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African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management
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L'usage des technologies de l'information et de la communication en Afrique centrale: L'exemple du Gabon. Politique, médias et développement

Nielle Ditengou Rockaya
Paris: L'Harmattan (2021), 286 pp.
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How Kenya’s Media Retooled Peer Review to Address Issues of Trust and Quality in News

Zablon Mark Oloo
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2021), 24 pp.
"Self regulation through peer review is a system whereby journalists hold each other accountable for the quality and accuracy of their content. If the Kenyan experience is anything to go by, this measure can provide an additional layer of scrutiny – additional to a state ombudsman or media houses ... more
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J'assume: Les Mémoires du fondateur de Jeune Afrique

Béchir Ben Yahmed
Du Rocher (2021), 528 pp.
"Né en 1928 à Djerba, Béchir Ben Yahmed aurait dû être épicier, comme son père. Il a été un acteur majeur de l'indépendance tunisienne, le confident et le bras droit de Habib Bourguiba, son jeune ministre de l'Information (à 28 ans). Il aurait pu ne faire que de la politique, et viser hau ... more
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RFI : Une radio internationale de proximité ? Le phénomène « Appels sur l’actualité » en RDC

Marie-Soleil Frère
RadioMorphoses, volume 5, issue 6 (2021), 17 pp.
"En Afrique francophone, les chiffres d’audience des radios internationales, et en particulier de RFI, diffèrent fortement d’une ville à l’autre, d’un pays à l’autre. Parmi les pays où la radio demeure très écoutée, figure la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le pays francop ... more
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Informing Hard-to-Reach Immigrant Groups about COVID-19—Reaching the Somali Population in Oslo

Jan-Paul Brekke
Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 35, issue 1 (2021), pp. 641-661
"This article provides a case study of an information campaign directed at people of Somali decent living in the worst hit district of Oslo, the capital of Norway. The Somalis were the immigrant group most affected by the COVID-19 in Norway during the first wave of the pandemic. The campaign used se ... more
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Media Accountability in Africa: A Study of Policies and Practices at Two Newsrooms in Kenya

Jared Obuya
Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, volume 47, issue 1 (2021), pp. 42-59
"Media accountability has attracted the interest of journalism scholars, media managers and policy makers as the debate grows on how to ensure a free and accountable media. However, media accountability is rarely studied beyond the theoretical and academic debate, especially in many parts of Africa. ... more
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Entertainment-Education Behind the Scenes: Case Studies for Theory and Practice
Deep Insights

Lauren B. Frank, Paul Falzone (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xxxiii, 354 pp.
"This book lays out the history of entertainment-education and discusses the boundaries of what counts as entertainment-education and narrative persuasion, includes both authors who work within academia and authors who are practitioners, and chapters focusing on developed and developing countries; d ... more
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Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 3
Key Guides

Justine Limpitlaw
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), 2nd ed. (2021), xi, 286 pp.
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Youth Participation in National Agenda through Mass Media

Christiaan Keulder
Namibia Media Trust (2021), 28 pp.
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Reporting on Migrants and Refugees: Handbook for Journalism Educators
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Susanne Fengler, Monika Lengauer, Anna-Carina Zappe (eds.)
Paris: UNESCO (2021), xiv, 304 pp.
"This handbook enables journalism educators worldwide to address one of the challenges of the 21st century – migration and refugee matters. In a set of thirteen modules, journalism educators are provided with a comprehensive curriculum. It covers all aspects needed to train analysis, research, pre ... more
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Burundi: Entrenched Repression of Civil Society, Media

Human Rights Watch (2021)
"Burundi’s scrutiny and control of media and nongovernmental organizations, and the conviction after deeply flawed proceedings of 12 journalists and activists in exile have a continued chilling effect on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. Almost one year after President Évariste Ndayishim ... more
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How Do Young Ethiopians Differ in Their Aspirations, Attitudes and Views About Their Future?

Hilina Assefa, Nicola Bailey
BBC Media Action (2021), 12 pp.
"BBC Media Action surveyed 2000 young people (aged 15–29) in four regions and the city administration of Addis Ababa in May 2021. The study highlighted differences in young Ethiopians’ attitudes towards work and saving, education, traditional gender and cultural norms, and youth participation in ... more