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Running Radio Selam: Constraints Facing an Ethiopian Peace Radio Project

Tarjei Kidd Olsen

Oslo: University of Oslo, Master Thesis in Peace and Conflict Studies (2009), 143 pp.

"I have primarily looked at how Radio Selam, an Ethiopian peace radio programme run by the local Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), might have been constrained by four spheres of influence. The spheres I looked at encapsulated certain organizational, individual, economic and politica ... more

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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives

Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2009), xii, 277 pp.

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Change at Hand: Web 2.0 for Development
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Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Giacamo Rambaldi (eds.)

London; Wageningen: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2009), 136 pp.

"Web 2.0 for development (Web2forDev) is a way of employing web services to intentionally improve information-sharing and collaborative production of content for development. It is about how development actors can relate and connect to other stakeholders, produce and publish their own material, deci ... more

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There Will be Ink: A Study of Journalism Training and the Extractive Industries in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda

Ben Colmery, Adriana Diaz, Emily Gann, Rebekah Heacock, Jonathan Hulland, Eamon Kircher-Allen

New York: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, International Media and Communications Program (2009), 114 pp.

"This report is intended to serve as a guide for organizations considering establishing journalist-training programs in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. The report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the journalism profession in these three countries. Generalizations across countri ... more

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Learning to Live Together: Using Distance Education for Community Peacebuilding
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Rawwida Baksh, Tanyss Munro (eds.)

Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2009), viii, 244 pp.

"The book brings together a range of community peacebuilding experiences that apply open and distance learning. The emphasis on community requires distance educators to change focus. The book addresses how to help a community articulate its own purposes for learning and then support it in achieving ... more

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Tuned in to Student Success: Assessing the Impact of Interactive Radio Instruction for the Hardest-To-Reach

Jennifer Ho, Hetal Thurkal

Washington, DC: Education Development Center, Inc. (2009), iv, 64 pp.

"Evaluation data gathered between 1975 and 2000 demonstrated that Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) had improved learning outcomes in conventional classrooms by between 10% and 20% when compared with control classrooms not using IRI. These programs often had relatively well-funded evaluation compo ... more

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ICTs for Democracy: Information and Communication Technologies for the Enhancement of Democracy - with a Focus on Empowerment

Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2009), 89 pp.

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Radio Kwizera: Empowerment in a Fragile Region

Damas Missanga

In: Media on the Move: Migrants and Minorities and the Media. 4th Symposium Forum Medien Und Entwicklung (FoME)

Christoph Dietz; Petra Stammen (eds.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), pp. 18-24

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Mapping the Void: A State-By-State Media Assessment Report on South Sudan and Selected Northern States

John Gacie, Richard Mogga, Mac Maika

Consortium on Promoting Freedom of Expression and Civil Society Involvment in Developing Media Legislation in Sudan (2009), 83 pp.

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Youth Engaging with the World: Media Communication and Social Change

Thomas Tufte, Florencia Enghel (eds.)

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2009), 341 pp.

"The Yearbook 2009 focuses on youth as a generation of actors and citizens who are increasingly exposed to and making use of media/ICT for entertainment and informational purposes, for social networking and mobilization, and for knowledge sharing. At the core of this creativity and these innovative ... more

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Sowing the Seeds: A Study of Media Coverage of Agriculture and Women in the Agricultural Sector in Three African Countries: Mali, Uganda and Zambia

Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2009), 27 pp.

This report documents the scant attention that agriculture and women agriculturalists have received from news media.

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Journalismuswelten: Ein Vergleich von Journalismuskulturen in 17 Ländern

Thomas Hanitzsch, Josef Seethaler

Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 57, issue 4 (2009), pp. 464-483

"Der vorliegende Aufsatz berichtet erste deskriptive Befunde aus einer multinationalen Studie zum Vergleich von Journalismuskulturen. Im Rahmen des Projekts wurden insgesamt 1700 Journalisten in 17 Ländern zu ihren professionellen Orientierungen befragt. Im Vordergrund standen Fragen nach dem Verst ... more

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Healing the Messenger: A Journalist’s Trauma Booklet. Special Edition Kenya

Nairobi; Copenhagen: Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers;Kenya Correspondents Association;Kenya Union of Journalists;International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 38 pp.

"Providing counseling for reporters who have witnessed some of the worst things that can happen to humanity – with no tools to handle the emotional shock – was identified as one of the most imminent and crucial needs for support to Kenyan media practitioners in the aftermath of the disputed Dece ... more

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Cartooning in Africa
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John A. Lent (ed.)

Cresskill: Hampton Press (2009), xi, 383 pp.

"This volume documents from historical and contemporary perspectives, the situations, trends and issues of cartooning in a number of African countries, and profiles the individuals, forms and phenomena that stand out. All types of cartooning are covered, including comic books, comic strips, gag and ... more

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Media Coverage of HIV/AIDS and TB Issues in Ethiopia: Challenges and Opportunities

Mekuria Meksaha

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2009), viii, 46 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy

Alan Finlay (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2009), 231 pp.

"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. Each year the report focuses on ... more

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Turning Rice Into Pilau: The Art of Video Narration in Tanzania

Matthias Krings

Intermédialités, issue 4 (2009), 32 pp.

"In Tanzania pirated video copies of foreign films are subject to a profound practice of remediation. Video narrators who either perform live simultaneous translations and commentaries on such films in video parlours, or mediatise their interpretations as VHS cassettes and DVDs with Kiswahili voice- ... more

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Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems

Francis Mdlongwa (ed.)

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2009), 117 pp.

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Journalism Training in Sudan: A Move Towards Enhanced Cooperation

International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 23 pp.

"One of the major obstacles to the development of a professional media is the lack of qualified education and training and media training remains a neglected area in Sudan. Education and training in journalism and related areas provided by universities are not responding sufficiently to the needs of ... more

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La video dans le developpement: Filmer pour le changement rural

Rico Lie, Andreas Mandler

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

Change at Hand: Web 2.0 for Development Inspiring Practice

Learning to Live Together: Using Distance Education for Community Peacebuilding Inspiring Practice

Cartooning in Africa Top Insights

Change at Hand: Web 2.0 for Development
Inspiring Practice

Learning to Live Together: Using Distance Education for Community Peacebuilding
Inspiring Practice

Cartooning in Africa
Top Insights