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Structural Working Conditions of Journalism in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa: Empirical Findings from Interviews with Journalists Reporting on Democratisation Conflicts

Judith Lohner, Irene Neverla, Sandra Banjac
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2017), 21 pp.
"The structural conditions of journalism are shaped by legacies of the past (marked by non-democratic regimes and sometimes colonial rule) and persisting power structures. The state and powerful political actors are perceived to play an important role in the media sector, mirrored in different forms ... more
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Community Radio in a Commercial Broadcasting Landscape: Kenya’s Koch FM

Rose N. Kimani
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 15, issue 2 (2017), pp. 195-210
"Koch FM is a community radio station located in Korogocho, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The station aims to provide alternative information, education and entertainment content. Producers at the station and community members who make up the station’s audience have different perceptions of Koch FM’ ... 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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Digital Environments: Ethnographic Perspectives Across Global Online and Offline Spaces

Urte Undine Frömming, Steffen Köhn, Samantha Fox, Mike Terry (eds.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2017), 267 pp.
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The Ethiopian Journalist: Loyalist and Change Agent

Terje Skjerdal
Addis Abeba: [author] (2017), 27 pp.
"The report is based on interviews with 350 journalists from all parts of the Ethiopian media. The study detects some important changes which have occurred in the Ethiopian journalist fraternity recently. In just a few years, the local journalist population has become one of the most educated in the ... more
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Questioning the Media-Democracy Link: South African Journalists’ Views

Wallace Chuma, Herman Wasserman, Tanja Bosch, Rebecca Pointer
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 104-128
"It is often assumed that a robust, free and independent media will contribute to the deepening of democracy by keeping governments accountable and broadening citizen participation in deliberative democratic debates. But in new democracies such as South Africa, the deepening and broadening of democr ... more
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Plan national de communication du secteur eau, assainissement et hygiene

Ministère de l' Eau, de l' Energie et des Hydrocarbures (2017), 45 pp.
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Connecting Communication: Using Video to Open Spaces and Mediate Exchange Between Kenyan Grass-Roots Activists

Jackie Shaw
Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 21 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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Theatre as Alternative Media in Zimbabwe: Selected Case Studies from Matabeleland

Mandlenkosi Mpofu, Cletus Moyo
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 507-520
"Popular theatre occupies a special space in Matabeleland because it is situated in the everyday lives of ordinary people, and is able to articulate their experiences and to create spaces for them to ‘speak to power’. In the wake of the Gukurahundi massacres and perceived marginalization of Mata ... more
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From Conventional Towards New Frames of Peace Journalism: The Cases of Uganda and Burundi

William Tayeebwa
In: Peace, Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Joseph Gahama (eds.)
Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2017), pp. 209-236
"The main task of the study was to evaluate, from the perspective of Burundian (n=58) and Ugandan (n=183) journalists the feasibility of making operational the normative frames of peace reporting as expounded by peace journalism scholars against the more entrenched news frames that favour conflict o ... more
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"The Woman You Want to Be": The Changing Face of Fairlady Magazine, 1985–2005

Aimee Carelse, Martha Evans
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 115-140
"Feminine identity has always been complicated by race and class in South Africa. The history of beauty pageants, like sporting contests, demonstrates the extent to which culture and contemporary politics intertwine. Examining the cover model choices of women’s magazines offers a fruitful means of ... more
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Entertainment and Media Outlook 2017 – 2021: An African Perspective. An In-Depth Analysis of the Trends Shaping the Entertainment and Media Industry in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania
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Price Waterhouse Coopers (pwc), 8th. annual ed. (2017), 161 pp.
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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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Formation of Citizenship Through Radio Talk Participation in Kenya

Joyce Omwoha
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 181-194
"This article aims at investigating the relationship between the concept of mediated citizenship and participation through radio talk deliberation. It intends to offer an analysis of the content mediated through public discourses by determining the way in which participants draw their identities thr ... more
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Media, Diaspora and Conflict
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Ola Ogunyemi (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxiii, 240 pp.
"This edited collection argues that the connective and orientation roles ascribed to diasporic media overlook the wider roles they perform in reporting intractable conflicts in the Homeland. Considering the impacts of conflict on migration in the past decades, it is important to understand the capac ... more
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"Not Worth the Risk": Threats to Free Expression Ahead of Kenya’s 2017 Elections

Human Rights Watch (2017), 76 pp.
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The Role of Radio Programming on Poverty Alleviation in Nakaseke District: A Case Study of Musana FM Kiwoko Town Council

Bakalu Bernard
Ndejje University, Bachelor Thesis in Journalism and Mass Communication (2017), 47 pp.
"Musana FM has done a good job in fighting against poverty in Nakaseke district [Uganda] because of its effective and resourceful programs such as income generation programs. Additionally most of advertisements are for local produce, health and medicine which encourages use of local medicines for tr ... more
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Internet Use Barriers and User Strategies: Perspectives from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Rwanda

Margaret Nyambura, Fola Odufuwa, Albert Nsengiyumva, Lwando Mdleleni, Mpho Moyo, Sinethemba Mthimkhulu
Research ICT Africa; Mozilla Foundation (2017), 40 pp.
"The study tested the following hypotheses: the use of subsidised services only forms part of data use; people do not move beyond the use of subsidised services; using the internet first through subsidised services leaves people with less of an understanding of the Internet. Using subsidised data fo ... more
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Job Autonomy: How Kenyan Newspeople Perceive their Journalistic Latitudes

Kioko Ireri
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 90-114
"National in scope, this survey of Kenyan journalists conducted in 2012–2013 (n = 504) examines job autonomy in news selection decisions, media freedom and predictors of journalistic autonomy. The research also investigates the relationship between Kenya’s media freedom and journalistic autonomy ... more