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China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions
Deep Insights
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 237 pp.
"This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines and nations to examine and assess the effectiveness of China's soft power initiatives in Africa. It throws light not only on China's engagement with Africa but also on how China's increasing influence is received in the African media."
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Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa, Vol. 2
Key Guides
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), xxiv, pp. 295-627
"Volume 2 of the Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa is a practical guide for journalists practising in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to impr
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Building Capacity for a Changing Media Environment in Africa: A Focus on Training Needs and Gender Concerns
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 3 (2016), pp. 247-318
Online/social media as a pathway towards violent extremism in East Africa
Birmingham: GSDRC, University of Birmingham (2016), 15 pp.
"Key findings include: The Internet can play a role in the radicalisation process; There are few examples of individuals radicalising entirely online, but there are signs that this could increase over time; There is less evidence of the internet’s role in recruitment to terrorist networks or the u
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Civil Society, Political Activism and Communications in Democratisation Conflicts: A Literature Review
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 35 pp.
"Given that the nature of civil society in different countries is different, and also often shifting in response to political changes, examining the relationship between civil society and media production (mainstream and alternative) in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa involves being sensitive
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Solar Powered Transmission: A Case Study from South Sudan
The Radio Community (TRC); Internews (2016), 62 pp.
"This document takes an in-depth look at the conversion to 100% solar power operation at a small community radio station called Mayardit FM in Turalei, South Sudan. Since the installation of the solar system in March 2016, the station has operated on 100% solar power (including its transmission), br
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How Three Communities on Lake Victoria Landing Sites in Uganda Perceive and Interpret the Radio Programmes on the Lake's Crises
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2016), pp. 120-136
"Over the past four decades, Lake Victoria has come under pressure from a multiplicity of interlinked human activities including industrial pollution, eutrophication and sedimentation. These pressures have contributed to ecological changes in the lake, incorporating unprecedented loss of biodiversit
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Soft Power Development: The Values and Priorities of Foreign Media Interventions in South Sudan
In: Intersections Between Public Diplomacy and International Development: Case Studies in Converging Fields
Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), pp. 77-102
"According to the methodology (page 81-82), the basis of this research "is a rhetorical analysis of literature concerning journalism training programs conducted by international development organizations in South Sudan since the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in order to determine the valu
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Introducing Community Audio Towers as an Alternative to Community Radio in Uganda
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 1 (2016), pp. 141-153
"This article presents two communities in Uganda that use Community Audio Towers (CATs) as an alternative to community radio, and examines why the communities prefer the use of CATs to ‘mainstream’ community radio. Using data collected through observation at two sites in Uganda and 10 key inform
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Creative Economy Outlook and Country Profiles: Trends in International Trade in Creative Industries
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2016), vii, 161 pp.
"International trade in creative industries showed sustained growth in the last decade. The global market for traded creative goods and services totaled a record $547billion in 2012, as compared to $302 billion in 2003. Exports from developing countries, led by Asian countries, were growing faster t
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Financial Sustainability of Church Related Organizations: An Empirical Study on Kenya
Geneva: Globethics.net (2016), 252 pp.
Assessing Sustainability of Rural Community Radio in Kenya: A Case of Radio Mangelete
New Media and Mass Communication, issue 53 (2016), pp. 23-32
"Rural communities rely on radio for communication and community radio remains the most accessible medium of communication. Rural community radio is the voice of the unprivileged members of the society. In Kenya, community radio stations are growing rapidly and extensively. Radio Mang’elete has be
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Effects of Foreign Soap Operas on Young People: Case of Tangaza University College
Tangaza: Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Tangaza University College, Thesis (2016), 51 pp.
"This study in a way established that soap operas have some positive contributions to the society. For example, the study shows that youth become more confident and social after watching soaps. However, in agreement with the objectives of this study, the negative effects of soap operas on young peop
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Journalists in Kenya
Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 8 pp.
"It is fairly informative how journalists view their roles in the Kenyan society. Kenyan journalists found it most important to report things the way they are, to educate the audience and to promote tolerance and diversity. The relevance of these roles was fairly undisputed among the interviewed jou
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Journalistic Practices, Role Perceptions and Ethics in Democratisation Conflicts: Empirical Findings from Interviews with Journalists in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 82 pp.
"This report provides an overview of core comparative findings from MeCoDEM interviews with journalists in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa. It investigates the role of journalistic actors in transitional societies across a set of comparable democratisation conflicts and themes of inquiry: jour
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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
Deep Insights
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 308 pp.
"This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of t
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Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa, Vol. 1
Key Guides
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), xxviii, 293 pp.
"Volume 1 of the Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa is a practical guide for journalists practicing in Burundi, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to
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Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxv, 238 pp.
"This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information r
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"Keep the People Uninformed": Pre-Election Threats to Free Expression and Association in Uganda
Human Rights Watch (2016), 42 pp.
"[This publication] documents harassment and intimidation by government and ruling party officials against the media and civil society, particularly outside the capital, Kampala. The police, district officials, internal security officials, and the country’s broadcasting regulator visited and calle
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Albinism, Stigma, Subjectivity and Global-Local Discourses in Tanzania
Anthropology & Medicine, volume 23, issue 3 (2016), pp. 229-243
"Societal ideas and explanations of albinism at the local level in Tanzania are conceived in terms of family history, social relations, economic status, moral-religious positions, global-local flows of information and humanitarian actions on behalf of people with the congenital condition. This paper
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