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The Somali Media and Their Peace-Building Potential
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
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Empowering Women Through ICT
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
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South Sudan: Media and Telecom Landscape Guide
infoasaid (2012), 97 pp.
Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century
Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), ix, 403 pp.
"In the twenty-first century, community radio is fulfilling an increasingly important role in the world’s mediascape. This book documents the ways in which community radio broadcasters and activists are using the medium in countries around the world to challenge political corruption, aid the trans
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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
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Media, Mobilization, and Human Rights: Mediating Suffering
London; New York: Zed Books (2012), viii, 251 pp.
"Turning a critical eye on existing scholarship, which argues either that viewing and reading about violence can serve as a force for good (through increased activism) or as a source of evil (by objectifying and exploiting the victims of violence), the authors argue that reality is far more complex,
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
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
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Women and the Web: Bridging the Internet Gap and Creating New Global Opportunities in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Santa Clara, Calif.; New York: Intel; Dalberg Global Development Advisors (2012), 100 pp.
"This report [is] the first compilation of the global data on how women in developing countries access and use the Internet. I am convinced this report provides key insights for policy makers, the development community and industry. Based on interviews and surveys of 2,200 women in developing countr
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The Sudanese Press After Separation: Contested Identities of Journalism
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
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Report on Training Needs for South Sudanese Journalists
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
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Getting it Right: A Journalists’ Guide to Conducting Community Radio Debate
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
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The Wanakonnect Pilot Project: Using Mobile Money to Create a Revenue System for Local Radio Stations in Kenya
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 66 pp.
"The community radio stations participating in the pilot project offer special dedication and greeting programs that allow community members to send greetings to friends and family on air. The main objective of this pilot was to understand whether these generally underfunded radio stations could mon
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The Marketization of Foreign News
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
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Media Councils in Africa
African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 5, issue 2 (2012), pp. 135-260
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
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
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Country Case Study: South Sudan. Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights Are Constrained
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 20 pp.
Presenting the challenges in meeting the information needs of the people of South Sudan, this report highlights a need for long-term and harmonised efforts to support media.
The Handbook of Global Health Communication
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2012), xx, 658 pp.
"The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change. It brings together 32 contributions from well-respected scholars and practitioners in the field, addressing a wid
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African Media Barometer: Kenya 2012
Windhoek; Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu
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Freedom of Expression in Kenya: Exploring Public Use of Old and New Media
Afrobarometer (2012), 12 pp.
"Freedom of expression in Kenya has witnessed several phases of development, ranging from the autocratic to a proactive new media regime. This transformation has been enabled by governance reforms, including repeals and amendment of laws, as well as the promulgation of a new Constitution in 2010. Wi
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