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Intermediality of Images: A Semiotic Analysis of the ‘Occupy Nigeria Protest’ Images on Social Media

Nura Ibrahim
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 33-48
"The protests that took place in Nigeria due to removal of fuel subsidy by the Jonathan administration in January 2012, tagged ‘Occupy Nigeria Protest’, have been labelled the social media revolution by the conventional media commentators in the country. For the first time in the history of the ... more
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Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users

Wendy Willems, Winston Mano (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), 260 pp.
"This volume examines the lived experiences of Africans and their interaction with different kinds of media: old and new, state and private, elite and popular, global and national, material and virtual. By offering a comparative, critical and largely qualitative account of audiences and users across ... more
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La presse en ligne en Afrique francophone: Dynamiques et défis d'une filière en construction

Sokhna Fatou Seck-Sarr
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 235 pp.
"L’auteure considère que des stratégies d’acteurs sont observables au coeur de la filière en construction de l’information en ligne et qu’il existe une redéfinition des rôles autour de la production, de la diffusion et de la consommation de l’information en ligne. L’ouvrage envisage ... more
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Citizen Journalism and Democratisation of Mainstream Media in Rwanda

Dominique Nduhura, Michael Prieler
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 178-197
"This paper explores the role that citizen journalism is playing in democratising the mainstream media in Rwanda. Through in-depth interviews with journalists from two radio stations and by using the public sphere theory as a theoretical framework, this research sought to answer the question as to w ... more
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«Modernité néo-pentecôtiste» au travers de pratiques virtuelles camerounaises

Sariette Batibonak, Abia Batibonak
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 87-103
"Le présent article traite de pratiques virtuelles néo-pentecôtistes au Cameroun. L’analyse des changements sociaux ne prend pas suffisamment en compte la place de la communication religieuse. « Nous changeons le monde… à partir d’ici », telle est l'affirmation du pasteur Dieunedort Kamd ... more
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Country Reports 2017

Celia Collins (ed.)
Pan African Media Research Organization (PAMRO) (2017), 258 pp.
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Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone: Analyse (socio) linguistique et didactique

Louis Martin Onguéné Essono
Paris: Connaissances et savoirs (2017), 347 pp.
"Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone est une contribution très précieuse qui se focalise sur cet aspect tout à fait négligé de l'analyse des mutations médiatiques africaines contemporaines : les transformations de la langue. Elle ouvre une réflexion sur ce que la manipulation de l ... more
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Changes in Journalism in Two Post-Authoritarian Non-Western Countries

Levi Obijiofor, Richard Murray, Shailendra B. Singh
International Communication Gazette, volume 79, issue 4 (2017), pp. 379-399
"There have been significant changes in journalistic practices in various countries over the years. Yet little is known about the nature of changes in journalism in transitional developing countries following military rule. Drawing on email surveys of journalists in Nigeria and Fiji, two countries w ... more
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Culture and Crisis Communication: Transboundary Cases from Nonwestern Perspectives

Amiso M. George, Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo (eds.)
New York: Wiley (2017), xxix, 376 pp.
"Culture and Crisis Communication presents an examination of how politics, culture, religion, and other social issues affect crisis communication and management in nonwestern countries. From intense human tragedy to the follies of the rich, the chapters examine how companies, organizations, news out ... more
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Controversies and Restrictions of Visual Representation of Prophets in Northern Nigerian Popular Culture

Abdalla Uba Adamu
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 17-31
"Generally, images in art forms occupy a controversial position in the Islamic world. The Sunni branch of Islam, considered more conservative and strict does not approve or condone representational art of the human form for fear that it would eventually turn into an object of worship. The Shi’ite ... more
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La télévision ivoirienne (RTI) de 1963 à 2011: Média de développement ou instrument du pouvoir?

