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Afrofeminist Data Futures

Neema Iyer, Chenai Chair, Garnett Achieng
Kampala: Pollicy (2021), 92 pp.
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The Politics of Impunity and the Shifting Media Landscape in Kenya

Philip Onguny
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, volume 7, issue 1 (2021), pp. 61-78
"This article focuses on state-media relations and the shifts in the overall media landscape in Kenya. Drawing on a political economy approach to media operations in Kenya, it argues that while there are competing meanings over what constitutes "news values", "editorial independence", and "critical ... more
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Data-Driven Advocacy Midterm Performance Evaluation

Washington Katema, Victoria Lihiru, Bernard Kindoli et al.
Washington, DC: USAID (2021), xii, 89 pp.
"Since August 2017, USAID/Tanzania’s five-year Data-Driven Advocacy (DDA) Activity has sought to improve and sustain Tanzanian civil society’s ability to advocate for and influence policy on key national human rights issues using higher-quality data and information to drive results. Implemented ... more
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It is about their story: How China, Turkey and Russia influence the media in Africa

Dani Madrid-Morales, Deniz Börekci, Dieter Löffler, Anna Birkevich
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2021), 130 pp.
"Looking at media involvement in Africa, one can only state that the continent is more important than ever. Next to traditional actors like the BBC or Radio France International, and to a smaller extent of Deutsche Welle or Radio Swiss International, there are new players. They do not seem to have t ... more
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Togo 2021

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A Race to the Bottom: Populism, Mis/Disinformation and South Africa's 2021 Election

Phumzile van Damme et al.
Anti-Disinformation Project (2021), 103 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
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How the COVID-19 Fight Has Hurt Digital Rights in East Africa

Kampala: CIPESA (2021), 12 pp.
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Media Coverage on Food Security and Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Case Study of Newspapers in Zimbabwe

Innocent Kutyauripo, Nyaradzo Prisca Mavodza, Christopher Tafara Gadzirayl
Cogent Food & Agriculture, volume 7, issue 1927561 (2021), 9 pp.
"Food security is a global concern, as all international and local agencies are putting various efforts to attain the Sustainable Development Goal number 2 of ending hunger by 2030. Nevertheless, achieving food security in the face of climate change seems to be unachievable in the foreseeable future ... more
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Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic in Africa (Part Two)

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 3 (2021), pp. 305-490
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Misinformed: Sudan’s Centralisation Problem & the Pandemic

Internews; USAID (2021), 81 pp.
"This Information Ecosystem Assessment documents how information around the COVID-19 pandemic is produced, consumed, and shared in Sudan contributing to the existence of multiple and overlapping information sub-systems within the supply side of the broader ecosystem. The findings show how the centra ... more
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Re-Imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology

Hopeton S. Dunn, Dumisani Moyo, William O. Lesitaokana, Shanade Bianca Barnabas (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xxiii, 381 pp.
"This book advances alternative approaches to understanding media, culture and technology in two vibrant regions of the Global South. Bringing together scholars from Africa and the Caribbean, it traverses the domains of communication theory, digital technology strategy, media practice reforms, and c ... more
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Promoting Smart Policy Options in Closing the Gender Digital Divide in Uganda

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET); Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA) (2021), 11 pp.
"Although the internet facilitates connection, participation, and engagement, there is a need for new and innovative strategies for closing the gender digital divide in Uganda. A socio-economic, political, and robustic legal approach is needed to close the gender digital divide. This requires regula ... more
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Liberté, droit et responsabilité médiatiques: Trois piliers de la pratique du journalisme en contexte congolais

Rigobert Munkeni Lapess
Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 201 pp.
"Le journalisme congolais se pratique dans un contexte délicat qui allie la liberté d’informer, les contraintes qu’appelle le respect des lois et règlements ainsi qu’une véritable prise de conscience de la responsabilité des acteurs et des instances médiatiques. C’est pourquoi la prati ... more
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Gender Norms, Gendered Work and Intersectional Digital Inequalities in Rwanda

Araba Sey et al.
Research ICT Africa (2021), 58 pp.
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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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A Safe, Sister Space: An Evaluation of the Safe Sisters Digital Safety Training Program for Women, and Case Studies from Alumni

Neema Iyer
Internews (2021), 52 pp.
"The purpose of this ex-post evaluation is for Internews to understand the impact that Safe Sisters has had on women in East Africa by documenting and publicly sharing their stories and evaluating the training approach itself. As women and girls come online for the first time, they disproportionatel ... more
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The Historicity of Media Regulation in Zambia: Examining the Proposed Statutory Self-Regulation

Youngson Ndawana, Vaughan Joanne Knowles, Christopher
African Journalism Studies, volume 42, issue 2 (2021), pp. 59-76
"The media in Zambia have been in a state of uncertainty since Zambia reinstated democratic governance in the early 1990s. Despite promising initial steps to deregulate the media that started under President Chiluba’s government in the mid-1990s, achieving these objectives in successive years has ... more
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Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa

Tanja E. Bosch
London; New York: Routledge (2021), x, 157 pp.
"This volume explores how, over the past decade, social media platforms have deeply penetrated the fabric of everyday life. The author considers South Africans’ use of wearable tech and use of online health and sports tracking systems via mobile phones within the broader context of the digital dat ... more
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Let Free Media Thrive: Stories of Impact of the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists

Paris: UNESCO (2021), 18 pp.
"The collection of stories presented here aims to highlight the impact of the MDP's (Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists) MDP’s actions over the course of this challenging year. Through testimonies from beneficiaries and partners who aspire to improve freedom o ... more