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Les médias africains à l'heure du numérique

Annie Lenoble-Bart, Annie Chéneau-Loquay (coord.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2010), 135 pp.
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Ghana: Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues. A Guide for International Development Community

Hannah Bowen
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 54 pp.
"InterMedia conducted in-depth interviews with 15 senior Ghanaian policy actors, comprising mostly senior politicians and bureaucrats, as well as a few influential figures outside government. The interviews focused on how the policy actors gather, assess, share and disseminate information critical t ... more
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Développement de la radio catholique en République démocratique du Congo

Jean-Pierre Bodjoko Lilembu
Paris: L'Harmattan (2010), 115 pp.
"Marqué par la vision de l’Eglise dans le domaine des médias, le développement de la radio catholique en République démocratique du Congo s’apparente au moyen de communication sociale dont l’accès est plus ou moins facile pour une grande partie de la population, comme nous rappelle l’a ... more
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The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in East Africa
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Johan Hellström
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2010), 100 pp.
"This report gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa. It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well as key opportunities and potential for upscaling mobile applications. The report draws on secondary data and statistics, as well ... more
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News Then, News Now: What Nigerian Catholic Newspaper Industry Can Learn from its U.S. Counterpart

Akodu Peter Kehinde
Champaign-Urbana, Illin.: University of Illinois, College of Media, Master Thesis (2010), iii, 133 pp.
"It's evident that not all aspects of Traber's 1978 report adequately appeal to our present concern in Nigeria, but there are certain proposals that are still very much relevant. An example is its proposal to establish a Catholic National Weekly Newspaper and a National Monthly Magazine. This is dea ... more
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Mali 2010

Bamako; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 130 pp.
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Right to memory

Media Development, volume 57, issue 2 (2010), pp. 3-59
"How reliable are the mass media’s stories and images of yesterday let alone of the more remote past? Only by rigorously cross-checking different sources of public or cultural memory might one reach a point that is reasonably balanced and accurate – an exercise in triangulating memory’s ever ... more
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A Literature Review: Nigerian and Ghanaian Videos

Jonathan Haynes
Journal of African Cultural Studies, volume 22, issue 1 (2010), pp. 105-120
"The main purpose of this review of the published academic literature on Nigerian and Ghanaian video films is to foster self-awareness in this new field of study. This literature has been produced on three continents and out of many academic disciplines; in consequence, scholars tend to make few ref ... more
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L’influence de la radio communautaire dans le développement local : Le cas du Mali

Eric A. Paulhus
Université du Québec en Outaouais (2010), 136 pp.
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Harnessing Africa’s Digital Future

Francis Mdlongwa, Moagisi Letlhaku (eds.)
Johannesburg; Grahamstown: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (2010), 136 pp.
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Health Communication in Africa

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 3, issue 2 (2010), pp. 205-367
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Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and Environmental Sustainability

Alan Finlay (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2010), 244 pp.
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Democratic Republic of Congo Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Miriam Burton, Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, Anna Godfrey (comp.)
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 35 pp.
"Between September and November 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in DR congo to gauge public understanding of climate change. the research consisted of 12 focus group discussions in six locations with congolese ci ... more
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Broadcasting in UN Blue: The Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future of Peacekeeping Radio
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Bill Orme
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 73 pp.
"For almost twenty years, United Nations peacekeeping missions have set up local radio stations in conflict-prone countries - 14 to date, seven of which remain in operation. According to this report, some of the fourteen peacekeeping radio stations implemented by the United Nations contributed more ... more
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Minutes from the International Partnership Meeting

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2010), 40 pp.
"This report provides an overview of the discussions and conclusions from the International Partnership Meeting in New York on 26 January 2010 organised by the Open Society Institute and International Media Support. At the meeting, 30 media support and press freedom organisations from across the wor ... more
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Médias et bonne gouvernance en Afrique: Concept et cas pratiques

Libreville: UNESCO (2010), xix, 209 pp.
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
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Les radios locales: Un outil de dialogue entre acteurs de la gouvernance

Florent Yipeni Bakouan
Ouagadougou: Laboratoire Citoy (2010), 42 pp.
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Guidelines for Religious Broadcasting

Accra: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) (2010), viii, 8 pp.
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Winds from the East: How the People’s Republic of China Seeks to Influence the Media in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia

Douglas Farah, Andy Mosher
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 32 pp.
"The People's Republic of China is seeking to influence the media in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia through a variety of means: direct aid to state-run media in the form of radio transmitters and financing for national satellites; the provision of content and technology to allies and pote ... more