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State of Internet Freedom in Uganda 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

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So, Who is Responsible? A Framing Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Electoral Violence in Zimbabwe

Allen Munoriyarwa
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"This study examines how the 2008 election violence was framed in three mainstream Zimbabwean weekly newspapers – The Sunday Mail, The Independent and The Zimbabwean. It was noted that four frames – the victim, justice and human rights, trivialization and attribution of responsibility frames dom ... more
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Women and News: An Overview of Audience Behaviour in 11 Countries
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Meera Selva, Simge Andi
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2020), 43 pp.
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Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities Around the World Make Sense of Climate Change
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Michael Brüggemann, Simone Rödder (eds.)
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Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism

David B. Sachsman, JoAnn Myer Valenti (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xx, 421 pp.
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Gazing Past the Glass Ceiling: Indian and South African Female Journalists’ Perceptions of Their Role and Power in the Newsroom

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External Evaluation of Mobile Phone Technology-Based Nutrition and Agriculture Advisory Services in Africa: Mobile Phones, Nutrition, and Health in Tanzania. Business Modelling Endline Report

Nigel Scott, Simon Batchelor, Jones. Tom
E-pact Consortium; Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2020), 118 pp.
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World Entertainment Media: Global, Regional and Local Perspectives

Paolo Sigismondi (ed.)
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Assessing Internet Development in Ethiopia: Using UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators

Paris; Addis Ababa: UNESCO; Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (2020), 200 pp.
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Let Free Media Thrive: Stories of Impact of the Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 19 pp.
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Limited Internet Access in Zimbabwe a Major Hurdle for Remote Learning During Pandemic

Simangele Moyo-Nyede, Stephen Ndoma
Afrobarometer (2020), 13 pp.
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Indigenous Textual Cultures: Reading and Writing in the Age of Global Empire

Tony Ballantyne, Lachy Paterson
Durham; London: Duke University Press (2020), 357 pp.
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Communication for Development: An Evaluation Framework in Action
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The Struggle for the Realisation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Southern Africa

Avani Singh, Gayatri Khandhadai (eds.)
African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (2020), 101 pp.
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Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support to SSF COVID-19 Projects in Federal Member States of Somalia

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Negotiating Context as a Survival Strategy: The Case of Mugambo Jwetu FM

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The Digital Lives of Refugees and Kenyans with Disabilities in Nairobi: A Human-Centred Design Approach to Identifying Mobile-Enabled Opportunities

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Keeping it Real: An Exploratory Study of How 13-14-Year-Olds Critically Engage with Online Content
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Use of Remote Participatory Video Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic: Experiences from Uganda’s Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement

Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, Master Thesis (2020), 70 pp.
"In the early summer months of the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, three community-produced participatory videos were conducted on a remote basis. These projects were made in Uganda, Germany and Turkey with the use of mobile technology to understand the impact of the virus on lives of differ ... more