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Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa, Vol. 1
Key Guides
Deep Insights

Justine Limpitlaw
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), xxviii, 293 pp.
"Volume 1 of the Media Law Handbook for Eastern Africa is a practical guide for journalists practicing in Burundi, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to ... more
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Audience Perceptions of Radio Stations and Journalists in the Great Lakes Region

Marie-Soleil Frère
In: Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users
Wendy Willems, Winston Mano (eds.)
London: Routledge (2016), pp. 113-139
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Citoyenneté numérique: Ce que l’Afrique prépare. Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, République démocratique du Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Sénégal

Cédric Kalonji, Philippe Couve, Julien Le Bot
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 39 pp.
"L’approfondissement des pratiques démocratiques dans les pays étudiés passe non seulement par le renforcement des capacités des médias et des journalistes, pour qu’ils puissent s’emparer pleinement des outils numériques, mais aussi par la montée en puissance d’un grand nombre de nouv ... more
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The Use of IVR to Support Monitoring and Evaluation of Media Interventions: A Case Study of the VOTO System in Rwanda

Lauren Kogen, Briar Smith
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) (2016), 21 pp.
"This report described a pilot study using the VOTO Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform to 1) distribute content and 2) collect quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation data regarding a media program in Rwanda. In addition to showing that the VOTO system worked well as a distribu ... more
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Diamonds Are Forever? Press Coverage of African Conflicts and the Westphalian Filter of Resource Wars

Christopher R. Cook
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 109-126
"This article argues that when it comes to reporting conflicts in the developing world the western press ignores the private sphere of economic activity because it privileges a narrative of people fighting over the nation state, as well as political ideologies and territory gained and lost. This cho ... more
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The Impact of Behaviour Change Communication on the Use of Insecticide Treated Nets: A Secondary Analysis of Ten Post-Campaign Surveys from Nigeria

Albert Kilian, Harriet Lawford, Chinazo N. Ujuju, Tarekegn A. Abeku, Ernest Nwokolo, Festus Okoh, Ebenezer Baba
Malaria Journal, volume 15, issue 422 (2016), 16 pp.
"Mass distribution campaigns of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention are usually accompanied by intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to encourage hanging and use of nets. However, data on the effectiveness of these communication efforts are scarce. In preparation for the next ro ... more
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Évangéliser les médias, un défi chrétien

Jean-Baptiste Malenge Kalunzu
Saint-Denis: Edilivre (2016), 114 pp.
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Tweeting Democracy: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Social Media Use in the Differing Politics of Senegal and Ethiopia’s Newspapers

Jeslyn Lemke, Endalk Chala
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 167-185
"This descriptive, empirical study gives context to how print journalists in two politically different African nations, Senegal and Ethiopia, use Twitter and Facebook to report the news and to what extent. We ask, ‘how is this new model of online reporting manifesting itself in Ethiopian and Seneg ... more
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Crowdseeding in Eastern Congo: Using Cell Phones to Collect Conflict Events Data in Real Time

Peter Van der Windt, Macartan Humphreys
Journal of Conflict Resolution, volume 60, issue 4 (2016), pp. 748-781
"Poor-quality data about conflict events can hinder humanitarian responses and bias academic research. There is increasing recognition of the role that new information technologies can play in producing more reliable data faster. We piloted a novel data-gathering system in the Democratic Republic of ... more
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Terminaux et environnements numériques mobiles dans l'espace francophone

Alain Kiyindou, Étienne Damome (eds.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2016), 240 pp.
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Indigenous Language Media, Language Politics and Democracy in Africa

Abiodun Salawu, Monica Balya Chibita (eds.)
Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xiii, 246 pp.
"This book deals with the often-neglected link between indigenous languages, media and democracy in Africa. It recognizes that the media plays an amplifying role that is vital to modern-day expression, public participation and democracy but that without the agency to harness media potential, many Af ... more
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Exploring the Role of Communication in Community Health

Annabelle Wittels
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 48 pp.
"This report draws on two studies: first, a nationally representative quantitative survey, and, second, a qualitative study across three locations in Sierra Leone [...] Ninety-five per cent of research participants reported accessing health information in the previous three months – 93% receiving ... more
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Using Media and Communication to Respond to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Ebola

Sophia Wilkinson
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 30 pp.
"This practice briefing sets out what BBC Media Action learned in delivering and supporting health communication in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014–15. It has a particular focus on Sierra Leone as this was the hub of the organisation’s response. The paper aims to contribute t ... more
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Guinée info santé: Guide de référence pour les journalistes

Fatoumata Binta Bah, Mariam Francoise Diallo
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 29 pp.
"Ce guide a pour objectif de fournir aux journalistes formés un support de communication adapté et efficace, leur permettant de diffuser des messages sur les problèmes prioritaires de santé en Guinée. Il doit également leur donner le même niveau d’information et des messages harmonisés sur ... more
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Coming of Age: Strides in African Publishing, Essays in Honour of Dr Henry Chakava at 70

Kiarie Kamau, Kirimi Mitambo (eds.)
Henry Chakava (honoured person)
Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (2016), xxvii, 288 pp.
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Advocacy Guide for Civil Society on Constitution Reform

Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) (2016), 71 pp.
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Best Laid Plans: Cultural Entropy and the Unraveling of AIDS Media Campaigns

Terence E. McDonnell
Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press (2016), 257 pp.;
"Organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft resonant and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns le ... more
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The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research

Andreas Schwarz, Matthew W. Seeger, Claudia Auer (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2016), xix, 525 pp.
"The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research articulates a broader understanding of crisis communication, discussing the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of domestic and transnational crises, featuring the work of global scholars from a range of sub-disciplines ... more
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Encouraging Rebel Demobilization by Radio in Uganda and the D.R. Congo: The Case of “Come Home” Messaging

Scott Ross
African Studies Review, volume 59, issue 1 (2016), pp. 33-55
"For several years, local radio stations in Uganda have broadcast “come home” messages that encourage the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to demobilize. Since the rebels began carrying out attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic, several international actors h ... more
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Étudier la radio communautaire d’Afrique de l’Ouest à l’ère du numérique : Instrumentalisation développementaliste, carences théoriques et apport des Community media studies

Aude Jimenez
RadioMorphoses, issue 1 (2016), 11 pp.
"Les recherches consacrées au lien entre radio et technologies numériques en Afrique se multiplient dans la littérature depuis le début des années 2000. Pourtant, peu d’études portent spécifiquement sur les évolutions technologiques de la radio communautaire du continent. Cette dernière e ... more