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Testing a Media Intervention in Kenya: Vioja Mahakamani, Dangerous Speech, and the Benesch Guidelines

Lauren Kogen
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2013), 29 pp.
"Susan Benesch, human rights scholar, genocide prevention fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, has, over the last several years, developed an analytical framework for identifying ‘dangerous speech’ ... more
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Press Freedom in Ethiopia

Vienna; Paris: International Press Institute (IPI); World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2013), 18 pp.
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Dimensions of Advertising Theory and Practice in Africa

Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Beatrice A. Laninhun (eds.)
Dakar: Amalion Publishing (2013), xxii, 256 pp.
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South Sudan National Audience Survey: A Nationally Representative Assessment on Radio Listening Habits with Key Findings in Five Booster Areas for Internews Stations

Juba; Washington, DC: Forcier Consulting; Internews (2013), viii, 185 pp.
"As expected, the general media environment in South Sudan is highly varied, with sharp distinctions between the capital city of Juba and the rest of the country, which is largely rural. A key difference here involves language use and understanding, with rural areas dominated by local/tribal languag ... more
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Safety and Protection of Kenyan Journalists: Is it Common Sense or Common Cents?

John Gachie
Kenya Media Programme; Hivos (2013), 48 pp.
"This national baseline survey sets out to achieve two main objectives. First, it seeks to shed more light on and generate awareness of safety and protection issues for journalists within the profession and the public. Secondly, it seeks to provide a knowledge-based platform with which to lay future ... more
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South Sudan Community Radio Audience Feedback Study 2012-2013: A Qualitative Analysis of the Opinions and Information Needs of Listeners in Leer, Malaulkon, Turalei and Nasir

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2013), 30 pp.
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No Home from Home: The Plight of East African Exiled Journalists

Doha: Doha Centre for Media Freedom (2013), 80 pp.
"Findings of this research offer new evidence on the extensive campaign of violence and intimidation against journalists in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan. At the same time, it also recalls exiled journalists’ commitment to freedom of the press and freedom of expression despite ... more
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Spider Stories 2012

Katja Sarajeva (ed.)
Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions; Stockholm University (2013), 99 pp.
"In Spider Stories 2012 you will get an overview of results from Spider projects initiated in 2011-2012 in collaboration with project partners in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. In partnership with local organizations, we have supported innovative projects in democracy, education, and ... more
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Global Hotspots: Media Use in Mali and Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 60 slides
"Strategic Considerations for a Mali Communications Strategy: Don't forget the importance of local language to reach broad cross-section of the population. Broadcast media remain paramount; on a national radio is likely to be the key medium. Digital is still mostly a niche phenomenon." (Slide 39) "S ... more
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Access to Information in Africa: Examining Progress Since the APAI Declaration

Windhoek: African Platform on Access to Information (APAI); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 91 pp.
"Out of the twelve countries surveyed, only four have specific access to information laws. These countries are: Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. However, a significant indication of the shifting tide on the continent is that six of the countries surveyed have some form of specific access to ... more
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Exploring the Promise of Information and Communication Technologies for Women Farmers in Kenya

Cristina Manfre, Caitlin Nordehn
USAID (2013), 10 pp.
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Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema

Nigel Eltringham (ed.)
New York: Berghahn (2013), vi, 183 pp.
"The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military o ... more
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Climate Change in Ugandan Media: A ‘global Warming’ of Journalism Ethics

Brian Semujju
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 337-352
"This article is an examination of the four major schools of thought on climate change and how two newspapers in Uganda are covering those divergent views. The article argues that in the coverage of global warming in particular the hitherto treasured notion of objectivity has been replaced by a form ... more
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World

Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, Soumitra Dutta, Bruno Lanvin (eds.)
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r ... more
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Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media

Suzanne Franks
London: Hurst (2013), x, 236 pp.
"The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of ... more
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Lions Go Digital: The Internet’s Transformative Potential in Africa

James Manyika, Armando Cabral, Lohini Moodley, Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah, Suraj Moraje, Michael Chui, Jerry Anthonyrajah, Acha Leke
McKinsey (2013), 112 pp.
"The Internet will generate economic growth and social transformation in six sectors in particular: financial services, education, health, retail, agriculture, and government. In financial services, for example, M.Pesa's mobile money solutions have brought millions of Kenyans onto the financial grid ... more
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Hostages of Peace: The Politics of Radio Liberalization in Somaliland

Nicole Stremlau
Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2013), pp. 239-257
"Somaliland has held several competitive and multiparty elections that have been cited by international election monitors as being ‘‘free and fair.’’ While political competition has been tolerated, or even encouraged by the governments in power, there has been a continued reluctance to allow ... more
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Media Use in Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 2 pp.
"The majority of Somalis (65.6%) access news at least once per day. More than one in four Somalis (27.9%) share news daily or most days. Radio is the most popular means for obtaining news in Somalia, with more than four in five (83.9%) reporting they get news via radio at least once per week. More t ... more
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Towards a Diagnostic Approach to Media in Fragile States: Examples from the Somali Territories

Nicole Stremlau
Media, War & Conflict, volume 6, issue 3 (2013), pp. 279-293
"Media interventions by international organizations and NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations seek to develop and shape a media system to contribute to specific political and social ends. The analyses and assessments that inform these interventions are often based on an overview of the forma ... more
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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Tanzania

Dickson Nyariki, Caleb Otieno, Doreen Sinare, Alinda Lema
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2013), 78 pp.