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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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Radio Listening Clubs in Malawi as Alternative Public Spheres

Peter Mhagama
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 13, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 105-120
"Many people in rural areas in Malawi lack access to information due to illiteracy and the unavailability of reliable sources of information. There is also an absence of a proper forum where rural ordinary people can express their views and have their voices heard. However, in communities where ther ... more
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Von "De Voortrekkers" bis "Tsotsi"

Martin Botha
Afrika Süd, issue 1 (2015), pp. 35-37
"In Südafrika gibt es seit 120 Jahren Kino und Filmproduktionen. Die südafrikanische Filmindustrie zählt zur ältesten weltweit. Bereits 1895 zog das erste Kinetoscope in Johannesburg Zuschauer an. Jahrzehntelang von der Ideologie des burischen Nationalismus dominiert, muss sich die heutige Films ... more
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Uchaguzi: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of ICTs, Statebuilding, and Peacebuilding in Kenya

Warigia Bowman, Bob Bell, Wambui Ngugi, Wainaina Mungai, Grace Githaiga, Paola Cavallari
Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2015), 43 pp.
"This study has found that Uchaguzi represents a blended model incorporating both crowd-seeding (placing monitors on the ground to collect data) and crowd-sourcing (collecting information from the public). The success of crowd-seeding is a function of Uchaguzi’s partnerships with local and interna ... more
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Malakal: Nile FM: Baseline Assessment

Internews (2015), 9 pp.
"In February 2015, Internews established Nile FM, a community radio station in Malakal County, Upper Nile state [South Sudan]. As part of Internews' Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) that brings information to displaced and vulnerable populations throughout the country, Nile FM responds to the ... more
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The psychological effects of reporting extreme violence: A study of Kenyan journalists

Anthony Feinstein, Justus Wanga, John Owen
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 6, issue 9 (2015), pp. 1-6
"Objective: To assess the psychological health of journalists in Kenya who have reported on, and been exposed to, extreme violence. Design: Descriptive. Psychological responses were elicited to two stressors, the ethnic violence surrounding the disputed 2007 general election and the Al-Shabab attack ... more
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A Community of Communities? Emerging Dynamics in the Community Media Paradigm

Christopher Ali
Global Media and Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2015), pp. 3-23
"Recent years have seen numerous attempts by community broadcasters around the world to reinvent their practices in an effort to remain relevant and financially sustainable in the digital age. One proposed initiative is to have community programming distributed via satellite, either in the form of a ... 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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Assessment of the Observance of TV Programme Ratings in Uganda: A Case of Telenovelas

John Baptist Imokola
Makerere University (2015), xxii, 75 pp.
"The study finds that there is a general liking for Partenal Guidance (PG) ratings, based on the need to protect the children from harmful and foreign content, as well as to avoid adoption of foreign cultures. However, this does not translate into action in determining viewership decisions, with man ... more
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Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media

Iginio Gagliardone et al.
University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 103 pp.
"We analyzed more than 13,000 statements during the project. This report primarily builds on the statements that were collected between 24 February and 24 June 2015, three months before and one month after the parliamentary elections that took place in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015. FINDING 1: Hate and d ... more
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The Impact of Media Content on Children in South Africa

Youth Research Unit (YRU)
Film and Publication Board; UNISA, Bureau of Market Research (2015), 94 pp.
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Images of Africa: Creation, Negotiation and Subversion

Julia Gallagher (ed.)
Manchester: Manchester University Press (2015), xv, 203 pp.
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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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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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Contributing to Change: Supporting Zimbabwe's Media

International Media Support (IMS) (2015), 50 pp.
"It is my pleasure to introduce this report on the contribution of International Media Support and our partners to important changes in the Zimbabwean media sector over the past decade. Impact—or ‘contribution towards change’ as we term it in this report— is often an elusive, hard-to-illustr ... more
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Xenophobie und Medien in Südafrika: Eine Analyse über die Berichterstattung im April und Mai 2015

Verena Löffler
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2015), 12 pp.
"Die südafrikanischen Tageszeitungen Daily Sun, Sowetan, The Citizen und The Star repräsentieren die vier dominierenden Medienverlage in Südafrika und berichteten im April und Mai 2015 alle über Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Migration. Die meisten Artikel in der Stichprobe stammten von der Zeitung St ... more
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Mapping BRICS Media

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2015), xvii, 272 pp.
"The volume brings together leading scholars, mainly from the BRICS nations, to examine how the emergence of the BRICS media will impact on global media and communication. Contextualizing the rise of the BRICS nations within the broader shifts in global power relations, the chapters investigate the ... more
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The Political Role of the Media in the Democratisation of Malawi: The Case of the 'Weekend Nation' from 2002 to 2012

Anthony Mavuto Gunde
Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xv, 239 pp.
"This study investigated the political role of the Weekend Nation newspaper in the democratisation of Malawi between 2002 and 2012 within the context of its foundational and ownership structures by a politician. Bearing in mind that the newspaper was founded by a politician belonging to the first de ... more
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Batswana Support Press Freedom and Critical Speech

M. Lekorwe
Afrobarometer (2015), 5 pp.
"Batswana overwhelmingly express support for media and individual freedoms. This suggests that freedom of expression – both personal and collective – is regarded by the Batswana as an essential attribute of a functioning democracy. Despite recent government attempts to suppress the media and ind ... more
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From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme

Maja Kominko (ed.)
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2015), lxviii, 651 pp.
"This volume celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library, established to document and publish online formerly inaccessible and neglected archives from across the globe. From Dust to Digital showcases the historical signifi cance of the collections ide ... more