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Media and Information Literacy for the Sustainable Development Goals

Jagtar Singh, Alton Grizzle, Sin Joan Yee, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2015), 334 pp.
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Social Media and the #Occupy Nigeria Protests: Igniting or Damping a Harmattan Storm?

Nwachukwu Egbunike, Anthony Olorunnisola
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2015), pp. 141-164
"This study compared social media (new media) and newspapers’ framing of the January 2012 #Occupy Nigeria Protest. Authors employed content analysis to investigate similarities and differences in the frames adopted by social media (Facebook page, blogs, conversations in Nairaland and Twitter) and ... more
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Media and Masculinities: The Role of Key Media Outlets in Nigeria in Shaping Perceptions of Masculinities

Voices for Change (V4C) (2015), 70 pp.
"The report examines the links between the media’s promotion of unequal gender power relations based on stereotypical images of men and women and men’s expressions of dominance, control and violence in their everyday relationships with women and girls. It also explores media representations of m ... more
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Developing Cultural Industries: Learning from the Palimpsest of Practice

Christiaan De Beukelaer
Amsterdam: European Cultural Foundation (2015), 192 pp.
"Christiaan scrutinizes existing concepts of cultural and creative industries, as applied in public policies in African countries and largely inluenced by programmes of intergovernmental development agencies. He then searches for empirical evidence of their true value for human development. He looks ... more
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A History of the Press in Nigeria from 1859-2015 and the Origins of the Nigerian Broadcasting and Film Industry

Ifedayo Daramola
Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press (2015), viii, 270 pp.
"This study contends that democracy and political change is deeply rooted in the mass media’s ability to become a major agent of political socialization that was capable of mobilizing local populations into changing longstanding African attitudes about politics and election outcome behaviors." (Pu ... more
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De l’utilisation des médias au Mali

Berlin; Bamako: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2015), 89 pp.
"En février et en mars 2015 Media in Transition and Cooperation (MiCT) et la Fondation Friedrich Ebert à Bamako (FES) en coopération avec l’Institut d’Economie rurale malien ont procédé à une analyse de l’usage des médias à Bamako et dans sept chefs-lieux régionaux ainsi que dans troi ... more
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Éducation aux médias à l'heure des réseaux

Laurence Corroy-Labardens, Francis Barbey, Alain Kiyindou (coord.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 321 pp.
"À travers des contributions issues de terrains divers, cet ouvrage tente d’analyser le contexte d’usage des technologies et leurs incidences sur nos comportements, nos représentations… Il interroge sur nos rapports avec la technologie, mais aussi la façon dont nous l’appréhendons." (Des ... more
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Proverbes du Bénin: Sagesse éthique Appliquée de Proverbes Africains = Benin Proverbs: Practical Ethical Wisdom from African Proverbs

Angèle Kolouchè Bíao, Aurélien Atídegla (eds.)
Geneva: Globethics.net (2015), xxx, 95 pp.
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Les médias centrafricains dans la tourmente

Reporters Sans Frontières (2015), 21 pp.
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Moving Stories: International Review of How Media Cover Migration
Deep Insights

Aidan White (ed.)
London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), 106 pp.
"We asked writers and researchers to examine the quality of coverage and to highlight reporting problems as well as good work. The conclusions from many different parts of the world are remarkably similar: journalism under pressure from a weakening media economy; political bias and opportunism that ... more
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La liberté des médias en Guinée: Entre textes et institutions, quelles réalités?

Moustapha Diané
Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 155 pp.
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De l'éducation par les médias à l'éducation aux médias

Alain Kiyindou, Francis Barbey, Laurence Corroy-Labardens (eds.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 334 pp.
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Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)

Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)
Paris: Karthala (2015), 267 pp.
"Un quart de siècle s'est écoulé depuis les « transitions démocratiques » qui, au début des années 1990, ont ramené le pluralisme politique et médiatique en Afrique subsaharienne. Libéralisé, le champ des médias a connu des transformations spectaculaires, avec l'apparition de milliers d ... more
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Im Gegenlicht: Gesellschaftskritik im Spielfilm

iz3w, issue 384 (2015), pp. 17-40
"Gerade in Ländern des Globalen Südens gibt es eine beeindruckende Vielfalt kritischer Spielfilme aller Genres, vom Roadmovie bis zur Groteske. Mal sind sie explizit politisch, mal eher angedeutet und metaphorisch, um die Zensur zu umgehen oder um eindimensionale Interpretationen zu unterlaufen. I ... more
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Digital Lives in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda

Savita Bailur, Jonathan Donner et al.
Farnham: Caribou Digital Publishing (2015), 186 pp.
"[...] Specifically, we argue that development programs with an eye on instrumental outcomes are well-served by the cultivation of an understanding of broader digital practices—of people’s increasingly digital lives. This work explores not only what devices people use, but also how they get onli ... more
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Boko Haram: Der Vormarsch des Terror-Kalifats

Mike Smith
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2015), 287 pp.
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Moderation from Bias: A Field Experiment on Partisan Media in a New Democracy

Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz, Devra C. Moehler
Journal of Politics, volume 77, issue 2 (2015), pp. 575-587
"Partisan media are often blamed for polarization in newly liberalized regimes. However, there is little empirical work on the subject, and information-processing theories suggest that extreme position taking is only one possible response to opinionated news. Rather, we theorize that partisan media ... more
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New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa

Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Benjamin F. Soares (eds.)
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 ... more
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Histoires de courage: Des journalistes centrafricains témoignent

International Media Support (IMS); Panos Europe (2015), 51 pp.
"Cette publication présente l’histoire de 18 journalistes centrafricains, tous victimes de diverses menaces, bastonnades et intimidations, pendant qu’ils effectuaient leur travail de reportage sur le conflit qui a déchiré leur pays entre 2012 et 2014 [...] Les témoignages dans cette publicat ... more
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Images of Africa: Creation, Negotiation and Subversion

Julia Gallagher (ed.)
Manchester: Manchester University Press (2015), xv, 203 pp.