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Strengthening Free, Independent and Professional Journalism in Ethiopia: Feasibility Study

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Dazwischenfunken: Aktivismus in Freien Radios

iz3w, issue 360 (2017), pp. D1-D26
"Weltweit ist das Radio das Medium, das die meisten Menschen erreicht. In Europa verliert der Hörfunk zwar an Zuhörerschaft, aber gerade in Ländern des Südens sind Radiostationen ein sehr wichtiges Mittel der Kommunikation. Eine südafrikanische Universität entwickelte jüngst ein Spracherkennu ... more
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Mobile is a Lifeline: Research from Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania

London: GSMA (2017), 47 pp.
"This report explores the socio-economic impact of connectivity for refugees in a large, rural camp setting in Tanzania. Nyarugusu is one of three large refugee camps in the Kigoma region. Established in 1996, it now hosts more than 136,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Bu ... more
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Ethiopia TV & Radio Ratings 1st Jan – 30th April 2017

Kantar Media; Fojo Media Institute (2017), 50 slides
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Mamas in the Newsroom: Women’s Journalism Against Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo

Elisa García-Mingo
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 215-227
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Press Freedom and Nigeria's Cybercrime Act of 2015: An Assessment

Raymond Adibe, Cyril Chinedu Ike, Celestine Uchechukwu Udeogu
Africa Spectrum, volume 52, issue 2 (2017), pp. 117-127
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Les médias d'état au Gabon: Permanence et mutations

Arthur Sabi Djaboudi
Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 290 pp.
"Les médias d’État au Gabon seront pendant longtemps l’objet de querelles politiques et de discussions publiques qui ont convaincu le pouvoir de les inclure dans son domaine réservé, contrôlé stratégiquement par le ministère de l’Information. Depuis l’accession du pays à l’indépe ... more
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Médias au Sénégal: Entre mutations et contraintes

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Centre d'Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l'Information (CESTI) (2017), 290 pp.
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“Preaching to the Converted”: Teaching Calvinistic Media Ethics in the Apartheid Era

Arnold S. De Beer
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 31, issue 1 (2017), pp. 82-99
"The purpose of this article is to shed light on a Christian Reformed version of media ethics, more particularly one that was applied for just more than half a century (1960–2014) during the apartheid era and thereafter at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PUCHE), now No ... more
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Humanitarian Radio Module: South Sudan. Part I: Context, Part II: Case Studies

Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2017), 55 pp.
"Part I: Context” describes the information and media landscape in South Sudan and the value of Humanitarian Radio as a tool for communicating with communities in a broad range of humanitarian scenarios. It also discusses how Humanitarian Radio promotes accountability and transparency for humanita ... more
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End of an Era and the Debacle of Cross-Border Media Building Projects in Africa

Sam Phiri
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 401-414
"In the 1990s following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in Germany and the death of Apartheid in South Africa, several cross-national initiatives were undertaken in Africa to strengthen the role of the media in nascent democracies. Some 30 years later, several of these initiatives are dead while the ... more
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Structural Working Conditions of Journalism in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa: Empirical Findings from Interviews with Journalists Reporting on Democratisation Conflicts

Judith Lohner, Irene Neverla, Sandra Banjac
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2017), 21 pp.
"The structural conditions of journalism are shaped by legacies of the past (marked by non-democratic regimes and sometimes colonial rule) and persisting power structures. The state and powerful political actors are perceived to play an important role in the media sector, mirrored in different forms ... more
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Internet: Smarte neue Welt

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42
"Digitale Medien verbreiten sich über die Welt: Auch in Madagaskar verwenden Kinder Handys. In Kenia nutzt die Regierungspartei in Wahlkämpfen bereits die gleichen Datenanalysen, die in den USA Donald Trump geholfen haben, Präsident zu werden. Und in der Wirtschaft bewirken Daten und Internet-Pla ... more
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The Political Economy of the Media in Malawi: News Coverage of Agricultural Input Subsidies

Anthony Mavuto Gunde
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 19-39
"In this article, media coverage of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) in Malawi as was reported in the Weekend Nation newspaper between 2005 and 2012 is examined from a critical political economy perspective. The FISP aimed at subsidising inputs for low income rural farmers. The Weekend Nation ... more
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A Framework for Calculating the Economic Impact of Internet Disruptions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kampala: CIPESA (2017), 27 pp.
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Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone: Analyse (socio) linguistique et didactique

Louis Martin Onguéné Essono
Paris: Connaissances et savoirs (2017), 347 pp.
"Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone est une contribution très précieuse qui se focalise sur cet aspect tout à fait négligé de l'analyse des mutations médiatiques africaines contemporaines : les transformations de la langue. Elle ouvre une réflexion sur ce que la manipulation de l ... more
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Médias 2.0 et Églises chrétiennes au Burkina Faso: Évangélisation numérique et contrôle du message

Louis Audet Gosselin
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 71-85
"La diffusion progressive d’Internet au Burkina Faso a entraîné récemment un foisonnement de l’utilisation des réseaux sociaux, principalement Facebook, par les Églises catholique et évangéliques. Cette utilisation est toutefois fortement conditionnée par un nombre restreint de gatekeepe ... more
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Safeguarding Civil Society: Assessing Internet Freedom and the Digital Resilience of Civil Society in East Africa

Small Media; CIPESA; Defend Defeners; CIPIT (2017), 127 pp.
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Search for Common Ground’s ‘Strengthening the Capacity of Civil Society to Contribute to Sustainable Governance in Liberia’: Final Evaluation Report

Heather Gilberds, Katherina Thomas
Search for Common Ground (2017), 58 pp.
"Overall, the program set out what it achieved to do—namely to strengthen the institutional capacity of civil society organizations to improve their credibility, visibility, effectiveness and sustainability. There is evidence that many partner CSOshave refined theirmission, developed a multi-year ... more
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A Communication Audit of the Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi in Rwanda

Théoneste Ndahimana
Nairobi: Daystar University, School of Communication, Language and Performing Arts, Master of Arts in Communication Thesis (2017), xiii, 130 pp.
"The purpose of this study was to conduct a communication audit of the Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi with a view to establishing the effectiveness of communication strategies used by Kabgayi Diocese in resource mobilization. The objectives of this study were: firstly, to establish communication strate ... more