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Testing a Media Intervention in Kenya: Vioja Mahakamani, Dangerous Speech, and the Benesch Guidelines

Lauren Kogen

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2013), 29 pp.

"Susan Benesch, human rights scholar, genocide prevention fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and faculty associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, has, over the last several years, developed an analytical framework for identifying ‘dangerous speech’ ... more

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REDD+ Politics in the Media: A Case Study from Tanzania

Demetrius Kweka

Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2013), vii, 20 pp.

"The report concluded there was low climate change coverage in Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, but that coverage increased just after 2009; this was mainly due to international negotiations and agreements around the world that played a major role in shaping the REDD+ discourse, including in Tanzania. Mo ... more

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Minderheiten machen Medien: Was gibt's Neues?

Pogrom, volume 44, issue 4-5 (2013), pp. 17-72

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Gender and Media = Genre et Médias

Africa Media Review, volume 21, issue 1-2 (2013), pp. 1-192

"The articles contained in this special issue build on the conversations initiated at the Cairo Symposium and try to make sense of the shifts and transformations in media and gender relations in Africa. Some bring new perspectives to bear on how traditional media (newspapers, magazines, radio and te ... more

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Starving the Messenger: A Study of Journalists’ Conditions of Service in Malawi

Levi Zeleza Manda, Noel Drake Kufaine

Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 2, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 301-311

"This study used in-depth interviews to investigate the conditions of service and welfare of journalists in Malawi. It found that while the Media Council of Malawi code of professional ethics and standards and in-house policies expected the best out the journalists, the majority of the journalists, ... more

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South Sudan Community Radio Audience Feedback Study 2012-2013: A Qualitative Analysis of the Opinions and Information Needs of Listeners in Leer, Malaulkon, Turalei and Nasir

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2013), 30 pp.

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Entertainment Education and Social Change

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 27, issue 1 (2013), 146 pp.

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China and the African Internet: Perspectives from Kenya and Ethiopia

Iginio Gagliardone

Index Communicación, volume 3, issue 2 (2013), pp. 67-82

"Through the lens of China in Africa, this paper explores the transformations in the relationship between the Internet and the state. China’s economic success, impressive growth of Internet users and relative stability have quietly promoted an example of how the Internet can be deployed within the ... more

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National Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategy July 2013-June 2018

United Republic of Tanzania (2013), xxiii, 63 pp.

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The Role of Media in Child Protection: Challenges and Opportunities in Uganda

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2013), 60 pp.

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Advocacy Capacity Training and Media Outreach Clinic: Workshop Report

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2013), 30 pp.

"The Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) together with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) organised a two and a half day training workshop from 20th to 22nd February 2013, for the Uganda-Poverty and Conservation Learning Group members (U-PCLG) ... more

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Communication and Media Studies in South Africa: Observations, Impressions and Remarks

Abiodun Salawu

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 87-100

"This article offers some self-reflexive comments on Communication and media studies in South Africa. The discipline in South Africa, presents a very exciting and intriguing posture for the simple fact that it allows for diversity– observable in the variety of labels, emphases and curricula. Equal ... more

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Media Interventions

Kevin Howley (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2013), xvi, 430 pp.

"This collection of essays, the first book-length treatment of its kind, explicates the concept of «media interventions», which are herein defined as activities and projects that secure, exercise, challenge or acquire media power for tactical and strategic action. Drawing on insights from media, c ... more

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Inter-Ethnic Cooperation Revisited: Why Mobile Phones Can Help Prevent Discrete Events of Violence, Using the Kenyan Case Study

Charles Martin-Shields

Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, volume 2, issue 3 (2013), pp. 1-13

"This paper will critically explore why mobile phones have drawn so much interest from the conflict management community in Kenya, and develop a general set of factors to explain why mobile phones can have a positive effect on conflict prevention efforts generally. Focusing on theories of informatio ... more

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Code of Conduct for the Practice of Journalism in Kenya: Second Schedule of the Media Council Act 2013

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2013), 23 pp.

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A Baseline Study of Youth Identity, the Media and the Public Sphere in South Africa

Jane Duncan, Irene Costera Meijer, Nico Drok et al.

School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University (2013), v, 115 pp.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems in the Zimbabwean Media Industry and the Debate on Self-Regulation

Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 313-336

"On the one hand, there is the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ), a self-regulatory structure favoured by the privately owned media players. On the other hand, there is the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) formed under statutory law and whose structure is still not adequate to resolve cases ... more

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Exploring the Promise of Information and Communication Technologies for Women Farmers in Kenya

Cristina Manfre, Caitlin Nordehn

USAID (2013), 10 pp.

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Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media

Suzanne Franks

London: Hurst (2013), x, 236 pp.

"The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of ... more

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Using Narrative Communication in a Mass-Produced Youth Magazine as an HIV Prevention Intervention

Esther Etkin

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 3-17

"With young people at the epicentre of the HIV epidemic, we need to build upon and find ways of sustaining interventions that place youth at the centre of prevention. This article argues that narrative communication is one such strategy, provided it is part of a comprehensive HIV prevention plan. Na ... more