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African Media Barometer: Zambia 2021

Windhoek; Lusaka: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 56 pp.
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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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Social Media and Everyday Life in South Africa

Tanja E. Bosch
London; New York: Routledge (2021), x, 157 pp.
"This volume explores how, over the past decade, social media platforms have deeply penetrated the fabric of everyday life. The author considers South Africans’ use of wearable tech and use of online health and sports tracking systems via mobile phones within the broader context of the digital dat ... more
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USAID/South Sudan Final Performance Evaluation of I-Stream South Sudan: Strengthening Free and Independent Media in South Sudan

Vivien Marles, Anthony Ochan Materno
USAID (2021), v, 110 pp.
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Responding to Threats to Press Freedom and the Media in a Time of Crisis: An Assessment of Types and Sources of Threats to Press Freedom and Mitigation Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Sudan

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2021), vi, 11 pp.
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Exploring the Political, Economic, and Social Implications of the Digital Silk Road Into East Africa: The Case of Ethiopia

Sanne van der Lugt
In: Global Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity
Florian Schneider (ed.)
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), pp. 315-346
"Chapter 13 analyses various causal relations through which Ethiopian and Chinese actors interact in the context of the Digital Silk Road initiative. What is playing out in Africa is part of a larger contest between the West and China for dominance over technology and global influence. From a Chines ... more
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How Close Should We Get? Media and Conflict

Antje Bauer (ed.)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 101 pp.
"Those working in media face plenty of challenges when it comes to handling issues around conflict more sensitively. In some countries, these difficulties could include forced or unsolicited loyalty, a lack of information, or physical and psychological threats. In others, challenges could arise from ... more
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Investigating the Prevention and Mitigatory Role of Risk Communication in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Olivia Kunguma, Mosekama Osia Mokhele, Mercia Coetzee
Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, volume 13, issue 1: a1130 (2021), 11 pp.
"The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, in particular risk communication, remained unexploited until the occurrence o ... more
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Voices of Change: Citizen Views on the 2021 Elections in Uganda

TRAC FM (2021), 36 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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Promoting Smart Policy Options in Closing the Gender Digital Divide in Uganda

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET); Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA) (2021), 11 pp.
"Although the internet facilitates connection, participation, and engagement, there is a need for new and innovative strategies for closing the gender digital divide in Uganda. A socio-economic, political, and robustic legal approach is needed to close the gender digital divide. This requires regula ... more
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Youth Participation in National Agenda through Mass Media

Christiaan Keulder
Namibia Media Trust (2021), 28 pp.
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Media and Citizen Evidence Driven Social and Behavior Change for Keep II 2019 - 2021

Hassan Mohamud, Mercy Njung´e, Moses Maina
Nairobi: Africa’s Voices Foundation (2021), 60 pp.
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Second-generation British Somali women: The translocal nexus of London and global diaspora

Melis Mevsimler
Journal of Global Diaspora & Media, volume 2, issue 1 (2021), pp. 57-72
"Drawing upon ethnographic investigation, this article analyses the digital media practices of second-generation British Somali women who live in London. It addresses the dynamic relationships between digital media and diasporic identity formation by focusing on how second-generation women articulat ... more
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Manufacturing the Liberal Media Model Through Developmentality in Malawi

Suzanne Temwa Harris
In: Media, Development and Democracy
Heloisa Pait, Juliana Laet (eds.)
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2021), pp. 23-44
"When questioning the relationship between media, development, and democracy, especially in the ill-defined “Global South,” it’s important to go beyond the commonly held meta-narratives that frame these concepts as common sense. In a quest to investigate alternative characterizations of these ... more
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The Stepping Into Visibility Model: Reflecting on Consequences of Social Media Visibility – a Global South Perspective

Isabella Rega, Andrea Medrado
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 2 (2021), pp. 405-424
"This article discusses activists’ need to reflect on how achieving social media visibility might translate into vulnerability. In order to provide activists with a tool for this reflection, the Stepping into Visibility Model has been developed and applied to two case studies: (a) an activist grou ... more
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Involve Us: Information & Participation Dynamics, Desires and Challenges in Sudan’s Tigray Refugee Response

Internews; Insight Strategy Partners (ISP); Cisco (2021), 87 pp.
"Through a combination of interviews, surveys, desk research, and focus group discussions this Information Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) explores trends of information demand and supply within refugee and host communities. The report analyzes their information access, needs, use, flows, and identifies ... more
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The Ethnification of the Ethiopian Media

Terje Skjerdal, Mulatu Alemayehu Moges
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University; Fojo Media Institute; International Media Support (IMS) (2021), 59 pp.
"[...] The press situation in the country is deeply disconcerting. The reason for this is that the media landscape is as polarized as never before, and that parts of the media are being blamed for playing a pivotal role in the turbulence which have erupted in various parts of the country since 2019. ... more
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Media, Development and Democracy

Heloisa Pait, Juliana Laet (eds.)
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2021), xviii, 141 pp.
"[...] this book explores the complex construction of democratic public dialogue in developing countries. Case studies examine national environments defined not only by state censorship and commercial pressure, but also language differences, international influence, social divisions, and distinct va ... more
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Media Viability in East Africa: Tanzania

George Gathigi, Ann Hollifield (eds.)
Aga Khan University; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), vii, 33 pp.