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"Citizen Access to Information": Capturing the Evidence Across Zambia, Ghana and Kenya

Gerry Power, Samia Khatun, Klara Debeljak
In: The Handbook of Global Media Research
Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 245-275
"In this chapter, we argue that citizen access to information is a catalyst to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) [...] We examine how citizen access to information varies across a range of population sub-groups, different countries, and across a variety of topics and the exte ... more
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, Mai Truong (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching ... more
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Socio-Economic Incentives, New Media and the Boko Haram Campaign of Violence in Northern Nigeria

Aliyu Odamah Musa
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 111-124
"This article seeks to analyse and explain the emergence of the extremists Islamist Boko Haram sect that is currently perpetuating a reign of violence in Northern Nigerian cities and factors that have aided its rise. It takes a look at the changing political and socio-economic situations in the coun ... more
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The Dimitra Community Listeners' Clubs on the Move

Dimitra Newsletter, issue 22 (2012), pp. 3-10
"In Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the rate at which listeners’ clubs are being formed and the fact that the approach is now being reproduced in various settings are indications of the success of this strategy and the extent to which it is proving sustainable. In South Kivu, for ... more
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A Pilot Study for GFMD’s Media Development Toolkit: Testing Standards, Strengthening Professionalism. An Assessment of Ghana’s Media Landscape

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA); IREX; Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2012), 49 pp.
"The study did not aim to carry out new surveys or collect information that was not already publicly available. Since the toolkit is aimed at providing media development organizations with a tool to assess media landscapes without having to carry out extensive new research, the Ghana study worked on ... more
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Actes du dialogue régional des instances de régulation et d'autorégulation sur l'accompagnement des médias en période electorale

Rufin B. Godjo (coord.)
Cotonou: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 112 pp.
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Survey on the Publishing Sector in Selected Sub-Saharan Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda

Bernadette Böcker
Johannesburg: Goethe-Institut; Frankfurt Book Fair (2012), 81 pp.
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Truth in Search of a Voice

Alfred Esimatemi Opubor
Ibadan: University of Ibadan (2012), vii, 102 pp.
"This is a compilation of six publications or presentations of Professor Alfred Opubor spanning a period of eight years. They do not by any means amount to a significant percentage of his publications in those years; rather, they most clearly represent his position, argument and, thus, his contribut ... more
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The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad

Anjali Gera Roy (ed.)
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xviii, 334 pp.
"This anthology aims to portray the “soft” power of Bollywood, which makes it a unique and powerful disseminator of Indian culture and values abroad. The essays in the book examine Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations and diplomacy ... more
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Public Memory, Public Media, and the Politics of Justice

Philip Lee, Pradip Thomas (eds.)
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvii, 220 pp.
"This book aims to provide a context in which a clear link can be traced between the politics of memory and its manifold representations and misrepresentations in public media towards a viable politics of justice. The assumption is that public awareness and perceptions of injustice, whether they are ... more
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more
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The Media Map Project: The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Case Study on Donor Support to Independent Media, 1990-2010
Deep Insights

Marie-Soleil Frère
Washington, DC: Internews; World Bank Institute (2012), 98 pp.
"Today, the DRC tops the African charts in the number of registered media outlets, be they print media, radio or television. In 2008, 638 publications were registered country-wide; there were 341 radio stations and 82 television stations, although TV is still an essentially urban phenomenon, given t ... more
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Radio Mission: Station ELWA in West Africa

Timothy Stoneman
International Bulletin of Missionary Research, volume 36, issue 4 (2012), pp. 200-204
"The case study of Station ELWA [ = Eternal Love Wins Africa] from 1954 to 1970 exemplifies how conservative evangelical radio missions operated worldwide during the postwar period. Radio missionaries with Station ELWA demonstrated a capacity for creativity in communication, forming part of an histo ... more
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Peacebuilding and Public Service Media: Lessons from Star Radio and Media Development in Liberia

Elizabeth Goodfriend
London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2012), 39 pp.
"Star Radio, one of Liberia’s leading nationally broadcast radio stations, went off-air at the end of 2010 following a staff strike. Started as an international project with funding from international donors, the station did not have the capacity to compete in a challenging market when donor fundi ... more
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Chad and the Darfur Refugee Crisis: Internews Humanitarian Information Service's Program in Chad 2005-2012

Celeste Hicks, Meredith Kohut
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 56 pp.
"Starting in 2005, Internews built three humanitarian radio stations in Eastern Chad to help those fleeing the violence in Darfur to receive the critical news and information they needed to survive. Seven years after the first station went on air, Internews has left eastern Chad as funding to intern ... more
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Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.
"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr ... more
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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis

Geoffrey Batchen, Mick Gidley, Nancy K. Miller (eds.)
London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.
"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more
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Rich Digital Media as a Tool in Post-Conflict Truth and Reconciliation

Michael L. Best, William J. Long, John Etherto
Media, War & Conflict, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 231-249
"Modern rich digital media (such as interactive systems with audio and video as well as text) have not been robustly deployed as a tool in the processes of peace-building, healing and reconciliation in nations emerging from civil conflict. This article studies the use of rich digital media in Liberi ... more
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 144 pp.
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Community Radio Regulation and its Challenges in Ghana

Akpojivi Ufuoma
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 193-207
"The emergence of community radio in Ghana’s media sphere has changed the political economy of communications in Ghana. The participatory platform of the medium has led to citizens’ empowerment and facilitated the political, economic and social development of this new democracy. Marginalized com ... more