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Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria

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How Far to Go? Kenya's Media Caught in the Turmoil of a Failed Election: Report

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Images et paix: Les Rwandais et les Burundais face au cinéma et à l'audiovisuel
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Guido Convents
Leuven: Afrika Filmfestival (2008), 605 pp.
"Les Rwandais et les Burundais ont une culture cinématographique et audiovisuelle captivante et centenaire. Elle a été introduite pendant l’époque coloniale allemande et est ensuite tombée dans les mains des Belges qui l’ont développée après. Au Rwanda/Burundi, ils produisaient des films ... more
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Foundations of African Communication with Examples from Yorùbá Culture

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Communication for Development and Social Change

Jan Servaes (ed.)
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2008), 428 pp.
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Labour Community Radio Project: An Audience Research Evaluation of Local Community Radio Stations and the Weekly Labour Show

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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

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M-Libraries: Libraries on the Move to Provide Virtual Access

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Politics, Religion and the Media: The Transformation of the Public Sphere in Senegal

Frank Wittmann
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Entertainment-Education and Audience Responses: The Case of Menta-Menged Radio Serial Drama in Ethiopia

Aderaw Genetu
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2008), vi, 89 pp.
"This study attempts to explore entertainment-education (E-E) radio drama audience responses/reactions, their motivating factors in writing letters to the drama and the relationship between audience responses and over all program goals of the drama, Menta Menged (Crossroads), in Ethiopia. Because en ... more
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Shooting the Messenger: The Political Impact of War Reporting

Paul L. Moorcraft, Philip M. Taylor
Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books (2008), xv, 318 pp.
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Pop Culture with a Purpose! Using Edutainment Media for Social Change

Virginia Lacayo, Arvind Singhal
The Hague: Oxfam Novib (2008), 53 pp.
"This publication focuses on unique communication-centered approaches to social change and introduces basic concepts, strategies and theories supporting edutainment strategies to foster social change and social movement building. It provides examples of how the organizations have used edutainment st ... more
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Teaching Effective Media Relations to NGOs, PLHIV and Government Communications Officials: A Manual for Trainers

Mia Malan
Washington, DC: Internews Network (2008), 64 pp.
"This manual is intended to help you train non-governmental organizations working in HIV-related fields and People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Networks on how to work effectively with the media. The manual is based on Internews Network’s Local Voices Training Curriculum that was developed by the Kenya ... more
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Global Journalism Research: Theories, Methods, Findings, Future

Martin Löffelholz, David Weaver (eds.)
Oxford: Blackwell (2008), 304 pp.
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Stealing Empire: P2P, Intellectual Property and Hip-Hop Subversion

Adam Haupt
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2008), xxiv, 264 pp.
"Stealing Empire poses the question, "What possibilities for agency exist in the age of corporate globalisation?" Using the work of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt as a point of entry, Adam Haupt delves into varied terrain to locate answers in this ground-breaking inquiry. He explores arguments abou ... more
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Power, Politics and the Identity in South African Media

Adrian Hadland, Eric Louw, Simphiwe Sesanti, Herman Wasserman (eds.)
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2008), vii, 403 pp.
"South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected here explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection, and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabl ... more
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La liberté de la presse écrite au Cameroun: Ombres et lumières

Erik Essousse
Paris: L'Harmattan (2008), 367 pp.
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An Assessment of HIV and AIDS Radio Campaign Messages in Zambia

Lusaka: Panos Southern Africa (2008), 43 pp.
"The objective of this study is to assess HIV and AIDS Radio campaign messages in southern Africa and the impact they have on their target audiences. The countries involved in the study are Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The intention is to document the assessment and share detailed ... more
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Littératures orales africaines: Perspectives théoretiques et méthodologiques

Ursula Baumgardt, Jean Derive (eds.)
Paris: Karthala (2008), 439 pp.
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The Broadcasting Independence Handbook: Lessons from the South African Experience

Johannesburg: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) (2008), v, 38 pp.
"The objectives of this handbook are as follows: to provide resources to civil society organisations in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which are seeking to achieve independent broadcasting regulation and an independent public broadcaster; to share South Africa’s experiences of s ... more