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Ubuntu Journalism and Nation-Building Magic

Colin Chasi, Ylva Rodny-Gumede
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 30, issue 5 (2016), pp. 728-744
"This article explores ideas around nation building, as constructed through the ethos as well as practice of ubuntu journalism. We make the argument that by invoking ubuntu as an underlying ethos for a reporting ethic and practice, the news media contribute to a magical idea of nationhood and nation ... more
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‘It is a Crime to be Abusive Towards the President’: A Case Study on Media Freedom and Journalists’ Autonomy in Museveni's Uganda

Michael Meyen, Anke Fiedler, Kerem Schamberger
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 3 (2016), pp. 1-18
"Using the case of the hybrid media system of Uganda and Schimank’s approach of agent-structure dynamics, this article argues that media freedom and journalists’ autonomy first and foremost depend on society’s expectations of the media system. Closely linked to those informal structures of exp ... more
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Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 199 pp.
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Mapping Structural Conditions of Journalism in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa

Judith Lohner, Sandra Banjac, Irene Neverla
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 124 pp.
"Structural conditions are to be understood as the totality of (formal and informal) orders and structures that characterise media and journalism in a certain space, most commonly, a country. Eleven interrelated and interdependent dimensions of structural conditions relevant to media and journalism ... more
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Soft Power Development: The Values and Priorities of Foreign Media Interventions in South Sudan

Valerie A. Cooper
In: Intersections Between Public Diplomacy and International Development: Case Studies in Converging Fields
James Pamment (ed.)
Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2016), pp. 77-102
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Albinism, Stigma, Subjectivity and Global-Local Discourses in Tanzania

Giorgio Brocco
Anthropology & Medicine, volume 23, issue 3 (2016), pp. 229-243
"Societal ideas and explanations of albinism at the local level in Tanzania are conceived in terms of family history, social relations, economic status, moral-religious positions, global-local flows of information and humanitarian actions on behalf of people with the congenital condition. This paper ... more
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Global Media and National Policies: The Return of the State

Terry Flew, Petros Iosifidis, Jeanette Steemers (eds.)
Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 228 pp.
"Conventional wisdom views globalization as a process that heralds the diminishing role or even 'death' of the state and the rise of transnational media and transnational consumption. Global Media and National Policies questions those assumptions and shows not only that the nation-state never left b ... more
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Citoyenneté numérique: Ce que l’Afrique prépare. Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, République démocratique du Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Sénégal

Cédric Kalonji, Philippe Couve, Julien Le Bot
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2016), 39 pp.
"L’approfondissement des pratiques démocratiques dans les pays étudiés passe non seulement par le renforcement des capacités des médias et des journalistes, pour qu’ils puissent s’emparer pleinement des outils numériques, mais aussi par la montée en puissance d’un grand nombre de nouv ... more
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Afrikanisch-Europäische Medienbeziehungen

Medien & Zeit, volume 31, issue 2 (2016), pp. 2-57
"In your text, treat Africa as if it were one country“ (Wainaina, 2012) – was der kenianische Autor und Gründer des Literaturmagazins Kwani Binyavanga Wainaina in seiner satirischen Gebrauchsanweisung How to Write about Africa SchriftstellerInnen empfiehlt, wird in Medienbeiträgen zu Afrika be ... more
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Assessing the Impact of Social Media on Political Communication and Civic Engagement in Uganda

Mathias Kamp (ed.)
Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), vii, 88 pp.
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Boda Boda Talk Talk Learning Collection: Context and Case Studies

Internews (2016), 46 pp.
"Internews has launched a three-part learning module on Boda Boda Talk Talk, the hyperlocal humanitarian information service currently operational in four United Nations Protection of Civilians Sites (PoCs) across the country. Part I of the module focuses on the theory and rationale behind a communi ... more
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South African Kids Online: A Glimpse Into Children’s Internet Use and Online Activities

Liesa Jossel (ed.)
Cape Town: Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (2016), 46 pp.
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Critical Perspectives on Applied Theatre

Jenny Hughes, Helen Nicholson (eds.)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2016), xiv, 278 pp.
"This collection offers fresh perspectives on the aesthetics, politics and histories of applied theatre. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the book illuminates theatre in a diverse range of global contexts and regions. Divided into three sections - histories and cultural memorie ... more
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The Truth and Nothing But the Truth: A Re-Affirmation and Re-Evaluation of Undercover Journalism Practices

Ylva Rodny-Gumede, Colin Chasi
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 3 (2016), pp. 107-128
"The role of journalism in contemporary society is highly debated and highly contested all over the world, even more so in the context of young democracies. We note that in societies where journalism faces constant threats of tighter government control and where even the most innocuous piece of repo ... more
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Building Capacity for a Changing Media Environment in Africa: A Focus on Training Needs and Gender Concerns

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 3 (2016), pp. 247-318
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National Survey Into the Reading and Book Reading Behaviour of Adult South Africans 2016

South African Book Development Council; TNS (2016), 103 pp.
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Constitution-Making, Media, and the Politics of Participation in Somalia

Nicole Stremlau
African Affairs, volume 115, issue 459 (2016), pp. 225-245
"The United Nations-led constitution-making process, while highly controversial, has sought to create an opening to help Somalia transition to a new phase in its political development. This article considers the structural features, problems, and opportunities of the process, particularly in the con ... more
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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Carolyn M. Byerly (ed.)
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback ed. (2016), xxxi, 477 pp.
"Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal investigator of the original study. ... more
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Análise de género na mídia moçambicana 2015

Maputo: IREX (2016), 32 pp.
"Desde a sua criação em 2012, o Programa Para Fortalecimento da Mídia (MSP) documenta anualmente a cobertura das temáticas relacionadas com Género, Violência Baseada no Género (VBG) e Tráfi co de Pessoas, na mídia moçambicana. Os dados colhidos ao longo destes anos mostram que estas quest ... more
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How Three Communities on Lake Victoria Landing Sites in Uganda Perceive and Interpret the Radio Programmes on the Lake's Crises

Margaret Jjuuko
African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2016), pp. 120-136
"Over the past four decades, Lake Victoria has come under pressure from a multiplicity of interlinked human activities including industrial pollution, eutrophication and sedimentation. These pressures have contributed to ecological changes in the lake, incorporating unprecedented loss of biodiversit ... more