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Mapping Digital Media: Digital Media, Conflict and Diasporas in the Horn of Africa
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 23 pp.
"The Horn of Africa is one of the least connected regions in the world. Nevertheless, digital media play an important social and political role in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia (including South-Central Somalia and the northern self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland). This paper shows how
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The Somali Media and Their Peace-Building Potential
Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, volume 11 (2012), pp. 27-50
"One of the key issues to be interrogated by media researchers in relation to conflicted societies is the extent to which the media serve to escalate or reduce the overall conflict situation. The argument goes that the media either escalate the conflict by accentuating disagreements, foregrounding c
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Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.
"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr
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Media, Mobilization, and Human Rights: Mediating Suffering
London; New York: Zed Books (2012), viii, 251 pp.
"Turning a critical eye on existing scholarship, which argues either that viewing and reading about violence can serve as a force for good (through increased activism) or as a source of evil (by objectifying and exploiting the victims of violence), the authors argue that reality is far more complex,
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Cluster Evaluation Report: UNDEF-Funded Media-Related Projects
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF); Transtec (2012), 40 pp.
"This report is the cluster evaluation of 12 UNDEF-supported projects related to the media. It concerns projects that either focused on media capacity building or included a significant element of work with the media. The projects were implemented between 2007 and 2011; they lasted between 12 and 24
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War Journalism or Peace Journalism? A Case Study of U.S. And British Newspapers Coverage of the Somali Conflict
Global Media Journal - Mediterranean Edition, volume 6, issue 1 (2011), pp. 40-52
"On its issue of March 1, 2010, Time magazine reported that Sheik Fuad Mohamed Shangole, a leader of an Islamist group known as al-Shabaab (the Youth), which is fighting for control of the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia, made a public declaration of allegiance to Osama bin Laden. The purpose of th
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The Media of Somalia: A Force for Moderation?
London: BBC World Service Trust (2011), 12 pp.
Atlas de l'Afrique
Paris: Éditions du Jaguar, 4. éd. (2011), 255 pp.
"L'Afrique dans son ensemble : 28 chapitres présentant le continent par rapport au reste du monde. Tous les aspects de la géographie physique : relief, hydrographie, climat, végétation, et aussi l'histoire, les religions, les langues. L'Afrique par régions. Les cartes de localisation avec visua
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An Analysis of the Somali Media Environment
London: BBC World Service Trust (2011), 138 pp.
"In 2006 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST), funded by the UK Department for International Development, conducted research into media in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify priorities for future media development initiatives. A series of African Media Development Initiativ
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Strengthening Somali Media Capacity for Democracy and Human Rights: Evaluation Report
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF); Transtec (2011), 23 pp.
"This report is the evaluation of the project “Strengthening Somali media capacity for democracy and human rights” implemented by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), from September 2008 to August 2010. The project budget was US$180,000. The project aimed at strengthening the capaci
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Radio in Zones of Conflict: Abnormal Measures for Abnormal Circumstances
In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 256-269
"A radio station for Somalis, by Somalis and about Somalis went on air on 1 March 2010. Radio Bar-Kulan ('meeting place' in Somali) uses FM, short wave, satellite and the internet to ensure that access is available to all who want it. The history of the station has its roots in peacekeeping. The suc
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Media Sustainability Index 2010: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xix, 411 pp.
The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam
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
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Peace and Communication in Post-Conflict Africa
Africa Media Review, volume 17, issue 1-2 (2009), pp. 1-126
Media and Identity in Africa
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), xvii, 333 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2008: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2009), xix, 411 pp.