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Internet Freedom and Freedom of Expression in South Africa

Johannesburg: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI); Raith Foundation (2014), 31 pp.
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Media Development with Chinese Characteristics

Iginio Gagliardone
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 16 pp.
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Action for Transparency: Tackling Corruption and Mismanagement of Government Funds in Zambia and Uganda. A Baseline Study

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Kalmar; London: Fojo Media Institute; InterMedia (2014), 39 pp.
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The Political Economic History of the Introduction of Television in Kenya

George Ngugi King'ara
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Konkorama: Radio Drama Raises Peace Awareness for Sierra Leonean Youth

Julia Krojer, Eustace U. Vin-Bah
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Christiane Kayser, Flaubert Djateng (eds.)
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2014), pp. 71-77
"Since the end of the civil war in Sierra Leone the organisation Sierra Leone Adult Education Association (SLADEA), with its headquarters in Freetown and 13 branches all over the country, added Peace Building to its curriculum. In this field of work young people are a particular target group; youth ... more
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Nommo, Kawaida, and Communicative Practice: Bringing Good Into the World

Maulana Karenga
In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 211-225
"In this chapter, Maulana Karenga explores ancient and ongoing African traditions of communicative practice in understanding African American rhetoric. For Karenga, African rhetoric is essentially the communicative practice that is oriented to building community and bringing good into the world, whi ... more
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Africa's Media Boom: The Role of International Aid
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Mary Myers
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 35 pp.
"Since the early 1990s, media outlets in Sub-Saharan Africa have proliferated extraordinarily, freeing Africa's press and liberating the airwaves from monopoly by the state. This paper summarises these developments and analyses in how far foreign donors were catalysts of this development. Myers desc ... more
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Toward a Theory of African Communication

Joseph Oládèjo Fáníran
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 146-159
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Cameroun 2014

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), 132 pp.
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Development Journalism and Gender: A Case Study of Broadcasting Media in Tanzania

Eva Solomon
Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 277 pp.
"While development journalism was mainly a top-down form of communication (authoritative) during the socialistic era, in the liberal era the development-oriented journalists draw on both the Social Responsibility and Libertarian Theories of the media. The ‘state–public service’ broadcasters re ... more
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Jésus au bout du clic: L'Eglise répond à la communication

Jean-Baptiste Malenge Kalunzu
Kinshasa: Baobab (2014), 152 pp.
"Poussées autant par l’enseignement de l’Eglise que par les appels de la mission au quotidien, les communautés de l’Eglise d’Afrique s’engagent de jour en jour et de mieux en mieux pour apporter une réponse aux appels à la communication. Il suffit même de considérer le besoin de visi ... more
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Barometre des Médias Africains: Benin 2014

Windhoek; Cotonou: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), 107 pp.
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Perception Management: Deterring Potential Migrants Through Information Campaigns

Charles Heller
Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 3 (2014), pp. 303-318
"How are images used in the aim of governing migration? This article probes this question through the example of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) information campaigns (ICs) in Cameroon, through which it seeks to ‘manage the perception’ of potential illegal(ized) migrants t ... more
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Re-thinking the workings of community radios: how community is a community radio in Uganda

David Ouma Balikowa, G. W. Ssebaggala et al.
Kampala: Unwanted Witness Uganda (2014), vi, 20 pp.
"Community radios in Uganda have to overcome funding hurdles if they must retain their original community service mission. Trying to imitate commercial radio in order to win the approval of advertisers is not in their best interest in the long run. Instead they need to believe in themselves, win rec ... more
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Mapping Digital Media: Global Findings. Digital Journalism: Making News, Breaking News
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Marius Dragomir, Mark Thompson (eds.)
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Program on Independent Journalism (2014), 360 pp.
"The Mapping Digital Media research confirms that digital television and the internet have had a radical impact on media businesses, journalists, and citizens at large. As might be expected, platforms distributing journalism have proliferated, media companies are revamping their operations, and citi ... more
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The Social Media Landscape in Nigeria

africapractice (2014), 32 pp.
"This report is the 1st of future analysis, which aims to highlight the personalities and the platforms that are the most impactful through the quality of content and material ( not just the most popular but the most reliable, forward thinking, social media bodies that are in*uencing the landscape w ... more