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Introducing Community Audio Towers as an Alternative to Community Radio in Uganda

Brian Semujju
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 1 (2016), pp. 141-153
"This article presents two communities in Uganda that use Community Audio Towers (CATs) as an alternative to community radio, and examines why the communities prefer the use of CATs to ‘mainstream’ community radio. Using data collected through observation at two sites in Uganda and 10 key inform ... more
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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.
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Paying for Access or Content? Blurred Understandings of Mobile Internet Data in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda

Savita Bailur, Emrys Schoemaker, Jonathan Donner
In: GlobDev 2016: Proceedings Annual Workshop of the AIS Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development
Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) (2016), 11 pp.
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Évangéliser les médias, un défi chrétien

Jean-Baptiste Malenge Kalunzu
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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
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Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 308 pp.
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Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives

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Journalists in South Africa

Arnold S. De Beer, Sean Beckett, Vanessa Malila, Herman Wasserman
Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.
"With regard to professional role orientations, South African journalists found it most important to report things as they are (92.5%), to educate the audience (86.8%), and to let people express their views (84.6%). The relevance of these roles was fairly undisputed among the interviewed journalists ... more
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The Boda Boda Talk Talk Module. Part III: How to Guide

Internews (2016), 71 pp.
"This guide outlines the step-by-step processes and potential challenges that may arise in setting up a Boda Boda Talk Talk (BBTT) project. In it, you will find information and advice on everything from what equipment to purchase, to how to build relationships with other humanitarian actors, to recr ... 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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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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African Rural Radio Program Analysis (ARRPA): Final Report

Farm Radio International (2016), 106 pp.
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Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure
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Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Adrian Shahbaz, Madeline Earp (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2016), 1021 pp.
"Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means of halting the rapid dissemination of information, particularly during antigovernment protests. Public-facing social media platforms like Fac ... more
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Mächtige Bilder: Zur Dekolonisierung des Blicks in der angolanischen Fotografiegeschichte

Nadine Siegert
Fotogeschichte, volume 36, issue 141 (2016), pp. 15-24
"Im Folgenden gebe ich zunächst einen kurzen historischen Überblick über die bedeutsamen Genres und Momente der angolanischen Fotografiegeschichte, bevor ich mich ausgewählten Beispielen der rezenten künstlerischen Fotografie intensiver widme. Beides ist wichtig, um zu verstehen, wie in Angola ... more
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Völkermord in Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Der Kolonialkrieg (1904-1908) in Namibia und seine Folgen

Jürgen Zimmerer, Joachim Zeller (eds.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2016), 278 pp.
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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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The Governance and Sustainable Livelihoods Strands in Media Development

Linje Manyozo
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2016), 14 pp.
"This paper exams the theory and practice of media development by differentiating two major models: The good governance and the sustainable livelihoods strand. Based on this the author questions how governments, organizations, and civil society today collaboratively rethink and organize media system ... more
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Online/social media as a pathway towards violent extremism in East Africa

William Robert Avis
Birmingham: GSDRC, University of Birmingham (2016), 15 pp.
"Key findings include: The Internet can play a role in the radicalisation process; There are few examples of individuals radicalising entirely online, but there are signs that this could increase over time; There is less evidence of the internet’s role in recruitment to terrorist networks or the u ... more
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The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia

Alastair Fraser
Cambridge: Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge (2016), 19 pp.
"This working paper provides a context for the assessment of hopes that there might be a transformation in political accountability in Africa as a result of previously powerless and voiceless populations having their agendas strengthened via interactive media. It describes the ways in which many rad ... more
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A Passion for Video: 25 Stories About Making, Translating, Sharing and Using Videos on Farmer Innovation
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Jeffery Bentley, Eric Boa, Mundie Salm (eds.)
Nairobi; Wageningen: Access Agriculture; Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2016), 56 pp.
"The stories in this volume were gathered as part of a Writeshop held in Nairobi on 9–10 November, in the context of the Access Agriculture Week 9–13 November, 2015. People are story-tellers as well as creatures who walk and make tools. Stories are important to us. Statistics tell us what happen ... 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