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Who counts? Ghanaian academic publishing and global science

David Mills, Patricia Kingori, Abigail Branford et al.
Cape Town: African Minds (2023), 227 pp.
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The Impact of Motherhood on the Career Development of Female Journalists in Nigeria

Ijeoma Okereke-Adagba
Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) (2023), 33 pp.
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Memetizing genocides and post-genocide peacebuilding: Ambivalent implications of memes for youth participation and imaginaries in Rwanda

Tugce Ataci
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 16 (2023), pp. 3157-3178
"In contexts where young people feel prohibited from reflecting openly on sensitive political issues, they may explore alternative ways to communicate and negotiate their opinions and beliefs. Internet memes are popular digital artifacts that offer a space for such debates. This research focuses on ... more
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Performing Sustainability in West Africa: Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development

Meike Lettau, Christopher Yusufu Mtaku, Eric Debrah Otchere (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge; Earthscan (2023), xvii, 218 pp.
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Narrative Change Around Disability & Climate Change: Insights and Recommendations from Stakeholders and Community Members in the Niger Delta

Olesya Dovgalyuk, Okoro Onyekachi Emmanuel
New Media Advocacy Project (2023), 67 pp.
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Dissemination of disinformation on political and electoral processes in Nigeria: An exploratory study

Idayat Hassan
Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 10, issue 2216983 (2023), 11 pp.
"Increasingly, social media has become a major source of fake news, with disinformation used as a tool in manipulating public opinion and delegitimizing opposing voices. This study explores the influence of the content of social media on traditional media, and the proliferation of disinformation in ... more
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Achieving Active Political Pluralism and Participation Through Development Communication: The Role of Local and Community Radio Media Outlets in Northern Ghana

John Demuyakor
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 30, issue 1 (2023), pp. 252-273
"Development communication and community radio media outlets have been described as the most effective way of ensuring political inclusion and political engagement in emerging democracies such as Ghana. With development communication theory as the theoretical basis, this study is aimed at assessing ... more
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The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa
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Susan M. Kilonzo, Ezra Chitando, Joram Tarusarira (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxi, 832 pp.
"This Handbook explores the ways in which religion among the African people has been applied in situations of conflict and violence to contribute to sustainable peace and development. It analyzes how peacebuilding inspired and enabled by religion serves as the foundation for sustainable development ... more
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Hate Speech on Social Media: A Global Approach

Branco Di Fátima (ed.)
Covilhã (PO); Qutio (EC): LabCom; University of Beira Interior; PUCE Publications Centre (2023), 302 pp.
"Hate speech is more complex and diverse on social media. It spreads at high speed and can impact behaviors beyond the borders where it originates. Hate is ubiquitous, interactive, and multimedia. It is available 24/7, reaching a much larger audience. On social media, haters can be anonymous and fin ... more
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Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South
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Abiodun Salawu, Tshepang Bright Molale, Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed, Mohammad Sahid Ullah (eds.)
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2023), 310 pp.
"This edited collection brings together voices from the margins in underrepresented regions of the Global South, within the context of scholarship focusing on indigenous languages and development communication. Contributors bring together research from often-overlooked parts of the world to engage i ... more
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L’Entrepreneuriat Numérique Durable au Bénin: Opportunités, Défis et Stratégies

Ado Abdoulkadre
Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) (2023), 68 pp.
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Journalism in Cameroon: A High-Risk and Dangerous Profession?

Peter Tiako Ngangum
In: The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South
Bruce Mutsvairo, Saba Bebawi, Eddy Borges-Rey (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 461-476
"These are challenging times for practicing journalism safely in Cameroon. Death in pretrial detention is one extreme form of silencing journalists, although arbitrary arrests, intimidation, harassment, and trumped-up charges are also used, not only during turbulence and armed conflicts, but also in ... more
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Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective

Michael Butter, Peter Knight (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 397 pp.
"Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world. Covid conspiracy theories have attracted considerable attention from researchers, journalists, ... more
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Modelling the impact of safety threats on professional journalistic reporting of protests by Indigenous People of Biafra among Nigerian journalists

Verlumun Celestine Gever, Felix Olajide Talabi, Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju, Samson Adedapo Bello, Prosper Nunayon Zannu, Joshua Kayode Okunade, Peter Nwokolo
Journal of International Communication, volume 29, issue 2 (2023), pp. 234-252
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Impact of Job Risks on Job Performance and Propensity to Quit Journalism among Television Camerapersons Covering Conflicts in Nigeria

Verlumun Celestine Gever, Felix Olajide Talabi, Joshua Kayode Okunade, Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju, Bernice Sanusi, Samson Adedapo Bello, Oberiri Destiny Apuke
Electronic News, volume 17, issue 2 (2023), pp. 76-92
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Theatre for development in Africa: Historical and institutional perspectives
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Christopher Balme, Abdul Karim Hakib (eds.)
Hildesheim; München: Olms; University Library of LMU München (2023), xiii, 256 pp.
"Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed ... more
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Cryptopolitics: Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media

Victoria Bernal, Katrien Pype, Daivi Rodima-Taylor (eds.)
New York: Berghahn (2023), vii, 245 pp.
"Hidden information, double meanings, double-crossing, and the constant processes of encoding and decoding messages have always been important techniques in negotiating social and political power dynamics. Yet these tools, "cryptopolitics," are transformed when used within digital media. Focusing on ... more
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AI ethics in higher education: Insights from Africa and beyond

Caitlin C. Corrigan, Simon Atuah Asakipaam, Jerry John Kponyo, Christoph Luetge (eds.)
Cham: Springer (2023), 101 pp.
"This open access book tackles the pressing problem of integrating concerns related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics into higher education curriculums aimed at future AI developers in Africa and beyond. For doing so, it analyzes the present and future states of AI ethics education in local com ... more
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Preparing to publish: How journalists negotiate content restrictions in semi-authoritarian states

Ruth Moon
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 120-140
"Journalists act strategically in response to their political environments, using practices like self-censorship to avoid negative repercussions from powerful actors. But what does self-censorship look like in practice? Grounded in theories of policy response and media sociology, this study uses jou ... more
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Journalistic Responsibilities Amid Primordial Pressure in Reporting Conflict in Benue State, Nigeria

Paul Aondover Igbashangev, Cyprian Terhemba Gbasha
SSRN (2023), 39 pp.
"Conflict is a dangerous situation but when it is properly managed and reported, it becomes a blessing to the parties experiencing it. This study examined the responsibilities of journalists and the pressure they encounter while reporting conflicts in Benue State of Nigeria. The study adopted a qual ... more