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Black / Africana Communication Theory

Kehbuma Langmia (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxix, 345 pp.
"Most Western-driven theories do not have a place in Black communicative experience, especially in Africa. Many scholars interested in articulating and interrogating Black communication scholarship are therefore at the crossroads of either having to use Western-driven theory to explain a Black commu ... more
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The Daughters of St Paul in Africa 1958-2015

Teresa Marcazzan (ed.)
Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa (2018), 352 pp.
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National Social and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy for Integrated Early Childhood Development, Nutrition and WASH (2018-2024)

NECDP; Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC); USAID (2018), 78 pp.
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Global Photographies: Memory – History – Archives

Sissy Helff, Stefanie Michels (eds.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2018), 208 pp.
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Understanding Nigerian Media and Elections Through Research: Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election Campaign Messages

Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Ayo Oluwatosin, Nosa Owens-Ibie, Victor Ayedun-Aluma
Lagos: Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) (2018), 10 pp.
"1. Political parties and their supporters should concentrate more on issues-based campaign messages than hate campaign messages capable of demeaning personalities, religious/ethnic beliefs as well as ethnicity. 2. Political parties and their candidates should focus more on issue of importance to na ... more
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Social Media and Conflict in Cameroon: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms

Nicola Barrach-Yousefi
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Local Youth Corner Cameroon (2018), 43 pp.
"PeaceTech Lab undertook extensive research to understand the role that online hate speech plays in the ongoing crisis. Rooted in a series of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with expert insights from local Cameroonians, Social Media and Conflict in Cameroon, published in October 2018 ... more
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How Has Media Programming Supported Polio Eradication?

Sanjib Saha
London: BBC Media Action (2018), 11 pp.
"Since 2013, BBC Media Action has been working closely with Unicef to support polio eradication. Through mass media programming – radio magazine shows and drama, and radio and TV public service announcements (PSAs) – it has sought to break down barriers to immunising against polio and other chil ... more
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Effect of a Mass Radio Campaign on Family Behaviours and Child Survival in Burkina Faso: A Repeated Cross-Sectional, Cluster-Randomised Trial

Sophie Sarrassat, Nicolas Meda, Badola Hermann, Moctar Ouedrogo, Henri Someet al.
Lancet Global Health, volume 6, issue 3: e330-341 (2018), pp. 330-341
"Media campaigns can potentially reach a large audience at relatively low cost but, to our knowledge, no randomised controlled trials have assessed their effect on a health outcome in a low-income country. We aimed to assess the effect of a radio campaign addressing family behaviours on all-cause po ... more
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The State of ICT in In Nigeria 2018

Alison Gillwald, Fola Odufuwa, Mothobi Onkokame Mothobi
Research ICT Africa (2018), 118 pp.
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Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West and Southern Africa

Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) (2018), 100 pp.
"This report maps the current landscape in respect of digital rights and online freedom of expression in East, West and Southern Africa. It looks at the trends regarding law and policy developments, as well as recent litigation, within these regions. The report focuses on 18 countries – 6 per regi ... more
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Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
Deep Insights

Yoel Cohen (ed.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp.
"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on- ... more
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Journalism Aid: Country of Origin and Influences on Beneficiary Perceptions and Practices

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah, Abena A. Yeboah-Banin, Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo, Fidelis Y. Sesenu
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 90-103
"A sub-text in the discourse on international development assistance is the argument that aid is not necessarily a beneficent, or sustainable, solution to the development needs of African countries. This argument raises a conceptual conundrum with respect to the many training programmes and fellowsh ... more
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African Digital Media Review (3)

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-128
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Journalistic practices on the professional safety among journalists in Oyo State

E. Hajara, U Sanda, A Msughter
International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication, volume 1, issue 4 (2018), pp. 43-59
"Journalists' safety as well as media workers has become a subject of discussion on press freedom and the working condition of reporters following dangerous development on the media scene which has become a preoccupation with journalism professional bodies. As such, in order to achieve the objective ... more
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Online Supplement to Working Paper 2018.1. Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

Samantha Bradshaw, Philip N. Howard
Oxford: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute; Computational Propaganda Research Project (2018), 81 pp.
"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s ... more
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Sénégal eléctions législatives 2017: Monitoring des médias. Rapport final

Dakar: Gorée Institute (2018), 53 pp.
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Global Information Society Watch 2018: Community Networks

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2018), 259 pp.
"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe ... more
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Au-delà de la liberté: Le journaliste face aux infractions de presse

Godefroid Kabongo Nzengu
Kinshasa: Journaliste en Danger (JED); Internews (2018), 38 pp.
"Ce petit manuel va à titre didactique répertorier une liste d’infractions de presse pour attirer l’attention des médias et professionnels des médias sur leur responsabilité pénale dans l’exercice de la liberté de presse." (Verso)
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Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage, But Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver: Deep Political Divides in Many Nations on Satisfaction with News Media

Amy Mitchell, Katy Simmons, Katerina Eva Matsa, Laura Silver
Pew Research Center (2018), 54 pp.
"Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far mo ... more
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Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour la sécurité des journalistes et des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest

Michelle Betz
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 45 pp.
"La relation entre les médias et les agences de sécurité, y compris les services de police et de renseignement, a toujours été délicate. Dans le contexte de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, cette relation est souvent caractérisée par des affrontements fréquents, résultant d'une incapacité quelque pe ... more