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Black Communication in the Age of Disinformation: DeepFakes and Synthetic Media

Kehbuma Langmia (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxvii, 208 pp.

"Current developments in technology, such as facial recognition, have already disproportionately affected people of color, especially people of African descent. The rise of DeepFakes and other forms of Fake News online has brought a host of new impacts and potential obstacles to the way that Black c ... more

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Who is Influencing Who? Unpacking Youth and Influence in Africa. A Summary of a Nine-Country Survey

Rebecca Pointer, Natasha Kimani, Moky Makura

Africa No Filter (2023), iv, 18 pp.

"Africa is a diverse and complex continent, consisting of 54 countries, 5 regions and about 2,000 languages. This report identifies what influences African youths' attitudes and decisions. It is based on a survey of 4,500 people, aged 18–35, in nine African countries: Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Ivory ... more

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L' Église et les moyens de communication sociale: Les médias catholiques en Afrique à la lumière des documents ecclésiaux

Francis Barbey

Paris: L'Harmattan (2023), 249 pp.

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An Analysis of African Journalists’ Needs in Migration Coverage

William Tayeebwa, Sara Namusoga-Kaale, Fred Kakooza

Commpass Communicating Migration and Mobility (2023), 26 pp.

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Regulation of Digital Platforms for a Socially-Just Gig Economy in Kenya

Tom Kwanya, Kutoma J. Wakunuma

Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) (2023), 99 pp.

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Understanding the Gender Digital Divide in Nigeria: Learning Brief

USAID;Banyan Global (2023), 7 pp.

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Mali

Sophia Anong, Bouchaib Bounabat, Patrick Malone

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 99 pp.

"The Mali Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Mali DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Mali’s digital ecosystem and provides 11 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by 3 USAID/Mali pri ... more

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ChatGPT in South Africa: Is the AI chatbot changing how we work and play?

In On Africa (IOA) (2023), 10 pp.

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Artificial Intelligence Practitioner's Guide: Kenya

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2023), 77 pp.

"Kenya is the third most innovative economy in sub-Saharan Africa, behind Mauritius and South Africa. (Oxford Insights, 2022, pp.44-46). Therefore, this Artificial Intelligence Practitioners’ Guide (the Guide) has been developed to address AI’s disruption in the tech and legal sector in Kenya. T ... more

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ICTs, Smallholder Agriculture and Farmers’ Livelihood Improvement in Developing Countries: Evidence from Tanzania

Gabriel Kanuti Ndimbo, Lerong Yu, Andam Andin Ndi Buma

Information Development (2023), 20 pp.

"Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are among the profound tools to help the poor and marginalized rural smallholder farmers make a difference in their lives. This paper seeks to understand how the recent development of ICTs helps increase agricultural productivity and improve smallho ... more

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Interactions between civilians and jihadists in Mali and Niger: Research findings and lessons for policy

Yvan Guichaoua, Ferdaous Bouhlel et al.

University of Kent (2023), 69 pp.

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Women's Activism Online and the Global Struggle for Social Change

Carmit Wiesslitz (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxi, 310 pp.

"This book showcases the online activism of women's groups around the world in the post-#MeToo era, and presents an overview of the diversity of its current expressions. The focus of this book extends beyond campaigns against rape culture to include women's struggles on other political and environme ... more

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Media and Communication in Nigeria: Conceptual Connections, Crossroads and Constraints

Bruce Mutsvairo, Nnamdi T. Ekeanyanwu (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xv, 272 pp.

"The book traces communication in Nigeria back to pre-colonial indigenous communication, through the development of telecommunication, broadcasting networks, the press, the Nigerian flm industry (‘Nollywood’) and on to the digital era. At a time when Western voices still dominate the academic li ... more

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Generation Africa - Guide de Facilitation

Yudhvir Ranchod, Elaine Maane, Marianne Gysae

Steps (2022), 76 pp.

"Le projet Generation Africa est basé sur des expériences vécues par la jeunesse africaine qui est la plus grande démographie de jeunes dans le monde et dont le futur va déterminer la forme que prendra nos sociétés sur les décennies à venir. La collection comprend 25 réalisateurs et socié ... more

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Assessment of Media Development in Sudan 2019-2020: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Steve Buckley, Amel Ibrahim Ahmed Abuzaid, Sara Eljmiaabi, Ahmed Yahia

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 107 pp.

"The research data reveal that Sudan at the time had at least 10 media-related laws in place that do not meet international standards. At the same time, the country had the benefit of an infrastructure of 30 institutions offering media education and training. Sudan has an opportunity to restructure ... more

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RIT 2.0: RDC - Bulletin humanitaire #6, 31 mai 2022

Internews (2022), 5 pp.

"Le présent bulletin présente l’analyse des rumeurs récurrentes collectées au cours de la période allant de 01 au 20 mai 2022. Au cours de cette période, 156 rumeurs ont été collectées dont 36 sur les réseaux sociaux et 120 rumeurs dans la communauté. La plupart des rumeurs évaluées � ... more

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Same old story? African disease stereotypes persist in Covid-19 media coverage

Maame Nikabs, Mphathisi Ndlovu

Africa No Filter (2022), 23 pp.

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An Assessment of the Challenges Associated with Volunteer Workforce Management at Radio Maria Rwanda

Felicien Nkurunziza

Nairobi: Daystar University, Master Thesis (2022), xi, 122 pp.

"This study has been conducted at Radio Maria Rwanda (RMR) for establishing different challenges related to the management of volunteers at RMR, from recruitment to their retention. The study assessed how volunteers are recruited at RMR, what motivated them to volunteer at this radio station, how th ... more

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Mediating Catholicism: Religion and Media in Global Catholic Imaginaries
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Eric Hoenes del Pinal, Marc Roscoe Loustau, Kristin Norget (eds.)

London: Bloomsbury Academic (2022), 240 pp.

"This book focuses on the ethnographic study of Catholicism and media. Chapters demonstrate how people engage with the Catholic media-scape, and analyse the social, cultural, and political processes that underlie Catholic media and mediatization. Case studies examine Catholic practices in North Amer ... more

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A Polycentric Broadcasting Model: Radio and the Promotion of Portuguese Colonialism

Nelson Ribeiro

Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 29, issue 1 (2022), pp. 10-25

"The article demonstrates how Portugal lacked a true policy of imperial broadcasting which led it to become dependent on colonial stations for the dissemination of colonialism. The broadcasters established in the Portuguese Empire dedicated significant airtime to the dissemination of Portugal’s co ... more

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