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Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio
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Bill Orme

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 73 pp.

"For almost twenty years, United Nations peacekeeping missions have set up local radio stations in conflict-prone countries - 14 to date, seven of which remain in operation. According to this report, some of the fourteen peacekeeping radio stations implemented by the United Nations contributed more ... more

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Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom
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Beate Josephi (ed.)

New York: Peter Lang (2010), xiii, 263 pp.

"Since the 1990s journalism education programs have expanded exponentially around the world, but media freedom has not. Globally comparative, this edited volume assesses journalism education and the challenging environment in which it is delivered in countries with a partly free or not free status a ... more

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Reporting Tax Research: Connecting Researchers and Journalists for Improved Media Coverage and Debate in Kenya

London: Panos London (2010), 20 pp.

"In late 2009, three newspaper articles appeared in the Kenyan press, contributing to a newly emerging debate in the Kenyan media over government transparency and accountability. Media reporting in Kenya on governance issues, particularly in relation to corrupt practices in public spending, is not n ... more

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Religion Macht Frieden: Das Friedenspotenzial von Religionen in politischen Gewaltkonflikten
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Markus A. Weingardt

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 480 pp.

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Nurturing Nationhood Through Peace Media: Analysing Peace Related Programming in Community Radio Stations

Eliud K. Situma, John Harrington Ndeta

Nairobi: Peace and Development Network Trust (PeaceNet Kenya) (2010), 35 pp.

"Peace and Development Network Trust- Kenya (PeaceNet-Kenya) and The Seed Institute commissioned the “Nurturing Nationhood through Peace Media” study to assess the extent to which Vernacular/Community Radio stations cover peace programmes. The study gauged perceptions of audience as well as syst ... more

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SMS Uprising: Mobile Phone Activism in Africa
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Sokari Ekine (ed.)

Cape Town: Pambazuka Press (2010), xxii, 149 pp.

"This collection of essays by those engaged in using mobile phone technologies for social change provides an analysis of the socio-economic, political and media contexts faced by activists in Africa today. The essays address a broad range of issues including inequalities in access to technology base ... more

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Youth Voices Project Radio Magwi FM 92.5: Project Report

Munich; Juba: Xchange Perspectives;DED Programme Southern Sudan (2010), 21 pp.

"This report showcases the six week long setting up of Magwi FM 92.5, a youth-run community radio station, under DED guidance, in South Sudan. As the radio stations' primary objective is to contribute to local peacebuilding, the report begins with the selection of 18 untrained volunteers and their t ... more

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Theatre In/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare

Vicensia Shule

In: Trends in Twenty-First-Century African Theatre and Performance

Kene Igweonu (ed.)

Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi (2010), pp. 191-215

"This chapter explores the relationship between theatre and neoliberal policies in Tanzania. It analyses the consequences of neoliberalism for the Tanzanian theatre and exposes the challenges it faces as a simulacrum of people’s culture. I also present evidence on why it is important, when analyzi ... more

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George W. Lugalambi, Peter G. Mwesige

Nairobi: Open Society Initiative for East Africa;Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), x, 145 pp.

"Uganda's broadcast media landscape has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. While the public broadcaster remains the dominant national player - in terms of reach - in both radio and television, commercial broadcasters have introduced a substantial level of diversity in the industry. Public ... more

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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.

"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more

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In Need of Connection: Reflections on Youth and the Translation of Film in Tanzania

Birgit Englert

Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, issue 18 (2010), pp. 137-159

"The translation of films from languages such as English, Hindi/Urdu or Chinese into Swahili is a phenomenon that has quickly grown into a successful business in Tanzania in the last couple of years. The films are mainly products of the USA, of India and China, but also of countries such as Thailand ... more

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Kenya: Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues. A Guide for International Development Community

David Montez

Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 52 pp.

"InterMedia conducted in-depth interviews with senior Kenyan government officials and policy influencers outside government (collectively referred to in this report as policy actors), to find out how they gather, assess, share and disseminate information critical to development policy work. The aim ... more

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Harnessing Africa’s Digital Future

Francis Mdlongwa, Moagisi Letlhaku (eds.)

Johannesburg; Grahamstown: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (2010), 136 pp.

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Media and the Common Good: Perspectives on Media, Democracy and Responsibility

Chaacha Mwita, Luis G. Franceschi (eds.)

Nairobi; Dar-es-Salaam; Kampala: LawAfrica Publishing;Strathmore University (2010), 169 pp.

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The Media We Want: The Kenya Media Vulnerabilities Study

Peter Oriare Mbeke, Rosemary Okello-Orlale, Wilson Ugangu

Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 64 pp.

"The main finding of this study is that the Kenyan media have been operating in an unpredictable and swiftly changing political, social, cultural, economic and technological environment that has heavily influenced its development. A hostile and inadequate political, legal, policy and regulatory envi ... more

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Video in Development
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Rico Lie, Andreas Mandler

Wageningen; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);FAO (2009), 60 pp.

"The book was written mainly to inform rural development professionals, practitioners and decision-makers in a variety of organisations – from NGOs and farmer associations to government departments and research and educational institutions – about the diverse uses of video in development. Specif ... more

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