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Decolonizing Ebola Rhetorics Following the 2013-2016 West African Ebola Outbreak

Marouf Arif Hasian
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2020), 232 pp.
"Defends the position that, despite the supposed "lessons" that have been learned about the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) after the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, there remains a need to "decolonize" the rhetorics of Ebola prevention and containment. The author asserts that the failure ... more
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Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries
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Irene V. Pasquetto, Eaman Jahani, Alla Baranovsky, Matthew A. Baum
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2020), 27 pp.
"We conducted a mixed-methods research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan consisting of surveys, survey experiments, and semi-structured interviews, to better understand the spread and impact of misinformation, and in particular of misinformation on mobile messaging apps (MIMs). One of our goal ... more
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Project: Promoting Professional Standards & Enhancing the Watchdog Role of the Ghanaian Media

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 5 pp.
"The guide below serves as a Glossary of Definitions of the basic principles of ethics to be monitored. It is designed to assist and guide the Monitor in understanding properly and identifying accurately, any violations of particular Ethical principles by the media. The list here is not exhaustive. ... more
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Communiquer sur Ebola: Expérience du Sénégal du 23 mars au 1er décembre 2014. Récit et analyse critique des faits

Baba Gallé Diallo
Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 204 pp.
"Le 23 mars 2014, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé publie sur son site web l'apparition de la maladie à virus Ébola en Guinée. Du fait de la proximité du Sénégal avec la Guinée, la commission Média et Communication, dispositif multisectoriel et centre nerveux de la communication impulse ... more
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MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities
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Ke Zhang, Curtis J. Bonk, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2020), xxx, 358 pp.
"With e-learning technologies evolving and expanding at high rates, organizations and institutions around the world are integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other open educational resources (OERs). MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South explores the initiatives that are leveragi ... more
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The Changing Landscape of Internet Shutdowns in Africa

Eleanor Marchant, Nicole Stremlau
International Journal of Communication, volume 14 (2020), pp. 4216-4233
"There is an evolution underway in terms of how Internet access is perceived and understood. The view that Internet access should be a fundamental right has continued to gain traction. At the same time, concerns are increasing about the very real threat of offline harm posed by the dissemination of ... more
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Using Drama to Encourage Non-Violent Conflict Resolution in South Sudan

London: BBC Media Action (2020), 2 pp.
"Mixed methods research found that including entertaining and relatable characters and storylines in the Life in Lulu radio drama engaged listeners and helped them to apply lessons from the programme to resolve conflicts peacefully in their own households and communities." (Page 1)
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Perceptions of cyber bullying in primary and secondary schools among student teachers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Liezel Cilliers, Willie Chinyamurindi
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 86, issue 4: e12131 (2020), 10 pp.
"Cyber bullying has become a topical issue among school learners in South Africa. However, there is very little guidance for schools on how to deal with cyber bullying from the South African Department of Basic Education. This study investigated the perceptions of cyber bullying in primary and secon ... more
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The Media-Democracy Paradox in Ghana: Rethinking Political Communication in an African Context

W. S. Dzisah
Bristol: intellect (2020), 218 pp.
"This original new book researches into the praxis of this democracy and its media, delving into Ghana's evolvement, media practice, leadership aspirations, pressure group politics and ethnic and tribal cleavages. Written in accessible language it will provide valuable source material for readers in ... more
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Les 40 ans de la Radio Télévision Guinéenne

Ibrahima Diabi
Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 179 pp.
"Fruit de la coopération bilatérale entre la République arabe libyenne et la République de Guinée, la Télévision nationale est née le 14 mai 1977. À cette époque, le petit écran était encore un luxe que beaucoup de pays africains n’arrivaient pas à s’offrir. La coopération multilat ... more
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Healthy Scepticism Across the Board: A Study on Media Perception in Sudan

Aida Kaisy
Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2020), 18 pp.
"Social media is the most dominant source of news, with television and radio both declining in popularity amongst young audiences. Social media is popular due to its accessibility and speed of reporting events. Countering the commonly high popularity of radio in Africa, radio was seen as outdated an ... more
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Heartlines “What’s Your Story?”: Summative Evaluation

Singizi Consulting Africa (2020), 45 pp.
"In the formative evaluation, church data from the retrospective baseline showed that after being exposed to the “What’s Your Story?” methodology by Heartlines, 42% of respondents had engaged in further intentional storytelling with others. In comparison to this, in the summative evaluation, a ... more
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"We Live in Perpetual Fear": Violations and Abuses of Freedom of Expression in Somalia

London: Amnesty International (2020), 50 pp.
"For the fifth year in a row, Somalia tops the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Global Impunity Index on countries where those who kill journalists escape prosecution. The Somali authorities rarely investigate cases of killings or attacks on journalists, media outlets and critics. At least ... more
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Double-Edged Sword? Ghanaians See Pros, Cons of Social Media, Want Access But Not Fake News

Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, Edem Selormey
Afrobarometer (2020), 12 pp.
"The Afrobarometer survey conducted in late 2019 shows that although radio and television remain the most dominant news sources, daily news consumption via social media (by 22% of Ghanaians) and the Internet (19%) is steadily increasing. Social media is less trusted as a source of information – on ... more
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Literature Review on African Youth and the Impact of Narrative

Rebecca Pointer
Africa No Filter (2020), 13 pp.
"The literature on African youth narratives about Africa is sparse. Only one report in the literature review focussed on youth narratives, and it indicated that youth did not value their own stories, but relied on western tropes in storytelling. We came across nine recent reports based on attitudina ... more
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Radio and Pandemics. COVID-19 in East Africa: How Community and Vernacular Radio Are Influencing Social and Behaviour Change

Daniel Ominde Okoth
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2020), 23 pp.
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Keeping it Real: An Exploratory Study of How 13-14-Year-Olds Critically Engage with Online Content
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Tim Schoot Uiterkamp et al.
Free Press Unlimited (2020), 43 pp.
"We recruited participants aged 13-14 in three countries: Mexico, South Africa and the Netherlands. Through a questionnaire, an observation exercise and interviews, we gathered information in order to identify trends [...] We constructed a number of global personas that cut across the groups. Safety ... more
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African Narratives: A Gloomy Picture, with Some Emerging Positive Trends. Literature Review of Academic Writing on African Narratives

Rebecca Pointer
Africa No Filter (2020), 12 pp.
"In 2018 the fictional country Wakanda from the film Black Panther was the fourth most mentioned African country on Twitter, after Egypt, South Africa and Kenya. The fact that Africa’s 4th most talked about country doesn’t exist tells us two things: pop culture is a powerful tool for narrative w ... more
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Assessing Internet Development in Ethiopia: Using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators

Paris; Addis Ababa: UNESCO; Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (2020), 200 pp.
"The Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, in collaboration with UNESCO, conducted a comprehensive assessment of Internet development in Ethiopia using the UNESCO Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators framework. The evaluation examined 109 core and 23 non-core indicators. This effort aime ... more
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The Politics of Information and Analysis in Humanitarian Emergencies: Evidence from Ethiopia

Daniel Maxwell, Lindsay Spainhour Baker, Peter Hailey
Boston: Feinstein International Center (2020), 27 pp.