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Social Media 4 Peace: Local Lessons for Global Practices

Adeline Hulin, João Brant

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 69 pp.

"The three countries [Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Kenya] provide evidence of online hate speech and disinformation affecting human rights offline. The evidence is not comprehensive yet clear enough to raise serious concerns. Online gender-based violence is also reported as critical in the ... more

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African Media Barometer: Uganda 2022

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2023), 75 pp.

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The Challenges of Hosting Televised Deliberations in Ethiopian Media

Gebru K. Kiflu, Ali, Hagos Nigussie Adem C.

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 28, issue 1 (2023), pp. 184-200

"This paper explores the factors constraining public service and commercial television channels in constituting the public sphere in Ethiopia. It focuses on three television stations and their respective programs, such as the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ethiopian television (ETV)’s Medr ... more

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The Impact of a Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention in the Lake Zone Region of Tanzania on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Stunting Prevention

Kirk Dearden, Generose Mulokozi, Mary Linehan et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, volume 20, issue 2:1214 (2023), 13 pp.

"Background: Large-scale social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) approaches can be beneficial to achieve improvements in knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). Addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE) included a significant SBCC component and targeted precursors to stunting inclu ... more

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Media Consumption in an Evolving Digital World: Millenials and Digital Natives' Consumption Habits and Implications for Legacy Media in East Africa

Hesbon Hansen Owilla, Clare Mogere, Nancy Booker

Aga Khan University, Graduate School of Media and Communications (2023), xii, 72 pp.

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Going Upstream: A Holistic Approach to Ending Sexual Harassment Against Journalists

London: Article 19;Protecting Rights, Openness and Transparency Enhancing Civic Transformation (PROTECT) (2023), 9 pp.

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National Mechanism for the Safety & Protection of Journalists in Kenya

Media Council of Kenya;Kenya Media Sector Working Group (2023), 5 pp.

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Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19

Nils Ringe, Lucio Renno (eds.)

London; New York, NY: Routledge (2023), xx, 299 pp.

"Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. The responses of some populist leaders have received much publ ... more

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The Unfreedom Monitor: Kenya Country Report

Chepkoech Rotich

Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2023), 21 pp.

"This report provides an overview of the most prolific instances of digital authoritarianism in Kenya. The report will debrief the most relevant actions and decisions taken by the Kenyan government in recent years that leverage the internet and technology in order to achieve certain political goals. ... more

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Fotogeschichten und Geschichtsbilder: Aneignung und Umdeutung historischer Fotografien in Tansania

Eliane Kurmann

Frankfurt am Main; New York: Campus Verlag (2023), 393 pp.

"In Tansania etablierten sich seit der Unabhängigkeit des Landes neue und eigenständige Praktiken in der Verwendung kolonialer Hinterlassenschaften. Ausgehend von den aktuellen Gebrauchsweisen dreier Fotografien aus dem späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert zeigt Eliane Kurmann, wie Tansanierinn ... more

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Country Report: Biometric Digital Identity Programs and Independent Journalism in Uganda

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 28 pp.

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Globalisation, geopolitics, and gender in professional communication

Louise Mullany, Stephanie Schnurr (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xiv, 225 pp.

"This edited collection investigates the linguistics of globalisation, geopolitics and gender in workplace cultures in a range of different contemporary international settings. The chapters examine how issues of globalisation, gender and geopolitics affect professionals in different workplace contex ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing

Andreas Neef, Chanrith Ngin, Tsegaye Moreda, Sharlene Mollett (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxix, 482 pp.

"Global land and resource grabbing has become an increasingly prominent topic in academic circles, among development practitioners, human rights advocates, and in policy arenas. The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing sustains this intellectual momentum by advancing methodologica ... more

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The risks of peace: Exploring the relationship between peaceocracy and journalism in Kenya

Cecilia Arregui Olivera, David Cheruiyot

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 8 (2023), pp. 663-677

"Scholars have recently suggested that a peaceocracy is emerging in nations experiencing intermittent conflicts. A peaceocracy is an institutionalised political strategy – rather than a political system – that aims to promote stability in states considered fragile. While scholars know how the pr ... more

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Orte für die Menschen: Afrikanische Büchereien im Wandel

Wanjiru Koinange

BiblioTheke: Zeitschrift für katholische Bücherei- und Medienarbeit, issue 4 (2023), pp. 33-35

"Book Bunk, eine Non-Profit-Organisation mit Sitz in Nairobi in Kenia, hat es sich vor fünf Jahren zur Aufgabe gemacht, Büchereien in Nairobi weiterzuentwickeln. Die Idee entstand aus einer Zusammenarbeit mit der McMillan Memorial Library – Nairobis ältester Bibliothek." (Seite 33)

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Unmasking The Trolls: Research on Online Gender-Based Violence in Kenya

Wambui Wamunyu, Frenny Jowi, Paul Kimweli

Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) (2023), vii, 36 pp.

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Strengthening Citizens’ Participation in Decision-Making Through Interactive Radio Dialogue in Kitui, Machakos and Makueni Counties

Nairobi; Cambridge (UK): Africa’s Voices Foundation (2023), 43 pp.

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Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective

Michael Butter, Peter Knight (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 397 pp.

"Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world. Covid conspiracy theories have attracted considerable attention from researchers, journalists, ... more

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Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa: Emerging Trends and Perspectives

Stanley Tsarwe, Sarah Chiumbu (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxiii, 250 pp.

"This book explores the convergence of urban radio with digital media technologies in Africa, focusing on how youth are riding on the rapid (though uneven) internet rollout on the continent to participate and drive the production and consumption of urban radio. With thirteen original chapters, the b ... more

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Summary Report on Ugandan Media Coverage of Road Safety

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 15 pp.

"This is a summarised report of a study on Ugandan news media coverage of road safety, focusing on the country’s three main daily newspapers, three television stations and two online platforms. The study explored the attention and the nature of coverage these newspapers, television stations and on ... more