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Do Mass Media Interventions Effectively Promote Peace in Contexts of Ongoing Violence? Evidence from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, volume 21, issue 4 (2015), 17 pp.
"We report on a field experiment and a focus group interview study that examine the impact of a media-based intervention (i.e., radio drama) aimed at promoting peaceful intergroup relations in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In Study 1, we used a priming paradigm to assess the causal
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The Risks of Instrumentalizing the Narrative on Sexual Violence in the DRC: Neglected Needs and Unintended Consequences
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 96, issue 894 (2015), pp. 625-639
"Public understanding of humanitarian emergencies tends to focus on one story and one type of victim. Examples are manifold: amputees in Sierra Leone, victims of kidnapping in Colombia, or victims of chemical weapons in Syria. At times, the aid community, and the media in turn, seizes upon a particu
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Bridging the Gender Gap: Mobile Access and Usage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Connected Women 2015
GSMA; Altai Consulting (2015), 128 pp.
"Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, which translates into 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38% less likely to own a phone than men, highlighting that the gender gap in mobile phone ownership is wider in certain parts of
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New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2015), xii, 316 pp.
"New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such me
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Justice and Poverty as Challenges for the Christian Churches: With a Case Study on the Democratic Republic of Congo
Geneva: Globethics.net (2015), 338 pp.
"The goal of this thesis is to investigate the role of Christian churches and thegovernment in the fight against injustice and the eradication of poverty. In the first two chapters, an overview of the concept of justice is proposed in both the New and Old Testaments, in the light of the challenge fo
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Nachbarschaftstreffen on air: Brücken bauen in einer konfliktgeschüttelten Region
Nah Dran (GIZ), issue 1 (2015), pp. 8-10
"Politische Spannungen und Vorurteile belasten das Verhältnis zwischen Ruandern, Burundiern und Kongolesen. So manch einer verzieht bei der Vorstellung ins Nachbarland einreisen zu müssen, das Gesicht. Das Spukgespenst des bösen Nachbarn verbreiten und verstärken nicht zuletzt die Medien. Doch e
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Ondes des Grands Lacs: Contribution à une paix durable
In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 191-205
"Aziza Bangwene [écrit] sur différents projets développés par l'Institut Panos Paris dans la perspective de la consolidation de la paix dans la région: elle présente en particulier le projet OGL Ondes des Grands Lacs, mis en oeuvre entre 2009 et 2013, et dont l'objectif principal était d'amen
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Radios communautaires en RDC: Pluralisme bénéfique ou floraison des moutons noirs?
In: Médias d'Afrique: Bingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 101-115
"[...] François Pascal Mbumba [écrit] sur la situation de ces médias particuliers en République démocratique du Congo, un pays qui se distingue par le caractère foisonnant de son secteur radiophonique qui compte actuellement plus de 500 stations. Les radios communautaires congolaises évoluent
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Humanitarianism 2.0
Humanitarianism 2.0 Project (2015), 102 pp.
"The five reports that make up this collection are variously concerned with humanitarian aid, social and cultural evolution, crisis response, the mitigation of cultural divides, and political unrest. The themes that bind them are an international movement towards public safety; a trust-based relatio
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Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
Deep Insights
London: Tauris (2015), xviii,347 pp.
"In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of me
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Testing the Influence of Radio Programs on Climate Change Knowledge: A Pilot Experience from the Congo Basin
Bogor Barat (ID): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (2015), v, 17 pp.
"We provide an assessment of the change in knowledge of a rural village in the Congo Basin after inhabitants listened to one of the radio programs that were prepared on climate change. The document also provides potential indicators for result up-scaling. After applying a micro-economic model to a c
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Etre journaliste dans les Grands Lacs: Une identité en (re)construction
In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 207-223
"Marie-Soleil Frère propose une analyse de l'identité professionnelle des journalistes en RDC, au Burundi et au Rwanda. Partant d'une perspective historique, elle montre comment la profession a évolué dans les trois pays, de la période du monopole étatique à celle du pluralisme médiatique et
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The Making of the Pentecostal Melodrama: Religion, Media and Gender in Kinshasa
New York: Berghahn, paperback ed. (2015), xvii, 331 pp.
"How religion, gender, and urban sociality are expressed in and mediated via television drama in Kinshasa is the focus of this ethnographic study. Influenced by Nigerian films and intimately related to the emergence of a charismatic Christian scene, these teleserials integrate melodrama, conversion
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Images of Africa: Creation, Negotiation and Subversion
Manchester: Manchester University Press (2015), xv, 203 pp.
Dimitra Newsletter, Nr. 25
Brussels: FAO Dimitra (2014), 24 pp.
Médias, religion et mobilité en Afrique et dans la diaspora = Media, Religion and Mobility in Africa and the Diaspora
Social Compass, volume 61, issue 1 (2014), pp. 3-72
Theatre for Peace: CPS Work in Cameroon, DR Congo, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda
Bafoussam; Berlin: Brot für die Welt; Civil Peace Service (CPS) (2014), 143 pp.
"This manual is an opportunity for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) networks to share the experiences of some of the people and organisations who use theatre as a tool for communication, change and peace. You will find theoretical bases, concrete examples related to the contents and some techniques and
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Jésus au bout du clic: L'Eglise répond à la communication
Kinshasa: Baobab (2014), 152 pp.
"Poussées autant par l’enseignement de l’Eglise que par les appels de la mission au quotidien, les communautés de l’Eglise d’Afrique s’engagent de jour en jour et de mieux en mieux pour apporter une réponse aux appels à la communication. Il suffit même de considérer le besoin de visi
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