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Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach

Aboubacar Abdullah Senghore
African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 12, issue 2 (2012), pp. 508-538
"The article explores the relationship between democratic governance and the free and independent press in The Gambia since the inception of the Gambian First Republic in 1970. It supports the rights-based approach which perceives the issues of democracy, good governance, and a free and independent ... more
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A Bibliography of Academic Work on Nigerian and Ghanaian Video Films

Jonathan Haynes
Journal of African Cinemas, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 99-133
"This reckoning of the academic work that has been published on Nigerian and Ghanaian video films does not include theses and dissertations, of which many have been written. I have included as many books on the subject as possible whatever their character, but in order to make the project manageable ... more
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Radio Programmes for Small Businesses: Using Media for Local Economic Development in Ghana

Kofi Owusu, Griet Newiger-Addy
Accra: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Programme for Sustainable Economic Development (PSED) (2012), iv, 32 pp.
"This publication has four main purposes. First, it informs local authorities and business associations in Ghana about the benefits of setting up industrial zones in their localities. Second, decision makers will learn about what has been achieved so far through the support to industrial areas in va ... more
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Nigeria Media Use 2012: Digital Media Gap Shrinking, Popularity of Radio Undiminished

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 43 slides
"Digital media should be a part of any communications strategy for Nigeria. Previously ¡§underserved¡¨ groups entering the digital mainstream fast. Internet outreach should be mobile-centric. Take advantage of penchant for information-sharing. But don't forget the continued primacy of broadcast ... more
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Mauritanie: Une presse plus libre se prépare aux élections

Ivor Gaber, Don Duncan
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2012), 18 pp.
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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis

Geoffrey Batchen, Mick Gidley, Nancy K. Miller (eds.)
London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.
"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more
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Actes du dialogue régional des instances de régulation et d'autorégulation sur l'accompagnement des médias en période electorale

Rufin B. Godjo (coord.)
Cotonou: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 112 pp.
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Perceptions and Sources of Information in the Obo Region

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime
Internews; Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 11 pp.
"Between May 19th-27th, 2012, a team of four trained interviewers conducted interviews with 400 randomly selected adults representative of the adult population in Obo, the capital of Haut-Mbomou, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR), and its surroundings [...] Radio is the ... more
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A Grey Area: The Nigerien Sahel in the French Media

Gado Alzouma
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 61-74
"This paper analyses how the French media perceive the advent of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the Sahel, and particularly in Niger. It shows that the French media are constructing Niger as a ‘grey area’, a dangerous place and a ‘failed state’ through a monolithic discourse rooted in ... more
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Memory and Political Change

Aleida Assmann, Linda Shortt (eds.)
Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xviii, 223 pp.
"Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions." ( ... more
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The Media Map Project: Mali. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010

Heather Gilberds
Washington, DC: Internews; World Bank Institute (2012), 46 pp.
"Mali’s media remain significantly underdeveloped in terms of business management, audience research and long-term sustainability. Many media organizations remain dependent on donor funding and have done little to develop business models to attract other sources of revenue. There are more than 50 ... more
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Cameroon

Enoh Tanjong
Dakar; Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA); Open Society Foundations; Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2012), xi, 88 pp.
"The report on public broadcasting in Cameroon, observes that the country although has a strong track record of media liberalization since the dawn of the millennium, but despite its more than 80 radio and five national television stations challenges remain. Cameroon’s record of upholding press fr ... more
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more
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The Media Map Project: The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010
Deep Insights

Marie-Soleil Frère
Washington, DC: Internews; World Bank Institute (2012), 98 pp.
"Today, the DRC tops the African charts in the number of registered media outlets, be they print media, radio or television. In 2008, 638 publications were registered country-wide; there were 341 radio stations and 82 television stations, although TV is still an essentially urban phenomenon, given t ... more
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"Citizen Access to Information": Capturing the Evidence Across Zambia, Ghana and Kenya

Gerry Power, Samia Khatun, Klara Debeljak
In: The Handbook of Global Media Research
Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 245-275
"In this chapter, we argue that citizen access to information is a catalyst to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) [...] We examine how citizen access to information varies across a range of population sub-groups, different countries, and across a variety of topics and the exte ... more
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Kongo, Krieg und unsere Handys

Friedel Hütz-Adams
Aachen: Missio (2012), 8 pp.
"missio setzt sich im Rahmen der Aktion Schutzengel „Für Familien in Not. Weltweit“ mit einer Unterschriftenaktion für saubere Handys dafür ein, dass führende Handyhersteller sicherstellen, dass ihre Handys kein Coltan aus Konfliktregionen der Demokratischen Republik Kongo verwenden, mit dem ... more
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Muslims and New Media in West Africa: Pathways to God

Dorothea E. Schulz
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2012), xviii, 306 pp.
"Although Islam is not new to West Africa, new patterns of domestic economies, the promise of political liberalization, and the proliferation of new media have led to increased scrutiny of Islam in the public sphere. Dorothea E. Schulz shows how new media have created religious communities that are ... more
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The Dimitra Community Listeners' Clubs on the Move

Dimitra Newsletter, issue 22 (2012), pp. 3-10
"In Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the rate at which listeners’ clubs are being formed and the fact that the approach is now being reproduced in various settings are indications of the success of this strategy and the extent to which it is proving sustainable. In South Kivu, for ... more
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Information Technology and Farm Households in Niger

Jenny C. Aker, Christopher Ksoll
UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa (2012), 17 pp.
"This technical report seeks to understand the impact of improved access to information technology on farmers’ agricultural production and marketing practices in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on Niger. Related research suggests in that access to mobile telephony can reduce communicatio ... more
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African Media Barometer: Nigeria 2011

Windhoek; Lagos: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 60 pp.