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No Home from Home: The Plight of East African Exiled Journalists

Doha: Doha Centre for Media Freedom (2013), 80 pp.
"Findings of this research offer new evidence on the extensive campaign of violence and intimidation against journalists in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan. At the same time, it also recalls exiled journalists’ commitment to freedom of the press and freedom of expression despite ... more
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Press Freedom in Ethiopia

Vienna; Paris: International Press Institute (IPI); World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) (2013), 18 pp.
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.
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Die Rolle der Medien im Demokratisierungsprozess Kenias

Doris Anna Binger
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2013), 332 pp.
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Code of Conduct for the Practice of Journalism in Kenya: Second Schedule of the Media Council Act 2013

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2013), 23 pp.
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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Malawi

Lizzie Chikoti, Jameson Ndawala, Rosario Kamanga
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2013), 56 pp.
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Improving Communication Between Humanitarian Aid Agencies and Crisis-Affected People: Lessons from the Infoasaid Project

Carole Chapelier, Anita Shah
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) (2013), 26 pp.
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Using Narrative Communication in a Mass-Produced Youth Magazine as an HIV Prevention Intervention

Esther Etkin
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 3-17
"With young people at the epicentre of the HIV epidemic, we need to build upon and find ways of sustaining interventions that place youth at the centre of prevention. This article argues that narrative communication is one such strategy, provided it is part of a comprehensive HIV prevention plan. Na ... more
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Safety and Protection of Kenyan Journalists: Is it Common Sense or Common Cents?

John Gachie
Kenya Media Programme; Hivos (2013), 48 pp.
"This national baseline survey sets out to achieve two main objectives. First, it seeks to shed more light on and generate awareness of safety and protection issues for journalists within the profession and the public. Secondly, it seeks to provide a knowledge-based platform with which to lay future ... more
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A (private) Public Space: Examining the Use and Impact of Digital and Social Media Among Adolescents in Kenya

Susan Gigli, Vivien Marles
UNICEF; Intermedia; Voices of Youth Citizens (2013), 88 pp.
"The study focused on exploring how 152 children, 12 to 17 years old, in Kenya, use social media and other digital technologies, and what impact these technologies have on this group, particularly from the perspective of child rights. The study involved holding digital youth clinics in four location ... more
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems in the Zimbabwean Media Industry and the Debate on Self-Regulation

Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 313-336
"On the one hand, there is the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ), a self-regulatory structure favoured by the privately owned media players. On the other hand, there is the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) formed under statutory law and whose structure is still not adequate to resolve cases ... more
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Role of Farm-Radio Agricultural Programmes in Disseminating Agricultural Technology to Rural Famers for Agricultural Development in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

A. K. Ango, A. I. Illo, A. N. Abdullahi, M. A. Maikasuwa, A. Amina
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology, volume 2, issue 1 (2013), pp. 54-68
"The finding of the research reveals that majorities (90%) of the farmers were males, within their active productive ages (31-42 years) and 50% of them had attained Islamic education. Most of the farmers obtained agricultural information through radio agricultural programmes (97.8%) out of which maj ... more
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Hostages of Peace: The Politics of Radio Liberalization in Somaliland

Nicole Stremlau
Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2013), pp. 239-257
"Somaliland has held several competitive and multiparty elections that have been cited by international election monitors as being ‘‘free and fair.’’ While political competition has been tolerated, or even encouraged by the governments in power, there has been a continued reluctance to allow ... more
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Towards a Diagnostic Approach to Media in Fragile States: Examples from the Somali Territories

Nicole Stremlau
Media, War & Conflict, volume 6, issue 3 (2013), pp. 279-293
"Media interventions by international organizations and NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations seek to develop and shape a media system to contribute to specific political and social ends. The analyses and assessments that inform these interventions are often based on an overview of the forma ... more
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Spider Stories 2012

Katja Sarajeva (ed.)
Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions; Stockholm University (2013), 99 pp.
"In Spider Stories 2012 you will get an overview of results from Spider projects initiated in 2011-2012 in collaboration with project partners in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. In partnership with local organizations, we have supported innovative projects in democracy, education, and ... more
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Lions Go Digital: The Internet’s Transformative Potential in Africa

James Manyika, Armando Cabral, Lohini Moodley, Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah, Suraj Moraje, Michael Chui, Jerry Anthonyrajah, Acha Leke
McKinsey (2013), 112 pp.
"The Internet will generate economic growth and social transformation in six sectors in particular: financial services, education, health, retail, agriculture, and government. In financial services, for example, M.Pesa's mobile money solutions have brought millions of Kenyans onto the financial grid ... more
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Kontrolle durch Aufkauf

José Gama
Afrika Süd, issue 2 (2013), pp. 22-25
"Angolas Medien werden weitgehend von der Regierung kontrolliert. Mit dubiosen Firmen, die aus dem Nichts entstehen, ermächtigt sich die regierende MPLA kritischer Privatmedien und bringt sie auf Linie. Ausnahme ist allein die Zeitung Folha 8, die ihre Unabhängigkeit wahren konnte." (Seite 22)
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Madeline Earp, Laura W. Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Ashley Greco-Stoner (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.
"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre ... more
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New Technology and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict

Francesco Mancini (ed.)
New York: International Peace Institute (IPI); UNDP (2013), iv, 94 pp.
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Media Use in Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 2 pp.
"The majority of Somalis (65.6%) access news at least once per day. More than one in four Somalis (27.9%) share news daily or most days. Radio is the most popular means for obtaining news in Somalia, with more than four in five (83.9%) reporting they get news via radio at least once per week. More t ... more