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Social Media and Conflict in South Sudan II: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms 2017-2018

Will Ferroggiaro

Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab (2019), 36 pp.

"This report — Social Media and Conflict in South Sudan II: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms 2017-2018 — follows on its predecessor which was released in December 2016 after three years of civil war in South Sudan. It identifies key terms being used in the conflict, as well as new terms, context, ... more

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Panorama de la presse centafricaine: Entre pauvreté et politique d'influence

Saber Jendoubi

Paris: Ifri (2019), 21 pp.

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Radio, Conflict and Land Grabbing in Sierra Leone: Communicating Rights and Preventing Violence Through Drama

Valentina Baú

Media, War & Conflict, volume 12, issue 4 (2019), pp. 373-391

"With a focus on entertainment education, this article sheds light on the effects of radio drama in addressing conflict over land governance. The discussion is built around the broadcast of Bush Wahala radio series during the recent land acquisition process that has taken place in Sierra Leone. Thro ... more

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Survie d'une radio communautaire sénégalaise: Le cas de Manoore FM à Dakar

Aude Jimenez

Paris: L'Harmattan (2019), 169 pp.

"Cet ouvrage propose une incursion au coeur d’une radio communautaire silencieuse, mais résiliente. Mise en place par une association de femmes au début des années 2000, la station Manoore FM a subi plusieurs pannes au cours de la décennie 2010, jusqu’à cesser d’émettre en 2015. Pourtant ... more

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Endangered Voices: Attack on Freedom of Expression in Nigeria

London: Amnesty International (2019), 40 pp.

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Viability of Alternative Online News Media Organizations in Developing and Transformation Countries

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos;Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 209 pp.

"The main aim of the present study is to assess the status quo and the influencing factors of media viability in developing countries and economies in transition. Accordingly, three general research questions have been formulated: 1. Which factors determine the viability of alternative online news m ... more

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Understanding the Mobile Disability Gap: Insights on Mobile Phone Access and Usage by Persons with Disabilities in Kenya and Bangladesh

Clara Aranda-Jan

London: GSMA (2019), 114 pp.

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Civil Society and Media Whole-of-Intermediate Result (IR) Evaluation

Monrovia: USAID;Social Impact Inc. (2019), ix, 107 pp.

"This report presents findings and recommendations from the whole-of-Intermediate Result (IR) evaluation of activities generated from the USAID Civil Society and Media Project Appraisal Document (PAD) created in 2015. The evaluation included two current activities—Liberia Accountability and Voice ... more

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State of Internet Freedom in Africa 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

Kampala: CIPESA (2019), 47 pp.

"The study has found that African countries have broadened the range of measures that govern the use of digital communications including the internet. The implementation of oppressive laws and regulations is on the rise in the countries under review. It is evident that countries are using legislatio ... more

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The State of ICT in Uganda

Alison Gillwald (ed.)

Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2019), VII, 26 pp.

"It is evident that Uganda will need to do some things differently to ensure improved outcomes. Addressing inconsistencies in policy that affect the sector is critical. Each policy that impacts the sector, regardless of the Ministry that develops it, should be evaluated before implementation within ... more

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Tanzania Media Laws: A Handbook for Practitioners

USAID (2019), 70 pp.

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Memories of Gukurahundi Massacre and the Challenge of Reconciliation

Isheanesu Gusha

Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, volume 45, issue 1 (2019), 14 pp.

"When Zimbabwe attained her independence from colonial powers in 1980, prospects of a peaceful nation were high, especially following the pledge made by the Prime Minister Elect in his victory speech. Isaiah 2:4b was quoted as a metaphor of peace, but things did not turn out as expected in the follo ... more

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Dialogue Between Absentees? Liberation Radio Engages its Audiences, Namibia, 1978-1989

Robert Heinze

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 16, issue 2 (2019), pp. 489-510

"Liberation radios, the propaganda stations operated by the anti-Apartheid and anticolonial movements Southern Africa, provide us with a unique lens on the relationship between broadcasters and their audiences. Most importantly, they conceptualized audiences in a specific, two-pronged way to mobiliz ... more

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Continuity in Change: A History of Radio for National Development

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah, Margaret I. Amoakohene, Marquita S. Smith

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 17, issue 2 (2019), pp. 217-234

"In this article, we assert and demonstrate a particular and enduring adaptability of radio in tandem with observable temporal shifts in development communication theory and practice in Africa. Specifically, we use the historical research method to explore and explain the ideological discourses, pol ... more

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L'audiovisuel africain et la capitalisme global

Politique Africaine, issue 153 (2019), pp. 7-159

"Ce dossier se concentre sur ces transformations plus récentes afin d’analyser leur impact sur l’économie et la politique de la production et de la distribution audiovisuelle en Afrique, tout en mettant en question les cadres théoriques et méthodologiques que nous adoptons en tant que cherch ... more

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Science Communication in South Africa: Reflections on Current Issues

Peter Weingart, Marina Joubert, Bankole Falade (eds.)

Cape Town: African Minds (2019), 236 pp.

"Once the persuasion took hold that science should open up to the public and these questions were raised, it became clear that coming up with satisfactory answers would be a complex challenge. The inaccessibility of scientific language and methods, due to ever increasing specialisation, is at the ba ... more

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Yearbook on Media Quality in Tanzania: 2019 Report

Abdallah Katunzi, Christoph Spurk

Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam, School of Journalism and Mass Communication (2019), 45 pp.

"The overall quality of media reporting in Tanzania in 2019 has gone down. Compared to 2018, the Media Quality Index for all media dropped from 28% to 26.8%. Among media types, the print media’s performance dropped most. Many aspects illustrate the trend. It is clear that media houses now rely on ... more

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Anthropological Approaches to Media in Africa

Katrien Pype, Alessandro Jedlowski

In: A Companion to the Anthropology of Africa

Roy Richard Grinker; Stephen C. Lubkemann; Christopher B. Steiner; Euclides Gonçalves (eds.)

Wiley (2019), pp. 351-374

"Anthropologists began to study media relatively late in the history of the discipline. Research on media - in particular, mass media - tended to be associated with the societies most anthropologists came from, and thus with the self rather than the other, and except for a few rare exceptions, it wa ... more

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Unpacking Social Media Use in Stabilization Efforts

Dianna E. Almanza, Victor Odundo Owuar

One Earth Future (2019), 2 pp.

"Social media use has provided access to entertainment, opportunities for a richer social life, and the ability to communicate with many others in a manner that was not possible just a few decades ago. In SSA, the convergence of homegrown ideas and collaboration with the international community has ... more

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Mobiltelefone in Afrika = Mobile Phones in Africa

Christine Hoffendahl

Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2019), 29 pp.