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Free Basics in Real Life: Six Case Studies on Facebook’s Internet “on Ramp” Initiative from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Amsterdam: Global Voices (2017), 35 pp.
According to the executive summary "Facebook’s Free Basics program aims to help bridge the digital divide through a mobile-based platform that allows users to connect to a handful of online services free of charge [...] This paper highlights the following findings: Language: Free Basics does not m ... more
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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South

Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)
Cape Town; Ottawa: African Minds; Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), xiii, 592 pp.
"Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasin ... more
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Information Needs and Access to Media Among Sudanese Refugees in Northern Unity State, South Sudan: Findings from a Survey of the Refugee and Humanitarian Communities

Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2017), 43 pp.
"In April 2017, Internews conducted a field assessment that investigated access to media and information needs among Sudanese refugees in Yida, Ajuong Thok, and Pamir, a settlement and two refugee camps in the northern part of Unity State, South Sudan. The assessment followed the February 2017 launc ... more
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The Political Economy of Media Capture: What Influences Media Capture in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) and How Does This Present Opportunities and Challenges for Progress in Achieving Key Components of SDG 16?

Pamela Jiménez Cárdenas, Antony Declercq, Mandy Shi Lai, Nathan Rasquinet
London: London School of Economics (LSE), Capstone Project (2017), vii, 75 pp.
"In South Sudan, media capture, media market and audience segmentation are driven by: the ongoing civil conflict (since 2013), ethnic and linguistic divisions, a lack of rule of law, the legacy of clientelistic networks in the media and the government, a stark urban-rural divide, and a lack of infra ... more
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Africanising Community Radio Broadcasting: The Case of Vukani Community Radio (VCR) in South Africa

Siyasanga Mhlangabezi Tyali
Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, Doctoral Thesis (2017), xiv, 332 pp.
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Journalists in Tanzania

Yusuf Kalyango
Worlds of Journalism Study (2017), 6 pp.
"The top six roles, all with means above 4.3 and standard deviations below 1, for Tanzanian journalists, were a mix of those aligned with a liberal press (e.g. promote tolerance and cultural diversity) and those relevant to development journalism (e.g. support national development). “Provide the k ... more
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Research Report: Regulatory Framework for Community Broadcasting

Johannesburg: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) (2017), 109 pp.
"There are currently 280 community broadcasting services (275 community sound and 5 community television services). According to AC Nielsen and All Media and Products Survey (AMPS) data, community broadcasting services collectively take up an audience share of 6.3 million people in South Africa. How ... more
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From Conventional Towards New Frames of Peace Journalism: The Cases of Uganda and Burundi

William Tayeebwa
In: Peace, Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Joseph Gahama (eds.)
Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2017), pp. 209-236
"The main task of the study was to evaluate, from the perspective of Burundian (n=58) and Ugandan (n=183) journalists the feasibility of making operational the normative frames of peace reporting as expounded by peace journalism scholars against the more entrenched news frames that favour conflict o ... more
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In the Service of Power: Media Capture and the Threat to Democracy
Deep Insights

Anya Schiffrin (ed.)
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 162 pp.
"In this volume of essays edited by Anya Schiffrin, media capture is shown to be a growing phenomenon linked both to the resurgence of authoritarian governments as well as to the structural weaknesses presently afflicting media markets. In this environment, political figures and economic elites are ... more
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Strengthening Accountability Through Media in Kenya: Final Evaluation

Catharine Buckell, Sopie Baskett
London: BBC Media Action (2017), 59 pp.
"Funded by DFID, under the Global Grant project, BBC Media Action produced three seasons of the weekly TV and radio programme Sema Kenya (Kenya Speaks). Sema Kenya featured a moderated discussion between a live panel of officials and an audience of ‘ordinary’ Kenyans and was designed to enable i ... more
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Plan national de communication du secteur eau, assainissement et hygiene

Ministère de l' Eau, de l' Energie et des Hydrocarbures (2017), 45 pp.
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IGF Academy Transfer Guide: Sharing Learning and Experience from Year One

Lorena Jaume-Palasí, Ralf Grötker, Matthias Spielkamp (eds.)
Berlin: iRights; IGF Academy (2017), 59 pp.
"This publication is what we call our Transfer Guide. It serves three different purposes. First, it documents the work done by the IGF Academy team and the eight fellows in 2016. Together, we mapped those stakeholders involved (or who should be involved) in Internet governance in the eight countries ... more
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The ghost in the news room: The legacy of Kenya’s 2007 post-election violence and the constraints on journalists covering Kenya’s 2013 General Election

Lisa Weighton, Patrick McCurdy
Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 11, issue 4 (2017), pp. 649-669
"Domestic journalists covering Kenya’s 2013 General Election worked in an exceptionally challenging media environment; one which was significantly shaped by the 2007 election and post-election violence (PEV). Rooted in literature on peace journalism (PJ), we examine how the PEV of Kenya’s 2007 p ... more
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China-Africa Media Interactions: Media and Popular Culture Between Business and State Intervention

Journal of African Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 1 (2017), pp. 1-147
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Twinning Social Memory and Social Imaginary: Challenges for East African Media Policies

Ullamaija Kivikuru
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 3-4 (2017), pp. 50-73
"The article discusses the significance of the past in the planning of media policies in two neighbouring countries in Africa, namely Kenya and Tanzania. The theoretical frame is composed of four concepts: social imaginary, collective memory, domestication, and liminality. The scrutiny starts from t ... more
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Assessment of Media Development in Swaziland: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Vuyisile Sikelela Hlatshwayo
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 133 pp.
"The overall conclusion is that there is an urgent need to address the specific legal framework and major technical and financial challenges identified in this study to ensure pluralism and media diversity in the Kingdom of Swaziland." (Page 10)
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The Role of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Staffers in Mediating Malawi's Ideological Nation-Building Project: The Case of 'Speak Out'

Sydney Friendly Kankuzi
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 141-158
"The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) was established as Malawi's first national radio station when the country gained independence from Britain in 1964, partly with an ideological function of mobilising Malawians for the task of nation building. Since its inception, the broadcaster has been ac ... more
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Country Reports 2016

Celia Collins (ed.)
Pan African Media Research Organization (PAMRO) (2017), 253 pp.
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Using Digital and Social Media to Monitor and Reduce Violence in Kenya’s Elections

Caitriona Dowd
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2017), 4 pp.
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Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations
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Robyn S. Goodman, Elanie Steyn (eds.)
Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas; World Journalism Education Council (2017), xviii, 468 pp.