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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa: Comparative Analysis of the South African and Ugandan PALM Studies

Eve Gray, Andrew Rens, Karen Bruns
Cape Town; Ottawa: Association for Creative Research and Development; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 117 pp.
Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa (PALM Africa) has been a two-country research programme conducted in South Africa and Uganda, using action research to explore the potential of open access and flexible and open intellectual property licences with the aim of enhancing the impact ... 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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Uganda

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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Health Communication in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 3, issue 2 (2010), pp. 205-367
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Kenya: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2010), 80 pp.
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The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in East Africa
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Johan Hellström
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2010), 100 pp.
"This report gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa. It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well as key opportunities and potential for upscaling mobile applications. The report draws on secondary data and statistics, as well ... more
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A Media Minefield: Increased Threats to Freedom of Expression in Uganda

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2010), 60 pp.
"A Media Minefield details how Ugandan authorities have brought charges against over 30 journalists, revoked or suspended the broadcasting licenses of several radio stations, and practiced other forms of partisan repression of the media over the last several years. When violent riots erupted in Kamp ... more
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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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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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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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Media Ethics in Ethiopia

Gebremedhin Simon
In: Media Ethics Beyond Borders: A Global Perspective
Stephen J. A. Ward, Herman Wasserman (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2010), pp. 157-171
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African Media Barometer: Uganda 2010

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 76 pp.
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The Media as “fourth Power” of the Political System

Christoph Spurk
In: Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) Madagascar
Oliver Jütersonke, Moncef Kartas (ed.)
Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) (2010), pp. 52-60
"The main problem of journalism in Madagascar is not the much-discussed “politicization”, i.e. the political bias in some media in favour of one side or another. As long as such opinions are transparent, such bias need not be to the detriment of the media sector; indeed, other countries bear tes ... 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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Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and Environmental Sustainability

Alan Finlay (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2010), 244 pp.
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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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Peace journalism training in East Africa

Levi Obonyo
Media Development, issue 3 (2010), pp. 59-63
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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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Minutes from the International Partnership Meeting

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2010), 40 pp.
"This report provides an overview of the discussions and conclusions from the International Partnership Meeting in New York on 26 January 2010 organised by the Open Society Institute and International Media Support. At the meeting, 30 media support and press freedom organisations from across the wor ... more
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Völkermord auf Raten? Thematisierungsleistungen von europäischen Tageszeitungen zum Thema Darfur

Anna Weiß
Wien: Universität Wien, Magister Thesis (2010), 190 pp.