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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Vol. 2

Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2014), xii, 406 pp.

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Seizing Opportunities: For Free and Independent Media Worldwide

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 34 pp.

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Institutional Grantees Audience Survey: A Project Report

Dar-es Salaam: Ipsos;Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2014), 92 pp.

"Radio was found to be the most frequently used media channel with 46% of the respondents listening to radio on a daily basis and a further 30% listenership on a weekly basis. Newspapers were found to be the least used media with 22% of the respondents reading newspapers less than once a month. The ... more

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Laws Governing Media Practice in Kenya: A Journalists’ Handbook

Nairobi: Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) (2014), iv, 39 pp.

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Annual Book Publishing Industry Survey 2013: Business Economic Report

Willem Struik, Liam Borgstrom

Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA);University of Pretoria (2014), 30 pp.

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Shamba Shape Up Series 4: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey Report

The Media Company (2014), 46 pp.

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Kenya's Media Landscape: A Success Story with Serious Structural Challenges

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)

Leipzig: Vistas (2014), 180 pp.

"Kenya’s 2010 Constitution guarantees press freedom in a way the country has never previously seen. However, the concentration of media ownership and pending consensus on new media legislation are tarnishing the triumphs of Kenya’s media liberalization and development. Regulation of news content ... more

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HIV/AIDS Communication in South Africa: Are You Human?

Colin Chasi

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 89 pp.

"Even though sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world, no new theories have been discovered, and questions about life and death are ignored. This book uses certain selected communication practices to offer the foundations of an African theory of communication, applicab ... more

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Media Analysis of Albino Killings in Tanzania: A Social Work and Human Rights Perspective

Jean Burke, Theresa J. Kaijage, Johannes John-Langba

Ethics and Social Welfare, volume 8, issue 2 (2014), pp. 117-134

"Murders of people with albinism are a recently emerging human rights issue in Africa, particularly Tanzania. Thus far, public debates about albino killings in Tanzania and other African countries have been dominated by media reports rather than academic writing. This paper presents the findings of ... more

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The Tension Between Ethics and Ethnicity: Examining Journalists’ Ethical Decision-Making at the Nation Media Group in Kenya

Herman Wasserman, Jacinta Mwende Maweu

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 2 (2014), pp. 165-179

"This article analyses how ethnicity influences the ethical decisions of journalists at the Nation Media Group (NMG) in Kenya. Ethnic identity is regarded as one of the key factors that shape the political beliefs of Kenyans in general, and for journalists and media practitioners in particular ethni ... more

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Assessing the sustainability of media (reporting) in the Republic of Mauritius

M. Y. Mohobuth

Port Louis: University of Technology, Master Thesis (2014), 85 pp.

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„Homosexuality is Un-African“: Eine Analyse Der Homosexualitätsdebatte in Ugandischen Printmedien

Katja Benkel

Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2014), 75 pp.

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Key Issues in the Development of Mobile Telephony in Botswana (1998-2011): An Empirical Investigation

William O. Lesitaokana

New Media & Society, volume 16, issue 5 (2014), pp. 840-855

"The study has shown that as a developing country, Botswana has done well to develop and structurally position the mobile telephony sector for the benefit of its citizens. This is evidenced by the high rate of subscription of mobile telephony countrywide and continuous attempts by the government to ... more

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The Re-Emergence of Diasporic Radio in Independent Zimbabwe

Everette Ndlovu

African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 3 (2014), pp. 54-72

"The article uses Short Wave Radio Africa and other diasporic radio stations domiciled outside Zimbabwe to examine how diasporic radio has re-emerged in independent Zimbabwe, where it manages to utilise affordable communication technologies to link with the population, providing the people with an a ... more

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The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in South Africa: A Church of Strangers

Ilana van Wyk

New York; London: Cambridge University Press;International African Institute (2014), xxii, 280 pp.

"The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), a church of Brazilian origin, has been enormously successful in establishing branches and attracting followers in post-apartheid South Africa. Unlike other Pentecostal Charismatic churches (PCCs), the UCKG insists that relationships with God be dev ... more

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Citizen Participation and Technology

Washington, DC: National Democratic Institute (NDI) (2014), 67 pp.

"Using case studies from countries such as Burma, Mexico and Uganda, the study explores whether the use of technology in citizen participation programs amplifies citizen voices and increases government responsiveness and accountability, and whether the use of digital technology increases the politic ... more

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Empowering Our Whistleblowers

Gabriella Razzano

Open Democracy Advice Centre;Right2Know Campaign;Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), iv, 63 pp.

"In 2010 the Open Democracy Advice Centre undertook a comprehensive review of the state of whistleblowing in South Africa, entitled 'The Status of Whistleblowing' (2010). Three years on, the whistleblowing landscape is due another review. Research demonstrates that progress has not merely halted in ... more

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Care Takers: Sustaining South Africa's Rich Biodiversity. Series 2. Facilitators Guide

Steps;SANBI (2014), 40 pp.

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The Concept of Public Service Broadcasting in a Changing Africa: A Tanzanian Experience

Amani Millanga

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 1 (2014), pp. 7-25

"The central argument in this article is that the concept of public service broadcasting (PSB) in ‘a changing Africa’ has been changing, reflecting the changes in political, economic and sociocultural sceneries in Africa. Thus, from a Tanzanian experience, this article is an overview of the conc ... more

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Médias, religion et mobilité en Afrique et dans la diaspora = Media, Religion and Mobility in Africa and the Diaspora

Katrien Pype, Anne Mélice, Steven Van Wolputte (eds.)

Social Compass, volume 61, issue 1 (2014), pp. 3-72