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Digital Civil Society: (Dis-) Connected

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 52 pp.
"This publication is a collection of a variety of outlooks, recommendations, and input from the participants of the 2020 workshop [for fellows of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen] and others. On the subject of digital access, CCP alumnus Camilo Olea speaks ab ... more
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Developing guidelines for cash transfers in Somalia

Jaki Mebur, Belinda Baah, Ken Okong'o
London: GSMA (2021), 28 pp.
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The Politics of Pulpit Religiosity in the Era of Covid-19 in Kenya

Susan M. Kilonzo, Bryson O. Omwalo
Frontiers in Communication, volume 6, issue 616288 (2021), 9 pp.
"This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions around spirituality in the era of Covid-19. We show the transformation of ... more
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‘Working with the Media Taught Us a Lot’: Understanding The Guardian’s Katine Initiative

Ben Jones
Journalism, volume 22, issue 2 (2021), pp. 448-464
"One of the more important ventures in the world of media and development over the past decade has been The Guardian newspaper’s ‘Katine’ project in Uganda. The newspaper, with funding from its readers and Barclays Bank, put more than 2.5 million pounds into a Ugandan sub-county over the cours ... more
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Media Development in Practice: Innovation for Dialogue. New Approaches and Innovative Solutions to Improve Public Dialogue in the Digital Era

Liudmila Corlateanu, Julius Endert, Magnus Kossmann, Attila Mong et al.
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 26 pp.
"In Moldova, a series of hackathons led to the development of tech-based solutions to misinformation. In Ecuador, indigenous groups wrote their own stories on Wikipedia to strengthen their culture's representation and publicly correct misinformation. In Uganda, citizen journalists established a netw ... more
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Impact Evaluation of an Intensive Journalism Training Activity in Tanzania: Final Report

Keith Weghorst Kristin Michelitch
USAID (2021), 29 pp.
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Tanzania: A solid base for moving to G5 regulation

Geneva: ITU (2021), vi, 21 pp.
"The objective of this case study is to analyse the current institutional and regulatory framework of Tanzania to understand how it reflects the principles and nature of collaborative regulation. The case study also highlights areas of strength and possible improvements as Tanzania journeys towards ... more
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Hateful Speech and Conflict in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: A Lexicon of Hateful and Inflammatory Words and Phrases

Nicola Barrach-Yousefi et al.
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Centre for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD); Destiny Ethiopia Project (2021), 56 pp.
"The list of terms included in this lexicon, as well as their proposed meaning and contextualization, are not static. Instead, the lexicon is a ‘snapshot’ (in time and space) of how hateful language is used, perceived, and understood by those who contributed to the research process in Ethiopia b ... more
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Media and Compassion After Digital War: Why Digital Media Haven’t Transformed Responses to Human Suffering in Contemporary Conflict

Andrew Hoskins
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 102, issue 913 (2021), pp. 117-143
"In this article I contend that the saturation of information and images of human suffering and death in contemporary warfare has not ushered in a new era of “compassion fatigue”. Rather, algorithmically charged outrage is a proxy for effects. It is easy to misconstrue the velocity of linking an ... more
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The State of Press Freedom in Southern Africa 2019-2020

Catherine Anite, Nashilongo Gervasius-Nakale, Izak Minnaar (eds.)
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2021), 79 pp.
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Understanding Listener Behavior: 2021 South Sudan National Audience Survey

Forcier Consulting; Internews; USAID (2021), 77 pp.
"Conclusions and actionable recommendations to media stakeholders and Internews including: improving access to radio and television in Unity State would likely produce a substantial increase in overall media consumption in Unity State; improving access to smartphones in Warrap State would potentiall ... more
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Inspiring the Younger Generation in Ethiopia: How Can the Older Generation Support Ethiopian Youth?

Hilina Assefa, Kaushiki Ghose
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 7 pp.
"Key objectives of the research study were to understand young Ethiopians’ employment opportunities, aspirations, interactions with their elders and how they feel they are perceived by older generations. Conducted in May 2021, this research study involved participants from four Ethiopian states an ... more
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Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition Project: Reach and Engagement Survey Somalia

London: BBC Media Action (2021), 4 pp.
"BBC Media Action is helping to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus in Somalia by using a media campaign ‘hello hope: bye bye COVID’ to encourage uptake of preventative behaviours. Informed by research we are challenging attitudes and beliefs around coronavirus transmission and encouragin ... more
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Gender in Ethiopian Media Landscape

Bethlehem Negash Woldeyohannes, Tewodros Hailemariam
Addis Ababa: Fojo Media Institute; International Media Support (IMS) (2021), 47 pp.
"This research confirmed an upward trend in number of women journalists working in newsrooms. Over 30% of the journalists employed in the seven surveyed media houses are women. Women are however disproportionately represented in managerial (15%) and editorial decision-making positions (26%) compared ... more
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Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies

Winston Mano, Viola C. Milton (eds.)
Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge (2021), xiv, 286 pp.
"The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans ... more
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Polarising Content and Hate Speech Ahead of Kenya's 2022 Elections

London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2021), 15 pp.
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Media and the Coronavirus Pandemic in Africa (Part One)

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 13, issue 2 (2021), pp. 133-299
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Ugandans See Social Media as Beneficial and Want Unrestricted Access, But Are Wary of its Use to Spread Fake News

Makanga Ronald Kakumba, Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny
Afrobarometer (2021), 11 pp.
"Daily news consumption via social media (11%) and the Internet (9%) has doubled in Uganda since 2015, though these platforms still lag far behind television (27%) and radio (54%) as daily news sources. Six in 10 Ugandans (60%) say they are aware of social media. Awareness is less widespread among w ... more
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Improving Environmental Outcomes Through the Media: An Evaluation of How Support for Journalism Changes Environmental and Climate-Related Policy and Practice

Cathy Shutt
Internews; Earth Journalism Network (EJN) (2021), 157 pp.
"In recent years, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has invested time and resources to better understand the results of the support it provides to journalists and media outlets. EJN already uses a suite of methods to gauge the impact of its efforts to improve environmental media, such as e ... more
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No Newspapers Here: Information Needs Assessments Among Refugees and Host Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Exploratory Phase 2019

Pan African Research Services, Christoph Spurk et al.
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 177 pp.
"When DW Akademie started a new media development project on Refugees and Migration in Africa in 2019, we knew our objective: We wanted to find ways to improve access to information for people affected by displacement, to provide channels for these people to express themselves and to improve the dia ... more