference resource, Publishing & Book Culture in Africa: A Repository of Selected Resources, was launched in April 2022, and subsequently updated and expanded in October of that year. A final edition is to appear on the soon to be launched website of the ... more

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Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South
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Abiodun Salawu, Tshepang Bright Molale, Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed, Mohammad Sahid Ullah (eds.)

Lexington Books (2023), 310 pp.

"This edited collection brings together voices from the margins in underrepresented regions of the Global South, within the context of scholarship focusing on indigenous languages and development communication. Contributors bring together research from often-overlooked parts of the world to engage i ... more

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Collective Trauma

D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue 1 (2023), pp. 21-31

"If a society does not come to terms with horrific atrocities of the past, tensions may fast escalate into new strife. People must know the truth. The causes of violence must be spelt out and the perpetrators must be named. Otherwise, a new sense of mutual trust cannot grow. Such trust is needed for ... more

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Baseline report on media coverage of solar energy and productive use of solar energy in agriculture in East Africa

Brian Ssenabulya, Darius Mukiza, George W. Lugalambi

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 23 pp.

"The study examines the coverage of solar energy in East African news media, specifically focusing on 63 stories from a leading daily newspaper and television station in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania from January to December 2023. Reporters and editors have reported limited coverage of solar energy du ... more

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Towards the harmonization of data collection: A baseline study for e-waste in East Africa

Vanessa Forti, Rosie McDonald

Geneva: ITU (2023), x, 38 pp.

"This study enabled countries in East Africa to produce national statistics on e-waste generated that are harmonized and comparable across countries because the same methods and tools have been used in the assessment. In addition, households and businesses surveys were piloted in Kenya and Burundi t ... 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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Hate Speech on Social Media: A Global Approach

Branco Di Fátima (ed.)

Covilhã (PO); Qutio (EC): LabCom;University of Beira Interior;PUCE Publications Centre (2023), 302 pp.

"Hate speech is more complex and diverse on social media. It spreads at high speed and can impact behaviors beyond the borders where it originates. Hate is ubiquitous, interactive, and multimedia. It is available 24/7, reaching a much larger audience. On social media, haters can be anonymous and fin ... more

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