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The Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Rights in Africa

African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition (2020), 297 pp.
"This publication is a compilation of 19 articles by African researchers, academics, journalists and human and digital rights activists on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital rights in Africa. The articles were commissioned by the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (AfDec ... more
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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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Tim Schoot Uiterkamp et al.
Free Press Unlimited (2020), 43 pp.
"We recruited participants aged 13-14 in three countries: Mexico, South Africa and the Netherlands. Through a questionnaire, an observation exercise and interviews, we gathered information in order to identify trends [...] We constructed a number of global personas that cut across the groups. Safety ... more
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Handbook on Working Towards Gender Equality in the Media
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Greta Gober
International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), 2nd ed. (2019), 110 pp.
"The Handbook showcases IAWRT members’ experiences and best practices for working towards advancing gender equality in and on the media in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, India and Uganda." (Publisher description)
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Social Media Literacy, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding in Kenya

Fredrick Ogenga
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 14 pp.
"Kenya has experienced a cycle of political violence following a series of controversial elections that have centred on ethnic competition, leading to human rights abuses, deaths, destruction of property and a downward economic spiral. At the core of election violence, witnessed in 2007/8 and in 201 ... more
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Removing Barriers to ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Kampala: CIPESA (2019), 7 pp.
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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Botswana

Patrick Malope et al.
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) (2019), vi, 64 pp.
"The results of the study indicate that copyright industries make a significant contribution to the national economy of Botswana. In 2016, these industries contributed 5.46 per cent to value added and 2.66 per cent to the total labor force; meanwhile, in foreign trade they contributed 1.28 per cent ... more
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Zooming in on Media and Information Literacy: A Survey-Based Typology of Young Media Users
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Dennis Reineck, Roland Schürhoff, Jan Lublinski
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 19 pp.
"While global youth is often referred to as a fairly homogeneous generation of digital natives, data drawn from a survey in Jordan, Moldova, and Uganda suggests that this is not the case. Based on an instrument for measuring digital and news literacy, this paper presents a typology of five personae: ... more
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Challenging the Glass Ceiling: Study of Women in the Newsroom in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam: Media Council of Tanzania (2019), viii, 31 pp.
"This study has reconfirmed that the challenges facing media women still persist. The glass ceiling is still intact. There are still fewer women in decision making position than man. Women are more likely to be paid less than their male counterparts and upward mobility is very small. Situations wher ... more
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Token Transformation? A Critical Political Economy of the Media Analysis of Ownership and Content Diversity in South Africa's Print Media

Prinola Govenden
Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand (2019), 304 pp.
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A Guide to Child Online Protection

Communications Authority of Kenya (2019), 23 pp.
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End of Project Evaluation of the BBC Media Action 'Radio Waves' and 'Tikambe' Projects in Zambia

Kimiko Hibri Pedersen, Birgitte Jallov, George Sichone, Mary Mutupa
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2019), vii, 55, 60 pp.
"This evaluation covers two independent projects implemented by BBC Media Action in Zambia. Tikambe provides information to young people about sexual reproductive health and rights and youth-friendly services via different platforms. Radio Waves supports independent media as a platform for dialogue ... more
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Dialogue Between Absentees? Liberation Radio Engages its Audiences, Namibia, 1978-1989

Robert Heinze
Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 16, issue 2 (2019), pp. 489-510
"Liberation radios, the propaganda stations operated by the anti-Apartheid and anticolonial movements Southern Africa, provide us with a unique lens on the relationship between broadcasters and their audiences. Most importantly, they conceptualized audiences in a specific, two-pronged way to mobiliz ... more
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Community Newspaper as a Tool for Community Development: A Readers’ Perception Study of Idikelethu Newspaper in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Nolukhanyo T. Metula, Oluyinka O. Osunkunle
Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 54, issue 6 (2019), pp. 930-944
"This paper evaluates readers’ perceptions of Idikelethu newspaper as a tool for community development, particularly in Alice, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data was collected from two focus group discussions that were held in the areas where Idikelethu newspaper has high readershi ... more
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Motsutsana ndi zovuta zonse = Against all odds. A participatory film project in Dowa, Malawi. Facilitator's guide

Steps; Social Mobilization for Transformation (SMOT) (2019), 11 pp.
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Digital Economies at Global Margins
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Mark Graham (ed.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London; Ottawa: MIT Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2019), x, 378 pp.
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African Cinema and Human Rights

Mette Hjort, Eva Jørholt (eds.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2019), x, 314 pp.
"Bringing theory and practice together, 'African Cinema and Human Rights' argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to this volume identify three key ways in which film can achieve these goals: documenting human rights ... more
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Mission und Kommunikation: Verflechtungsgeschichtliche Perspektiven auf Missionsgeschichte im kolonialen Zeitalter

Richard Hölzl
Interkulturelle Theologie: Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft, volume 45, issue 2-3 (2019), pp. 166-187
"In diesem Beitrag argumentiere ich, dass für eine Verflechtungsgeschichte von Mission seit dem 19. Jahrhundert eine medien- und kommunikationstheoretische Dimension unerlässlich ist: Mission war nicht nur eine historische Agentur, um Akteur*innen in Bewegungen zu setzen, als Reisende und Migriere ... more
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Publics in Africa in a Digital Age

Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 13, issue 1 (2019), pp. 1-213
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Listeners Perceptions of Forte FM’s Role in Facilitating Community Development in Alice, South Africa

Betina Mawokomayi, Oluyinka O. Osunkunle
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 33, issue 1 (2019), pp. 88-100
"This paper examined listeners’ perceptions of Forte FM’s role in facilitating community development in Alice, which is a small rural town under Raymond Mhlaba Municipality, South Africa. Forte FM is a community radio station located at University of Fort Hare, Alice campus, established to facil ... more
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Management and Resistance in the Digital Newsroom

Mel Bunce
Journalism, volume 20, issue 7 (2019), pp. 890–905
"What happens when there is conflict between the profit motivations of a news outlet and the professional values of its journalists? Questions of managerial influence and journalistic autonomy have interested media scholars from the seminal work of Warren Breed onwards. However, there have only been ... more