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Media Reform Amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine
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Tarik Jusic, Heather Gilberds
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 36 pp.
"This study points to several recommendations for how international donors can improve support for media sector reform in countries at critical political junctures, and how they can build upon and strengthen approaches that have been effective in the past. Donor support is more likely to be effectiv ... more
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Africa, China, and the Development of Digital Infrastructure Governance: A Case Study of Ghana and Tanzania

Eric Bishel
Vienna: Central European University, School of Public Policy, Master Thesis (2022), v, 35 pp.
"This thesis uses a comparative case study to examine Tanzania and Ghana, two countries where China has contributed or sold large amounts of infrastructure, but who have seen different political reactions to and uses of this infrastructure. It poses the question: how do we explain the differing path ... more
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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) Action in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report, Country Summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 3 pp.
"UNESCO’s support to the DRC in 2020 and 2021, through its Kinshasa Office, has mainly focused on the construction and consolidation of a strategic dialogue between the government, state agencies, the media, social society, academia and international organizations. This way, UNESCO helped pave the ... more
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Using Digital Platforms for Agriculture, Health and Nutrition

Stanford Senzene, Enida Friel, Abdou Ahmed, Philip Farrell
GOAL (2022), 4 pp.
"This study sought to assess the hypothesis that age and gender are associated with the VIAMO digital platform usage in our GOAL project UNITLIFE. The study identified significant gender- and age-based differentials in the platform usage. These findings are interpreted as suggestive evidence that mo ... more
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Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South
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Herman Wasserman (ed.)
Rondebosch: University of Cape Town, Centre for Film and Media Studies; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2022), 256 pp.
"Despite information disorder being a widespread problem in countries in the Global South, the study of this phenomenon remains dominated by examples, case studies, and models from the Global North. Knowledge about the various manifestations of information disorder, the range of responses, and the s ... more
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Les médias africains à l'heure de la rupture : Vers un grand rétablissement

Guila Thiam
Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 168 p.
"L'Afrique suscite davantage d'intérêt et les médias d'ailleurs cherchent inlassablement l'attention de ses populations. Toutefois, sa voix et ses souhaits comptent pour peu dans la gouvernance mondiale et dans les médias dominants. Les plans de rattrapage socioéconomique qui lui sont appliqué ... more
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‘Deadlier Than Boko Haram’: Representations of the Nigerian Herder–farmer Conflict in the Local and Foreign Press

Innocent Chiluwa, Isioma M Chiluwa
Media, War & Conflict, volume 15, issue 1 (2022), pp. 3-24
"This corpus-based discourse study briefly reviews the activities of Boko Haram and the conflict between the nomadic herdsmen and sedentary agrarian farmers of north-central and southern Nigeria. But the study focuses on the representations of the main actors in the conflict and the conflict itself ... more
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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.
"Westafrika wird in Europa oft undifferenziert als Krisenregion wahrgenommen. Während fundierte Kenntnisse über die Geschichte und Gegenwart der dortigen Staaten vielfach fehlen, halten sich Stereotype über die Ursachen von Flucht und Migration in und aus Westafrika zäh. Der Soziologe Olaf Berna ... more
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) Toolkit: A How-To Guide for USAID Missions

USAID; Digital Frontiers; DAI (2022), 107 pp.
"The Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) Toolkit is a step-by-step guide designed to help USAID Missions conduct high-quality research that will directly inform Mission strategic and programmatic decisions for digital development interventions. The DECA is the flagship initiative of the USAI ... more
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Représentations des migrations dans les médias: État des lieux des initiatives de renforcement de capacités menées et recommandations

Issy-les-Moulineaux: CFI Développement Médias (2022), 309 pp.
"Cette étude participative, menée dans le cadre du projet Dialogues migrations, a été conduite pour identifier les acteurs et actrices agissant dans les médias et sur les migrations, comprendre et analyser les représentations véhiculées par les discours médiatiques et les discours publics r ... 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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Post-2018 Media Landscape in Ethiopia: A Review

Mulatu Alemayehu Moges
Center for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD) (2022), v, 46 pp.
"The advancement of digital technologies, political and legal changes, and the growth in the number of journalism schools in Ethiopia have generally contributed to the overall growth of media outlets and media workers. However, there is no comprehensive source of information that shows the impact of ... more
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Soutien aux secteurs du cinéma et de l'audiovisuel dans les pays ACP

ACP-UE Culture (2022), 16 pp.
"De nombreux artistes et créateurs émergent dans les pays ACP. Ils nous surprennent par leur dynamisme, mais aussi par leur capacité de résilience et de persévérance, surtout pendant la pandémie de la Covid-19. Les industries culturelles et créatives devraient, dès lors, pouvoir offrir aux ... more
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Platform Work Amidst the Cost of Living Crisis: South Africa Ratings 2022

Sharon Geeling, Pitso Tsibolane, Kelle Howson et al.
Fairwork; Oxford Internet Institute; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) (2022), 43 pp.
"This fourth Fairwork report for South Africa continues to chart the evolution of the national platform economy. In South Africa, digital labour platforms hold the potential to reduce the extremely high levels of unemployment and inequality. However, the annual South African Fairwork ratings also p ... more
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Digital Africa: How Big Tech and African Startups Are Reshaping the Continent

Tevin Tafese
Hamburg: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) (2022), 13 pp.
"In summary, digitalisation is gaining momentum in Africa as the continent experiences significant improvements in its digital infrastructure and a vibrant startup ecosystem. To harness this momentum across society, African governments and their partners will need to strike the right balance between ... more
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Disrupted Media - Disrupted Academy: Rethinking African J-Schools

Franz Krüger
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2022), 37 pp.
"The question at the core of this discussion paper is what are the implications for African journalism schools of the international crisis facing journalism and the specific needs of local audiences? More specifically, what are the implications in terms of curriculum, target groups and modalities? O ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2021-2022: Digital Futures for a Post-Pandemic World

Alan Finlay et al.
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2022), 268 pp.
"The pandemic made inequality, discrimination, exclusion and structural inequity more palpable, and rather than stagnating in indignation, it reactivated a sense of rebellion and contestation. The strength and sharpness with which we connect social justice, gender justice, environmental justice, eco ... more
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Reframing Africa? Reflections on Modernity and the Moving Image

Cynthia Kros, Reece Auguiste, Pervaiz Khan (eds.)
Cape Town; Bethlehem, PA: African Minds; Media Studies Press (2022), ix, 246 pp.
"Reframing Africa is at root a project about the African archive broadly defined. It asks questions pertaining to this archive as a repository of historical knowledge, its systems of classification, and what strategies should be developed to ensure its preservation in light of state negligence. In a ... more
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The State of Journalism Reporting in Tanzania

Abdallah Katunzi, Christoph Spurk
Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam, School of Journalism and Mass Communication (2022), iv, 50 pp.
"The quality of journalistic reporting in Tanzania reveals a twofold pattern. On the one hand, there is a significant increase in quality in 2022 relative to the quality performance reported in 2019. In fact, the performance in many quality criteria for all media types has improved in terms of multi ... more
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Africa's soft power: Can Africa's creativity transform the continent? A summary of a nine-country survey

Natasha Kimani Rebecca Pointer, Moky Makura
Africa No Filter (2022), 16 pp.
"1. In all nine countries where youth were polled, more than 85% of respondents believed that arts and culture were an important part of their society. 2. Creatives are influential and admired:An average of 82% of all respondents respected and admired creatives in their country. 3. Young Africans ... more