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Youth, Facebook and Politics in South Africa

Tanja Bosch
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 119-130
"This article explores how Facebook is used by South African youth, with particular reference to their political participation and involvement. Research has shown the declining involvement of young people in political processes, particularly since democratic elections in 1994. This is an internation ... more
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Citizen Watchdog Report: November 2012-April 2013

Edna Ipalei
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 35 pp.
"For six months between November 2012 and April 2013, fifty citizen watchdog monitors carefully noted incidents of hate speech and dangerous speech broadcast by five radio stations in Kenya. It was part of Internews in Kenya’s Free and Fair Media (FFM) programme aimed at working with the media to ... more
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Assessment of Quality in Reporting with TMF Grants: Comparison of Works by Various TMF Grantees with Non-TMF Reporters’ Works

Christoph Spurk
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2013), 28 pp.
"The results of this content analysis comparing TMF grantees with non-TMF control group show a remarkable performance of TMF. In many areas the TMF group performs significantly better than the control group which can be attributed to TMF's work. Significant good performance of TMF was found in the f ... more
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Kontrolle durch Aufkauf

José Gama
Afrika Süd, issue 2 (2013), pp. 22-25
"Angolas Medien werden weitgehend von der Regierung kontrolliert. Mit dubiosen Firmen, die aus dem Nichts entstehen, ermächtigt sich die regierende MPLA kritischer Privatmedien und bringt sie auf Linie. Ausnahme ist allein die Zeitung Folha 8, die ihre Unabhängigkeit wahren konnte." (Seite 22)
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Afrika(ner)bilder in westlichen Medien: Ungleichheit und die Repräsentation des Anderen im Zuge globaler Kommunikationsflüsse

Michael Waltinger
In: Medienbildung in einer sich wandelnden Gesellschaft
Björn Maurer, Petra Reinhard-Hauck, Jan-René Schluchter, Martina von Zimmermann (eds.)
München: kopaed (2013), pp. 279-290
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Edutainment: Using Stories and Media for Social Action and Behaviour Change
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Harriet Perlman et al.
Johannesburg: Soul City Institute (2013), 141 pp.
"This manual is for media practitioners and social activists who wish to use the power of entertainment and mass media to promote health, human rights and social justice. Drawing on successful stories and case studies from Africa and elsewhere, this manual aims to inspire, give fresh ideas and share ... more
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Dimensions of Advertising Theory and Practice in Africa

Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Beatrice A. Laninhun (eds.)
Dakar: Amalion Publishing (2013), xxii, 256 pp.
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Étude sur le développement des médias au Gabon: Basée sur les indicateurs de développement des médias de l’UNESCO

Laurent Charles Boyomo Assala, Emmanuel Mbede
Paris: UNESCO (2013), 97 pp.
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Look Beyond the Obvious: The Blueprint for Media Strategies in Africa

Nielsen (2013), 13 pp.
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Deconstructing the Community Radio Model: Applying Practice to Theory in East Africa

David Conrad
Journalism, volume 15, issue 6 (2013), pp. 773-789
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.
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Role of Farm-Radio Agricultural Programmes in Disseminating Agricultural Technology to Rural Famers for Agricultural Development in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

A. K. Ango, A. I. Illo, A. N. Abdullahi, M. A. Maikasuwa, A. Amina
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology, volume 2, issue 1 (2013), pp. 54-68
"The finding of the research reveals that majorities (90%) of the farmers were males, within their active productive ages (31-42 years) and 50% of them had attained Islamic education. Most of the farmers obtained agricultural information through radio agricultural programmes (97.8%) out of which maj ... more
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Promesses et désespoirs d'un service public: La Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise

Kadialy Diakhité
Paris: L'Harmattan (2013), 320 pp.
"La Radiotélévision sénégalaise (RTS) est en retard sur l’évolution politique du peuple et de l’Administration qui ont réussi deux alternances pacifi ques à la tête de l’État. Elle reste la chasse gardée des pouvoirs successifs qui en ont toujours fait un instrument de propagande à ... more
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Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry

Matthias Krings, Onookome Okome (eds.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2013), viii, 371 pp.
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Sustainable Development and Green Communication: African and Asian Perspectives

Jan Servaes (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xvii, 220 pp.
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Negative Political Advertising and the Imperative of Broadcast Regulation in Ghana

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 203-217
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Communication and Media Studies in South Africa: Observations, Impressions and Remarks

Abiodun Salawu
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 87-100
"This article offers some self-reflexive comments on Communication and media studies in South Africa. The discipline in South Africa, presents a very exciting and intriguing posture for the simple fact that it allows for diversity– observable in the variety of labels, emphases and curricula. Equal ... more
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The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World

Sarah Cook
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 67 pp.
"This report focuses on six types of media outlets based outside mainland China that together reach news consumers in dozens of countries: major international media; local outlets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; mainstream media in Hong Kong and Taiwan; exile Chinese outlets providing uncensored ... more
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Sahara: Tausend Jahre Austausch von Ideen und Waren

Ralph A. Austen
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2013), 268 pp.
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Will the Social Media Lenses be the Framework for Sustainable Development in Rural Nigeria?

Robert Madu, Shedrack Chinwuba Moguluwa
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 237-254
"As academia, development experts and policy-makers have continued to search for the right mix of technology, methodology, easy-to-use and understandable scientific elements and infrastructure that would suit the nation’s peculiar circumstances towards meeting her developmental needs. This situati ... more