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Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 3 (2022), pp. 626-647
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After the Pandemic, Building Back a Stronger Media: Inspiring Initiatives in Ensuring Media Viability
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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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Theatre for Development (TfD): Historical and Institutional Perspectives

Abdul Karim Hakib
München: Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Doctoral Thesis (2022), 198 pp.
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Pounding Pavements Knocking on Doors: Campaign for Access to Information in Africa ... Another Gift to the World

Edetaen Ojo (ed.)
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 77 pp.
"This publication is a collection of essays and articles by Access to Information advocates in Africa unpacking some of the successes, hopes & struggles, and ongoing challenges to the full realization of the right to information in Africa." (Publisher description)
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Ûiiti: A treatment for ecological experience in mobile network culture

Greenman Muleh Mbillo Dani Ploeger
Journal of Environmental Media, volume 3, issue 1 (2022), pp. 177-180
"Ûiiti (‘the treatment’) is an Android phone app created by artist duo Greenman Muleh Mbillo, in Kenya, and Dani Ploeger, in the Netherlands. The work is a high-tech iteration of the 'nzevu', a ritual instrument of the Kenyan Akamba tribe. It transforms a smartphone from a networking technology ... more
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From State Repression to Fear of non-state Actors: Examining Emerging Threats of Journalism Practice in Ethiopia

Téwodros W. Workneh
Journalism Practice, volume 16, issue 9 (2022), pp. 1909-1926
"Non-state media journalists in Ethiopia traditionally faced safety threats emanating from state-sponsored attacks and punitive legal frameworks. Recently, however, state hostility is being replaced by non-state actors’ aggression against journalists. By framing emerging threats of reporters’ sa ... more
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Empowering Youth in Africa Through Media and Communication: 2018 - 2022

Dakar: UNESCO Office Dakar and Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (2022), 15 pp.
"The project "Empowering young people in Africa through media and communication" aims to build media professionals' capacities, both men and women, in the treatment of information on various aspects of migration (irregular, legal, intra-regional, female, etc.), in order to guarantee public access to ... more
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Grundzüge der außereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte: Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika 1450-2000

Klaus Koschorke
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), xx, 361 pp.
"Die Mehrheit der christlichen Weltbevölkerung lebt heute im globalen Süden. Kenntnisse ihrer Geschichte sind darum unerlässlich. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet einen ebenso kompakten wie anschaulichen Überblick über die Christentumsgeschichte Asiens, Afrikas und Lateinamerikas seit ca. 1450. Vielfalt ... more
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Media Ethics and the Case of Ethnicity: A Contextual Analysis in Plateau State, Nigeria

Andrew Danjuma Dewan
Geneva: Globethics.net (2022), 362 pp.
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Lois sur la cybercriminalité & négation de la liberté de presse en Afrique de l’Ouest: Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger (Sahel)

Hamadou Tidiane Sy (dir.)
École Supérieure de Journalisme, des Métiers de l’Internet et de la Communication (E-jicom); International Media Support (IMS) (2022), 57 pp.
"Pour faciliter le travail des journalistes, il importe de s’assurer que leur droit de rechercher, d’accéder à l’information, de produire et de publier du contenu d’intérêt public n’est pas restreint. Pour l’avenir de la démocratie et de la presse qui lui est congénitale, il est im ... more
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The Political Economy of the Media in Sierra Leone and the Potential for Private-Sector Investment

Ibrahim Bangura
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 13 pp.
"The purpose of this political economy analysis (PEA) is to understand how political and economic factors have affected, or hindered, the media sector in Sierra Leone as well as the potential for private sector investment in the media [...] The report presents a contextual analysis of the media sect ... more
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Media Reform During Ethiopia’s Political Transition

Henok Semaegzer Fente
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 8 pp.
"For most of its modern history, the news media in Ethiopia have been a tool for government control. But 2018 brought a wave of optimism to Africa’s second most populous nation. Anti-government protests forced the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) to undertake majo ... more
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Age-Inclusive ICT Innovation for Service Delivery in South Africa: A Developing Country Perspective

Vera Roos, Jaco Hoffman (eds.)
Cham: Springer (2022), xxi, 257 pp.
"Worldwide, it is anticipated that care needs of older populations will outstrip available resources. Sub-Saharan Africa lacks relevant long-term care systems for older persons, and technology could play a crucial role in supporting families, communities and government in vital care management. This ... more
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Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism
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Anya Schiffrin, Hannah Clifford et al.
Washington, DC: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 56 pp.
"It’s clear that there are plenty of good ideas about how to save journalism as well as practical proposals for how to support quality information. The journalism community in much of the world is galvanized to make change happen and they’re ready to persuade the public and policy makers both th ... more
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Endline Report on Ugandan Media Coverage of Road Safety

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2022), v, 35 pp.
"This study looks at Ugandan news media coverage of road safety, focusing on the country's three main daily newspapers, three television stations, and two online platforms. The study explores the attention and the nature of coverage these media platforms paid road safety (including road traffic cras ... more