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State of children in South African media: An analysis of media’s coverage of children in 2022

Musa Oswald Rikhotso

Media Monitoring Africa (2023), 21 pp.

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Metavoicing, trust-building mechanisms and partisan messaging: A study of social media usage by selected South African female politicians

Trust Matsilele, Sisanda Nkoala

Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 13 (2023), pp. 2575-2597

"This study investigates social media usage patterns, Twitter’ frequency use and message typologies of selected South African female politicians’. Using the digital public sphere theory as a lens, the study considers six hundred Twitter posts from six female politicians from the African National ... more

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Compilation of Briefing Papers on the Media Sector Development in Ethiopia

Abdissa Zerai, Elsabet Samuel Tadesse, Haron Mwangi, Teshager Shiferaw, Tewodros Negash

PRIMED;International Media Support (IMS) (2023), 64 pp.

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Understanding African journalistic agency in China–Africa media interactions: The case of Kenya

Hangwei Li

International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 1 (2023), pp. 32-47

"Drawing on field observations and extensive interviews, this study investigates how Kenyan media practitioners exercise their agency when interacting with Chinese stakeholders. When dealing with Chinese stakeholders or China-related stories, Kenyan media practitioners developed three strategies to ... more

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Demand of and Access to Health Messages Through Mass Media in the Rural Community of Eastern Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study

Bushra Aliyi, Yadeta Dassie, Alemayehu Deressa et al.

Risk Management and Healthcare, issue 16 (2023), pp. 1859-1874

"Background: The demand for health-related information has increased dramatically in recent years. Media is crucial in reaching health messages to audiences, especially those who are distant and rural. Therefore, the study aimed to assess demands, access, and factors associated with access to health ... more

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Public Support for Local and Community Media in Three Countries: A Comparative Study

Franz Krüger

African Journalism Studies, volume 44, issue 4 (2023), pp. 310-326

"In the discussion of possible solutions to the business crisis facing legacy media, insufficient attention has been paid to existing arrangements that channel public money to media serving marginalised audiences, particularly in Global South countries. Argentina and South Africa are upper middle-in ... more

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National E-waste Monitor Botswana

Ditshupo Gaobotse, Stephen Pheko, Joyce Isa-Molwane, Neelo Michelle Oppedahl, Frank Molaletsi

Geneva: ITU (2023), viii, 29 pp.

"This report examines the overall statistics of electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) placed on the market (POM) and e-waste generation in Botswana. The main findings indicate that 21 097 tonnes of EEE were placed on the market in Botswana in 2020 generated by demand from households and business ... more

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National E-waste Monitor Namibia

Geneva: ITU (2023), ix, 28 pp.

"Namibia currently lacks the capacity to monitor e-waste, which makes e-waste hard to track and hampers the setting and assessment of targets that are necessary to move to a more sustainable and circular economy. In line with policy objectives, a draft national policy on management of waste electric ... more

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Gender equality in digital policy in Ethiopia

Geneva: ITU (2023), vi, 26 pp.

"This country report provides an overview of the extent to which gender is addressed in Ethiopia’s digital policies, strategies, and regulations, divided into categories such as international development instruments, national digital policies and strategies, and digital sector-related laws and reg ... more

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Fairwork South Africa Ratings 2023: Advocating for Safety and Dignity in the Platform Economy

Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 39 pp.

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Fairwork Kenya Ratings 2023: The Promise and Peril of Platform Work in the Kenyan Platform Economy

Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 39 pp.

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Fairwork Tanzania Ratings 2023: Towards Improving Platform Work in Tanzania

Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 39 pp.

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Examining Terrorism, Extremism and Radicalization Through a Peace Communication Perspective

Flora Khoo (ed.)

New York: Peter Lang (2023), 322 pp.

"This edited book expands the applicability of peace journalism research beyond war to cover terrorism and radicalization, an issue that has not yet been touched by peace journalism scholars." (Publisher description)

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Indigenous African Language Media: Practices and Processes

Phillip Mpofu, Israel Ayinla Fadipe, Thulani Tshabangu (eds.)

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxxxvi, 444 pp.

"The book contributes to the sparse academic literature on African and minority language media research. It serves as a compendium of experiences, activities and case studies on the use of native language media. Chapters in this book make theoretical, methodical and empirical contributions about ind ... more

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Psychological and Physical Lived Experiences of Journalists Covering Terrorism in Kenya

Benjamin Muindi

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, volume 78, issue 2 (2023), pp. 251-266

"This research is based on 28 in-depth interviews with Kenya-based journalists who report terrorism. The objective of the research was to recount their lived experiences. The theme of safety of journalists comprised psychological and physical safety of the newspeople, and there were various ways in ... more

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Report: Online Influencers’ Influence in Kenya and Nigeria 2023

Newton Adika

GeoPoll (2023)

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Elevating communication and engagement in Sudan’s growing humanitarian crisis: Priority actions for decision-makers and practitioners

London: CDAC Network (2023), 6 pp.

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Vibrant Information Barometer (VIBE): South Sudan

IREX;Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS);Sustainable Independent Media Activity (SIMA) (2023), 47 pp.

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Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy: Lessons from Journalists in East Africa

Meghan Sobel Cohen, Karen McIntyre Hopkinson

New York: Oxford University Press (2023), 176 pp.

"Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy uses the perceptions of journalists in Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya to examine mediascapes at varying stages of development and democracy-building—Rwanda, which experienced a genocide in 1994, is in relatively early (though fast-paced) stages of ... more

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Challenges & Support Needs of Exiled Journalists from Sudan, South Sudan & Ethiopia in Kenya

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2023), 13 pp.