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Inter-Ethnic Cooperation Revisited: Why Mobile Phones Can Help Prevent Discrete Events of Violence, Using the Kenyan Case Study

Charles Martin-Shields
Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, volume 2, issue 3 (2013), pp. 1-13
"This paper will critically explore why mobile phones have drawn so much interest from the conflict management community in Kenya, and develop a general set of factors to explain why mobile phones can have a positive effect on conflict prevention efforts generally. Focusing on theories of informatio ... more
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Press Freedom in Ethiopia

Vienna; Paris: International Press Institute (IPI); World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2013), 18 pp.
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Somalia: Media Law in the Absence of a State

Nicole Stremlau
International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, volume 8, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 159-174
"Somalia is often described as ‘lawless’ or ‘the world’s most failed state’, a characterization that overlooks the way law and governance actually works in the absence of a capable central government. This article will explore the role of xeer law, or customary law, in regulating media, in ... more
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Speaking Up and Talking Back? Media Empowerment and Civic Engagement Among East and Southern African Youth

Thomas Tufte, Norbert Wildermuth, Anne Sofie Hansen-Skovmoes, Winnie Mitullah (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2013), 302 pp.
"The book questions whether and how young citizens in Africa engage with media and communications technologies and platforms in a desire to be included in the change processes of their societies. The theme echoes some of the claims made by disenchanted and frustrated youth and other citizens in the ... more
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Media Law Handbook for Southern Africa, Vol. 2

Justine Limpitlaw
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), pp. 397-707
"A practical guide for journalists practising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The handbook not only contains a comprehensive overview of applicable media laws for each country reviewed, it also contains suggestions on possible law reforms to improve ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.
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Climate Change in Ugandan Media: A ‘global Warming’ of Journalism Ethics

Brian Semujju
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 337-352
"This article is an examination of the four major schools of thought on climate change and how two newspapers in Uganda are covering those divergent views. The article argues that in the coverage of global warming in particular the hitherto treasured notion of objectivity has been replaced by a form ... more
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Improving Communication Between Humanitarian Aid Agencies and Crisis-Affected People: Lessons from the Infoasaid Project

Carole Chapelier, Anita Shah
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) (2013), 26 pp.
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Hungry but silent: A content analysis of media reporting on the 2011-12 famine in Somalia

Richard Stupart
Grahamstown: Rhodes University, Master Thesis (2013), 104 pp.
"This dissertation examines media coverage of the 2011-2012 famine in Somalia by the websites of BBC News, CNN and Al Jazeera. Using both quantitative and qualitative content analyses, it asks why coverage of the famine began as late as it did, despite ample evidence of the coming famine. It further ... more
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Global Hotspots: Media Use in Mali and Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 60 slides
"Strategic Considerations for a Mali Communications Strategy: Don't forget the importance of local language to reach broad cross-section of the population. Broadcast media remain paramount; on a national radio is likely to be the key medium. Digital is still mostly a niche phenomenon." (Slide 39) "S ... more
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Media&Makers: Juba 2012 Open Knowledge and Sustainable Media Forum

Julian Kücklich et al.
Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2013), 26 pp.
"The conference, held in Mid-December, was funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and UNESCO South Sudan. It consisted of two streams. One focussed on media and sustainability, the other on open data and open knowledge models. Rather than just holding lectures, the event saw working groups ... more
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ICTs and Radio in Africa: How the Uptake of ICT Has Influenced the Newsroom Culture Among Community Radio Journalists

Goretti Linda Nassanga, Linje Manyozo, Claudia Lopes
Telematics and Informatics, volume 30, issue 3 (2013), pp. 258-266
"This article highlights the influence that new ICTs and Computer Mediated Communication is having on the newsroom cultures among community radio journalists in Africa, especially the use of mobile phones and the internet. The discussion is based on findings from a research study that investigated t ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more
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African Media Barometer: Kenya 2012

Windhoek; Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.
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African Media Barometer: Uganda 2012

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 75 pp.
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KONY 2012, Military Humanitarianism, and the Magic of Occult Economies

Sverker Finnström
Africa Spectrum, volume 47, issue 2-3 (2012), pp. 127-135
"The global success of the film KONY 2012 by Invisible Children, Inc., manifests far greater magical powers than those of Joseph Kony and his ruthless Lord’s Resistance Army, which it portrays. The most prominent feature of the Invisible Children lobby is the making and constant remaking of a mast ... more
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So This is Democracy? State of Media Freedom in Southern Africa 2011

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2012), 214 pp.
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South Sudan: World's Youngest Nation Yet to Embark on Road to Civil Liberties

Ambroise Pierre
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 12 pp.
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Facilitating Dialog About Development Through Digital Photography: Seeing Through the Eyes of Maasai Women

Benson P. Fraser, William J. Brown, Corey Wright, Steven L. Kiruswa
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-42
"In recent decades the Maasai of East Africa have undergone substantive cultural change in response to national development efforts. This study uses participant observation, in-depth interviews, and digital photography to better understand the lived experience and development perspectives of Maasai ... more
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Shielding Marginalized Groups from Verbal Assaults Without Abusing Hate Speech Laws

Yared Legesse Mengistu
In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
Michael Herz, Peter Molnar (eds.)
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 352-277
"There is immense difficulty in regulating hate speech on the ground of ethnicity when ethnicity is a prime cehicle for political organization and mobilization. On the one hand, substantive (real) equality demands that certain marginalized ethnic gropus be shielded from hate speech in order to have ... more