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News in Botswana: Themes in Contemporary Journalism

Richard Rooney
SMC Online Publishers (2018), 228 pp.
"This book is about news and journalism in Botswana, which is an underresearched topic. It is aimed at students of journalism or media studies but is also useful to media practitioners interested in learning about the environment in which they work. The idea for the book came to me after I left the ... more
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African Language Digital Media and Communication

Abiodun Salawu (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xi, 236 pp.
"This book analyses the online presence of African language media. The chapters in the book focus on the speed, structure, content, navigation and interactivity, operations and performance, and audience of the online media. They also pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twi ... more
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Cine-Ethiopia: The History and Politics of Film in the Horn of Africa

Michael Wolf Thomas, Alessandro Jedlowski, Aboneh Ashagrie (eds.)
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press (2018), xx, 295 pp.
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Privacy and Personal Data Protection in Ethiopia

Berhan Taye, Roman Teshome
Kampala: CIPESA (2018), 26 pp.
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The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Whose News?

Lena von Naso
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xviii, 266 pp.
"Closely examining the relationship between foreign correspondents of international news media and humanitarian organisations, Lena von Naso shows how the aid and media sectors cooperate in Africa in a unique way. Based on more than 70 interviews with foreign correspondents and aid workers operating ... more
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African Muckraking: 75 Years of Investigative Journalism from Africa

Anya Schiffrin, George Lugalambi (eds.)
Auckland Park: Jacana (2018), xxxii, 347 pp.
"This collection of 41 pieces of African journalism includes passionate and committed writing on labor abuses, police brutality, women’s rights, the struggle for democracy and independence on the continent and other subjects. Each piece of writing is introduced by a noted scholar or journalist who ... more
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Silence Begets Violence: A Mass Media Experiment to Prevent Violence Against Women in Rural Uganda?

Donald P. Green, Anna Wilke, Jasper Cooper
New York: Columbia University (2018), 42 + 69 pp.
"Preventing violence against women (VAW) requires witnesses to come forward, yet willingness to report is often undermined by social sanctions against those suspected of fabricating allegations. Our theory of the micro-politics of information disclosure in interdependent communities elucidates the r ... more
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Journalistic practices on the professional safety among journalists in Oyo State

E. Hajara, U Sanda, A Msughter
International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication, volume 1, issue 4 (2018), pp. 43-59
"Journalists' safety as well as media workers has become a subject of discussion on press freedom and the working condition of reporters following dangerous development on the media scene which has become a preoccupation with journalism professional bodies. As such, in order to achieve the objective ... more
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Discourses of Power and Counter-Power in the Zimbabwean Politico-Religious Communication in Online News Media

Nyasha Mapuweyi, Janina Wozniak
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 3 (2018), pp. 273-295
"Christianity as the predominant religion in Zimbabwe consists of several faith groupings, each of which responds to public events through the mass media. Mainline churches uphold a conventional human rights approach to faith-based political criticism, while Mapostori or Apostolic churches follow an ... more
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Digital Platforms for Agro-Advisory and Business Service Delivery: Lessons from Scaling-up of AgroTech in Ghana

Cecil Osei, Alfred Yeboah, Francis Arthur, Emmanuel Agbedanu, Sybil Chidiac
Grameen Foundation; Farmradio International (2018), 15 pp.
"Grameen Foundation, Farm Radio International and other partners implemented the project “Achieving Impact at Scale” from 2015 to 2018 18. The objective of the project is to test the scale up of AgroTech, an ICT platform, in the delivery of agricultural extension and agribusiness advisory servic ... more
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How Influential Are Chinese Media in Africa? An Audience Analysis in Kenya and South Africa

Herman Wasserman, Dani Madrid-Morales
International Journal of Communication, volume 12 (2018), pp. 2212-2231
"This article uses data from seven focus groups with media and communication university students in Kenya and South Africa to explore the efficacy of Chinese-mediated public diplomacy. We show that Chinese media have little impact on students’ information habits, demonstrate that attitudes toward ... more
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Tiangao or Tianxia? The Ambiguities of CCTV's English-Language News for Africa

Vivien Marsh
In: China's Media Go Global
Daya Kishan Thussu, Hugo de Burgh, Anbin Shi (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 103-121
"Sustained media interest in African countries, funded from deep pockets in Beijing, may well attract admirers if the coverage is positive or uncritical. The forward-looking narrative promoted by 'constructive' or 'positive' reporting may help developing nations by not crushing them under too much e ... more
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Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice

Sandra Ristovska, Monroe Price (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xvii, 320 pp.
"Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice examines the interplay between images and human rights, addressing how, when, and to what ends visuals are becoming a more central means through which human rights claims receive recognition and restitution. The collection argues that accounting for how imag ... more
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Information Needs Assessment: Gao, Mali

Lucas Destrijckes et al.
Washington, DC et al.: Internews (2018), 63 pp.
"This study analyses if people on the move in the northeastern region of Mali, more specifically in the city of Gao, have accurate information at their disposal. It maps information needs and habits of migrant communities in Gao to better understand how these individuals and communities receive info ... more
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Sounding Islam: Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World

Patrick Eisenlohr
Oakland, California: University of California Press (2018), xi, 174 pp.
"Sounding Islam provides a provocative account of the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media and sound studies, as well as drawing on neo-phenomenological approaches to atmospheres. Using long-term ethnographic research on devotional Islam in Mauritius, P ... more
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Report on the Evaluation of the Level of Knowledge and Skills Acquired Under the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Transparency and Accountability Project

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2018), 29 pp.
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Engaging the Private Sector Towards an Improved Literate Environment: A learning paper on Book Development in Rwanda

Sofia Cozzolino
Save the Children (2018), 23 pp.
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Journalism and Foreign Aid in Africa

Chris Paterson, Audrey Gadzekpo, Herman Wasserman
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 1-7
"The authors briefly survey the contemporary and complex relationship between aid and journalism and the role of foreign aid/development assistance in shaping African media systems. A call is made for greater research into the aid and journalism relationship and the impact these processes have on fo ... more
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Final Evaluation Speak Up Zambia: A Document for the Partnership

Joaquín de la Concha González
Santa Pola: Free Press Unlimited (2018), vi, 47 pp.
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Understanding Nigerian Media and Elections Through Research: Analysis of the 2015 Presidential Election Campaign Messages

Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Ayo Oluwatosin, Nosa Owens-Ibie, Victor Ayedun-Aluma
Lagos: Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) (2018), 10 pp.
"1. Political parties and their supporters should concentrate more on issues-based campaign messages than hate campaign messages capable of demeaning personalities, religious/ethnic beliefs as well as ethnicity. 2. Political parties and their candidates should focus more on issue of importance to na ... more