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Memory on Trial: Media, Citizenship and Social Justice

Anders Høg Hansen, Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)

Wien; Zürich: Lit (2015), ii, 186 pp.

"This book approaches the memory sharing of groups, communities and societies as inevitable struggles over the interpretation of, and authority over, particular stories. Coming to terms with the past in memory work, alone or with others, is always unsteady ground and the activation of memory will al ... more

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Female Genital Cutting in the News Media: A Content Analysis

Meghan Sobel

International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 4 (2015), pp. 384-405

"Mass media play an important role in explaining the issue of female genital cutting and can influence discourse among the general public as well as policy makers. Understanding how news media present female genital cutting has strong implications for the global status of women. This study, a quanti ... more

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Community Radio as a Tool for Development: A Case Study of Community Radio Stations in Malawi

Peter Matthews Mhagama

Leicester: University of Leicester, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xv, 342 pp.

"The thesis investigates community radio as a tool for development drawing on case studies of Nkhotakota and Mzimba community radio stations in Malawi. The thesis employs communication for development and ‘another’ development theories to help understand the role of community radio in developmen ... more

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The Trust Factor: An EJN Review of Journalism and Self-Regulation
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Aidan White (ed.)

London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), 72 pp.

"This report examines self-regulation in challenging times. Journalism is increasingly a single stream of information disseminated simultaneously across different platforms of media, but its regulation remains dominated by old-fashioned notions of how media work. Usually there are two ways of regula ... more

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Digital, Social & Mobile in 2015: We Are Social's Compendium of Global Digital Statistics

Simon Kemp

Singapore: We Are Social (2015), 372 slides

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From Pictures to Policy: How Does Humanitarian Reporting Have an Influence?

Suzanne Franks

In: Humanitarianism, Communications and Change. Global Crises and the Media

Simon Cottle; Glenda. Cooper (eds.)

Peter Lang (2015), pp. 153-166

"In contrast to the contemporary media perception the government aid provided to Ethiopia was pretty much existing money that was reconfigured and, despite appearances, there was no ‘new money’. The UK Government rejected any longer term ongoing engagement and was just concerned with short-term ... more

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Bridging the Gender Gap: Mobile Access and Usage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Connected Women 2015

Shireen Santosham, Dominica Lindsey

GSMA;Altai Consulting (2015), 128 pp.

"Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, which translates into 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38% less likely to own a phone than men, highlighting that the gender gap in mobile phone ownership is wider in certain parts of ... more

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Interim Assessment of Media Development in South Sudan

Paris: UNESCO (2015), xii, 60 pp.

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Mapping BRICS Media

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xvii, 272 pp.

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African Media Barometer: Namibia 2015

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2015), 68 pp.

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African Media Barometer: Tanzania 2015

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2015), 69 pp.

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Media Pluralism and Diversity: Concepts, Risks and Global Trends

Peggy Valcke, Miklós Sükösd, Robert G. Picard (eds.)

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xviii, 362 pp.

"Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media plur ... more

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10 Things You Need to Know About Radio in South Africa. Wits Radio Conference 2015

Kuper Research (2015), 46 slides

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Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur

Joachim J. Savelsberg

Oakland: University of California Press (2015), xix, 341 pp.

"How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the ... more

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O nascimento do cinema moçambicano

Silvia Vieira

In: Cinema em português: VII jornadas

Frederico Lopes; Paulo Cunha; Manuela Penafria (eds.)

Covilhã: Livros LabCom (2015), pp. 69-85

"A produção cinematográfica em Moçambique depende de um sistema de produção muito frágil ancorado em apoios externos. A deficiente rede de distribuição e de difusão, e a escassez de salas, não permitem que o cinema moçambicano tenha grande visibilidade. Fora dos circuitos dos festivais, ... more

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National Communication Strategy for Malaria Control in Uganda

Kampala: Ministry of Health (2015), 40 pp.

"This Uganda national communication strategy for malaria prevention and control has been developed to facilitate the implementation of the Uganda Malaria Reduction Strategy (UMRS) 2014-2020. The strategy will offer a framework where every stakeholder shall take recommended actions to fund, prevent, ... more

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DRG Learning, Evaluation, and Research Activity: Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the USAID Media Strengthening Program

Susan Abbott, Audra Grant, Renée Hendley

Washington, DC: USAID (2015), 64 pp.

"This report presents the findings of the Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the Mozambique Media Strengthening Program (MSP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The MSP project, with a period of performance of June 10, 2012-June 11, 2017 and a budget of $9,978 ... more

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Remediating Orality: The Cultural Domestication of Video Technology in Kenya

James Odhiambo Ogone

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (2015), pp. 479-495

"The influence of globalisation and its attendant modern technologies has reconfigured the manner in which orality functions in the contemporary African context. Confronted with the powerful presence of media technologies that threaten to supplant its central role in many African societies, orality ... more

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Re-Conceptualizing the Analysis of Media Development and Trajectories hereof in Post-Colonial Societies

Ylva Rodny-Gumede

Global Media and Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2015), pp. 131-146

"Using South Africa as a case study, this article presents a new argument for an adaptation of the Comparative Media Systems Model by Hallin and Mancini. The article proposes that factors of race, class and gender and intersections hereof as well as nation-building be added to the model to better su ... more

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Crowdfunding in Emerging Markets: Lessons from East African Startups

Washington, DC: World Bank (2015), 15 pp.

"The discussion of opportunity costs, choosing a platform and networking strategies highlights the clear need for more industry data and transparency [...] Further, the private sector can monetize research on network effects and fundraising norms across the continent [...] Regarding the supply of ca ... more

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