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The Print Media as a Tool for Evangelisation in Auchi Diocese

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Digital Activism and Cyberconflicts in Nigeria: Occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and MEND

Shola Abidemi Olabode
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2018), xiv, 256 pp.
"This book offers fresh insights on digital activism and cyberconflicts through a comparison of sociopolitical and ethnoreligious movements in Nigeria. Occupy Nigeria, Boko Haram and The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) highlight the digital and organizational aspects of confl ... more
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Information Needs Assessment: Agadez, Niger

Lucas Destrijckes et al.
Washington, DC et al.: Internews (2018), 57 pp.
"Much migration within Niger and across its borders is driven by poverty and the hope for a better life, but these movements are also risky and open new vulnerabilities. Migrants from Niger or other African countries constantly face difficulties and are often among the poorest and most disadvantaged ... more
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Strengthening Police and Media Relations for the Safety of Journalists and Peaceful, Free and Fair Elections in West Africa

Michelle Betz
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 42 pp.
"The relationship between the media and security agencies, including those in the law enforcement and intelligence services, has always been a delicate one. In the West African context, this relationship is often characterized by frequent clashes, arising from a somewhat startling inability of eithe ... more
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How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict in the Middle East and Africa

Ziya Meral
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2018), x, 217 pp.
"Is there an inevitable global violent clash unfolding between the world's largest religions: Islam and Christianity? Do religions cause violent conflicts, or are there other factors at play? How can we make sense of increasing reports of violence between Christian and Muslim ethnic communities acro ... more
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Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition
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Svetlana Pasti, Jyotika Ramaprasad (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 273 pp.
"Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition is the first comparative study of professional journalists working in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The book presents a range of insider perspectives, offering a valuable insight into the nature of jo ... more
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Imaginaires médiatiques de la résilience pastorale en Afrique subsaharienne

Étienne Damome, Nadège Soubiale
Communiquer, volume 23 (2018), pp. 1-20
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Chinese Media in Africa: Between Promise and Reality

Emeka Umejei
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 104-120
"This article examines the relationship between journalism in Africa and foreign investment in the African media space through an analysis of newsroom practices and the power relations that inform such practices in Chinese media organisations based in Africa. It illustrates the discrepancies between ... more
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Chinese Media Engagement in South Africa

Dani Madrid-Morales, Herman Wasserman
Journalism Studies, volume 19, issue 8 (2018), pp. 1218-1235
"China’s footprint in Africa’s media sector over the last decade has reached dimensions that make it impossible to go unnoticed. In South Africa, one of the countries where this imprint is most diversified, Chinese media have been engaged in a varied range of activities, including content produc ... more
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Medialisierungen Afrikas

Valerie Hänsch, Johanna Rieß, Ivo Ritzer, Heike Wagner (eds.)
Baden-Baden: Nomos (2018), 175 pp.
"Der Band fragt nach den multidimensionalen Zusammenhängen in der Konstruktion von Medialisierungen Afrikas. Um der Komplexität des Themas gerecht werden zu können, wird eine Thematisierung aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen und praktischen Perspektiven vorgenommen. Neben theoretischen Zugänge ... more
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Research on Media Coverage of Health in Uganda, July 2015 - June 2017

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2018), x, 65 pp.
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African Language Digital Media and Communication

Abiodun Salawu (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xi, 236 pp.
"This book analyses the online presence of African language media. The chapters in the book focus on the speed, structure, content, navigation and interactivity, operations and performance, and audience of the online media. They also pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twi ... more
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Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South

Herman Wasserman
Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2018), xvi, 217 pp.
"The end of apartheid brought South Africa into the global media environment. Outside companies invested in the nation's newspapers while South African conglomerates pursued lucrative tech ventures and communication markets around the world. Many observers viewed the rapid development of South Afric ... more
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Who Debates, Who Wins? At-Scale Experimental Evidence on Debate Participation in a Liberian Election

Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy
[no publisher] (2018), 45, 24 pp.
"In this paper we assess the electoral consequences of candidate selection into the supply of widely-disseminated programmatic information in the setting of Liberia, where clientelism is pervasive and the media sector is weak. We partnered with USAID and the NGO Internews to study the impact of rand ... more
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Youth and Radicalization in Mombasa, Kenya: A Lexicon of Violent Extremist Language on Social Media

Lauren Van Metre
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Media Monitoring Africa (2018), 36 pp.
"Though it’s well-known that extremist groups like al-Shabaab use social media to spread fear and recruit susceptible youth, there’s very little evidence-based research that details how at-risk youth use social media and how language is weaponized online by extremists to radicalize and recruit t ... more
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L'impact de la radio Sainte Thérèse sur la région centrale du Togo

Esso Essiname Dadja
Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (UCAO), Mémoire de Licence en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication (2018), vi, 92 pp.
"Les résultats obtenus nous amènent à affirmer que la radio Ste Thérèse [une radio confessionnelle dans le diocèse de Sokodé dans la région centrale du Togo] a une influence sur ses auditeurs. Cette influence se situe sur les plans spirituels, humains et intellectuels. En effet, 92,8 % des e ... more
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Baseline Study on the Working Conditions of Somali Women Journalists

Somali Women Journalists (SMJ); International Media Support (IMS); Fojo Media Institute (2018), 38 pp.
"The study found that overall, journalism in Somalia falls far short of the fifth UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The study demonstrates that if the current conditions for women in Somalia’s media remain unaddressed, the country wi ... more
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The Plight of the Private Press During the Zimbabwe Crisis (2010–18)

Pedzisai Ruhanya
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 2 (2018), pp. 201-214
"This study critically examines how the private press in Zimbabwe survived during periods of economic and political crises. In year 2010, the Zimbabwe media fraternity saw the re-opening of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) after closure in 2003 and the emergence of the NewsDay, published by t ... more
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The Emergence of Prophetic Ministries in Botswana: Self-Positioning and Appropriation of New Media

Gabriel Faimau
Journal of Contemporary African Studies, volume 36, issue 3 (2018), pp. 369-385
"In the past two decades or so, Botswana has witnessed a spectacular growth of prophetic Christianity and experienced a media revolution through the emerging use of new media. While studies have generally focused on either the growth of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity or the new media revolutio ... more
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Participatory Communication, Theatre and Peace: Performance as a Tool for Change at the End of Conflict

Valentina Baú
Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, volume 44, issue 1 (2018), pp. 34-54
"This article presents insights on a participatory theatre initiative implemented in Kenya, with the aim of understanding the changes that were initiated towards the re-establishment of peace between communities. The project was carried out in the aftermath of the post-election violence that took pl ... more