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Dealing with the Past: Perspectives from Latin America, South Africa and Germany

Tatjana Louis, Mokgadi Molope, Stefan Peters (eds.)
Baden-Baden: Nomos (2021), 218 pp.
"During recent decades, the question of how societies deal with the past has received increasing attention from political actors, civil society and academia. Yet, dealing with the past continues to be a very controversial issue that causes polemic debates. This book contributes to a cross-regional a ... more
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Mobile Technology and Social Transformations: Access to Knowledge in Global Contexts

Stefanie Felsberger, Ramesh Subramanian (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xviii, 180 pp.
"This book investigates the ways in which the mobile telephone has transformed societies around the world, bringing both opportunities and challenges. At a time when knowledge and truth are increasingly contested, the book asks how mobile technology has changed the ways in which people create, disse ... more
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Philanthropy-Funded Journalism: Implications for Media Independence and Editorial Credibility in South Africa

Dumisani Moyo
In: Re-Imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: Global South Issues in Media, Culture and Technology
Hopeton S. Dunn, Dumisani Moyo, William O. Lesitaokana, Shanade Bianca Barnabas (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), pp. 193-216
"Over the past decade, philanthropic organisations have poured millions of dollars into different specialised forms of journalism in Africa. While these new specialised forms of journalism are aimed at addressing existing gaps in news reporting on the continent, there has been growing concern over t ... more
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Media Viability in East Africa: Kenya

George Gathigi, Ann Hollifield
Aga Khan University; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), vii, 30 pp.
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Post-koloniale Erinnerungsdiskurse in der Medienkultur: Der Genozid an den Ovaherero und Nama in der deutschsprachigen Presse von 2001 bis 2016

Kaya de Wolff
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2021), 476 pp.
"Die Debatten um die Anerkennung des Ovaherero- und Nama-Genozids (1904-1908) im heutigen Namibia haben in den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten wachsende öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Kaya de Wolff hat die deutschsprachige Presseberichterstattung in den Jahren 2001 bis 2016 über den Umgang mit de ... more
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Digital News Report 2020

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Anne Schulz, Simge Andi, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2020), 111 pp.
"The bulk of this report is based on data collected by a survey of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets and reflects media usage in January/February just before the coronavirus hit many of these countries. But the key trends that we document here, including changes in how people access news, low tr ... more
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Research Report on Ugandan Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Public Affairs, May-September 2020

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2020), 49 pp.
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Kenya Science Journalists Congress III: Report. Establishing Effective Relationships Between Science Journalists and Scientists

Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) (2020), 29 pp.
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Watchdog Role: How Malawi Media Utilise Question Time During Press Briefings

Albert Sharra
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2020), 25 pp.
"This paper explores how Malawian media utilise question time during press briefings to fulfil its watchdog role. Using the concept of ‘journalistic interview’, which treats interviews between journalists and politicians as an encounter of two institutions, each making a claim on its legitimacy, ... 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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Mediações educomunicativas e interculturais entre Brasil e Moçambique

Rosane Rosa, Andreia Machado Oliveira, Felix Singo, Leonilda Sanveca (org.)
Porto Alegre; Maputo: Editora Fi; Editora Educar (2020), 337 pp.
"O livro Mediações educomunicativas e interculturais entre Brasil e Moçambique apresenta pesquisas que dialogam com a perspectiva da educomunicação, da mediação tecnológica na educação formal e informal (comunitária), das tecnologias assistivas, da comunicação educativa e da arte comuni ... more
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Synthesis of Evaluations in South Sudan: Lessons Learned for Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Logan Cochrane
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 2, issue 1 (2020), pp. 21-34
"South Sudan is one the largest recipients of official development assistance. Given the complexity of the operational environment, there is a need to learn from the lessons gained to-date. This article seeks to enable better-informed decision making based on a synthesis from humanitarian and develo ... more
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Scaling Up Improved Legume Technologies in Tanzania. From Comics to Radio: Targeted Media Campaigns Drive Adoption of Better Agricultural Practices

Canadian International Food Security Fund (2020), 4 pp.
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Social Media and Elections in Africa. Vol. 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns

Martin N. Ndlela, Winston Mano (eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xv, 237 pp.
"This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the variou ... more
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State of Internet Freedom in Kenya 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

Kampala: CIPESA; Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) (2020), 25 pp.
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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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Free Vs. False: Namibia’s Changing Media Landscape Presents Tough Choices for Citizens

Christiaan Keulder
Afrobarometer (2020), 10 pp.
"Most adult Namibians own mobile phones (88%) and radios (67%). Four in 10 (40%) own television sets, and one in four (25%) own computers. Daily Internet use has multiplied over the past decade, increasing from 5% in 2008 to 28% in 2019. But more than four in 10 Namibians (44%) still “never” use ... more
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Crisis Communication: Radio Tops Zimbabweans’ News Sources – Except for ‘other People’

Anyway Chingwete, Stephen Ndoma
Afrobarometer (2020), 13 pp.
"Radio remains the leading source of media news for adult Zimbabweans. Six out of 10 citizens (59%) said they get news regularly (“every day” or “a few times a week”) via the radio, compared to 33% for television and 17% for newspapers. About one in five citizens get news regularly from soci ... more
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Media and Information Literacy Index. Country Report Namibia

Dennis Reineck
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 25 pp.
"Young Namibians are embracing the digital transformation, according to indicative findings from the present MIL INDEX country study. Interestingly, the youths that took part in eight focus groups conducted at the end of 2018 in Windhoek and Rundu are immersed in digital communication but are aware ... 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.