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African Film: New Forms of Aesthetics and Politics

Manthia Diawara
Munich et al.: Prestel Verlag (2010), 319 pp.
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Farm Radio: An Effective Tool for Increasing Access to Agricultural Extension Messages by Small Scale Farmers in Malawi. Proceedings Report of the 1st Annual Farm Radio Symposium

Lilongwe; Ottawa: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Agricultural Extension Services; Farm Radio International (2010), ix, 59 pp.
"This paper discusses the effectiveness of farm radio as a tool for enhancing access to agricultural extension services by small scale farmers in Malawi. It outlines the current agricultural extension policies, methodologies and the role that radio can play in improving food security and communicati ... more
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Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives

Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Michal Glowacki, Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)
Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2010), xiv, 290 pp.
"Leading researchers from different regions of Europe and the United States address five major interrelated themes: 1) how ideological and normative constructs gave way to empirical systematic comparative work in media research; 2) the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions and the e ... more
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South Africa

Libby Lloyd, Jane Duncan
Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)
Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xiii, 273 pp.
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Information at the Grassroots: Analyzing the Media Use and Communication Habits of Kenyans to Support Effective Development

Hannah Bowen
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 125 pp.
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Tanzania Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Ed Pauker, Mercy Kimaro, Jimmy Innes
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 27 pp.
"From August to October 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in Tanzania to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 12 focus-group discussions with Tanzanian citizens, as well as 17 in- ... more
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Peace journalism training in East Africa

Levi Obonyo
Media Development, issue 3 (2010), pp. 59-63
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Annual Report 2009-2010

Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) (2010), 146 pp.
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Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform
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Pippa Norris (ed.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.
"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context ... more
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Mass Media in Zambia: Demand-Side Measures of Access, Use and Reach

Gayatri Murthy, Muzammil M. Hussain
Washington, DC: InterMedia (2010), 50 pp.
"The data presented in this report are based on a survey conducted in April and May 2010 among Zambian adults age 15 and above. Using the 2000 Zambian National Census as the sampling frame and a stratified random sampling design, a nationally representative probability sample of 2,000 respondents wa ... more
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Theatre In/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare

Vicensia Shule
In: Trends in Twenty-First-Century African Theatre and Performance
Kene Igweonu (ed.)
Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi (2010), pp. 191-215
"This chapter explores the relationship between theatre and neoliberal policies in Tanzania. It analyses the consequences of neoliberalism for the Tanzanian theatre and exposes the challenges it faces as a simulacrum of people’s culture. I also present evidence on why it is important, when analyzi ... more
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Bribery and Corruption in African Journalism
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African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 3, issue 3 (2010), pp. 367-575
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Winds from the East: How the People’s Republic of China Seeks to Influence the Media in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia

Douglas Farah, Andy Mosher
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 32 pp.
"The People's Republic of China is seeking to influence the media in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia through a variety of means: direct aid to state-run media in the form of radio transmitters and financing for national satellites; the provision of content and technology to allies and pote ... more
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Negotiating Journalism Ethics in Zambia: Towards a 'Glocal' Ethics

Fackson Banda
In: Media Ethics Beyond Borders: A Global Perspective
Stephen J. A. Ward, Herman Wasserman (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2010), pp. 124-141
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Media and Elections in Sudan: Monitoring the Coverage of Sudan 2010 Elections

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS); Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (SMEC); UNDP Sudan (2010), 54 pp.
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Debating “Zimbabweanness” in Diasporic Internet Forums: Technologies of Freedom?

Wendy Willems, Winston Mano
In: Zimbabwe’s New Diaspora: Displacement and the Cultural Politics of Survival
Joann McGregor, Ranka Primorac (eds.)
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2010), pp. 183-201
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Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright

Chris Armstrong, Jeremy de Beer, Dick Kawooya, Achal Prabhala, Tobias Schonwetter (eds.)
Claremont: UCT Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), xvii, 366 pp.
"Copyright laws and policies cover many controversial issues that are linked to different disciplines, in science, culture, technology, economics, law and other fields. The concepts and issues in the field are also approached from different perspectives and with different political and economic agen ... more
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
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Understanding Community Media
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Kevin Howley (ed.)
London et al.: Sage (2010), xii, 410 pp.
"With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis ... more
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Influence of Editors on Food Security Coverage in the Ethiopian Private Newspapers: Focus on the Reporter, Capital and Fortune Newspapers

Senait Arefaine
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2010), 72 pp.