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Media Governance: A Cosmopolitan Critique

Sarah Anne Ganter, Hanan Badr (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xv, 318 pp.
"The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional foci. The first part addresses the epistemological and ontological flaws in the use and adap ... more
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World Cinema in the Age of Netflix

Studies in World Cinema, volume 2, issue 1-2 (2022), pp. 1-184
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Visual Cultures of Africa

Mary Clare Kidenda, Lize Kriel, Ernst Wagner (eds.)
Münster; New York: Waxmann (2022), 255 pp.
"This book Visual Cultures of Africa tells stories of the past, present, and future and how intricately linked cultures and identities are. The book explores the complex histories and discusses how people have used images, objects, and artefacts to describe what is going on in society and give expre ... more
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Media Ethics and the Case of Ethnicity: A Contextual Analysis in Plateau State, Nigeria

Andrew Danjuma Dewan
Geneva: Globethics.net (2022), 362 pp.
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Viabilidade da mídia: Consultas nacionais sobre soluções para promoção e preservação de sua independência. Brasil, El Salvador, Indonésia, Jamaica, Líbano, Namíbia, Nigéria, Paquistão, Senegal e Tunísia

Brasilia: UNESCO; Free Press Unlimited (2022), 32 pp.
"Este relatório fornece transcrições resumidas de consultas nacionais sobre a viabilidade da mídia com as partes interessadas no setor dos meios de comunicação. As consultas nacionais são baseadas nas trocas de conhecimento e pesquisas proporcionadas pela UNESCO e pela The Economist Intellige ... more
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Survey on Gender Equality in the Media and Media Content: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo

Nicole Chavranski, Mélanie Canino, Marie-Christine Lebret
Issy-les-Moulineaux: CFI (2022), 23 pp.
"This survey had two main goals: 1. Report on gender equality in the media in four countries across Sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2. Draw up a strategic document pinpointing the needs of industry players in these four countries, along with r ... more
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Burkina Faso Media Landscape Guide

Lassané Yaméogo et al.
CDAC Network; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 28 pp.
"This Media Landscape Guide provides a snapshot of the media in Burkina Faso, including the audiences, the producers, the preferences of different groups in the community, the communications culture, and the languages associated with the media. It gives an insight into the role of media in developme ... more
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Using Radio Drama to Tackle Disability Discrimination in Nigeria

Akunna Penny, Manju Gautam, Alasdair Stuart
London: BBC Media Action (2022), 15 pp.
"As part of the Inclusive Futures programme, BBC Media Action produced a radio drama, Story Story, and accompanying social media content, to tackle stigma and discrimination around disability in Nigeria. This content was broadcast from November 2020 to November 2021 through local radio partners in s ... more
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Inclusion: The Case of Internally Displaced People in Nigeria

Salihu Dasuki, John Effah
Information Technology for Development, volume 28, issue 3 (2022), pp. 532-557
"Internally Displaced People (IDP) have received less attention in ICT4D research. This study examines how IDP in Africa use mobile phones to enhance their social inclusion. We employed Sen’s Capability Approach as the theoretical lens and a qualitative case study as a methodology. Qualitative dat ... more
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Rapport général de la Conférence régionale «Médias et voix de la migration en Afrique de l'ouest et du centre »

Dakar: UNESCO Office Dakar and Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (2022), 26 pp.
"A travers le projet « Autonomiser les jeunes en Afrique à travers les médias et la communication », mis en oeuvre dans 8 pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre (Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinée-Conakry, Mali, Niger, Nigeria et Sénégal), l’UNESCO a, de septembre 2018 à septembr ... more
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Modelling journalists’ coping strategies for occupational hazards in their coverage of protests against police brutality (ENDSARS protests) in Nigeria

Blessing Chinweobo-Onuoha, Elif Asude Tunca, Felix Olajide Talabi, Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju, VVictor Oluwole Adefemi, Verlumun Celestine Gever
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, volume 28, issue 4 (2022), pp. 2439-2446
"Although journalism practice exposes media workers to different levels of occupational hazards, research on the coping strategies is limited. This study made an effort to extend literature in this direction by providing a model that explains the coping strategies of Nigerian journalists who covered ... more
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Craig T. Robertson, Kirsten Eddy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp.
"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr ... more
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Migration in West Africa

Joseph Kofi Teye (ed.)
Cham: Springer (2022), vi, 265 pp.
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Misinformation Across Digital Divides: Theory and Evidence from Northern Ghana

Elena Gadjanova, Gabrielle Lynch, Ghadafi Saibu
African Affairs, volume 121, issue 483 (2022), pp. 161-195
"Social media misinformation is widely recognized as a significant and growing global problem. Yet, little is known about how misinformation spreads across broader media ecosystems, particularly in areas with varying internet access and connectivity. Drawing on research in northern Ghana, we seek to ... more
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Togo: La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve des réseaux sociaux

Sébastien Vondoly
Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 135 pp.
"Sébastien Vondoly aborde dans cet ouvrage, deux thématiques d’actualité intrinsèquement liées : la première explore la conception et la pratique de "la liberté d’expression" telle qu’elle est exercée en public, son abus par des citoyens, ses limites, et les risques que ces derniers co ... more
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The Media Image of China in Africa: A Frame Analysis of Kenyan, Nigerian, and Zimbabwean Newspapers

Mthulisi Mathuthu
Derby: University of Derby, Dissertation (2022), xv, 256, clx pp.
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Private Sector Investment and Public Sector Support for the Media in Sierra Leone: A Binding Constraints Analysis

Francis Sowa
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 7 pp.
"This Binding Constraints Analysis is part of the process of building a business case for private sector investment and public sector support for the media in Sierra Leone. Informed by the findings of the State of the Media report, this analysis is aimed at presenting an overview of the risks, chall ... more
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COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa: Media Viability, Framing and Health Communication

Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol (eds.)
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2022), xix, 257 pp.
"The volume helps us deconstruct COVID-19 discourses on crisis communication and media developments focusing on three areas: Media viability, Framing and Health crisis communication. The chapters unpack issues on marginalisation, gender, media sustainability, credibility, priming, trust, sources, be ... more
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Représentations des migrations dans les médias: État des lieux des initiatives de renforcement de capacités menées et recommandations

Issy-les-Moulineaux: CFI Développement Médias (2022), 309 pp.
"Cette étude participative, menée dans le cadre du projet Dialogues migrations, a été conduite pour identifier les acteurs et actrices agissant dans les médias et sur les migrations, comprendre et analyser les représentations véhiculées par les discours médiatiques et les discours publics r ... more
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Empowering Youth in Africa Through Media and Communication: 2018 - 2022

Dakar: UNESCO Office Dakar and Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (2022), 15 pp.
"The project "Empowering young people in Africa through media and communication" aims to build media professionals' capacities, both men and women, in the treatment of information on various aspects of migration (irregular, legal, intra-regional, female, etc.), in order to guarantee public access to ... more