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State of the Media Survey Report 2021

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2021), xii, 46 pp.

"The survey found that 58% of Kenyans interviewed consume TV content on a typical day. This translates to approximately 16,740,493 Kenyans aged above 15 years who consume TV content. This is a drop from 74% of the respondents recorded in the 2020 survey. Across the regions, 60% of persons in North E ... more

Media Monitoring Report on Gambling & Gaming Activities on Media in Kenya

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2021), viii, 27 pp.

Fake News Misinformation and Hate Speech in Ethiopia: A Vulnerability Assessment

Brussels: European Institute of Peace (2021), 22 pp.

"The assessment found that Ethiopia's media ecosystem's weaknesses have made it vulnerable to fake news, misinformation, and hate speech. Some of the driving factors are undoubtedly historical, including the weak state of private media in Ethiopia, the critical role of the Ethiopian diaspora in medi ... more

The State of Press Freedom in Southern Africa 2019-2020

Catherine Anite, Nashilongo Gervasius-Nakale, Izak Minnaar (eds.)

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2021), 79 pp.

Murders, Physical Assaults & Online Harassment: Silencing Journalism in Somalia. Somalia Annual Press Freedom Report 2020-2021

Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) (2021), 13 pp.

"Overall, the situation of press freedom in Somalia between May 2020 and May 2021 has continued to experience a sharp and unfortunate decline. In total, FESOJ recorded the murder of 2 journalists – as a resulted of targeted killing, 52 arrests, assault and injury to 9 reporters in the line of duty ... more

Online Attacks Against Journalists: Know Your Rights

International News Safety Institute (INSI);Thomson Reuters Foundation;UNESCO (2021), 146 pp.

"This practical guide aims to provide journalists with concrete legal tools to deal with online harassment, be it to identify punishable offences, to seek help from appropriate organisations, to efficiently gather evidence and to take steps should they decide to file a complaint against the perpetra ... more

Baseline Report on Ugandan Media Coverage of Road Safety

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2021), v, 22 pp.

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

Impact Evaluation of an Intensive Journalism Training Activity in Tanzania: Final Report

Keith Weghorst Kristin Michelitch

USAID (2021), 29 pp.

Assessing the Barriers to Accessing ICT by People with Disability in Kenya

Kampala: CIPESA (2021), 24 pp.

Assessing the Barriers to Accessing ICT by People with Disability in Uganda

Kampala: CIPESA (2021), 16 pp.

Assessing the Barriers to Accessing ICT by People with Disability in Tanzania

Kampala: CIPESA (2021), 19 pp.

The Stepping Into Visibility Model: Reflecting on Consequences of Social Media Visibility – a Global South Perspective

Isabella Rega, Andrea Medrado

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2021), pp. 405-424

"This article discusses activists’ need to reflect on how achieving social media visibility might translate into vulnerability. In order to provide activists with a tool for this reflection, the Stepping into Visibility Model has been developed and applied to two case studies: (a) an activist grou ... more

Food Security Communication: An Investigation Into the Influence of Radio Programmes on Irish Potato Farming in Nakuru County, Kenya

Hillary Sang, Mary Mogute

Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2021), 11 pp.

"The Government of Kenya recognizes Irish potato as one of the food security and nutrition crops together with maize and rice (GoK, 2017). This study sought to investigate the influence of radio programmes in promoting Irish potato farming as a contributor to food security in Nakuru County. The stud ... more

Shamba Shape Up Series 11: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Report

GeoPoll (2021), 65 pp.

Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania

Kalvin Bahia, Pau Castells, Takaaki Masaki et al.

World Bank Group (2021), 49 pp.

"What are the impacts of expanding mobile broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and labor market outcomes in developing countries? Who benefits from improved coverage of mobile internet? To respond to these questions, this paper applies a difference-in-differences estimation using pan ... more

Hateful Speech and Conflict in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: A Lexicon of Hateful and Inflammatory Words and Phrases

Nicola Barrach-Yousefi et al.

Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab;Centre for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD);Destiny Ethiopia Project (2021), 56 pp.

"The list of terms included in this lexicon, as well as their proposed meaning and contextualization, are not static. Instead, the lexicon is a ‘snapshot’ (in time and space) of how hateful language is used, perceived, and understood by those who contributed to the research process in Ethiopia b ... more

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Media and Compassion After Digital War: Why Digital Media Haven’t Transformed Responses to Human Suffering in Contemporary Conflict

Andrew Hoskins

International Review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 913 (2021), pp. 117-143

"In this article I contend that the saturation of information and images of human suffering and death in contemporary warfare has not ushered in a new era of “compassion fatigue”. Rather, algorithmically charged outrage is a proxy for effects. It is easy to misconstrue the velocity of linking an ... more

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Routledge Handbook on Arab Media
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Noureddine Miladi, Noha Mellor (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2021), 528 pp.

"This Handbook provides the first comprehensive reference book in English about the development of mass and social media in all Arab countries. Capturing the historical as well as current developments in the media scene, this collection maps the role of media in social and political movements. Contr ... more

Informing Hard-to-Reach Immigrant Groups about COVID-19—Reaching the Somali Population in Oslo

Jan-Paul Brekke

Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 35, issue 1 (2021), pp. 641-661

"This article provides a case study of an information campaign directed at people of Somali decent living in the worst hit district of Oslo, the capital of Norway. The Somalis were the immigrant group most affected by the COVID-19 in Norway during the first wave of the pandemic. The campaign used se ... more