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Madgermanes

Birgit Weyhe
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 236 pp.
"Vor allem aus wirtschaftlichen Erwägungen heraus warb die DDR Ende der 1970er Jahre tausende Vertragsarbeiter aus Mosambik an. Die jungen Frauen und Männer aus dem vom Bürgerkrieg zerrissenen sozialistischen Bruderstaat, die voller Hoffnung auf eine gute Ausbildung nach Deutschland kamen, hatten ... more
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End of an Era and the Debacle of Cross-Border Media Building Projects in Africa

Sam Phiri
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 401-414
"In the 1990s following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in Germany and the death of Apartheid in South Africa, several cross-national initiatives were undertaken in Africa to strengthen the role of the media in nascent democracies. Some 30 years later, several of these initiatives are dead while the ... more
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Shifting the South African Media Diversity Debate from the Stick to the Carrot: Lessons from Scandinavia, Latin America and West Africa
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Julia Plessing
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 66-84
"More than 20 years into democracy, the South African media landscape, although free and moderately pluralistic, still does not represent fairly the diversity of viewpoints held in the country. Yet, the South African media debate on transformation has been dominated by the ANC’s continued focus on ... more
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Music Activists: A Participatory Film Project. Facilitator's Guide

Musola C. Kaseketi, John Chiti, Elaine Maane
Cape Town; Livingstone: Steps; Vilole Images Productions (2017), 12 pp.
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Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users

Wendy Willems, Winston Mano (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), 260 pp.
"This volume examines the lived experiences of Africans and their interaction with different kinds of media: old and new, state and private, elite and popular, global and national, material and virtual. By offering a comparative, critical and largely qualitative account of audiences and users across ... more
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Mediengesetzgebung in Tansania in Geschichte und Gegenwart

Martin Sturmer
Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, volume 17, issue 33 (2017), pp. 25-52
"Mit dem Media Services Act, 2016 ist in Tansania am 3. Februar 2017 ein neues Mediengesetz in Kraft getreten, das die Pressefreiheit drastisch einschränkt und in klarem Widerspruch zur Verfassung von 1977 steht. Die umstrittenste Bestimmung betrifft die Verpflichtung von JournalistInnen zur Akkred ... more
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Building an Ecosystem Around Data: Using Interactive Radio for Accountability to Farmers in Tanzania

Francesca Feruglio, Heather Gilberds
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS); Farm Radio International (2017), 15 pp.
"In 2015, Farm Radio International applied to Making All Voices Count for a practitioner research and learning grant. Farm Radio International (FRI) is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organisation working in direct partnership with approximately 600 radio broadcasters in 38 African countries to figh ... more
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Strengthening Free, Independent and Professional Journalism in Ethiopia: Feasibility Study

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2017), 35 pp.
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The Role of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Staffers in Mediating Malawi's Ideological Nation-Building Project: The Case of 'Speak Out'

Sydney Friendly Kankuzi
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 141-158
"The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) was established as Malawi's first national radio station when the country gained independence from Britain in 1964, partly with an ideological function of mobilising Malawians for the task of nation building. Since its inception, the broadcaster has been ac ... more
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Bridging the Gap: Rebuilding Citizen Trust in the Media
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Anya Schiffrin, Beatrice Santa-Wood, Susanna De Martino, Ellen Hume, Nicole Pope
Open Society Foundations (2017), 144 pp.
"Journalists in many countries are experimenting with how to build trust and engage with audiences, and our report examines their efforts. In our study we profile organizations that are working to build bridges with their readers, viewers and listeners and deliver relevant news to local audiences. W ... more
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Africa Peace Journalism: A Manual for Media Practitioners in East Africa

Fredrick Ogenga (ed.)
Rongo (KE): Rongo University, Center for Media, Democracy, Peace and Security (CMDPS) (2017), xiv, 71 pp.
"This publication is the outcome of the “East Africa Regional Peace Journalism Training Workshop” for journalists covering conflict and peacebuilding in East Africa. Organized by Rongo University’s Center for Media, Democracy, Peace, and Security (CMDPS) in partnership with the African Peacebu ... more
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Using Radio and Interactive ICTs to Improve Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Heather E. Hudson, Mark Leclair, Bernard Pelletier, Bartholomew Sullivan
Telecommunications Policy, volume 30 (2017), pp. 1-15
"The paper summarizes evidence on food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa and strategies to provide information on innovative agricultural practices to smallholder farmers. The research in this paper is then discussed within the context of research on information and communication technologies (ICTS) ... more
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Community Radio Programming and Peace Promotion During Political Campaigns in Kenya: A Case of Migori County

Mak'Ouma Enock Ochieng
Rongo University, Master Thesis (2017), xii, 106 pp.
"Migori County is listed by the National Commission on Integration and Cohesion as a political violence hotspot. The aim of this study was to examine the role of community radio programming in peace promotion during political campaigns in Migori. The objectives of the study were: To establish the ty ... more
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Conceptualizing an African Media System: An Examination of Media and Politics in the Ethiopian Context

Menychle Meseret Abebe
Kristiansand (NO): NLA University College, Master Thesis (2017), x, 124 pp.
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Mobile Phone Usage in Turkana, Kenya

Ichiyo Habuchi
In: The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media
Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 475-487
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In Media We Trust: Journalists and Institutional Trust Perceptions in Post-Authoritarian and Post-Totalitarian Countries

Alice N. Tejkalová et al.
Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 5 (2017), pp. 629-644
"Trust is a societal value that is difficult to gain and easy to lose. This article deals with the levels of trust that journalists working in eight post-authoritarian and post-totalitarian countries (Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Latvia, South Africa and Tanzania) have i ... more
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Internet: Smarte neue Welt

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42
"Digitale Medien verbreiten sich über die Welt: Auch in Madagaskar verwenden Kinder Handys. In Kenia nutzt die Regierungspartei in Wahlkämpfen bereits die gleichen Datenanalysen, die in den USA Donald Trump geholfen haben, Präsident zu werden. Und in der Wirtschaft bewirken Daten und Internet-Pla ... more
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The Zambian Press Freedom Conundrum: Reluctance Rather Than Resilience

Twange Kasoma, Greg Pitts
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 129-144
"As different governments have assumed power in Zambia since the democratic tide that swept across Africa in the early 1990s, the conundrum of a free press continues to complicate governance and journalistic practices. This study investigated how members of Parliament (MPs) felt about press freedom. ... more
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What if We All Governed the Internet? Advancing Multistakeholder Participation in Internet Governance

Anri van der Spuy
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 108 pp.
"The research in these pages covers the theory around multistakeholder participation in Internet governance through a review of relevant literature. It also analyses case studies from Kenya to Brazil, South Korea, and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which illustrate how multistakeholder approac ... more
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Radio Listenership Among Women in Kipkelion West Sub-County, Kericho County

Koech Fidelice Chepng'Etich
Nairobi: University of Nairobi, Master Thesis (2017), xii, 77 pp.
"The study sought to find out radio listenership among women in Kipkelion West Sub-County, to establish the choice of radio programs and stations that interests the women, to assess the preference of radio to other mass communication media among women and to find out the gratifications women seek to ... more