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Survey on the Publishing Sector in Selected Sub-Saharan Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda

Bernadette Böcker

Johannesburg: Goethe-Institut;Frankfurt Book Fair (2012), 81 pp.

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Editorial Freedom and Responsibility

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 1-137

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South Sudan: Media and Telecom Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 97 pp.

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Shielding Marginalized Groups from Verbal Assaults Without Abusing Hate Speech Laws

Yared Legesse Mengistu

In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses

Michael Herz; Peter Molnar (eds.)

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 352-277

"There is immense difficulty in regulating hate speech on the ground of ethnicity when ethnicity is a prime cehicle for political organization and mobilization. On the one hand, substantive (real) equality demands that certain marginalized ethnic gropus be shielded from hate speech in order to have ... more

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Uganda Joint Behaviour Change Communication Survey

USAID (2012), xii, 129 pp.

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The Performance of Vernacular Radio Stations in Kenya: Monitoring Report

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), viii, 33 pp.

"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK), the statutory body established under the Media Act 2007 that regulates media and advances professionalism of the media in Kenya, monitored a set of ten vernacular radio stations in September/October 2011 in order to assess their current performance. The study looke ... more

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The Somali Media and Their Peace-Building Potential

Terje S. Skjerdal

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, volume 11 (2012), pp. 27-50

"One of the key issues to be interrogated by media researchers in relation to conflicted societies is the extent to which the media serve to escalate or reduce the overall conflict situation. The argument goes that the media either escalate the conflict by accentuating disagreements, foregrounding c ... onfrontations, and lending air time to forceful voices, or, conversely, reduce the conflict by shunning extremism, giving room for alternative voices and visualizing peaceful solutions. For several reasons, the media situation in and around Somalia provides an interesting ground for discussing these issues. For one, the longlasting Somali conflict has been a recurrent issue for both the local and the international media. In addition, the extraordinary situation of the growing Somali diaspora has provoked a media engagement that in a special way treats issues of conflict through civic-driven, transnational media channels. Within this backdrop, it is the aim of the current article to discuss the role of the extended Somali media in relation to the local conflict situation. By “extended Somali media,” I point to both the local media in Somalia as well as diaspora media channels that are situated abroad but are still heavily concerned with Somali issues in their content. Within media and conflict research, a particular movement, namely “peace journalism,” has received increased attention over the last few years. In short, peace journalism seeks to challenge conventional journalism by working actively for peace through the media. The movement has gained momentum as a result of criticism raised against conventional media operations in the coverage of the so-called global war on terror, a critique that echoes several decades of disappointment with the global media and their coverage of national and international conflicts. Against this backdrop, peace journalism claims to be an alternative to the traditionally conflict-oriented news paradigm. Thus, it is necessary in this article firstly to introduce peace journalism and how the concept challenges conventional journalism in theory and practice. Then, secondly, I will discuss the functions of the extended Somali media environment from a peace and conflict perspective. Since both the diaspora media and local media channels in Somalia may be seen as potent proponents of peace journalism, the article aims to use these media forms as entry points to evaluate some of the key tenets of peace journalism. On the basis of this discussion, the article will conclude with some critical remarks about the peace journalism ideology on the level of principle." (Introduction) more

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Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015: Arab Media Exposure and Transition. Forecasts and Analysis of Traditional and Digital Media in the Arab World

Dubai: Dubai Press Club, 4th ed. (2012), 247 pp.

"The Arab Media Outlook is the most comprehensive publication on the Arab Media Industry and represents one of the key knowledge development initiatives of the Dubai Press Club. The report serves as a reference point of the media industry in the region highlighting media trends across 17 markets and ... more

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#ICT4HR: Information and Communication Technologies for Human Rights

Molly Land, Patrick Meier, Mark Belinski, Emily Jacobi

World Bank Institute;Open Development Technology Alliance;ICT4Gov (2012), 45 pp.

"Considerable attention has been focused on the opportunities presented by new information and communication technologies for development (“ICT4D”) and for government (“ICT4GOV”). The purpose of this report is to analyze their impact on human rights (“ICT4HR”). As Philip Alston, the form ... more

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African Media Barometer: Kenya 2012

Windhoek; Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.

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Facilitating Dialog About Development Through Digital Photography: Seeing Through the Eyes of Maasai Women

Benson P. Fraser, William J. Brown, Corey Wright, Steven L. Kiruswa

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-42

"In recent decades the Maasai of East Africa have undergone substantive cultural change in response to national development efforts. This study uses participant observation, in-depth interviews, and digital photography to better understand the lived experience and development perspectives of Maasai ... more

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A Story a Day...: The Media as a Preventive Tool in Public Health. A Legacy Assessment of Internews' Health Journalism Program in Kenya and its Impact on the Media, the Public Health Sector and the Audience

Callie Long

Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2012), 69 pp.

"Guided by two overarching questions – do people want or need health news, and are they satisfied with the health news available to them – Internews used a mixed methods approach, conducting surveys, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, as well as mining years of project data and rep ... more

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TMF Impact Case Studies 2008-2012

Dar-es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2012), 11 pp.

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Shamba Shape Up: Series One Evaluation

InterMedia (2012), 58 pp.

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The Marketization of Foreign News

Bella Mody

Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 2 (2012), pp. 99-115

"Audience segmentation is generally associated with strategic communication (such as advertising and public relations), where content is manipulated to suit reader preferences. News has generally been considered truth-telling unvarnished by such concerns. This article compares how news of the same h ... more

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Report on Training Needs for South Sudanese Journalists

Johan Romare, Lars Tallert

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2012), 30 pp.

"During a two days workshop at AMDISS Media Development Institute (MDI), 31 journalists, editors and managers from 21 South Sudanese media houses and media organisations from seven States met to define the long term training needs within the South Sudanese media sector. The Fojo training needs asses ... more

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Tanzania Media Fund: Strategic Plan 2012-2015

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2012), 35 pp.

"The TMF Strategic Plan for 2012 – 2015 provides the background, objectives and approach of TMF’s work in its second phase. Lessons from the pilot phase (2008 – 2012) have led to changes in TMF’s grant strategy, but the objective remains the same: to increase the quantity and quality of inve ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.

"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching ... more

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Getting it Right: A Journalists’ Guide to Conducting Community Radio Debate

Hakeem Abdul Buza

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2012), viii, 39 pp.

"Panos is working with 20 radio stations across Uganda to give voice to the voiceless through facilitating debate. It isagainst this background that Panos Eastern Africa (PEA) has developed this Guide to help our partner radio stations and journalists improve the quality of their debate and hope it ... more

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When Does Information Change Lives? An Evaluation of Community Radio Development in South Sudan and the Three Areas

Sonya De Masi

Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2012), 34 pp.

The major conclusion of this study is that there is enormous potential for media development in South Sudan because of the enthusiasm for and interest in news and information, even in the most remote villages. Local radio is a platform for political and cultural expression and a site for citizen par ... more