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COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa: Media Viability, Framing and Health Communication

Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol (eds.)

Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2022), xix, 257 pp.

"The volume helps us deconstruct COVID-19 discourses on crisis communication and media developments focusing on three areas: Media viability, Framing and Health crisis communication. The chapters unpack issues on marginalisation, gender, media sustainability, credibility, priming, trust, sources, be ... more

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Open Learning as a Means of Advancing Social Justice: Cases in Post-School Education and Training in South Africa

Tabisa Mayisela, Shanali C. Govender, Cheryl Ann Hodgkinson-Williams (eds.)

Cape Town: African Minds (2022), xi, 396 pp.

"This volume investigates the uptake of 'open learning' in South African Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and higher education institutions. Comprised of 16 studies focused on activities at a range of colleges and universities across the country, these chapters aim to prom ... more

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WIN Leadership Mapping: Global Report

Gabriella Siciliano

Women in News (2022), 26 slides

"In 0 of 17 markets [in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia] did the percentage of women holding top business positions exceed 25%. The highest performer was the Philippines with 22%. In 2 of 17 markets, the percentage of women holding top editorial positions was skewed in favour of women. In ... more

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Theatre for Development (TfD): Historical and Institutional Perspectives

Abdul Karim Hakib

München: Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Doctoral Thesis (2022), 198 pp.

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Towards Better Policies in the Platform Economy: Ghana Ratings 2022

David Sutcliffe (ed.)

Fairwork;Oxford Internet Institute;Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) (2022), 43 pp.

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Towards Equitable Work for all Platform Workers: Fairwork Nigeria Ratings 2022

Yinka David-West, Kemi Ogunyemi, Chinyere Emeshie, Amaka Anozie, Daniel Arubayi, Mark Graham

Fairwork;Oxford Internet Institute;Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB);Lagos Business School (2022), 41 pp.

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Post-2018 Media Landscape in Ethiopia: A Review

Mulatu Alemayehu Moges

Center for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD) (2022), v, 46 pp.

"The advancement of digital technologies, political and legal changes, and the growth in the number of journalism schools in Ethiopia have generally contributed to the overall growth of media outlets and media workers. However, there is no comprehensive source of information that shows the impact of ... more

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Ageing and the Media: International Perspectives

Virpi Ylänne (ed.)

Bristol: Policy Press (2022), 234 pp.

"Media representations of ageing play a role in stereotype formation and even reinforce them. Encountering these stereotypes can negatively impact the self-esteem, health status, physical wellbeing and cognitive performance of older people. This international collection examines different dimensions ... more

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Disrupted Media - Disrupted Academy: Rethinking African J-Schools

Franz Krüger

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2022), 37 pp.

"The question at the core of this discussion paper is what are the implications for African journalism schools of the international crisis facing journalism and the specific needs of local audiences? More specifically, what are the implications in terms of curriculum, target groups and modalities? O ... more

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Social media and behaviour in Zimbabwe: A case of the Ruwa youths in Harare

D. H. Mapuvire, V. Mapuvire

Public Administration & Development Alternatives (JPADA), volume 7, issue 2 (2022), pp. 50-59

"Social media, with its generally reported adverse effects, has become prevalent in daily lives of young people in Zimbabwe. The aim of this article is to outline the effects of social media on youth behaviour in Zimbabwe, as described by the Ruwa youths in Harare. The article reports the results of ... more

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Governação e luta contra a corrupção em São Tomé e Príncipe. Conferência internacional, 12 e 13 de abril de 2022

Borges Nhamirre, Juvenal Rodrigues

Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2022), 107 pp.

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Aquele outro mundo que é o mundo: Cinco anos de bolsas de criação jornalística sobre desenvolvimento

Adriano Miranda, Alexandre Nhampossa, André Cunha et al.

Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2022), 378 pp.

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The State of Press Freedom in Southern Africa 2020-2021

Nashilongo Gervasius-Nakale, Kholwani Nyathi, Reyhana Masters (eds.)

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2022), 75 pp.

"Privacy is necessary for journalists to communicate freely with sources, receive confidential information, investigate corruption, and guarantee their safety and that of their sources. Therefore, it is worrying that governments and big corporations are working to undermine the right to privacy by a ... more

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Digital Rights Are Human Rights: An Introduction to the State of Affairs and Challenges in Africa

Hendrik Bussiek

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 7 pp.

"In sub-Saharan Africa, 495 million people (46 percent of the population) subscribed to mobile phones in 2020, however, the cost of accessing the internet is very high and many African Governments are renowned for restricting access to the internet to limit critics and their opposition through inter ... more

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Conflict narratives in the news and digital spaces: The dangerous placebo of geopolitical power and their digital news versus technology effects on stories of water and border disuptes in Africa

Loubna Mckouar

Africa No Filter (2022), iii, 31 pp.

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Climate change in Africa: Are Africans sleepwalking to disaster? Analysis of the conversations, stories and resulting narratives on climate in Africa

Rebecca Pointer, Sam Matsiko

Africa No Filter (2022), 36 pp.

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From Mobile Money to Digital Cash: Learnings from Africa’s Experience with Mobile Money for the Introduction of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Bitange Ndemo, Aaron Thegeya

Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 25 pp.

"The first adopters of mobile money were economies in sub-Saharan Africa, and over time adoption rates have increased rapidly particularly in Asia and Latin America. As of 2020, there were 1.2 billion mobile money accounts globally, with US$ 767 billion in transactions during the year. Sub-Saharan A ... more

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The Search for Sustainable Local Media: Tools and Models

Franz Krüger

BBC Media Action;PRIMED (2022), 3 pp.

"A summary of the forthcoming policy paper Greening Africa's news deserts: The search for sustainable local media in sub-Saharan Africa, soon to be published. The policy paper has been written with support from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Fojo Media Institute. It focuses on local and communit ... more

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Face-to Face with COVID-19: Experiences of Ghanaian Frontline Journalists Infected with the Virus

Kodwo Jonas Anson Boateng, Redeemer Buatsi

In: Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Carol Azungi Dralega; Angella Napakol (eds.)

Springer (2022), pp. 147-162

"Journalists around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, media houses have had to make drastic adjustments to the impact of challenges wrought by the pandemic on their operations. Ghanaian media houses also faced similar challenges and disruptions. News reporters and ... more

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Endangered Voices: Nigerian Journalists’ Safety amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Moyosore Omowonuola Alade, Bernice Oluwalanu Sanusi

In: Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Carol Azungi Dralega; Angella Napakol (eds.)

Springer (2022), pp. 109-126

"This chapter examines the difficult conditions Nigerian journalists faced while reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the threats and dangers faced by Nigerian broadcast journalists and its implication for journalism practice amid a pandemic. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted ... more