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Is peace journalism possible in the ‘war’ against terror in Somalia? How the Kenyan Daily Nation and the Standard represented Operation Linda Nchi

Fredrick Ogenga

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 11, issue 2 (2012), 14 pp.

"This paper concludes that in Africa the non-Western press may have the best chance to employ peace journalism, given its proximity to major conflicts. Nevertheless, the Kenyan press has so far failed to take advantage of an ideal opportunity for such an experiment in reporting on the war against te ... more

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Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.

"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr ... more

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Theatre for Development: A Tanzanian Road Towards Citizenship and Cultural Renewal

Hilde Kvam

Journal of Urban Culture Research, volume 5 (2012), pp. 44-52

"During the 60s, Theatre for Development was introduced into several states in Africa. The focus at that time was to utilize theatre as a tool of communication in development projects. During the 80s Tanzania developed their own variant of this genre through the initiative of the University of Dar e ... more

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Landraub: Reisen ins Reich des neuen Kolonialismus

Stefano Liberti

Alexander Knaak (transl.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 254 pp.

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Revisiting the Media Freedom Debate at Uganda's Independence Golden Jubileee

Michael Kakooza

Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Uganda Media Development Foundation (2012), 96 pp.

"The history of Uganda from the days of Colonial Rule, when modern mass media was introduced was revisited. The thesis of this study was that the substance of the political governance model inherited from Uganda’s colonial past continues in the postindependence period to define the relationship be ... more

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The Sudanese Press After Separation: Contested Identities of Journalism

Anke Fiedler, Anja Wollenberg, Magdi El Gizouli, Roman Deckert

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2012), 47 pp.

"This volume seeks to impart a deeper understanding of the political nature of the Sudanese press. Through observation, research and analysis, it also conveys a multifaceted impression of Sudanese journalists’ working conditions. It tries to paint an authentic and differentiated picture of their s ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa

Iginio Gagliardone, Nicole Stremlau

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 23 pp.

"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how ... more

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Mapping the Somali Media: An Overview

Mohamed Husein Gaas, Stig Jarle Hansen, David Berry

Aas (NO): Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric (2012), iii, 24 pp.

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Empowering Women Through ICT

Caroline Wamala

Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions;Stockholm University (2012), 72 pp.

"This publication covers five different projects carried out in six different locations. There were two projects in Bolivia, one focusing on empowering female indigenous leaders and the other provided female victims of domestic violence with a safe virtual environment where they could receive suppor ... more

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Defining the Nation: National Identity in South Sudanese Media Discourse

Ole Frahm

Africa Spectrum, volume 47, issue 1 (2012), pp. 21-49

"This article examines debates about national identity in the media landscape of post-referendum and post-independence South Sudan. Having never existed as a sovereign state and with its citizens being a minority group in Sudan, collective action among South Sudanese has historically been shaped in ... more

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South Sudan: World's Youngest Nation Yet to Embark on Road to Civil Liberties

Ambroise Pierre

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 12 pp.

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The Media Map Project: Kenya. Case Study Snapshot of Donor Support to ICTs and Media, 2011

Katharine Allen, Iginio Gagliardone

Washington, DC: Internews;World Bank Institute (2012), 39 pp.

"For the media in Kenya to improve further, the following recommendations emerge from the study: Provide clear regulation that liberates the media at all levels, including in the editorial process; invest in practical training of media professionals to cope with the dynamic media sector and the new ... more

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So This is Democracy? State of Media Freedom in Southern Africa 2011

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2012), 214 pp.

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Financially Viable Media in Emerging and Developing Markets: Kenya

Paris; Nairobi: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA);African Media Initiative (AMI) (2012), 41 pp.

"Kenya has been the scene of sweeping technological innovations, but these have often benefited solely affluent urban and foreign markets. Poorly developed infrastructure and program design have delayed benefits for the broader Kenyan public. In addition, Kenya’s innovations have proven difficult ... more

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African Media Barometer: Uganda 2012

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 75 pp.

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Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 1: Conceptual Issues

Sarah Macharia, Pamela Morinière (eds.)

Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 59 pp.

"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book 1 discusses conceptual issues pertaining to gender, ... more

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What is Governance? Citizens' Perspectives on Governance in Sierra Leone and Tanzania

Vipul Khosla, Kavita Abraham Dowsing

In: The Handbook of Global Media Research

Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 289-311

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Somalia: Media Law and Policy Review

African Union, United Nations Information Support Team for Somalia (IST);Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD);Somali Media Support Group (SMSG);UNESCO (2012), 22 pp.

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Cluster Evaluation Report: UNDEF-Funded Media-Related Projects

Pierre Robert

United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF);Transtec (2012), 40 pp.

"This report is the cluster evaluation of 12 UNDEF-supported projects related to the media. It concerns projects that either focused on media capacity building or included a significant element of work with the media. The projects were implemented between 2007 and 2011; they lasted between 12 and 24 ... more

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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey

Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.

"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G ... more