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Community Access and Participation in Community Radio Broadcast: Case of Radio Gaakii, Ghana

Amadu Mohammed Faisal, Amin Alhassan
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2018), pp. 85-102
"This paper draws on the theory of participatory development communication to understand the nature and philosophy of community participation in development processes. It explored the symbiotic relationship between Carpentier (2011) and Arnstein’s (1969) theses on participation to propose four maj ... more
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Status of Training and Research in Reporting Conflict, Peace Journalism and Safety Education in English Speaking West Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Umaru A. Pate, Lai Oso, Abubakar Jibril
Journalism Education, volume 6, issue 2 (2018), pp. 28-36
"This paper examines the teaching of conflict-sensitive reporting, safety education and peace journalism in the curricula of institutions offering mass communication/journalism programmes in three English speaking countries of West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. It assesses the status of r ... more
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NGOs and Health Reporting in Tanzania

Ammina Kothari
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 42-60
"This study examines the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in shaping health reporting in Tanzania. Drawing on in-depth interviews with representatives from NGOs cited in HIV/AIDS-related stories published in the Tanzanian newspapers, the Daily News and The Guardian, the analysis focuses ... more
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Tips for Running Public Awareness Campaigns in Africa: Insights from Eight Case Studies
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Martin Vogl
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2018), 24 pp.
"Effective campaigns require careful planning and execution. And drawing on the experiences and knowledge of others can help overcome some common stumbling blocks and improve the chances of success. To this end, this booklet profiles eight public awareness campaigns conducted in African countries. I ... more
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Consultative Meeting on Community Radio Stations in Sierra Leone

UNDP (2018), 26 pp.
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Accounting for Youth Audiences’ Resistances to HIV and AIDS Messages in the Television Drama Tsha Tsha in South Africa

Blessing Makwambeni, Abiodun Salawu
SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, volume 15, issue 1 (2018), pp. 20-30
"Using cultural studies as its conceptual framework and reception analysis as its methodology, this study investigated and accounted for the oppositional readings that subaltern black South African youths negotiate from Tsha Tsha, an E-E television drama on HIV and AIDS in South Africa. Results from ... more
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The State of Digital Publishing: Facts and Figures from Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria

Nancy Brown, Rachel Heavner
San Francisco: Worldreader (2018), 25 pp.
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Le rôle professionnel des journalistes dans la crise post-électorale de 2010 en Côte d'Ivoire: Les journalistes de la RTI, instigateurs de la crise ou victimes d'un système?

Demindoyee N. Denise Kako
Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 133 pp.
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The State of ICT in In Nigeria 2018

Alison Gillwald, Fola Odufuwa, Mothobi Onkokame Mothobi
Research ICT Africa (2018), 118 pp.
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"Hispano-Lusophone" Community Media: Identity, Cultural Politics and Difference

Ana Stela Cunha, Miguel de Barros, Rosana Martins (eds.)
Barcelona: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2018), 216 pp.
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement Preparedness and Readiness Framework: Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo in North Kivu

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC); World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF (2018), 46 pp.
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Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion

Asbjørn Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem (eds.)
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2018), xiii, 556 pp.
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Creating Mobile Health Solutions for Behaviour Change: A Study of Eight Services in the MNutrition Initiative Portfolio

Kim Viljoen, Tobias Wacker
London: GSMA; Altai Consulting (2018), 50 pp.
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Petit manuel de sécurité pour les journalistes: Face à la montée des risques en période électorale

Tshivis Tshivuadi
Kinshasa: Journaliste en Danger (JED); Internews (2018), 16 pp.
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Mediatized China-Africa Relations: How Media Discourses Negotiate the Shifting of Global Order

Shubo Li
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xv, 218 pp.
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Empowerment as Development: An Outline of an Analytical Concept for the Study of ICTs in the Global South

Jakob Svensson
In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2018), 19 pp.
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The Emergence of Prophetic Ministries in Botswana: Self-Positioning and Appropriation of New Media

Gabriel Faimau
Journal of Contemporary African Studies, volume 36, issue 3 (2018), pp. 369-385
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How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict in the Middle East and Africa

Ziya Meral
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Black / Africana Communication Theory

Kehbuma Langmia (ed.)
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Produire des films: Afriques et Moyen Orient

Claude Forest (dir.)
Presses Universitaires du Septentrion (2018), 386 pp.
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