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Media Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and Stakes in French-Speaking Countries

Renaud de la Brosse, Marie-Soleil Frère
African Journalism Studies, volume 33, issue 3 (2012), pp. 74-92
"After independence since the 1960s, the legacies and traditions in the field of media policy led African countries from the three distinct European linguistic spheres (French, English and Portuguese) to draw on the institutional models in use by the former colonial powers. Media policy is a fundame ... more
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Editorial Freedom and Responsibility

African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 1-137
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Reality Television for Community Development: The Kwanda Initiative in South Africa

Lebo Ramafoko, Gavin Andersson, Renay Weiner
Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special issue (2012), pp. 149-162
"Kwanda was an innovative community development initiative of the Soul City Institute and partners. Five deprived communities were challenged to make their areas 'look better, feel better and work better’ by addressing health and development issues. Responses to this challenge were documented in a ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more
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The Nigerian Press and the Challenge of Private Newspaper Ownership: A Study of the Nigerian Tribune, 1949–2009

Abimbola Omotayo Adesoji, Shina Alimi
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 357-376
"As the oldest surviving privately owned newspaper in Nigeria, the Nigerian Tribune (NT) provides a classic example of how newspapers come to serve a common cause while at the same time projecting the personal ambitions and interests of their founders. This article examines the challenges of private ... more
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Report on Training Needs for South Sudanese Journalists

Johan Romare, Lars Tallert
Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2012), 30 pp.
"During a two days workshop at AMDISS Media Development Institute (MDI), 31 journalists, editors and managers from 21 South Sudanese media houses and media organisations from seven States met to define the long term training needs within the South Sudanese media sector. The Fojo training needs asses ... more
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Niger: Media and Telecom Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 104 pp.
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Promoting National Unity: The Role of Radio Broadcasting in the Process of Decolonisation in Namibia and Zambia

Robert Heinze
Universität Konstanz, Doctoral Thesis (2012), iv, 313 pp.
"This thesis operates from the observation that "Decolonising the Mind", i.e. a cultural decolonisation process, was needed after the independence of African countries to support and flesh out political decolonisation. Culture, as shown, played a major role in the mobilisation of support for nationa ... more
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La participación de la comunidad en las radios locales y comunitarias: Un estudio exploratorio en África, Asia, América Latina y el Pacífico

Julia Fröhlich, Daniel Däschle, Andrés Geerts, Sofie Jannusch
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2012), 19 pp.
"Este informe presenta los principales resultados de tres sondeos regionales sobre la participación en las radios locales y comunitarias en África, América Latina, Asia y el Pacífico. Los sondeos investigaron la participación de las respectivas comunidades en la programación, la gestión, la p ... more
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The Handbook of Global Media Research

Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), 554 pp.
"Bringing together the perspectives of more than 40 internationally acclaimed authors, The Handbook of Global Media Research explores competing methodologies in the dynamic field of transnational media and communications, providing valuable insight into research practice in a globalized media landsc ... more
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A Pilot Study for GFMD’s Media Development Toolkit: Testing Standards, Strengthening Professionalism. An Assessment of Ghana’s Media Landscape

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA); IREX; Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2012), 49 pp.
"The study did not aim to carry out new surveys or collect information that was not already publicly available. Since the toolkit is aimed at providing media development organizations with a tool to assess media landscapes without having to carry out extensive new research, the Ghana study worked on ... more
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Cameroon's Private Daily Press: In Search of a Viable Economic Model

Thomas Atenga
African Journalism Studies, volume 33, issue 3 (2012), pp. 13-29
"Around the world, the press is struggling to find its place in today's changing information market. Skeptics foresee an imminent death if it fails to reform its means of production and dissemination, while optimists praise its capacity to resist the onslaught of other mass media. This article aims ... more
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People's Radio: Communicating Change Across Africa
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Linje Manyozo
Penang (MY): Southbound (2012), xxi, 351 pp.
"The author discusses the challenges of using radio as a tool for community engagement in development. It examines specific case studies from the African continent. The book also considers the different ways governments, organizations, broadcasters and communities can use radio networks as instrumen ... more
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The Challenges of Journalism Ethics in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Vicky Elongo Lukulunga
African Journalism Studies, volume 33, issue 3 (2012), pp. 60-73
"This article pinpoints the various obstacles that prevent the emergence of genuine media pluralism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and aims to clarify the sense and/or senselessness of journalistic practices across the Congolese media landscape. The contrast between norms and actual practi ... more
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Eine Nacht des Glaubens: Eine Meditation über die Anfänge und die historische Rolle von Présence Africaine im Rahmen der afrikanischen Unabhängigkeiten

Valentin Yves Mudimbre
In: 50 Jahre afrikanische Un-Abhängigkeiten: eine (selbst)-kritische Bilanz
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Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 154-168
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Rich Digital Media as a Tool in Post-Conflict Truth and Reconciliation

Michael L. Best, William J. Long, John Etherto
Media, War & Conflict, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 231-249
"Modern rich digital media (such as interactive systems with audio and video as well as text) have not been robustly deployed as a tool in the processes of peace-building, healing and reconciliation in nations emerging from civil conflict. This article studies the use of rich digital media in Liberi ... more
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Mapping Digital Media: News and New Media in Central Africa. Challenges and Opportunities

Marie-Soleil Frère
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 65 pp.
"In this report, Marie-Soleil Frère surveys the news landscapes of DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Marshaling an impressive range of data, she examines patterns of production and consumption, the often grim realities of law and regulation, the embryonic state of media policy, the role of donors, and the ... more
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The Three Alternative Journalisms of Africa

Terje S. Skjerdal
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 7 (2012), pp. 636-654
"Much African journalism scholarship has had a critical stand towards ‘Western’ journalism models. The criticism has resulted in the submission of alternative African journalism models such as ujamaa journalism, ubuntu journalism and oral discourse journalism. The present article reviews a numbe ... more
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Mobilizing the Hordes: Radio Drama as Development Theatre in Sub-Saharan Africa

Victor N. Gomia
Bamenda (CM): Langaa (2012), xvi, 277 pp.
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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

Adam Clayton Powell
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 36 pp.
"As Africa becomes increasingly urban, the reach and use of mobile telephones and other portable digital devices inevitably are becoming a mass medium. This shift creates new opportunities for existing broadcasters and publishers. And it creates new opportunities for a much larger number of new inde ... more