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The Importance of Participation in Development Through Community Radio: A Case Study of Nkhotakota Community Radio Station in Malawi

Peter Mhagama
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 30, issue 1 (2016), pp. 45-61
"This article examines the role of participation in development through community radio. Ordinary people participate in community radio through programme production, financing, management and the daily operations of the station. This enables them to define the development problems faced by their com ... more
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Seeing is Believing: The SPRING/Digital Green Experience in Niger. Evidence from a Community Video Approach for Nutrition and Hygiene Behaviors

Leanne Dougherty, Marjolein Moreaux, Chaibou Dadi, Sophie Minault
Arlington, Va.: Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) (2016), 47 pp.
"Community video is a powerful approach to improving nutrition practices, even in areas beset by drought, conflict, and food shortages. When community members create and share videos that promote optimal nutrition and hygiene behaviors, friends and neighbors pay attention. This report details the po ... more
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Media Practitioners and Public Opinions on Interactive Broadcast TV Shows in Africa: Citizen TV (Kenya) and Muvi TV (Zambia)

Okoth Fred Mudhai
University of Cambridge, Centre of Governance and Human Rights (2016), 25 pp.
"Interactive TV and radio shows are popular phenomena in Kenya and Zambia. Drawing primarily from interview- and observation based research in TV stations in Kenya and Zambia, this paper examines the role of media practitioners in shaping interactive broadcast programmes, and the nature and possibil ... more
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The Power of Publics: Competing Imaginaries of the Radio Audience in Kenya and Zambia

Sharath Srinivasan, Stephanie Diepeveen
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2016), 23 pp.
"With the liberalisation of the airwaves and the rising use of mobile phones since the 2000s, call- and text-in shows have become popular and lively features on broadcast media in Eastern Africa. Amidst expanding possibilities for listeners to speak and contribute to live radio broadcasts, new ways ... more
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Im Gespinst der Gerüchte

Anjan Sundaram
welt-sichten (2016)
"Journalisten leben in Ruanda gefährlich. Für Kritik am Regime riskieren sie Prügel oder ihr Leben. Von einem, der sich nicht einschüchtern lassen wollte." (Einführung)
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Ubuntu Journalism and Nation-Building Magic

Colin Chasi, Ylva Rodny-Gumede
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 30, issue 5 (2016), pp. 728-744
"This article explores ideas around nation building, as constructed through the ethos as well as practice of ubuntu journalism. We make the argument that by invoking ubuntu as an underlying ethos for a reporting ethic and practice, the news media contribute to a magical idea of nationhood and nation ... more
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Information – Education – Participation: Media Use Among Youth in Uganda

Anke Fiedler, Michael Meyen
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 55 pp.
"The present report summarizes the results of a media use study that was conducted in autumn 2014 in the Ugandan districts of Kampala, Mbale, Lira, Pader and Gulu. The study consists of a quantitative survey of more than 650 survey respondents, as well as six qualitative focus groups with a total of ... more
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Boda Boda Talk Talk Learning Collection: Context and Case Studies

Internews (2016), 46 pp.
"Internews has launched a three-part learning module on Boda Boda Talk Talk, the hyperlocal humanitarian information service currently operational in four United Nations Protection of Civilians Sites (PoCs) across the country. Part I of the module focuses on the theory and rationale behind a communi ... more
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Social Inequalities, Media, and Communication: Theory and Roots

Jan Servaes, Toks Oyedemi (eds.)
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxxix, 272 pp.
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Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 199 pp.
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Journalistic Practices, Role Perceptions and Ethics in Democratisation Conflicts: Empirical Findings from Interviews with Journalists in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa

Judith Lohner, Sandra Banjac, Irene Neverla
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 82 pp.
"This report provides an overview of core comparative findings from MeCoDEM interviews with journalists in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa. It investigates the role of journalistic actors in transitional societies across a set of comparable democratisation conflicts and themes of inquiry: jour ... more
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Framing Famine: An Analysis of Media Coverage of the 2011 Famine in Somalia

Richard Stupart, Larry Strelitz
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2016), pp. 100-119
"This study examines media coverage of the 2011–2012 famine in Somalia by the websites of BBC News, CNN and Al-Jazeera. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analyses, it explores why coverage of the famine began as late as it did, despite ample evidence of its inevitable unf ... more
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Nollywood Central

Jade L. Miller
London: Palgrave Macmillan; British Film Institute (bfi) (2016), 175 pp.
"Nollywood is often portrayed by the popular press as an unruly industry, with mysteriously fast and cheap production and shadowy distribution networks. In the first overview of Nigeria's burgeoning video film industry, Jade L. Miller reveals that this portrayal is over-simplistic and often untrue. ... more
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Who Participates? Audience and Participants in Interactive Shows

Winnie V. Mittullah, Okoth Fred Mudhai, Sammy Mwangi
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights (2016), 23 pp.
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Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries
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Ravindra Kumar Vemula, SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxv, 238 pp.
"This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information r ... more
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Supporting the Media Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Capitalisation of Experiences in SDC Supported Programs, Kigali 24-26.05.2016. Synthesis Report

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Southern, Eastern, Northern Africa and Palestine Division (SENAP) (2016), 22 pp.
"Burundi: even in very difficult situations, SDC partners managed to identify entry points and continue their work. Networking with international media as a source of information is very crucial in such situations. Policy dialogue is also important to work on issues that divide the government and me ... more
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Young Citizens in South Africa: A Paradox of Engagement with Politics and the Media

Vanessa Malila, Marietjie Oelofsen
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 187-203
"In 2014, South Africa’s democracy turned 20. Just like the young democracy is learning to find its feet, young citizens are negotiating the unknown territory of full citizenship rights while confronting a ‘totally different world than that of their parents’. Whether their parents were black a ... more
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Publishing & the Book in Africa: A Literature Review for 2015

Hans M. Zell
Zell Publishing Consultants (2016), 39 pp.
"A review of select new literature in English that has appeared on the topic of publishing and book development in Africa published during the course of 2015. It covers books, papers in edited collections, journal articles, Internet documents and reports, interviews, as well as a number of blog post ... more
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Civil Society, Political Activism and Communications in Democratisation Conflicts: A Literature Review

Rebecca Pointer, Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma, Herman Wasserman
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 35 pp.
"Given that the nature of civil society in different countries is different, and also often shifting in response to political changes, examining the relationship between civil society and media production (mainstream and alternative) in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa involves being sensitive ... more
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South African Kids Online: A Glimpse Into Children’s Internet Use and Online Activities

Liesa Jossel (ed.)
Cape Town: Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (2016), 46 pp.