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Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media
Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) University of Oxford (2015), 103 pp.
"We analyzed more than 13,000 statements during the project. This report primarily builds on the statements that were collected between 24 February and 24 June 2015, three months before and one month after the parliamentary elections that took place in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015.
FINDING 1: Hate and d
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Whose voice counts? Examining community media's coverage of South Africa's 2024 elections
Media Monitoring Africa (2025), 19 pp.
Conflict journalism, coloniality and election violence in Zimbabwe: The case for Ubuntu ethics
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 16, issue 3 (2024), pp. 303-320
"Drawing insights from decolonial theory and Ubuntu ethics, this article examines coloniality practices embedded in conflict journalism in Zimbabwe. It uses election violence reporting between 2000 and 2013 as a lens for gaining insights into how reporting conflicts perpetuates coloniality. How colo
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Communication et gestion de crise électorale en RD Congo: Analyse des stratégies de communication de la CENI durant le cycle électoral de 2023
Revue Internationale du Chercheur, volume 5, issue 2 (2024), pp. 592-612
"En contexte d’élections hors pair comme en 2023 en RDC, on s’attendrait à une contestation populaire des résultats. Mais le contraire s’est avéré vrai. Comment expliquer ce paradoxe ? A travers une approche herméneutique, sous-tendue par la recherche documentaire et l’observation dire
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Search Engines as “Globalizing Machines”: International News Flow Through Google During the 2020 Belarusian Presidential Election
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 2577-2597
"News is increasingly consumed via search engines. Yet, there is little research on foreign news consumption through search engines. This study thus focuses on the presence of foreign news in political search results in a peripheral country that is at the focal point of the international conflict be
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Journalism and Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa: Locating the Democratic Deficit
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2024), 12 pp.
Journalists' safety before the 2024 elections
Tbilisi: Center for Media Information and Social Research; DW Akademie (2024), 21 pp.
Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere
London; New York: Routledge (2024), 224 pp.
"This volume addresses the concept of “(in)nocent lies” in the media – beyond the concept of misleading information online, this extends to a deliberate effort to spread misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories – and proposes a critical approach to tackle the issue in related i
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The cost of media stereotypes to Africa: The relationship between media, investment and economic development
Africa No Filter; africapractice (2024), 32 pp.
"Africa could be losing up to $4.2 billion annually in interest payments on its
loans primarily due to stereotypical narratives that dominate global media
coverage of the continent. The media’s portrayal of Africa has long been dominated by persistent stereotypes. This report explores the economic
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Global Journalism in Comparative Perspective: Case Studies
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xvii, 251 pp.
"This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice. Drawing on case studies of how conflicts, pandemics, political developments, or human rights violations are covered in an online-fir
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Journalists’ Level of Safety at Election Seasons in Southwest Nigeria
Asia Social Issues, volume 16, issue 3, e260022 (2023), 11 pp.
"The study used survey-style descriptive research. All of southwest Nigeria’s media outlets made up the population. 200 respondents made up the study’s sample, using a multistage sampling approach that included stratified random and simple random sampling techniques. A questionnaire titled “Le
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Elections Reporting and Peace Journalism Manual
Zimbabwe Media Commission (2023), xii, 116 pp.
"The main objective of coming up with the manual is to equip media practitioners and media houses with the necessary knowledge and skills on how to report elections to assist in the creation of a conducive environment for the holding of free and credible elections. The manual gives media practitione
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Reconstructing Elections in a Digital World
South African Journal of International Affairs, volume 30, issue 3 (2023), pp. 473-496
"The nature of elections has been transformed by the rise of digital technologies in the last few years, in large part due to the rise of social media platforms and their impact on election campaigning, dissemination of informationand opinion formation. Furthermore, digital technologies have been em
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Deploying the Common Social Accountability Platform to Support Rift Valley Institute (RVI)’s Somali Dialogue Platform in Promoting Public Dialogue on Elections and Amplifying Citizen’s Voices in Political Processes
Nairobi: Africa’s Voices Foundation (2022), vii, 45 pp.
"Africa's Voices Foundation in partnership with Rift Valley institute (RVI)'s Somali Dialogue Platform implemented a 3-month project between February 8th - May 7th 2022. The project promoted public dialogue around elections so as to understand citizens' perspectives on Somalia's national elections.
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Elections in Digital Times: A Guide for Electoral Practitioners
Key Guidance
Inspiring Practice
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 146 pp.
"This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of international and regional standards and commitments related to the rights to freedom of expression, access to information, political participation, and privacy in the area of the internet, social media and Artificial Intelligence in elections. It al
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Kenyan Media Coverage of the 2022 Elections
Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2022), viii, 83 pp.
"This report examines at Kenyan news media coverage of the 2022 elections, focusing on four key publications, nine television stations, 11 radio stations, and three digital media channels. The report further pays particular attention to the coverage of the four presidential candidates, focusing on w
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Concentración mediática y sus impactos en la democracia: Una aproximación al caso peruano
Montevideo: Observacom (2022), 65 pp.
"El objeto de esta publicación es analizar las principales implicaciones del alto nivel de concentración de medios de comunicación existente en el Perú para el ejercicio de la libertad de expresión y el derecho ciudadano a la información respecto de asuntos de interés público, especialmente
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Decolonising Political Communication in Africa: Reframing Ontologies
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2022), xxviii, 226 pp.
"This book uses decolonisation as a lens to interrogate political communication styles, performance, and practice in Africa and the diaspora. The book interrogates the theory and practice of political communication, using decolonial research methods to begin a process of self-reflexivity and the cre
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Élections législatives du 31 juillet 2022 au Sénégal : Monitoring des médias et des discours dangereux
Dakar: Gorée Institute (2022), 63 pp.
