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Muss man wissen … über Verschwörungstheorien

iz3w, issue 371 (2019), pp. 19-39
"Verschwörungstheorien sind kein Alleinstellungsmerkmal der Rechten und des Rechtspopulismus, sie reichen bis weit in gesellschaftliche Mitte. Auch die linke Szene ist anfällig dafür. Das unreflektierte Gerede von »den Herrschenden«, »den Eliten« oder »den Großmächten« eröffnet eine Quer ... more
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Somalia Media Mapping and Landscape Survey

Washington, DC: USAID (2019), 138 pp.
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The Grounds of Circulation: Rethinking African Film and Media

Brian Larkin
Politique Africaine, issue 153 (2019), pp. 105-126
"The aesthetic form and financial infrastructures of African popular film has transformed in recent years leading to a revision of the paradigms for thinking African screen media. This paper assesses that rethinking. It examines three things. First, I argue the analysis of the technical, financial, ... more
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Promoting Best Practice Among Activists for More Effective Collaboration in Digital Rights Litigation in Kenya

Kampala: CIPESA (2019), 4 pp.
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How Uganda’s award-winning Catholic radio station is changing the lives of its listeners

J. J. Carney
America: the Jesuit Review, August 9 (2019)
"Radio Pacis went on the air in October 2004 and quickly became the most popular radio station in the [Arua] region, in part because the station broadcasts on three frequencies in all six local languages: Acholi, Alur, Madi, Kakwa, Lögbara and English. In turn, Radio Pacis has crossed more than jus ... more
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Viability of Alternative Online News Media Organizations in Developing and Transformation Countries

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)
Baden-Baden: Nomos; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 209 pp.
"The main aim of the present study is to assess the status quo and the influencing factors of media viability in developing countries and economies in transition. Accordingly, three general research questions have been formulated: 1. Which factors determine the viability of alternative online news m ... more
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Les éditeurs d’Afrique francophone sur l’échiquier du «glocal» (1980-2019)

Raphaël Thierry
Mémoires du livre = Studies in Book Culture, volume 10, issue 2 (2019), 29 pp.
"En étudiant les discours sur le livre africain, discours d’éditeurs africains et évolution du marché international du livre africain francophone depuis les années 1980, cette réflexion se propose d’interroger la relation entre l’industrie du livre en Afrique et le phénomène de mondial ... more
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The Highs and Lows of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019

Kampala: CIPESA (2019), 8 pp.
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Carefully Chosen Words

Geraldine Fobang, Rosaline Akah Obah, Alexander Vojvoda
D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue 11 (2019), 2 pp.
"Cameroon is battled by several conflicts, so sensitive reporting is important to avoid escalation and foster peace. The Presbyterian Church has set up a network of community media outlets with this end, supported by Germany’s Civil Peace Service. Present results are promising." (Introduction)
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Migrants as Messengers: The Impact of Peer-To-Peer Communication on Potential Migrants in Senegal. Impact Evaluation Report

Felipe Alexander Dunsch, Jasper Tjaden, William Quiviger
Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2019), vi, 70 pp.
"The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has conducted a scientifically rigorous impact evaluation to assess the impact of the Migrants as Messengers (MaM) campaign in Dakar, Senegal. MaM was a peer-to-peer awareness-raising campaign made by migrants for migrants and implemented in Senega ... more
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Community Newspaper as a Tool for Community Development: A Readers’ Perception Study of Idikelethu Newspaper in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Nolukhanyo T. Metula, Oluyinka O. Osunkunle
Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 54, issue 6 (2019), pp. 930-944
"This paper evaluates readers’ perceptions of Idikelethu newspaper as a tool for community development, particularly in Alice, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data was collected from two focus group discussions that were held in the areas where Idikelethu newspaper has high readershi ... more
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Africa in the Media

Johanna Blakley, Adam Amel Rogers, Erica Watson-Currie, Kristin Jung
USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, The African Narrative (2019), 51 pp.
"Stories about Africa appeared infrequently on U.S. television: a mention appeared once in every five hours of TV programming. Viewers were seven times more likely to see references to Europe. Despite the low frequency of mentions, we know that there were more than 3.6 billion views of these depicti ... more
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Social Media, Discrimination and Intolerance in South Africa: A Lexicon of Hateful Terms

Will Ferroggiaro
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Media Monitoring Africa (2019), 36 pp.
"South Africa’s upcoming general election marks 25 years of multi-racial democracy: a milestone which has us reflecting on how far the country has come - and how far it has to go. Despite real and lasting achievements, problems of massive economic inequalities, disparities in land ownership, and h ... more
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Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations

Alissa Mello, Claudia Orenstein, Cariad Astles (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2019), 222 pp.
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Continuity in Change: A History of Radio for National Development

Gilbert K. M. Tietaah, Margaret I. Amoakohene, Marquita S. Smith
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 17, issue 2 (2019), pp. 217-234
"In this article, we assert and demonstrate a particular and enduring adaptability of radio in tandem with observable temporal shifts in development communication theory and practice in Africa. Specifically, we use the historical research method to explore and explain the ideological discourses, pol ... more
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How African Economies Work: A Guide to Business and Economics Reporting
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Nixon K. Kariithi (ed.)
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 220 pp.
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Futuros Criativos: Economia e Criatividade em Angola, Moçambique e Timor-Leste

Empreza Di’ak, Marta Lança, Orlando Garcia, Sara Almeida, Sara Moreira, Vanessa Rodrigues
Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2019), 231 pp.
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The Media and Participatory Governance in Burkina Faso

Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2019), 9 pp.
"The paper begins with an introduction on the media landscape in Burkina Faso and explains how they have today become key platforms for citizen-authorities’ engagements - where citizens can express their views and also receive information on the implementation and the operationalization of public ... more
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Pooling Aid Sector Demand for Digital Public Goods: Lessons from Sizing Mobile Channel Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa

Digital Impact Alliance (dial); Altai Consulting (2019), 38 pp.
"We started by performing fieldwork in five countries, covering the four main SSA regions: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. We then conducted 116 interviews across 78 organizations, covering the overall ecosystem: mobile network operators (MNOs), aggreg ... more
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Commitment Amid Conflict: The Experience of Central African Journalists Covering Their Country's War

Michelle Betz
In: Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond
Allan Thompson (ed.)
Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), pp. 275-289
"The trend in international newsgathering is to greater reliance on local journalists and fixers to provide crucial information to a global audience. At the same time, these local journalists are themselves becoming targets of violence. Increasingly, local journalists are being killed in the line of ... more