Issa Yeresso Sangaré
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 223 pp.
"Plus d'un demi-siècle après sa création sous Félix Houphouët-Boigny, la RTI a-t-elle atteint l'objectif fixé au départ, renforcer la cohésion sociale, positionner le pays sur la scène internationale et promouvoir le développement ? A-t-elle été un organe de développement souhaité, où ... more
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Mamas in the Newsroom: Women’s Journalism Against Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo

Elisa García-Mingo
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 215-227
"This article analyses the performance and professional culture of journalists in situations of armed conflict, based on the results of research using qualitative techniques and conducted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (2008–09) and Europe (2010–14), focusing on the case of the Cong ... more
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Controversial Ebola Vaccine Trials in Ghana: A Thematic Analysis of Critiques and Rebuttals in Digital News

Per Egil Kummervold, William S. Schulz, Elizabeth Smout, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Heidi J. Larson
BMC Public Health, volume 17, issue 642 (2017), 24 pp.
"A web-based system was developed to download and analyse news reports relevant to Ebola vaccine trials. This included monitoring major online newspapers in each country with planned clinical trials, including Ghana. All news articles were downloaded, selecting out those containing variants of the w ... more
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Global Activism on Facebook: A Discursive Analysis of 'Bring Back Our Girls' Campaign

Dorothy Njoroge
In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action
Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), pp. 450-464
"In April 2014, Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, abducted over 200 Nigerian girls from the town of Chibok in Nigeria. The kidnapping caused global outrage and the local community responded by designing an online social media campaign they called "Bring Back Our Girls" that used Facebook and Tw ... more
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Les musulmans de Facebook en Côte d’Ivoire: Nouvelle voie de socialisation, de da’wa et de mobilisation communautaire

Issouf Binaté
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 53-70
"Ce travail porte sur l’usage des médias numériques dans les pratiques religieuses des musulmans en Côte d’Ivoire, dans un contexte de visibilité accrue de l’islam dans l’espace public depuis l’avènement du pluralisme politique en 1990. Il étudie l’entrée des musulmans dans l’è ... more
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Security and Safety Awareness among Journalist in Nigeria

Jamila Mohammed Dahiru
In: Proceedings International Conference on Media Studies 2017
Azahar Kasim, Norsiah Abdul Hamid, Sabrina Mohd Rashid (eds.)
Sintok: Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), School of Multimedia Technology and Communication (2017), pp. 389-394
"Concern on safety and security of journalist is a global phenomenon. This gave rise to security and safety policy documents and protocols for journalists and the need for journalists to know about them to better safeguard themselves while on duty. Studies were conducted on the state of journalist ... more
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Late Capitalism, Urbanisation, and Cultures of Economic “survivalism” in the BBC’s 'Welcome to Lagos'

Aghogho Akpome
Africa Spectrum, volume 52, issue 1 (2017), pp. 101-113
"This article examines the depiction of three impoverished Lagosian slums in the controversial British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary, Welcome to Lagos, which highlights the negative impacts of globalised capitalism on urban culture in Nigeria’s commercial centre and biggest city. In r ... more
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The Dilemma of Building Campus Radio Stations on a Business Model: The Case of ATL FM in Ghana

Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo
Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 60-78
"The quest for competitiveness and popularity of a campus radio station needs to be balanced with the epistemological frames of community radio, which include participation, community ownership, and opposition to hegemonic discourse in the mainstream media as well as independence from political and ... more
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Can Media Interventions Reduce Gender Gaps in Political Participation After Civil War? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Liberia

Eric Mvukiyehe
Washington, DC: World Bank (2017), 16 pp.
"Five weeks prior to the 2011 general election in Liberia, women in randomly selected villages were allocated radios and organized into groups to listen regularly to radio programs on the electoral process broadcast by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The field experiment was designed ... more
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The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Deep Insights

Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 363 pp.
"To support joint efforts to protect journalism, there is a growing need for research-based knowledge. Acknowledging this need, the aim of this publication is to highlight and fuel journalist safety as a field of research, to encourage worldwide participation, as well as to inspire further dialogues ... more