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Access to Information in Africa: Examining Progress Since the APAI Declaration

Windhoek: African Platform on Access to Information (APAI); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 91 pp.
"Out of the twelve countries surveyed, only four have specific access to information laws. These countries are: Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. However, a significant indication of the shifting tide on the continent is that six of the countries surveyed have some form of specific access to ... more
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The World Internet Project: International Report

Jeffrey I. Cole et al.
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Center for the Digital Future, 5th ed. (2013), 87 pp.
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ICTs and Radio in Africa: How the Uptake of ICT Has Influenced the Newsroom Culture Among Community Radio Journalists

Goretti Linda Nassanga, Linje Manyozo, Claudia Lopes
Telematics and Informatics, volume 30, issue 3 (2013), pp. 258-266
"This article highlights the influence that new ICTs and Computer Mediated Communication is having on the newsroom cultures among community radio journalists in Africa, especially the use of mobile phones and the internet. The discussion is based on findings from a research study that investigated t ... more
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Neue Medien

Nah Dran (GIZ), issue 1 (2013), pp. 12-27
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Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema

Nigel Eltringham (ed.)
New York: Berghahn (2013), vi, 183 pp.
"The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military o ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.
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Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives

Stephen J. A. Ward (ed.)
Walden, Mass.; Oxford: Wiley Blackwell (2013), 326 pp.
"Through case studies, analysis of emerging practices, and theoretical discussion, a team of leading journalism and communication experts investigate the impact of major global trends on responsible journalism and lead readers to better understand changes in media ethics. Chapters look at how these ... more
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The Media Landscape in 54 Countries: Country Profiles from the 2011 and 2012 UIS Pilot Surveys

Paris: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), 155 pp.
"The current UIS Questionnaire on Media Statistics provides information for three UNESCO frameworks, namely the Media and Information Literacy Framework, the Media Development Indicators Framework and the Framework for Cultural Statistics. The questionnaire collects data for reporting global progres ... more
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Malawi Reporting: Covering the Tripartite Elections

Ivor Gaber
London: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2013), 48 pp.
"This Course Handbook has been produced to accompany the USAID/NDI/IWPR Course in Election Reporting, which is being run for Malawian journalists in the run-up to the 2014 Elections. The Handbook, which follows the day-by-day course programme, contains copies of the slides used during the course plu ... more
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A Baseline Study of Youth Identity, the Media and the Public Sphere in South Africa

Jane Duncan, Irene Costera Meijer, Nico Drok et al.
School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University (2013), v, 115 pp.
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Giving the Public a Say: How News Ombudsmen Ensure Accountability, Build Trust and Add Value to Media Organisations

Karen Rothmyer
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 54 pp.
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Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a ... more
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The Education of the Filmmaker in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas

Mette Hjort (ed.)
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xiv, 302 pp.
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Gender and Media = Genre et Médias

Africa Media Review, volume 21, issue 1-2 (2013), pp. 1-192
"The articles contained in this special issue build on the conversations initiated at the Cairo Symposium and try to make sense of the shifts and transformations in media and gender relations in Africa. Some bring new perspectives to bear on how traditional media (newspapers, magazines, radio and te ... more
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Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue

Ulla Carlsson, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom; UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (2013), 416 pp.
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Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter

Araba Sey, Chris Coward, François Bar, George Sciadas, Chris Rothschild, Lucas Koepke
Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.
"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S ... more
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Perceptions and Realities of Corruption in South Africa

Iris Wielders
Afrobarometer (2013), 8 pp.
"It is clear that corruption is considered an important issue by South Africans. It is frequently cited as a critical issue facing the country, and many people believe that there are high levels of corruption in various parts of government. At the same time however, the incidence of bribery appears ... more
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, Mai Truong (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching ... more
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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey

Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.
"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G ... more
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Survey on the Publishing Sector in Selected Sub-Saharan Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda

Bernadette Böcker
Johannesburg: Goethe-Institut; Frankfurt Book Fair (2012), 81 pp.