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The Dynamics of Racism, Antisemitism and Xenophobia on Social Media in South Africa

Thierry Rousset, Maluleke Gavaza, Adam Mendelsohn
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), x, 221 pp.
"This study examines racism, antisemitism, and xenophobia on Facebook and Twitter. The authors were looking for patterns in the mass of posts, tweets, and images that circulate on social media. To do this, they focused on a series of case studies. These demonstrate that political discussion on socia ... more
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Keeping Journalists Safe Online: A Guide for Newsrooms in West Africa & Beyond

Gideon Sarpong
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 27 pp.
"The guidelines contained here specify steps and measures that newsrooms and journalists in West Africa can take to mitigate the problem of online abuse. The purpose is not to shield journalists from criticism or promote the criminalization of online speech, but to deal with a real threat facing jou ... more
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Under-Moderated, Unhinged and Ubiquitous: Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State Networks on Facebook. Why Al-Shabaab and Islamic State Pages and Profiles in East African Languages Continue to Plague Facebook

Moustafa Ayad, Anisa Harrasy, Mohammed Abdullah A.
London et al.: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2022), 21 pp.
"Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) led a two-year investigation into the online media ecosystem of al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Africa, analyzing the role of “independent news” outlets and their intersections with hundreds-strong networks of amplifier profiles on F ... more
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Social media and behaviour in Zimbabwe: A case of the Ruwa youths in Harare

D. H. Mapuvire, V. Mapuvire
Public Administration & Development Alternatives (JPADA), volume 7, issue 2 (2022), pp. 50-59
"Social media, with its generally reported adverse effects, has become prevalent in daily lives of young people in Zimbabwe. The aim of this article is to outline the effects of social media on youth behaviour in Zimbabwe, as described by the Ruwa youths in Harare. The article reports the results of ... more
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African Data Trusts: New Tools Towards Collective Data Governance?

Nokuthula Olorunju, Rachel Adams
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 14 pp.
"This paper discusses whether data trusts are feasible structures in an African context, concluding that there are significant limitations to a straight import of trust models developed elsewhere. It goes on to outline specific considerations that should be prioritised in the development of bottom u ... more
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Modes of Perception and Issues of Trust in the Media

Anja Wollenberg, Katharina Nötzold (eds.)
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 12, issue 2 (2022), various pag.
"What are root causes of trust and distrust in media in different political contexts? How is media use shifted from one source to another with the change of political culture? What factors shape media perception across cultures and across political regimes? Are there commonalities or are they differ ... more
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After the Pandemic, Building Back a Stronger Media: Inspiring Initiatives in Ensuring Media Viability
Deep Insights

Larry Kilman
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 81 pp.
"The pandemic brought to crisis point prior trends facing independent news media, whether online or offline or hybrid. While media became more important than ever for citizens as a source of reliable information in an insecure and continuously changing world, newsrooms struggled to pay their bills. ... more
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Brewing Tensions: The Colonial Gaze of the German–Namibian Publishing Industry

Tycho Alexander van der Hoog
Africa Spectrum, volume 57, issue 3 (2022), pp. 264-281
"The call to decolonize African Studies has a profound influence on the field, with varying degrees of success. This article addresses this topic in relation to the author’s personal experiences in the publishing industry in Namibia. By describing the attempt to publish a historical book about Nam ... more
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Craig T. Robertson, Kirsten Eddy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp.
"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr ... more
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Face-to Face with COVID-19: Experiences of Ghanaian Frontline Journalists Infected with the Virus

Kodwo Jonas Anson Boateng, Redeemer Buatsi
In: Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa
Carol Azungi Dralega, Angella Napakol (eds.)
Springer (2022), pp. 147-162
"Journalists around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, media houses have had to make drastic adjustments to the impact of challenges wrought by the pandemic on their operations. Ghanaian media houses also faced similar challenges and disruptions. News reporters and ... more
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The People's Republic of China Soft Power Engagement, ICT Engagement, and Infrastructure Projects in Africa: Influence on Democratic Norms and Values

Jonas Bunte, Susan Abbott, Robert Wekesa et al.
Washington, DC: USAID (2022), iv, 120 pp.
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Visual Cultures of Africa

Mary Clare Kidenda, Lize Kriel, Ernst Wagner (eds.)
Münster; New York: Waxmann (2022), 255 pp.
"This book Visual Cultures of Africa tells stories of the past, present, and future and how intricately linked cultures and identities are. The book explores the complex histories and discusses how people have used images, objects, and artefacts to describe what is going on in society and give expre ... 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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Social Media and Inclusion in Humanitarian Action: The Case of Refugees in Uganda

Chris Dolan, David N. Tshimba, Gilbert Nuwagira
London: ODI; Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG); Medianálisis (2022), 40 pp.
"The potential benefits of increased digitalisation to refugees, living in situations where access to information and spaces for communication exchange are of the essence, are yet to be realised. Uganda’s forced migrants, both those in refugee settlements and those self-settled in urban areas, hav ... more
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From Mobile Money to Digital Cash: Learnings from Africa’s Experience with Mobile Money for the Introduction of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Bitange Ndemo, Aaron Thegeya
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 25 pp.
"The first adopters of mobile money were economies in sub-Saharan Africa, and over time adoption rates have increased rapidly particularly in Asia and Latin America. As of 2020, there were 1.2 billion mobile money accounts globally, with US$ 767 billion in transactions during the year. Sub-Saharan A ... more
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COVID-19 Response in Africa ... and in Cartoons!

Cartooning for Peace; Reporters Without Borders (2022), 43 pp.
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The State of Press Freedom in Southern Africa 2020-2021

Nashilongo Gervasius-Nakale, Kholwani Nyathi, Reyhana Masters (eds.)
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2022), 75 pp.
"Privacy is necessary for journalists to communicate freely with sources, receive confidential information, investigate corruption, and guarantee their safety and that of their sources. Therefore, it is worrying that governments and big corporations are working to undermine the right to privacy by a ... more
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Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society

Marta Pérez-Escolar, José Manuel Noguera-Vivo (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xxv, 252 pp.
"Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyse misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how we can overcome the risks and threats stemming from the past decade's defin ... more
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The Mediatization of Politics in Cameroon: A Political Actor-Centric Approach

Christian Nounkeu Tatchou
African Journalism Studies, volume 43, issue 1 (2022), pp. 107-126
"This article examines the connection between political parties’ perceptions of the importance of news media as source of political information, and the extent to which they adapt their communications to the standards, routines, formats and logic of the news media in Cameroon. This, with the objec ... more
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The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2021

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (2022), 18 pp.
"Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre ... more