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The Kenyan Social Media Landscape: Trends and Emerging Narratives, 2020

Patrick Kanyl Wamuyu et al.
Nairobi: SIMElab Africa; United States International University-Africa (USIU Africa) (2020), 77 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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The Routledge Companion to Disability and Media
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Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, Beth A. Haller, Rosemary Curtis (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xxvi, 423 pp.
"An authoritative and indispensable guide to disability and media, this thoughtfully curated collection features varied and provocative contributions from distinguished scholars globally, alongside next-generation research leaders. Disability and media has emerged as a dynamic and exciting area of c ... more
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Training Community-Based Journalists for Climate Change Reporting: Lessons from South Africa

Brett Cohen, Leonie Joubert
Journal of Sustainability Education, volume 23, issue April (2020), 11 pp.
"Reporting to the public on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation requires journalists to be equipped to engage with a wide range of technical content in order to communicate it in an accessible and engaging way. Recognizing the need for journalists from a wide range of backgrounds, inc ... more
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Participatory Media Cultures: Virality, Humour, and Online Political Contestations in Kenya

Lynete Lusike Mukhongo
Africa Spectrum, volume 55, issue 2 (2020), pp. 148-169
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State of Internet Freedom in Ethiopia 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

Ashnah Kalemera, Victor Kapiyo, Paul Kimumwe et al.
Kampala: CIPESA (2020), III, 18 pp.
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State of Internet Freedom in Kenya 2019: Mapping Trends in Government Internet Controls, 1999-2019

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The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism

Graham Meikle (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2020), xvi, 419 pp.
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Use of Remote Participatory Video Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic: Experiences from Uganda’s Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement

Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, Master Thesis (2020), 70 pp.
"In the early summer months of the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, three community-produced participatory videos were conducted on a remote basis. These projects were made in Uganda, Germany and Turkey with the use of mobile technology to understand the impact of the virus on lives of differ ... more
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Journalism and the Challenge of Democracy in Transitional Countries: African Experiences

Jacob Høigilt, Kjetil Selvik (eds.)
International Communication Gazette, volume 82, issue 7 (2020), pp. 591-681
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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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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.
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Media Freedom in South Africa Today: Unravelling Multifarious Threats toward a Research and Advocacy Response

Julie Reid, Glenda. Daniels, Kate Skinner
Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, volume 46, issue 3 (2020), pp. 1-19
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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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Heartlines “What’s Your Story?”: Summative Evaluation

Singizi Consulting Africa (2020), 45 pp.
"In the formative evaluation, church data from the retrospective baseline showed that after being exposed to the “What’s Your Story?” methodology by Heartlines, 42% of respondents had engaged in further intentional storytelling with others. In comparison to this, in the summative evaluation, a ... more
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Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism

David B. Sachsman, JoAnn Myer Valenti (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xx, 421 pp.
"An increasing number of media platforms - from newspapers and television to Internet social media networks - are the major providers of indispensable information about the natural world and environmental risk. Despite the dramatic changes in the news industry that have tended to reduce the number o ... more
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Education in Emergencies in Protracted Crisis 2019-2023: Listening to Citizen Voices to Understand Education Service Delivery in Somalia

Nairobi: Africa’s Voices Foundation (2020), 80 pp.
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Drivers of data for development: Exploring the factors that enable availability and utility of open data for development in Africa

Amos Simche Lansana, Claude Migisha, Dickson Minjire et al.
Africa Open Data Network (AODN) (2020), 83 pp.
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Kaboom! Of Stereotypes and Superheroes - African Comics on Africa = Von Stereotypen und Superhelden - Afrikanische Comics und Comics zu Afrika
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Corinne Lüthy, Reto Ulrich, Antonio Uribe (eds.)
Basel; Frankfurt am Main: Basler Afrika Bibliographien; Namibia Resource Centre & Southern Africa Library; Brandes & Apsel, 2nd. ed. (2020), 156 pp.
"Die Herausgeber des Buches stellen ein vielfältges Spektrum afrikanischer Comic-Kunst vor – von Superhelden- und Undergroundcomics bis hin zu solchen mit propagandistischem Inhalt oder Bildungsanspruch. Lehr- und Aufklärungscomics hatten in Afrika in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts ihr ... more
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The Digital Lives of Refugees and Kenyans with Disabilities in Nairobi: A Human-Centred Design Approach to Identifying Mobile-Enabled Opportunities

London: GSMA (2020), 46 pp.