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Länderheft Kamerun: Ganz Afrika in einem Land

Odile Jolys, Martin Keiper (Red.)
Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2010), 174 pp.
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Diasporic Grief and Grievance On-Line: How South African and Serbian Diasporas Use the Web

Eric Louw, Zala Volcic
Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 4, issue 1 (2010), 19 pp.
"This paper explores the political and psychological angles of white South African and Serbian diasporas’ discourses on-line. On the basis of textual analysis of diasporic websites we argue that participants speak of ongoing grievance over the loss of their countries and assert that they have been ... more
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Die Drohung mit dem Maulkorb: Warum Selbstregulierung der Medien in Afrika eine wichtige Herausforderung bleibt

Tina Hennecken
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 4 pp.
"Neunzehn Jahre nach der »Windhoek Deklaration« für eine unabhängige und pluralistische Presse in Afrika ist vom anfänglichen »Wind des Wandels« im Medienbereich nicht viel geblieben. Die Presse- und Medienfreiheit wird sowohl durch dominante Regierungsparteien als auch durch die Nachlässigk ... more
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Die Funktion von Journalisten im Demokratisierungsprozess in Liberia: Eine explorative Studie über ihr Rollenselbstverständnis

Julia Bayer
Münster: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Magisterarbeit (2010), 124 pp.
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Youth Voices Project Radio Magwi FM 92.5: Project Report

Munich; Juba: Xchange Perspectives; DED Programme Southern Sudan (2010), 21 pp.
"This report showcases the six week long setting up of Magwi FM 92.5, a youth-run community radio station, under DED guidance, in South Sudan. As the radio stations' primary objective is to contribute to local peacebuilding, the report begins with the selection of 18 untrained volunteers and their t ... more
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Not really enough: Foreign donors and journalism training in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda

Anya Schiffrin
Journalism Practice, volume 4, issue 3 (2010), pp. 405-416
"The media in much of sub-Saharan Africa is severely constrained by several factors: lack of resources, government pressure, the influence of media ownership and the declining quality of secondary education and professional journalism education. In many countries, newspapers are unable to perform th ... more
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The Anthropology of News & Journalism: Global Perspectives

S. Elizabeth Bird (ed.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), viii, 328 pp.
"The Anthropology of News and Journalism is the first book to explore the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective—as a form of cultural meaning-making in its creation, content, and dissemination. Anthropology's global, comparative perspective and eth ... more
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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa: Comparative Analysis of the South African and Ugandan PALM Studies

Eve Gray, Andrew Rens, Karen Bruns
Cape Town; Ottawa: Association for Creative Research and Development; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 117 pp.
Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa (PALM Africa) has been a two-country research programme conducted in South Africa and Uganda, using action research to explore the potential of open access and flexible and open intellectual property licences with the aim of enhancing the impact ... more
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Guidelines for Religious Broadcasting

Accra: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) (2010), viii, 8 pp.
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Public Diplomacy of Kosovo: Status Quo, Challenges and Options

Martin Wählisch, Behar Xharra
Prishtina (KO): Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 75 pp.
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Theatre In/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare

Vicensia Shule
In: Trends in Twenty-First-Century African Theatre and Performance
Kene Igweonu (ed.)
Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi (2010), pp. 191-215
"This chapter explores the relationship between theatre and neoliberal policies in Tanzania. It analyses the consequences of neoliberalism for the Tanzanian theatre and exposes the challenges it faces as a simulacrum of people’s culture. I also present evidence on why it is important, when analyzi ... more
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Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives

Mick Broderick, Antonio Traverso (eds.)
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2010), vii, 285 pp.
"The essays collected in this book follow a contemporary critical trend in the field of trauma studies that reflects comparatively on artistic and media representations of traumatic histories and experiences from countries around the world. Focusing on a diversity of art and media forms—including ... more
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Interactive Radio for Justice: Mid-Project Impact Assessment Analysis

Interactive Radio for Justice (IRFJ) (2010), 70 pp.
This report details the results of the first year of a two-year impact assessment being conducted on the Interactive Radio for Justice project at its sites of operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR). Interactive Radio for Justice is a project designed t ... more
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Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution

Mahir Saul, Ralph A. Austen (eds.)
Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (2010), vii, 248 pp.
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Report on the AUC/EC Joint Informal Expert Meeting on Media and Development

Addis Ababa: African Union Commission; European Commission (2010), 51 pp.
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Capacity Development in Practice

Jan Ubels, Naa-Aku Acquaye-Baddoo, Alan Fowler (eds.)
London; Washington, DC: Earthscan (2010), xxii, 338 pp.
"Real-life practice is poorly understood and undervalued as a distinct professional domain. Written by practitioners, this innovative publication is designed to make capacity development more professional and increasingly effective in achieving development goals. Practical illustrations draw on expe ... more
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Medios de servicio público y transparencia: Análisis y medición de su desempeño

Fidela Navarro Rodríguez, Ernesto Villanueva
Quito: CIESPAL, 2nd ed. (2010), 321 pp.
"El estudio de los medios públicos desde la doble perspectiva jurídica y de análisis de desempeño constituye una iniciativa inédita y necesaria. Lo consideramos así porque no hay todavía distinciones conceptuales claras entre lo que son medios públicos, medios de servicio público y medios g ... more
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Tanzania Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Ed Pauker, Mercy Kimaro, Jimmy Innes
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 27 pp.
"From August to October 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in Tanzania to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 12 focus-group discussions with Tanzanian citizens, as well as 17 in- ... more
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Language, Cultural and Communication Rights of Ethnic Minorities in South Africa

Last Moyo
International Communication Gazette, volume 72, issue 4-5 (2010), pp. 425-440
"This article focuses on ethnic and linguistic minorities and radio broadcasting in South Africa. It examines the country’s language, cultural and broadcasting policies and their potential impact on the participation of ethnic minorities in radio broadcasting. In particular, special focus is given ... more
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Translation, Language and Fiction Publishing in Africa: The Case of Uganda

Bob Lapajian
Utrecht University, Master Thesis (2010), 132 pp.