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The ‘#tag Generation’: Social Media and Youth Participation in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria

Oluwasola Festus Obisean

Africa Development, volume 47, issue 2 (2022), pp. 107-145

"This article examines the roles of social media on youth’s political participation in the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. It interrogates the roles played by these communication tools in the emancipation and agency of youths while revealing the double-edged implications the devices may have on ... more

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Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War

Chrisanthi Giotis

Oxford University Press (2022), x, 278 pp.

"In an era marked by an unprecedented refugee crisis and ongoing, seemingly unending, borderland conflicts, foreign correspondents could play a pivotal role in helping create a global public sphere that incorporates the perspectives of those who are most effected by ongoing resource-fueled wars—an ... more

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The German Image of Africa: Colonial Continuities in Media Reporting

Tina Adomako

In: Continuity of Injustice: The Colonial Legacy of Development and Missionization

Bonn: Missionszentrale der Franziskaner (2022), pp. 37-44

"Misery and poverty do exist, and the media should not be ignoring that. However, the status of the African continent cannot be judged without addressing the 500 years of slave trade. Our prosperity has been built by the unpaid labour of Black people and with the resources stolen from their countrie ... more

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Attributing Public Ignorance in Vaccination Narratives

Samantha Vanderslott, Luisa Enria, Alex Bowmer, Abass Kamara, Shelley Lees

Social Science & Medicine, issue 307: 115152 (2022), 11 pp.

"Examples from Sierra Leone, Uganda, and India show how ‘ignorant public’ framings are used as explanation for vaccine hesitancy through assigned roles for institutions and publics, and the consequences this narrative has for vaccination encounters. These examples are based on ethnographic field ... more

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Digital Development: Stories of Hope from Health and Social Development

Sundeep Sahay, Arunima Mukhrajee, Geoffrey Walsham, Thomas Hylland Eriksen (eds.)

Rugby: Practical Action Publishing (2022), xii, 164 pp.

"This book explores case studies across India, Kenya, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, and global, comparative settings, and asks what positive impact ICT applications (Health Information Systems, Pandemic response systems, Early Warning and Response Systems, Hospital Information System and Smartphone based Ap ... more

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Empowering Youth in Africa Through Media and Communication: 2018 - 2022

Dakar: UNESCO Office Dakar and Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (2022), 15 pp.

"The project "Empowering young people in Africa through media and communication" aims to build media professionals' capacities, both men and women, in the treatment of information on various aspects of migration (irregular, legal, intra-regional, female, etc.), in order to guarantee public access to ... more

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Ethics, Media, Theology and Development in Africa: A Festschrift in Honour of Msgr Prof. Dr Obiora Francis Ike

Peter Eshioke Egielewa, Blessed Frederick Ngonso (eds.)

Geneva: World Council of Churches;Globethics.net (2022), 590 pp.

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Advancing Meaningful Connectivity: Towards Active and Participatory Digital Societies

Teddy Woodhouse

Washington, DC: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI);World Wide Web Foundation (2022), 27 pp.

"This report advances the Meaningful Connectivity framework as a way to support more inclusive societies and strengthen digital economies. It measures the gap in the number of people with just basic internet access and those with meaningful connectivity and examines what this digital divide means fo ... more

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Assessment of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in Sudan

CDAC Network;UNICEF (2022), 22 pp.

"The humanitarian Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability (CCEA) coordination structures in Sudan are primarily led by UN agencies with governmental counterparts at the sector level in Khartoum and field sites. These coordination structures have a relatively low level of representatio ... more

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Assessment of Media Development in The Gambia: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Alymana Bathily, Sait Matty Jaw, Modou Joof, Awa Bah, Birane Gai et al.

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 86 pp.

"Although some planned reforms announced since 2017 concerning the rights to freedom of expression and others are yet to be finalized, the report finds that the media environment has improved considerably since the new government came into power. In the context of a rising internet penetration rate, ... more

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Africa's soft power: Can Africa's creativity transform the continent? A summary of a nine-country survey

Natasha Kimani Rebecca Pointer, Moky Makura

Africa No Filter (2022), 16 pp.

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SocialMedia4Peace: Taking Stock of Progress Achieved

UNESCO (2022), 2 pp.

"The overall objective of this UNESCO project is to strengthen the resilience of societies to potentially harmful content spread online, in particular hate speech inciting violence while protecting freedom of expression and enhancing the promotion of peace through digital technologies, notably socia ... more

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African Data Trusts: New Tools Towards Collective Data Governance?

Nokuthula Olorunju, Rachel Adams

Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 14 pp.

"This paper discusses whether data trusts are feasible structures in an African context, concluding that there are significant limitations to a straight import of trust models developed elsewhere. It goes on to outline specific considerations that should be prioritised in the development of bottom u ... more

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Radio as an Empowering Environment: How Does Radio Broadcasting in Mali Represent Women’s “web of Relations”?

Emma Heywood, Beatrice Ivey

Feminist Media Studies, volume 22, issue 5 (2022), pp. 1050-1066

"Does radio programming by Studio Tamani in Mali create an empowering environment for women’s voices? Contributing to existing theoretical discussions on radio and women’s empowerment, this article examines the need to discuss women’s empowerment not from the perspective of women as individual ... more

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Encoded Biases & Future Imaginaries

Favour Borokini, Bonnita Nyamwire, Garnett Achieng, Neema Iyer

Kampala: Pollicy (2022), iv, 37 pp.

"This paper is the second in a series of three papers that explore the relationship between women in Africa today and Artificial Intelligence. In it, the authors explore the threats and benefits Artificial Intelligence brings to African women in different sectors; what it means to be an African woma ... more

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The Utility and Viability of Digital Technologies in the Production and Distribution of Critical Content in East Africa

Nairobi: Hivos East Africa (2022), 52 pp.

"This research explored the utility and viability of digital technologies in the production and promotion of critical audio-visual content by creatives. More specifically, it sought to establish regional trends in the creative sector with regard to uptake of technology in the development of critical ... more

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Mainstreaming communication of adaptation to climate change: Some initiatives from Central Africa

Denis Jean Sonwa, Emmanuel Mbede, Mekou Youssoufa Bele, Edith Abilogo, Precilia Ngaunkam

Journal of Environmental Media, volume 3, issue 1 (2022), pp. 11-32

"A survey in Cameroon revealed that journalists are faced with some challenges (such as lack of training and lack of resource persons) in covering environment topics, especially those related to forest and climate change adaptation. In order to address these challenges and contribute to the improvem ... more

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The State of Innovation and Media Viability in East Africa: From Indepth Media House Surveys
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Hesbon Hansen Owilla, Rose Kimani, Ann Hollifield et al.

Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications;Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 71 pp.

"The fact that about half of the news-producing media organizations categorise themselves as having insufficient newsroom resources as far as equipment, technology and training are concerned suggests that there is still need to look into equipping newsrooms technologically and continuing efforts to ... more

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Reframing Africa? Reflections on Modernity and the Moving Image

Cynthia Kros, Reece Auguiste, Pervaiz Khan (eds.)

Cape Town; Bethlehem, PA: African Minds;Media Studies Press (2022), ix, 246 pp.

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Landscape Study of AI Policies and Use in Southern Africa: Research Report

Harare: UNESCO Office in Harare (2022), 89 pp.

"This report is intended to provide a broad review of the use and emerging governance of AI technology in Southern Africa. It aims at initiating public discussions and policy dialogue not only on the technological implications of the use of AI, but also on the social, political, and ethical signific ... more

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