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Reframing Africa? Reflections on Modernity and the Moving Image

Cynthia Kros, Reece Auguiste, Pervaiz Khan (eds.)
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Telling the Story: Remembering Elisabeth Blanche Olofio

Jules Swinkels
Free Press Unlimited; Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Reporters Without Borders (2022), 33 pp.
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Yinka David-West, Kemi Ogunyemi, Chinyere Emeshie, Amaka Anozie, Daniel Arubayi, Mark Graham
Fairwork; Oxford Internet Institute; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB); Lagos Business School (2022), 41 pp.
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Brennpunkt Westafrika: Die Fluchtursachen und was Europa tun sollte

Olaf Bernau
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2022), 317 pp.
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Use of Digital Media for Family Planning Information by Women and Their Social Networks in Kenya: A Qualitative Study in Peri-Urban Nairobi

Anja Zinke-Allmang, Rahma Hassan, Amiya Bhatia, Krittika Gorur, Shipow Amy
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Badala Tachilisa Balule
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Journalism and Mental Health: Ugandan Journalists’ Perspectives

Angella Napakol, Samuel Kazibwe, Ann Mugunga, Elizabeth Kitego, Osborn Ahimbisibwe, Joseph Kiva
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Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol (eds.)
Leeds: Emerald Publishing (2022), pp. 147-162
"In the midst of a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists play an important role of sharing information of consequence with the public. As first responders to precarious events, they work in close proximity to the threat they are reporting on yet at the same time struggle with ... more
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Trust in the Internet

Ipsos (2022), 23 pp.
"An international survey reveals that Internet users' trust on the Internet has dropped significantly since 2019. That is among the key findings of a 20-country Ipsos survey released by The New Institute in Hamburg, Germany. Only six in ten (63%) Internet users on average across the 20 countries sai ... more
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Datafest Africa22 Report

Datafest Africa; Pollicy (2022), 18 pp.
"DataFest Africa is an annual event that seeks to celebrate data use in the region by bringing together a variety of stakeholders of diverse backgrounds such as government, civil society, academics, students and private industry experts under one roof and theme. Since 2019, Pollicy, with support fro ... more
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Affordances of Digital Platforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analytical Review

Olawande Daramola, Ernest Etim
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), issue 88: e12213 (2022), 21 pp.
"This paper presents an analytical review of the technological affordances of digital platforms in SSA. We adopted a systematic literature review methodology that entailed gathering evidence from relevant literature and digital platforms in three countries in SSA (South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya). ... more
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Schlaue Maschinen: Künstliche Intelligenz verändert die Welt

welt-sichten, Heft 12 (2022)
"Künstliche Intelligenz ist auf Smartphones unser ständiger Begleiter, in sozialen Netzwerken verbreitet sie Desinformation, sie wird zur Überwachung und beim Militär eingesetzt. Welche Regeln braucht es, damit uns KI mehr nützt als schadet? Welche billigen Arbeitskräfte liefern die Daten für ... more
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Children and Media Worldwide in a Time of a Pandemic

Maya Götz, Dafna Lemish (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2022), vi, 242 pp.
"This edited volume focuses on the lived experiences of children during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020, their knowledge and emotional reactions, the adjustments they made in their everyday lives, and the strengths and skills they developed in response. A central theme ... more
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Digital Rights Are Human Rights: An Introduction to the State of Affairs and Challenges in Africa

Hendrik Bussiek
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 7 pp.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, 495 million people (46 percent of the population) subscribed to mobile phones in 2020, however, the cost of accessing the internet is very high and many African Governments are renowned for restricting access to the internet to limit critics and their opposition through inter ... more
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Influencing factors of ‘local’ conflict journalism and implications for media development: A critical appraisal

Fabíola Ortiz dos Santos, Viviane Schönbächler
Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 189-209
"When conflicts emerge the media often become, intended or not, a key actor. It is through media that every party within a conflict attempts to convey its own narrative, contributing to a complex reality that affects journalists’ work in many different ways. This article aims to reflect on Bläsi ... more
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A New Deal for Journalism in Africa. Part 1: Three Pillars for Bringing Platforms to Pay Fair Value for Public Interest Journalism

Sekoetlane Phamodi
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 9 pp.
"Worldwide, the revenue base for journalism has been disrupted by digital innovation and the dominance of technology platforms in the audience and advertiser-facing markets. Revenue models relied upon by news and information services have collapsed, and credible journalism and its social function ar ... more
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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) Action in Sudan: 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report, Country Summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 6 pp.
"Sudan’s transitional authorities expressed a strong political commitment to reform laws and policies relative to freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information. This was notably demonstrated by the suspension of old laws limiting freedom of expression, as well as by the signing of ... more
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The Digital Worlds of Displacement-Affected Communities: A Cross-Context Study of How People Affected by Displacement Use Mobile Phones
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GSMA; UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) (2022), 76 pp.
"Through in-depth qualitative research and a survey to confirm and quantify findings, this study aims to provide a more holistic understanding of how displacement-affected communities in three humanitarian settings are using their mobile phones. These settings were chosen to provide a variety of per ... more
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Les journalistes et leurs médias en Afrique: Pensées mêlées en souvenir de Marie-Soleil Frère

Marie-Soleil Frère (honoured person)
Bruxelles: Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles (2022), 183 pp.
"Ce livre est un hommage à Marie-Soleil Frère, directrice de recherches au FNRS et enseignante à l'ULB. Il retrace le parcours académique d'une intellectuelle hors pair, impliquée à la fois dans la recherche, l'enseignement et la coopération en Afrique subsaharienne francophone. Lire la suite ... more
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“Playing” in the Eyes of the Ferret Team: Examining the Use of Surveillance Strategies by Zimbabwean Journalists

Lungile A. Tshuma, Mbongeni J. Msimanga, Makhosi N. Sibanda
African Journalism Studies, volume 43, issue 1 (2022), pp. 53-69
"The Zimbabwean state has in recent years stepped up its surveillance efforts on citizens, civil society and journalists who are viewed as the “enemies of the state”. This state surveillance has been argued to infringe on citizens’ right to privacy and access to information. We are mindful tha ... more
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Conflict narratives in the news and digital spaces: The dangerous placebo of geopolitical power and their digital news versus technology effects on stories of water and border disuptes in Africa

Loubna Mckouar
Africa No Filter (2022), iii, 31 pp.