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Press Freedom in Nigeria: Seven Unresolved Killings, Over 300 Violations Underline Impunity Under Buhari's Administration

East Legon; Abuja: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) (2021), 16 pp.
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Les moyens de communication au Gabon: Mutations sociopolitiques et enjeux de gouvernance

Marcy Delsione Ovoundaga (ed.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 209 pp.
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Retrouver du lien: S’informer au sein des communautés déplacées au Mali au temps de la COVID-19

Internews (2021), 79 pp.
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Manufacturing the Liberal Media Model Through Developmentality in Malawi

Suzanne Temwa Harris
In: Media, Development and Democracy
Heloisa Pait, Juliana Laet (eds.)
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2021), pp. 23-44
"When questioning the relationship between media, development, and democracy, especially in the ill-defined “Global South,” it’s important to go beyond the commonly held meta-narratives that frame these concepts as common sense. In a quest to investigate alternative characterizations of these ... more
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Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems

Daniela V. Dimitrova (ed.)
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2021), xv, 239 pp.
"[This book] provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book offers an up-to-date, thorough overview o ... more
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Apaiser les tensions ethno-politiques au Cameroun, en ligne et hors ligne

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Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology

Kristian Petersen (ed.)
Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; Ilex Foundation (2021), xi, 290 pp.
"Muslims in the Movies provides a series of essays that explore the portrayal and reception of Muslims in Euro-American film, transnational productions, and global national cinemas. The volume brings together a group of internationally recognized experts to introduce Muslims in the films of Europe, ... more
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USAID/South Sudan Final Performance Evaluation of I-Stream South Sudan: Strengthening Free and Independent Media in South Sudan

Vivien Marles, Anthony Ochan Materno
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Mobile Internet Connectivity 2021: Sub-Saharan Africa Key Trends

GSMA (2021), 3 pp.
"Over half a billion people who are living in areas with a mobile broadband network are not using mobile internet, despite substantial increases in mobile broadband coverage since 2014. Significant gender and rural-urban gaps persist. Women are 37% less likely to use mobile internet than men. Signif ... more
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Information Saves Lives: Tackling Rumors, Myths and Misinformation in the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews; USAID (2021), 24 pp.
"In the Eastern DRC where the 10th Ebola epidemic was coming to an end, the advent of COVID-19 raised additional concern of dealing with two major health emergencies at the same time with implications for effective audience engagement, and compliance to public health measures. These concerns came ag ... more
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Press Freedom & Safety of Journalists in Africa: Challenges and Recommendations

Ravi Prasad
Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2021), 63 pp.
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Chinese Television in Africa

Alessandro Jedlowski
Theory, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 7-8 (2021), pp. 233-250
"On the basis of the results of an ongoing research project on the activities of the Chinese media company StarTimes in Nigeria and Côte d' Ivoire, this paper analyses the fluid and fragmentary dimension of the engagements between Chinese media and African publics, while equally emphasizing the pow ... more