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Heinemann's African Writers Series: An Appraisal of its Contemporary Relevance in Nigeria

Beatrice Iguem Efembele

Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, Master Thesis (2021), 64 pp.

"Africa's history of publishing is long and multilayered and within these layers is Heinemann's African Writers Series founded in 1962 to nurture indigenous creative writing. This research addresses the contemporary relevance of Heinemann's African Writers Series (AWS) in Nigeria. It examines the cu ... more

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Impact of Covid-19 on Media Sustainability

MISA-Zimbabwe (2021), 47 pp.

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The Kenya Media Assessment 2021

Chaacha Mwita et al.

Internews (2021), 47 pp.

"There are stark lessons to be learnt from this assessment: Social media has become the main source of news and information for majority of Kenyans, even though it suffers the greatest trust deficit. Radio remains highly important, while television is the most trusted source of information and newsp ... more

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Communications on Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss with Local Populations: Exploring Best-Practices and Postcolonial Moments in Eight Case Studies from Across the Globe

Dawud Ansari et al.

Berlin: DIW Berlin (2021), 51 pp.

"[...] in this article, we present the results of a collective self-assessment exercise for a panel of eight case studies (covering four continents) [Amazon rainforest, Brazil; Colombia; India; Bangaldesh; Egypt; Lake Manyara Basin, Tanzania; Baltic Sea, Germany; Isles of Scilly, UK] ] of communicat ... more

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Media Landscape [Ethiopia]

BBC Media Action (2021), 5 pp.

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The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel: Quests for Meaningfulness

Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press (2021), vii, 269 pp.

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Media Viability in East Africa: Uganda

George Gathigi, Ann Hollifield (eds.)

Aga Khan University;Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), vii, 31 pp.

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Using Social Listening to Inform Integrated Social and Behavior Change Programs in Burkina Faso

Nrupa Jani, Leanne Dougherty, Martha Silva

Washington, DC: Population Council (2021), 25 pp.

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From “communicating” to “engagement”: Afro-Relationality as a Conceptual Framework for Climate Change Communication in Africa

Dominic Ayegba Okoliko, Martinus Petrus de Wit

Journal of Media Ethics, volume 36, issue 1 (2021), pp. 36-50

"This study interrogates the conventional understanding of and practice within mediated climate change communication (CCC) as a forum where transformative ideas on sustainability practices are shaped. Besides the dominance of non-African contexts and epistemologies in literature analyzing the media- ... more

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Archives and Human Rights

Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio, Antonio González Quintana (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), xxi, 330 pp.

"Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationship between archives and human rights and discusses the emergence, at the international level, of the ... more

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Nigeria: Democratic press, authoritarian government?

Chinyere Stella Okunna, Ngozi Marion Emmanuel, Henry Chigozie Duru

In: The Global Handbook of Media Accountability

Susanne Fengler; Tobias Eberwein; Matthias Karmasin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), pp. 324-334

"The Nigerian media scene is notably vibrant, which can be perceived as a democratization of communication and liberalization of the press where anyone with the means to own a media establishment can do so. Thus, the challenge with the Nigerian media is no longer the issue of access but, rather, tha ... more

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Emaswati feel free to exercise their vote but not to say what they think

Afrobarometer;ActivQuest (2021), 3 pp.

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Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression

Nate Schenkhan, Isabel Linzer

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2021), 74 pp.

"This report is the product of an effort to understand the scale and scope of “transnational repression,” in which governments reach across national borders to silence dissent among their diaspora and exile communities. Freedom House assembled cases of transnational repression from public source ... more

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Engendering AI: A Gender and Ethics Perspective on Artificial Intelligence in Africa

Favour Borokini, Sandra Nabulega, Garnett Achieng

Pollicy (2021), 22 pp.

"Although AI solutions have the potential to drive growth and development across major sectors such as finance, agriculture, and healthcare, the AI industry is currently still based in North America, Europe, and Asia, with Africa, unfortunately, still underrepresented (Jungblut, 2020). This is a thr ... more

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The Image of Africa in Ghana's Press: The Influence of Global News Organisations

Michael Serwornoo

Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2021), 258 pp.

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African Media Barometer: Zambia 2021

Windhoek; Lusaka: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 56 pp.

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Culturally Inclusive Online Learning for Capacity Development: Projects in International Contexts

Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena

Journal of Learning for Development, volume 7, issue 1 (2020), pp. 5-30

"This paper explores cultural inclusivity in online learning design by discussing two international capacity development projects: an online tutor mentor development programme in Sri Lanka and a hybrid physician assistant training programme in Ghana. Inclusivity involves establishing partnerships an ... more

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Online Facebook Campaigns Targeting Potential Irregular Migrants: A Pilot Study in Three West African Countries

Esther Haarman, Jasper Tjaden, Gustavo López

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2020), 41 pp.

"Studies have shown that many irregular migrants embark on journeys without accurate or complete information about migration. In response, IOM and other organizations run information campaigns intended to inform potential migrants of the dangers associated with irregular migration and to facilitate ... informed decisions. The use of online and social media platforms for these campaigns has become increasingly popular in recent years, due to their potential for quickly reaching millions of people at low cost. While the evidence base for offline information campaigns has been gradually improving, it remains unclear how online communication campaigns affect potential migrants, and methodologies to do this remain underdeveloped. This report therefore presents results from a pilot impact assessment of an online campaign based on Facebook posts in Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal during September 2019 and February 2020 [.] Conclusion: Facebook ad campaigns can reach many people quickly. However, large audience sizes and relatively cheap costs come with a trade-off. The impact of an information campaign on potential migrants’ perceptions, attitudes, knowledge and behaviour remains largely unknown because many Facebook users that engage with the campaign do not fit the intended target group. The advantage of offline over online campaigns is that implementers have more control and information about who attends activities or who is exposed to campaign content. The engagement of users with campaign posts varies largely by audience and post characteristics. Campaign and social media teams are well advised to conduct pilot tests before scaling up activities. Pilot tests can inform a customized approach for each online activity on Facebook, and thereby maximize impact. In addition to A/B tests, lift tests may offer a useful opportunity to test the impact of Facebook posts. Compared to impact assessments of offline information campaigns, measuring the impact of Facebook ads on potential migrants presents several unique challenges, including: Many potential migrants are not on Facebook or do not use ad content to seek information about migration. Internet connectivity is also limited in many West African countries. While Facebook allows users to narrow down target groups, it is not clear whether those Facebook users that are exposed to the content fit the profile of potential migrants. Whether the intended target group is reached can be affirmed only through surveys, which have a low response rate; It is not possible to interview the same Facebook users several times to track changes in their perceptions. Engagement metrics like post reactions, link clicks or video plays can be useful indicators. However, these low-engagement metrics do not offer clear evidence of the short- or long-term effects on Facebook users." (Executive summary) more

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La télévision publique gabonaise et la construction d'une communauté nationale 1963-2014

Marcy Delsione Ovoundaga

Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 460 pp.

"À l’heure où les fractures sociales s’aggravent dans le pays, cet ouvrage examine le lien entre la volonté politique de bâtir une nation, socle du vivre ensemble dans une société marquée par la pluralité des appartenances, et la définition du rôle social des médias – ici la premiè ... more

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Undergraduate Students and Time Spent on Social Networking Sites: A Study of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju

World of Media: Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, issue 3 (2020), pp. 57-72

"Social media sites allow students particularly in tertiary institutions to adopt different types of social networking sites to interact; keep in touch with their families and friends and keep up with their academic assignments. Conversely, there has been a growing concern that students at the terti ... more