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Examining the Safety of Journalists in Benue State, Nigeria

Paul Aondover Igbashangev, Oliver Ayangeaor, Ahangba Andrew Akpam

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"Journalists play a crucial role in disseminating information and ensuring transparency in society. However, in many regions around the world, journalists face significant risks and threats to their safety, hindering their ability to fulfill their professional duties effectively. This article focuse ... more

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Exploring the Impact of Information Disorder on Crises in the Lake Chad Region: Unveiling the Shift from Arms to Information Warfare

Silas Jonathan

Abuja: Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) (2024), 7 pp.

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The cost of media stereotypes to Africa: The relationship between media, investment and economic development

Marie Wilke, Matthew Ferreira, Chuma Mashita, Sheena Shah, Steen Joffe, Stephen Adjignon, Luel Hagos

Africa No Filter;africapractice (2024), 32 pp.

"Africa could be losing up to $4.2 billion annually in interest payments on its loans primarily due to stereotypical narratives that dominate global media coverage of the continent. The media’s portrayal of Africa has long been dominated by persistent stereotypes. This report explores the economic ... more

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Recommendations: Combating Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia

Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) (2024), 9 pp.

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Die unbequeme Vergangenheit: Vom Umgang mit Staatsverbrechen in Russland und anderswo

Nikolaj Epple

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2024), 598 pp.

"Die Sowjetdiktatur war von Staatsverbrechen kaum vorstellbaren Ausmaßes geprägt. Insbesondere gilt dies für die Periode von der Oktoberrevolution 1917 bis zum Tod Josef Stalins 1953: Sie umfasst den Bürgerkrieg, die sogenannten Säuberungen, das Gulag-System und zahlreiche weitere Akte massiver ... more

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Independent Online Journalists' Harassment and the Emotional Repercussions

Nyasha Cefas Zimuto, Tinashe Murape

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 109-123

"Communication the world over is a vital cog in communities. The sender and the receiver play different and complementary roles in information dissemination. Be that as it may, many contemporary information senders are faced with different forms of harassment. The advent of social media has seen a r ... more

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Journalists' Repression, Harassment and Attacks in Eswatini and Botswana

Magnificent Mndebele, Mbongeni Msimanga, Lungile Tshuma

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 124-140

"Amid growing threats to journalists around the world, this study examines the nature of repression, harassment and attacks on full-time employed journalists and freelance writers in Eswatini. Given that harassment ranges from doxing, surveillance, religious prejudice, threats to harm family members ... more

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Gendered Threats and Attacks in and outside the Newsroom: Nigerian Female Journalists' Experiences with Harassment

Moyosore Omowonuola Alade

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 67-87

"This chapter explores Nigerian female journalists’ lived experiences with harassment in and outside the newsroom. Using a qualitative approach, 12 in-depth interviews were conducted with female journalists in broadcast media houses in Nigeria, and themes that emerged from the data obtained via in ... more

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Disability and Media: An African Perspective

Tafadzwa Rugoho (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii, 269 pp.

"This book seeks to expand some of the existing, often western and Global North facing, scholarship in the area of Disability and Media Studies to include African perspectives. Featuring predominantly Africa-based contributors, it studies an array of topics on disability and media in Africa, includi ... more

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The Palgrave Handbook of Cross-Border Journalism
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Liane Rothenberger, Martin Löffelholz, David H. Weaver (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xxv, 618 pp.

"This handbook critically analyzes cross-border news production and "transnational journalism cultures" in the evolving field of cross-border journalism. As the era of the internet hasfurther expanded the border-transcending production, dissemination and reception of news, and with transnational co- ... more

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Emergent Forms and Patterns of Online Harassment of Women Journalists in African countries

Blessing Makwambeni, Patricia Rudo Makwambeni

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 49-66

"The internet and digital platforms have contributed to the democratisation of the public sphere. A number of studies have shown how the internet and new digital platforms have brought subaltern voices into the mainstream. However, recent studies show that on the flip side, the cybersphere also prom ... more

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Safety of Journalists in the Run-Up to the 2023 Elections in Zimbabwe

Nkosini Aubrey Khupe, Mphathisi Ndlovu

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 223-238

"In March 2023, a Zimbabwean government official caused a storm after threatening journalists with arrests for reporting on an Al Jazeera documentary that exposed alleged money laundering, gold smuggling and other criminal activities in the country. Journalists and media groups interpreted these utt ... more

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Authoritarian Journalism: Controlling the News in Post-Conflict Rwanda

Ruth Moon

Oxford: Oxford University Press (2024), viii, 210 pp.

"This book examines journalism practice in Rwanda to draw conclusions applicable to journalism fields everywhere. Drawing on seven months of fieldwork, the book argues that this field of journalism is weak in part because of powerful but murky political boundaries but also because journalists themse ... more

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La fiesta de las paces

Catalina Uribe Rincón, Omar Rincón (eds.)

Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes (2024), 305 pp.

"Paz y reconciliación son temas cruciales de nuestra historia. En la coyuntura de análisis y debates, La fiesta de las paces reflexiona sobre la construcción de la paz desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria y, lo que es más importante, desde voces no institucionales. Los autores demuestran que ... more

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Basotho reject government restrictions on information, support media’s watchdog role

Asafika Mpako, Stephen Ndoma

Afrobarometer (2024), 11 pp.

"Basotho value the media’s role as a watchdog on government and support media freedom, but they are divided on whether their country’s media is actually free. Majorities endorse public access to government-held information such as bids and contracts, local government council budgets, and salarie ... more

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption by Journalists in Zambia: Survey Report

Teldah Mawarire, Meck Phiri (eds.)

USAID;FHI 360;Internews (2024), 12 pp.

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Sexual Harassment in the Nigerian Media Environment

Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye

In: Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa

Furaha-Joy Sekai Saungweme; Carol Chi Ngang; Graham Towl (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), 19 pp.

"The media industry of Nigeria has been significantly impacted by sexual harassment and it has had a very negative effect on women media workers. One major issue which I will articulate in my chapter is the absence of an overarching media policy framework addressing sexual harassment with clear pena ... more

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Media Capture and Perspectives for Media Development in a Fragile Media System: Debating Journalistic Roles in Guinea-Bissau

Johanna Mack

Central European Journal of Communication, volume 2, issue 36 (2024), pp. 204-222

"Guinea-Bissau's media have negotiated their roles and freedoms within the postcolonial national construct since its official independence from Portugal in 1974. While the current media landscape is relatively pluralistic, journalists experience constraints from various sides: political pressures, u ... more

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Remembering Mass Atrocities: Perspectives on Memory Struggles and Cultural Representations in Africa

Mphathisi Ndlovu, Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Shepherd Mpofu (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii, 303 pp.

"This book explores how popular cultural artifacts, literary texts, commemorative practices and other forms of remembrances are used to convey, transmit and contest memories of mass atrocities in the Global South. Some of these historical atrocities took place during the Cold war. As such, this book ... more

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Harassment and Threats Faced by Journalists in Kenya: Implications for Press Freedom and Independent Reporting

Job Mwaura, Meghan Sobel Cohen

In: Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism

Lungile Augustine Tshuma; Trust Matsilele; Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga; Sadia Jamil (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2024), pp. 141-157

"The freedom of the press is a cornerstone of democracy and a critical component of a functioning society. In Kenya, like many other countries, journalists face a myriad of challenges when reporting on sensitive issues, including corruption and government wrongdoing. These challenges include physica ... more

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