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Humanitarianism 2.0

Guillaume Bazerli, Theresa Bean, Angela Crandall et al.
Humanitarianism 2.0 Project (2015), 102 pp.
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African Journalism Studies: The First 60 Years

Jo Ellen Fair
African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 22-29
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Contributing to Change: Supporting Zimbabwe's Media

International Media Support (IMS) (2015), 50 pp.
"It is my pleasure to introduce this report on the contribution of International Media Support and our partners to important changes in the Zimbabwean media sector over the past decade. Impact—or ‘contribution towards change’ as we term it in this report— is often an elusive, hard-to-illustr ... more
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Impact Evaluation of Peace Through Development II (P-DEV II): Radio Programming in Chad and Niger

Steven E. Finkel, Reynaldo T. Rojo-Mendoza, Cassilde L. Schwartz, Chris A. Belasco, Anne Kreft
Washington, DC: USAID (2015), 48 pp.
"This document is a report on the radio component of Peace through Development II (P-DEV II), a multi-year development program funded by the United States Agency for International Development/West Africa (USAID/WA), whose main goal is to counter violent extremism in Chad, Niger, and Burkina Faso. P- ... more
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Can Tanzania’s News Media Maintain Popular Support for Watchdog Role?

Rose Aiko
Afrobarometer (2015), 13 pp.
"Tanzanians express near-unanimous satisfaction with the degree of freedom of expression in the country: 96% of respondents in 2014 say they feel somewhat or completely free to say what they think. Two-thirds (65%) say the media should scrutinize the government and report on corruption and mistakes. ... more
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Study on ACP Technicians and Actors Involved in Movies Supported by EU-ACP Funds (8th, 9th, 10th EDF)

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ECO; Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP); European Union (2015), 182 pp.
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Influencing the Information Domain: The United Nations’ Information Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob
In: Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
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Television and the Cultivation of Personal Values Among Catholics in Zambia

Moses Hamungole
Leuven: KU Leuven, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 499 pp.
"[...] the aims for embarking on this study were (a) for the researcher to understand more about the TV, it’s various genres and audiences preferences; (b) Explore the applicability of cultivation theory to an African TV audience; (c) gather data about important values and value changes, and share ... more
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Im Gegenlicht: Gesellschaftskritik im Spielfilm

iz3w, issue 384 (2015), pp. 17-40
"Gerade in Ländern des Globalen Südens gibt es eine beeindruckende Vielfalt kritischer Spielfilme aller Genres, vom Roadmovie bis zur Groteske. Mal sind sie explizit politisch, mal eher angedeutet und metaphorisch, um die Zensur zu umgehen oder um eindimensionale Interpretationen zu unterlaufen. I ... more
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Análise de género na mídia moçambicana 2014

Maputo: IREX (2015), 32 pp.
"O Programa Para Fortalecimento da Mídia, nesta sua terceira edição do relatório de Análise de Género na Mídia Moçambicana, avaliou 13 jornais impressos e electrónicos para identificar o estado da cobertura sobre o tema. Foram quatro a mais que no ano passado. No total, e em números absolu ... more
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Baseline Study: Fojo Media Institute Project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, University of Rwanda

Anki Wood
Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2015), 62 pp.
"This baseline study has been conducted within the inception phase of the project Capacity Building of the School of Journalism and Communication, to support the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) under the University of Rwanda. The findings rest mainly on eight brief background papers ana ... more
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Radio Listening Clubs in Malawi as Alternative Public Spheres

Peter Mhagama
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 13, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 105-120
"Many people in rural areas in Malawi lack access to information due to illiteracy and the unavailability of reliable sources of information. There is also an absence of a proper forum where rural ordinary people can express their views and have their voices heard. However, in communities where ther ... more
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UN House PoC 3 Juba - Central Equatoria State: Wave 2 Assessment

Internews (2015), 9 pp.
"In August 2014 Internews launched Boda Boda Talk Talk (BBTT) in the Protection of Civilians site known as PoC 3 in Juba. PoC 3 is the newest site and is adjacent to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) UN House base that contains PoC 1 and PoC 2. BBTT is a professionally produced reco ... more
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The World Through Picture Books: Librarians’ Favourite Books from Their Country

Annie Everall, Viviana Quinones (eds.)
The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2nd ed. (2015), 218 pp.
"We are very happy to publish the second edition of The World through Picture Books, enriched with sixteen new annotated lists. This new edition proves even more the very enthusiastic, skilled participation of librarians and the great success of this international programme. The programme deals with ... more
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Médias et journalisme dans le travail pour la paix

Christiane Kayser, Flaubert Djateng (eds.)
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2015), 112 pp.
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Media Freedom and Right to Information in Africa

Luca Bussotti, Miguel de Barros, Tilo Grätz (eds.)
Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2015), 136 pp.
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The Making of the Pentecostal Melodrama: Religion, Media and Gender in Kinshasa

Katrien Pype
New York: Berghahn, paperback ed. (2015), xvii, 331 pp.
"How religion, gender, and urban sociality are expressed in and mediated via television drama in Kinshasa is the focus of this ethnographic study. Influenced by Nigerian films and intimately related to the emergence of a charismatic Christian scene, these teleserials integrate melodrama, conversion ... more
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Batswana Support Press Freedom and Critical Speech

M. Lekorwe
Afrobarometer (2015), 5 pp.
"Batswana overwhelmingly express support for media and individual freedoms. This suggests that freedom of expression – both personal and collective – is regarded by the Batswana as an essential attribute of a functioning democracy. Despite recent government attempts to suppress the media and ind ... more
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The Trust Factor: An EJN Review of Journalism and Self-Regulation
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Aidan White (ed.)
London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), 72 pp.
"This report examines self-regulation in challenging times. Journalism is increasingly a single stream of information disseminated simultaneously across different platforms of media, but its regulation remains dominated by old-fashioned notions of how media work. Usually there are two ways of regula ... more
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Crowdfunding in Emerging Markets: Lessons from East African Startups

Washington, DC: World Bank (2015), 15 pp.
"The discussion of opportunity costs, choosing a platform and networking strategies highlights the clear need for more industry data and transparency [...] Further, the private sector can monetize research on network effects and fundraising norms across the continent [...] Regarding the supply of ca ... more