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Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century

Bedross Der Matossian (ed.)
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (2023), xvi, 400 pp.
"Throughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal defi ... more
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Kleptocratic Cooperation in Africa: How Russia and China Undermine Democracy

J. R. Mailey, Andrea Ngombet Malewa
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (2023), 17 pp.
"The two essays in this report highlight ways in which two global authoritarian powers, Russia and China, provide surge capacity to kleptocratic networks in Africa. In his essay J.R. Mailey dissects the Wagner Group’s illicit activities in key parts of Africa. The Wagner Group’s activities are c ... more
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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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National Mechanism for the Safety & Protection of Journalists in Kenya

Media Council of Kenya; Kenya Media Sector Working Group (2023), 5 pp.
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Vernacular Radio and the Practice of Resistance: Community Radio as a Cultural Tool to Engage on Health and Social Identities Among Marginalized Communities in Ghana

Emmanuel Essel, Eliza Govender
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 30, issue 1 (2023), pp. 99-118
"This article explores how local values and social identities can be integrated into Ghana’s formal COVID-19 public health communication interventions using community radio. The study adopted a qualitative approach using focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and reflexive thematic analysis ... more
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Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement

UNDP (2023), 156 pp.
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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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Information Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) on the Impact of Cyber Security Cybercrime Laws enacted by Southern Africa Governments on Media Freedom and Digital Rights

Dianne Hubbard, Frederico Links
Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA); Internews; USAID (2023), 633 pp.
"In 2023, Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA) through its consortium partner, Internews, undertook the most comprehensive review yet of laws affecting media practice and the freedom of expression, including cyber laws, penal codes, constitutions and acts of parliament, in the sixteen Souther ... more
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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
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Transnational Communication and Identity Construction in Diaspora: A Comparative Analysis of Four Diaspora Communities from the Horn of Africa

Merga Yonas Bula
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2023), xvii, 325 pp.
"The study was sparked by the absence of literature on transnational masspersonal communication (tmc) of 'Eritrean', 'Ethiopian', Oromo, and Somali diaspora communities. To bridge this theoretical gap, an empirical study was conducted at meso-level based on three questions: (a) what topics do people ... more
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Energy challenges for mobile networks in Sub-Saharan Africa: The need for clean and reliable energy for universal connectivity and digital transformation

London: GSMA (2023), 48 pp.
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New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking Cultures

Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu, Dumisani Moyo (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxiii, 319 pp.
"This volume presents case studies of news media employing and integrating social media into their news production practices. It links social media use to journalistic practices and news production processes in the digital age of the Global South. Critically, the chapters look at seminal cases of st ... more
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Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development: Starting from the South

Margit van Wessel, Tiina Kontinen, Justice Nyigmah Bawole (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xv, 348 pp.
"At a time when uneven power dynamics are high on development actors' agenda, this book will be an important contribution to researchers and practitioners working on innovation in development and civil society. While there is much discussion of localization, decolonization and 'shifting power' in ci ... more
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Global Issue, Global Coverage? How climate change is reported in African countries and countries in the Global North with regard to national issues and international relations

Merle Elisabeth van Berkum
London: City University of London, Doctoral Thesis (2023), 246 pp.
"This research investigates how the global challenge of climate change is portrayed in five African countries, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa, along with Germany, the UK, and the US. Several studies have investigated climate change reporting; this research adds to the literature by ... more
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Faith 'n' science

Internews; IMA World Health (2023), 14 pp.
"A majority of communities in sub–Saharan Africa subscribe to religion which is part of the people’s way of life. At the center of religion are religious leaders whom communities trust and consult on various issues beyond faith and religion. By partnering with these revered figures and building ... more
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Beyond the Humanitarian Savior Logics? UNHCR's Public Communication Strategies for the Syrian and Central African Crises

David Ongenaert, Stijn Joye, David Machin
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 164-190
"Forcibly displaced people often face restrictive migration policies and stereotypical discourses. Therefore, this study analyzes UNHCR's public communication strategies towards the Syrian and Central African crises. Through a comparative-synchronic multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) of U ... more
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Cinema Negro. D’África à Diáspora: O pensamento antirracista de Kabengele Munanga

Celso Luiz Prudente, Rogério de Almeida
São Paulo: Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (FEUSP) (2023), 536 pp.
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Nielsen BookScan Internacional - Informe trimestral, T5 2022

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2023), 27 pp.
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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
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Responsible Journalism in Conflicted Societies: Trust and Public Service Across New and Old Divides

Jake Lynch, Charis Rice (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 216 pp.
"Applying an inclusive concept of ‘conflicted societies’ that goes beyond those affected by violent conflict to include traditionally ‘stable’ but increasingly polarised democracies, such as the UK and the USA, contributors engage with longstanding questions and new challenges surrounding co ... more