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Framing Democracy. Media Coverage of Tanzania's 2020 Presidential Elections: A Focus on Opposition Candidate Tundu Lissu

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2020), 15 pp.
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"Things Will Never be the Same Again": COVID-19 Effects on Freedom of Expression in Southern Africa, 2020 Research

Teldah Mawarire
Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA); Internews (2020), 23 pp.
"Sadly the research reveal that COVID-19 temporary measures and laws on lockdowns dented freedom of expression gains that had been made over the years with concerns that if there is no financial intervention or adoption of sustainable revenue solutions in SADC, print media that were already in finan ... more
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Risk perception and negotiation of safety among Ugandan female journalists covering political demonstrations

Aisha Sembatya Nakiwala
In: Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
Ingrid Fadnes, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Roy Krøvel (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), pp. 130-147
"Safety of female journalists in and beyond the newsroom continues to stimulate debate on how risky environments can trigger self-censorship among journalists, yet few studies have investigated women journalists’ experience of risk in specific work contexts. This chapter examines the perception of ... more
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How Kenyans on Twitter Use Visuals as a Form of Political Protest

Grace Brenda W. Okoth
Kommunikation.Medien, issue 12 (2020), 27 pp.
"The growth of the Internet in the last two decades has helped increase political and civic en-gagement and scrutiny. The growth of a digital economy in Kenya has led to the emergence of a vibrant online community with 89.7 % of the population having access to the Internet. This paper examines how K ... more
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Assessing the Limitations to Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Ethiopia Against the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew
African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 20, issue 1 (2020), pp. 315-345
"The Ethiopian government restricts freedom of expression on the internet and has adopted extraneous limiting measures. Most of these measures are incompatable with the African Charter. Restrictions to freedom of expression on the internet include internet shutdowns, hate speech and disinformation r ... more
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Refugee Perception Data in Uganda

Ground Truth Solutions (2020), 8 pp.
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MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South: Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities
Deep Insights

Ke Zhang, Curtis J. Bonk, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2020), xxx, 358 pp.
"With e-learning technologies evolving and expanding at high rates, organizations and institutions around the world are integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other open educational resources (OERs). MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South explores the initiatives that are leveragi ... more
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Bearing Witness: Practices of Journalistic Witnessing in South Sudan

Richard Stupart
London: London School of Economics and Political Science, Doctoral Thesis (2020), 183 pp.
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The Politics of Information and Analysis in Humanitarian Emergencies: Evidence from Ethiopia

Daniel Maxwell, Lindsay Spainhour Baker, Peter Hailey
Boston: Feinstein International Center (2020), 27 pp.
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Peace Journalism in East Africa: A Manual for Media Practitioners

Fredrick Ogenga (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), vi, 101 pp.
"This publication is the outcome of the “East Africa Regional Peace Journalism Training Workshop” for journalists covering conflict and peacebuilding in East Africa. Organized by Rongo University’s Center for Media, Democracy, Peace, and Security (CMDPS) in partnership with the African Peacebu ... more
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Safety and self-censorship: Examining their linkage to social media use among Uganda journalists

Florence Namasinga Selnes
In: Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
Ingrid Fadnes, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Roy Krøvel (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), pp. 164-180
"This chapter’s point of departure lies in its focus on how journalists and media organizations navigate through unsafe environments and avoid self-censorship. The study specifically explores the connection between safety and self-censorship and journalist’s deployment of social media in the Uga ... more
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Media Freedom in Ashes: Repression of Freedom of Expression in Mozambique

London: Amnesty International (2020), 11 pp.
"Canal de Moçambique is a Mozambican independent weekly newspaper that publishes investigative stories of public concern. Since its inception, Canal has relentlessly pursued and investigated cases of graft and injustice in public service and in political life such that, in the corridors of power, i ... more
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Perceptions of cyber bullying in primary and secondary schools among student teachers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Liezel Cilliers, Willie Chinyamurindi
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 86, issue 4: e12131 (2020), 10 pp.
"Cyber bullying has become a topical issue among school learners in South Africa. However, there is very little guidance for schools on how to deal with cyber bullying from the South African Department of Basic Education. This study investigated the perceptions of cyber bullying in primary and secon ... more
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Social Media and Conflict in Sudan: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms

Will Ferroggiaro et al.
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Andariya; Sudanese Development Initiative (SUDIA); Regional Center for Training and Development of Civil Society (RCDCS) (2020), 53 pp.
"PeaceTech Lab, in partnership with Andariya and the Sudan Development Initiative (SUDIA), intends this effort to contribute to understanding language and the context for potential conflict during the transition to civilian government and to eventual elections in Sudan. This project seeks to tackle ... more
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Rural women's radio listening behavior and program preferences in SNNPRS, the case of Sidama and Gedeo Zones

Yohannes Shiferaw J.
Journal of Media and Communication Studies, volume 12, issue 4 (2020), pp. 39-45
"The objective of the study was to identify rural women's radio program preferences and listening behaviours. Survey was used to gather information from 200 rural women selected through multistage sampling from Sidama and Gedeo Zones. Descriptive statistic such as frequency and percentage were used ... more
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Digital Inequalities in the Global South

Massimo Ragnedda, Anna Gladkova (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xvii, 372 pp.
"This book discusses how digital inequalities today may lead to other types of inequalities in the Global South. Contributions to this collection move past discussing an access problem - a binary division between 'haves and have-nots' - to analyse complex inequalities in the internet use, benefits, ... more
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Central Project Evaluation: Further Education and Training for Media Professionals in Africa – DW Akademie, Kenya and Rwanda. Evaluation Report

Stefan Silvestrini, Furaha Hakizimana
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2020), 56 pp.
"The factors that led to the overall unsatisfactory assessment of the project can be summarised as follows: • The project was not anchored in any overarching reference framework. Accordingly, neither its contributions to the strategic objectives of the German development cooperation nor to any oth ... more
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The South African Social Media Landscape: Social Media Myths, High Walls and Controlled Data

Sandton (ZA): Ornico (2020), 62 pp.
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Kenya

Molly Dean, Kwasi Donkor, Amy Paul, Olu Olutolak
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2020), 42 pp.
"Kenya’s digital ecosystem has significant strengths not yet fully leveraged: • Political interest in digital technology at national and county level: The Government of Kenya’s (GoK) digital economy blueprint, ICT Masterplan, and eCitizen (government service platform for Kenyan citizens and re ... more
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Chilling or cosy effects? Zimbabwean journalists’ experiences and the struggle for definition of self-censorship

Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri
In: Journalist Safety and Self-Censorship
Ingrid Fadnes, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Roy Krøvel (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), pp. 47-64
"The definition of censorship denotes direct or overt restriction on free expression or freedom of the media. The popular understanding of self-censorship involves a person’s involuntary self-silencing. A journalist’s wilful, personal, intentional self-censorship, at times motivated by selfish m ... more