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Digital Activism and Cyberconflicts in Nigeria: Occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and MEND

Shola Abidemi Olabode
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2018), xiv, 256 pp.
"This book offers fresh insights on digital activism and cyberconflicts through a comparison of sociopolitical and ethnoreligious movements in Nigeria. Occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) highlight the digital and organizational aspects of confl ... more
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Glass Ceilings: Women in South African Media Houses

Glenda Daniels, Tarisai Nyamweda, Collin Nxumalo, Barbara Ludman
Johannesburg: Gender Links (2018), 84 pp.
"The third Glass Ceilings survey of South African media launched on 19 October - national press freedom day - 2018 shows there have been dramatic shifts in the race and gender composition of media since the first study twelve years ago. But black women are still not fairly represented in media decis ... more
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Questioning the Role of Foreign Aid in Media System Research

Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris
In: The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa
Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 401-412
"While the internal dynamics or the role of the state has had a significant bearing on how media systems evolve and change, both internal and external factors have contributed to the type of media that exists in Malawi today. Although Hallin and Mancini did not include at length the role of external ... more
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Utilisation of Information and Communication Technology for E-Learning Among Select Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju
Nigerian Journal of Communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2018), pp. 359-374
"Information Technology (IT) has changed the modern workplace because of its development of new knowledge and skills. E-learning is the wholesome incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) resources, particularly the Internet, into the process of teaching and learning. Although ... more
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Privacy and Personal Data Challenges and Trends in Malawi

Kampala: CIPESA (2018), 19 pp.
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Media, Conflict, and the State in Africa

Nicole Stremlau
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (2018), xiii, 175 pp.
"Countries emerging from violent conflict face difficult challenges about what the role of media should be in political transitions, particularly when attempting to build a new state and balance a difficult legacy. Media, Conflict, and the State in Africa discusses how ideas, institutions and intere ... more
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Strengthening Police and Media Relations for the Safety of Journalists and Peaceful, Free and Fair Elections in West Africa

Michelle Betz
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 42 pp.
"The relationship between the media and security agencies, including those in the law enforcement and intelligence services, has always been a delicate one. In the West African context, this relationship is often characterized by frequent clashes, arising from a somewhat startling inability of eithe ... more
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Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation

Douglas Nakashima, Igor Krupnik, Jennifer T. Rubis (eds.)
Cambridge; Paris: Cambridge University Press; UNESCO (2018), xx, 298 pp.
"This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University’s Traditional Knowledge Initiative, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and other organizations. Ch ... more
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Paying the Piper: The Sustainability of the News Industry and Journalism in South Africa in a Time of Digital Transformation and Political Uncertainty

Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies (2018), 108 pp.
"This report explores the recent trajectory of South African news with a specific focus on the economic sustainability of news media. Digital news consumption on mobile phone, and especially via Social Media on Smart Phones (SMSP) is fracturing audiences and reducing traditional sources of revenue. ... more
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Citizen Journalism Guidelines on Electoral Reporting in Zimbabwe

Admire Mare, Henrik Keith, Simbiso Marimbe, Rashweat Mukundu
International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 54 pp.
"The purpose of this manual is to familiarise citizen journalists with the core issues of election reporting including ethics, safety and security, fake news, hate speech and the broader issues around the electoral system in Zimbabwe. It also focuses on gender and the media, photography, live-stream ... more
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Afrika: Eine Einführung in Geschichte, Politik und Gesellschaft

Rainer Tetzlaff
Berlin: Springer VS; Zentralen für Politische Bildung, Sonderausg. (2018), xiv, 356 pp.
"Das Lehrbuch bietet einen vertieften Überblick über die Geschichte und Politik Afrikas vom atlantischen Sklavenhandel, über die Phasen von Kolonialismus und Dekolonisation bis zu den Entwicklungsproblemen der Gegenwart. Dabei werden diverse Entwicklungstheorien zur Erklärung von erfolgreichen u ... more
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News in Botswana: Themes in Contemporary Journalism

Richard Rooney
SMC Online Publishers (2018), 228 pp.
"This book is about news and journalism in Botswana, which is an underresearched topic. It is aimed at students of journalism or media studies but is also useful to media practitioners interested in learning about the environment in which they work. The idea for the book came to me after I left the ... more
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Mapping the Ethiopian Media

Wazema Radio (2018), 16 pp.
"In a nutshell, the nascent print media of Ethiopia is in danger of a complete collapse. This is not the effect of the digital tsunami; it is primarily because of unprofessionalism and authoritarianism. Undoubtedly, the spread of mobile telephones and the Internet further endangers their existence. ... more
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La presse en ligne en Afrique, un nouvel espace pour l'information religieuse. Analyse du site "La Croix Africa" et perspectives pour l'Eglise d'Afrique

Colette Labaki
Abidjan: Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, Licenciate Thesis (2018), 70 pp.
"Tout au long de l’analyse sou - tendue par la théorie des usages et gratifications, nous nous sommes rendus compte que le site présente bien des avantages, mais à des potentialités qu’il n’exploite pas et a donc encore du chemin à faire. Les Nouvelles Technologies de Communication et de ... more
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Media Across the African Diaspora: Content, Audiences, and Global Influence

Omotayo O. Banjo (ed.)
New York; London: Routledge (2018), xiii, 267 pp.
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Media Coverage of Child Rights Issues in Uganda: The Case of 'The New Vision'

Ivan Ashaba, Marlon Agaba
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 2 (2018), pp. 149-168
"Despite having a robust child protection framework and a burgeoning media, child rights abuse still occurs in Uganda. This takes the form of child neglect, defilement, torture, trafficking. The researchers set out to investigate media coverage of child rights issues in Uganda. A triangulation of me ... more
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Can the TV Makeover Format of Edutainment Lead to Widespread Changes in Farmer Behaviour and Influence Innovation Systems? Shamba Shape Up in Kenya

Graham Clarkson, Chris Garforth, Peter Dorward, George Mose, Carlos Barahona, Francisco Areal, MacKenzie Dove
Land Use Policy, volume 76 (2018), pp. 338-351
"Edutainment, the combination of education with entertainment through various media such as television, radio, mobile phone applications and games, is increasingly being used as an approach to stimulate innovation and increase agricultural productivity amongst smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Afri ... more
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Content of Vernacular Radio Stations Programs and Public Participation in Devolved Governance in Nyeri County, Kenya

Dorcas Wakio Mwangi, Caroline Biwott, David Gichuhi
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2018), pp. 70-81
"The study has concluded that there exists a positive relationship between vernacular radio programming content and participation of community in issues of governance. Therefore, it is recommended that vernacular radio stations should give more attention to the content of these programs. Priority sh ... more
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Setting the Agenda on Development: A Content Analysis of How Senegalese Newspapers Report on Local and Foreign Aid

Jeslyn Lemke
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 61-74
"The debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa often overlooks how the local journalists of a region report on aid. This study is a quantitative content analysis assessing how newspapers in Senegal write about different forms of aid received within the country ... more