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Development Journalism and Gender: A Case Study of Broadcasting Media in Tanzania

Eva Solomon
Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 277 pp.
"While development journalism was mainly a top-down form of communication (authoritative) during the socialistic era, in the liberal era the development-oriented journalists draw on both the Social Responsibility and Libertarian Theories of the media. The ‘state–public service’ broadcasters re ... more
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Community Radio in Kenya: Navigating Legislation and Economies

Rose Kimani
In: Kenya's Media Landscape: A Success Story with Serious Structural Challenges
Christoph Schmidt (ed.)
Leipzig: Vistas (2014), pp. 47-67
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Assessing the Impact of TMF on the Tanzanian Media: A Practical Approach

Sanne van den Berg
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 11 pp.
"The Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) supports individual journalists and media institutions to produce quality public interest and investigative journalism content that better informs the public, contributes to debate and thereby increases public demand for greater accountability in Tanzania. TMF has used ... more
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Theatre for Peace: CPS Work in Cameroon, DR Congo, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda

Kasereka Lusenge Joshua, Claus Schrowange, Charlie Haffner, Jean Blaise Kenmogne, Silvia Stroh, Jeanne Medom, Anne Dirnstorfer
Bafoussam; Berlin: Brot für die Welt; Civil Peace Service (CPS) (2014), 143 pp.
"This manual is an opportunity for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) networks to share the experiences of some of the people and organisations who use theatre as a tool for communication, change and peace. You will find theoretical bases, concrete examples related to the contents and some techniques and ... more
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Information in the Midst of Crisis: Addressing the Information Needs of Internally Displaced Persons at the Tong Ping Protection of Civilians Site, Juba, South Sudan

Forcier Consulting; Internews; USAID, December update (2014), v, 103 pp.
"In February, 2014, Internews worked with Forcier Consulting to conduct a baseline survey of 612 respondents from the Tong Ping site to identify information needs, sources, and preferences to help guide their intervention strategies, and in April 2014 Internews again teamed up with Forcier Consultin ... more
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Mobile Phones and Participatory Communication for Poverty Eradication on Public Service Broadcasting: The Case of Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)

Amani K. Millanga
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 3 (2014), pp. 281-297
"In this article it is argued that members of audience from different parts of Tanzania use mobile phones to participate in dialogue taking place on national radio (TBC-TAIFA) and/or national television (TBC1), and share their knowledge and lived experiences with the national audience as if they liv ... more
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Curtailing Corruption: People Power for Accountability and Justice

Shaazka Beyerle
Rienner (2014), vi, 325 pp.
"Campaigns and movements targeting corruption often face decentralized targets rather than an identifiable dictator or external government, and can be found both in undemocratic and democratic systems. Graft and abuse are manifested in a systemic manner rather than a hodgepodge collection of illicit ... more
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Somaliland Press Freedom: Opportunities and Challenges

Social Research and Development Institute (SORADI); Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2014), 139 pp.
"Somaliland needs legal, policy and institutional reforms in order to avoid arbitrary and politically motivated interference with the dissemination of information and opinions to the public. This is the conclusion of one of the papers presented at the 4th Annual Conference organized by the Social Re ... more
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Re-thinking the workings of community radios: how community is a community radio in Uganda

David Ouma Balikowa, G. W. Ssebaggala et al.
Kampala: Unwanted Witness Uganda (2014), vi, 20 pp.
"Community radios in Uganda have to overcome funding hurdles if they must retain their original community service mission. Trying to imitate commercial radio in order to win the approval of advertisers is not in their best interest in the long run. Instead they need to believe in themselves, win rec ... more
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Deconstructing Terror: Assessing Media’s Role in Religious Intolerance and Radicalisation

Amos Kibet
Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2014), xiii, 52 pp.
"The study examined various sampled media content and interviewed key informants to understand professional and ethical considerations informing media coverage of terror, religious extremism and radicalisation. From the findings, it is evident that the media somehow contributes to the propagation of ... more
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An Assessment of Community Radio in the Context of Rural Development in Kenya

James Pharaoh Ochichi
University of Nairobi, Doctoral Thesis (2014), xiii, 282 pp.
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Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: Changing Selves, Changing Societies

Ineke Buskens, Anne Webb (eds.)
London: Zed Books (2014), 338 pp.
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A Clash Between Journalistic and Capitalist Values? How Advertisers Meddle in Journalists’ Decisions at the Nation Media Group in Kenya

Jacinta Mwende Maweu
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 1 (2014), pp. 27-42
"Grounded in the critical political economy of the media tradition, it is argued in the article that, in the highly commercialized media environment in Kenya today, market forces pose the greatest threat to media freedom and responsibility. Through in-depth qualitative interviews of twenty journalis ... more
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Smart Phones and Social Bonds: Communication Technology and Inter-Ethnic Cooperation in Kenya

Charles Martin-Shields, Elizabeth Stones
Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, volume 9, issue 3 (2014), pp. 50-64
"The expansion of access to mobile phones in the developing world has provided new opportunities for development and peacebuilding institutions to reach communities, and for communities to develop local development and peacebuilding solutions. Kenya has seen a particularly high concentration of prog ... more
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Women and Media: Africa in Focus

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 35 slides
"Education and language skills are the main factors that influence which platform women access most frequently. Daily TV use is similar for men and women but women tend to lag men in frequent radio and internet use. Once a country reaches a critical mass in mobile penetration, gaps between both male ... more
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Healthcare Management Strategy, Communication, and Development Challenges and Solutions in Developing Countries

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi (ed.)
Lanham: Lexington Books (2014), xvi, 240 pp.
"This publication analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If developing countries are to reach their developm ... more
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The Use of ICTs and Mobilisation in the Age of Parallel Media – an Emerging Fifth Estate? A Case Study of Nafeer's Flood Campaign in the Sudan

Maha Bashri
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 75-91
"On 1 August 2013, heavy rains in the Sudan triggered flash floods that affected more than 530 000 citizens. The government failed to aid those affected and created a media blackout. More than 12 000 Sudanese volunteers created a horizontal network of citizens participating in a community-led initia ... more
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Communications, Technology and Humanitarian Delivery: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Risk Management

Raquel Vazquez Llorente, Imogen Wall (eds.)
European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2014), 68 pp.
"The articles contained in this publication are dispatches from a new frontline in humanitarian action: the digital frontier. All are written by those observing, experiencing and attempting to respond to the challenges created by the digital revolution and the very real threats it is creating for hu ... more
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Die orientalischen Christen: Eine unterdrückte und verfolgte Minderheit

Heinz Finger, Werner Wessel (eds.)
Rudolf Solzbacher; Nadim K. Ammann (collab.)
Köln: Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek (2014), 361 pp.