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Peace Journalism on a Shoestring? Conflict Reporting in Nigeria’s National News Media

Leila Demarest, Arnim Langer
Journalism, volume 21, issue 3 (2021), pp. 671-688
"In this paper, we investigate to what extent Nigerian newspapers practice peace journalism by emphasizing underlying causes of conflict in their reporting rather than stressing ethnic and religious divisions. We make use of a sequential mixed methods approach, which combines a quantitative content ... more
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Chinese Television in Africa

Alessandro Jedlowski
Theory, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 7-8 (2021), pp. 233-250
"On the basis of the results of an ongoing research project on the activities of the Chinese media company StarTimes in Nigeria and Côte d' Ivoire, this paper analyses the fluid and fragmentary dimension of the engagements between Chinese media and African publics, while equally emphasizing the pow ... more
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Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Techtonic Shift

Lisa Schirch (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 239 pp.
"Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, So ... more
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Social Media Usage During Covid-19 Pandemic: Beneficial or Injurious to Public Health in Nigeria?

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju
Abuja Journal of Philosophy and Theology (APT), volume 11 (2021), pp. 67-82
"Before the outbreak of COVID-19 from the city of Wuhan, China in December 2019, many people across the globe, Nigerians inclusive already relied on social media to gather and disseminate information and news. Since the outbreak of the virus on February 27th, 2020 in Nigeria, people have depended on ... more
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Liberians Want a Free Media – Within Limits – and Unrestricted Access to Social Media

Maame Akua Amoah Twum
Afrobarometer (2021), 12 pp.
"Radio is the dominant news source in Liberia, tuned in “every day” or “a few times a week” by 87% of adults. Almost four in 10 citizens (38%) say they regularly get news from the Internet and social media, while only about one in five are regular consumers of news via television (21%) and n ... more
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The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism

Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Xenia Zeiler (eds.)
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2021), xv, 441 pp.
"The handbook is divided into five parts, each taking global developments in the field into account: Theoretical Reflections, Power and Authority Conflict, Radicalization and Populism, Dialogue and Peacebuilding, Trends. Within these sections, central issues, debates and developments are examined, i ... more
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Press Freedom and Cybercrimes: Combating Online Harassment on Digital Media in Nigeria

Samson Ojodomo Onuche
African Journal of Criminal Law And Jurisprudence, volume 6 (2021), pp. 137-151
"The role of the Media to the growth and development of a democratic society cannot be overemphasized. Over the years, the media have served as a watch dog in every society, prompting the need for International and National legislation protecting the Right to Press Freedom. While attacks and threat ... more
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Digital tools and strategies in COVID-19 infodemic response: Case studies and discussion

Roman Chestnov et al.
Geneva: ITU (2021), 60 pp.
"Digital technology, while an important enabler of many COVID-19 mitigation measures, has also contributed to the rise of misinformation and disinformation surrounding the pandemic. The circulation of rumours, conspiracy theories, false claims and misconceptions about the novel coronavirus has had a ... more
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Togo 2021

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 51 pp.
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E-Transparency and Government Budgetary Corruption: A Social Marketing and Transformation Case from Nigeria

Tolu Olarewaju, Ibrahim Rufai, Samanthika Gallage
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), issue 87:e12167 (2021), 15 pp.
"This article shows how Information and Communication Technology (ICT), incorporating social media, can lead to accountability and transparency in a government's budget. Specifically, it examined how a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) used ICT to foster citizenship engagement in the Nigerian gove ... more
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Investigative Journalism, RTI Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Ghana: Reflections from a Stakeholder Forum in Accra

Abigail Larbi, Adiza Moro-Maiga (eds.)
Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 10 pp.
"The RTI Act is considered the mother of all anti-corruption tools in Ghana. It is expected that citizens will utilize the law to access public information thereby engendering transparency and accountability in governance. Again, that active information disclosure by government and public institutio ... more
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Smart Migration Guide: The Gambia

Sara Budarz (ed.)
Migrant Media Network (MMN) (2021), 59 pp.
"The #MMN Smart Migration Guide offers information, discussion topics, and resources to be used by trainers and potential migrants to learn about the impact and consequences of migration. The guide is designed to support individuals in clarifying their goals and in making informed, safer migration d ... more
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Les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (TIC) et l'education inclusive

Emmanuel de Dinechin, Alizée Boutard
Paris: Altai Consulting; Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad); Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (2021), 61 pp.
"La présente étude, réalisée dans le cadre des projets régionaux d'éducation inclusive mis en oeuvre par Humanité & Inclusion, avait pour objectif : de répertorier les TIC existantes et susceptibles de favoriser l'inclusion scolaire des enfants handicapés; d'identifier les défis à la mise ... more
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Aqui estamos e a palavra é nossa: Mulheres de Cabo Vede, Guiné-Bissao e S. Tomé e Principe

Conceição Lima, Odete Costa Semede, Vera Duarte, Dário Pequeno Paraíso
Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2021), 44 pp.
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Deployment of a Community Information Platform in Santo Antão Island: A Case Study from Cabo Verde

Petra Zist, Emily Boaventura, Jorge Ramos
In: C&T '21: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies
New York: Association for Computing Machinery (2021), pp. 160-168
"We present a case study of a community media project development Alert4You and describe the process of fostering a local community information platform through socio-technical innovation in 4 rural and remote island communities of Santo Antão in Republic of Cabo Verde. A mix of analogous and digit ... more
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Investigative Journalism

Hugo de Burgh, Paul Lashmar (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2021), xvi, 299 pp.
"This 3rd edition maps the new world of Investigative Journalism, where technology and globalisation have connected and energized journalists, whistle-blowers and the latest players, with far-reaching consequences in politics and business worldwide. In this new edition, expert contributors demonstra ... more
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Press Freedom in Nigeria: Seven Unresolved Killings, Over 300 Violations Underline Impunity Under Buhari's Administration

East Legon; Abuja: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) (2021), 16 pp.
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Ethnic Journalism in the Global South

Anna Gladkova Jamil, Sadia
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xiii, 319 pp.
"This book focuses on ethnic journalism in the Global South, approaching it from two angles: as a professional area and as a social mission. The book discusses journalistic practices and ethnic media in the Global South, managerial and editorial strategies of ethnic media outlets, their content spec ... more
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Happiness and surprise are associated with worse truth discernment of COVID-19 headlines among social media users in Nigeria

Leah R. Rosenweig, Bence Bago, Adam J. Berinsky, David G. Rand
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, volume 2, issue 4 (2021), 37 pp.
"Do emotions we experience after reading headlines help us discern true from false information or cloud our judgement? Understanding whether emotions are associated with distinguishing truth from fiction and sharing information has implications for interventions designed to curb the spread of misinf ... more
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Media and Information Literacy: A Critical Response to the Challenge of „Infodemic" in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era in Nigeria

Elizabeth Titilayo Aduloju
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, volume 5, issue 7 (2021), 24 pp.
"Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa is not left out in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak that continues to ravage the entire universe. The deadly virus as of 26th June 2021 has infected more than 181.3 million people and killed over 3.9 million people globally. In Nigeria alone, it h ... more