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Community Radio as a Platform for Development Communication in Ghana

Africanus Lewil Diedong, Wilberforce S. Dzisah
Cogent Social Sciences, volume 9, issue 2269681 (2023), 12 pp.
"The paper’s aim is to demonstrate the relevance of applying the core principles of Community radio (CR) as a basis for CR’s drive for a democratically participant approach of communication, which can facilitate development communication. In a democratic society, the participation of people in d ... more
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Exploring the Contextual Factors of Religious Leader Participation in Health Communication: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Sierra Leone

Hanna Luetke Lanfer, Constanze Rossmann, Sorie Ibrahim Kargbo
Journal of Religion and Health, volume 62 (2023), pp. 1695-1715
"As there are many and sometimes ambivalent intersections of health and religion, strategic collaborations with religious opinion leaders in health campaigns have been increasingly explored. Despite the known influence of distinct contextual factors within emergency and non-emergency settings, exist ... more
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Mapping the supply of surveillance technologies to Africa: Case studies from Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, Malawi, and Zambia

Tony Roberts, Judy Gitahi, Patrick Allam et al.
Brighton: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2023), 167 pp.
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Narrative Change Around Disability & Climate Change: Insights and Recommendations from Stakeholders and Community Members in the Niger Delta

Olesya Dovgalyuk, Okoro Onyekachi Emmanuel
New Media Advocacy Project (2023), 67 pp.
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Hate Speech on Social Media: A Global Approach

Branco Di Fátima (ed.)
Covilhã (PO); Qutio (EC): LabCom; University of Beira Interior; PUCE Publications Centre (2023), 302 pp.
"Hate speech is more complex and diverse on social media. It spreads at high speed and can impact behaviors beyond the borders where it originates. Hate is ubiquitous, interactive, and multimedia. It is available 24/7, reaching a much larger audience. On social media, haters can be anonymous and fin ... more
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Localising Sustainable Development Goals Through Participatory Community Radio in Ghana

Africanus L. Diedong, Lawrence Naaikuur
Journal of Development Communication, volume 34, issue 1 (2023), pp. 38-46
"There seems to be little knowledge and awareness of the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among communities in Ghana. The study’s main objective was to find out how the 22-member Community Radio (CR) stations of the Ghana Community Radio Network (GCRN) – the umbrella organis ... more
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Assessment of Media Development in Ghana: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Audrey Sitsofe Gadzekpo, Ibrahim Gariba, Baba Abdulai, Rayborn Bulley
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 124 pp.
"Ghana has made tremendous progress regarding freedom of expression and access to information since the inception of the Fourth Republic. Looking back to a firmly rooted history of democratic practice, the country has a vibrant and free media environment regulated by an independent body and supporte ... more
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Media, Social Pressure, and Combating Misinformation: Experimental Evidence on Mass Media and Contraception Use in Burkina Faso

Rachel Glennerster, Joanna Murray, Victor Pouliquen
J-PAL Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (2023), 45 pp.
"Using a two-level randomized experiment covering 5 million people in Burkina Faso, we examine the impact on family planning knowledge and behavior of both general exposure to mass media (800 women receive radios in status quo areas) and an intensive evidence-based family planning campaign (8 of 16 ... more
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Exploring the Role of Message Effects and Messenger Effectiveness in COVID-19 Vaccination Communication in Nigeria: Research Report

San Diego: Agency for All Project; University of California San Diego, Center on Gender Equity and Health; USAID (2023), 57 pp.
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Gender-Based Violence Narratives in Internet-Based Conversations in Nigeria: Social Listening Study

Martha Silva, Udochisom Anaba, Nrupa Jani Tulsani, Pooja Sripad, Jonathan Walker, Adolor Aisiri
Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 25, issue e46814 (2023), 11 pp.
"Objective: We explore how gender-related internet-based conversations in Nigeria specifically related to sexual consent (actively agreeing to sexual behavior), lack of consent, and slut-shaming (stigmatization in the form of insults based on actual or perceived sexuality and behaviors) manifest the ... more
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Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective

Michael Butter, Peter Knight (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 397 pp.
"Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world. Covid conspiracy theories have attracted considerable attention from researchers, journalists, ... more
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Clones and zombies: Rethinking conspiracy theories and the digital public sphere through a (post)-colonial perspective

Iginio Gagliardone, Matti Pohjonen, Samuel Olaniram Stephanie Diepeveen
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 12 (2023), pp. 2419-2438
"This article investigates what is at stake in decolonising the study of conspiracy theories online. It challenges the confidence with which conspiracy theories are often dismissed as aberrations and negative externalities of digital ecosystems. Without reifying conspiracy theories, we identify as p ... more
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The Impact of Motherhood on the Career Development of Female Journalists in Nigeria

Ijeoma Okereke-Adagba
Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) (2023), 33 pp.
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Survey on the impact of online disinformation and hate speech
Deep Insights

Paris: UNESCO; Ipsos (2023), 35 slides
"On average in the 16 countries surveyed, 56% of internet users frequently use social media to stay informed about current events, far ahead of television (44%). However, it is worth noting that differences exist among population groups: television is the primary source in the most developed countri ... more
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Disinformation exports: How foreign anti-vaccine narratives reached West African communities online

Carlotta Dotto, Seb Cubbon
First Draft (2023)
"Pro-Russian disinformation networks and American anti-science websites are pushing anti-vaccine content that is reaching large West African Facebook Pages and Groups. These networks are spreading social media posts and articles that contain misleading messages about Covid-19 vaccines. These message ... more
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Safety concerns and awareness of safety measures among female journalists reporting elections in Nigeria

Mofoluke I. Akoja, Oguchi O. Ajaegbu, Adetunji Adeteye, Medinat Kanabe
Seybold Report, volume 18, issue 7 (2023), pp. 2402-2419
"Female journalists often face a dual challenge when reporting on elections, grappling with routine attacks both as women and as professionals. This study aims to explore the safety concerns of female journalists covering elections in Lagos state, Nigeria, and investigate their attitudes towards the ... more
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Studio Kalangou's Audience

Fondation Hirondelle; Studio Kalangou (2023), 2 pp.
"Studio Kalangou was created by Fondation Hirondelle in 2016 to give the people of Niger access to reliable information on the situation in their country. It broadcasts news, features and debates daily in five languages (French, Tamasheq, Fulfuldé, Haussa, Zarma). An audience survey in 2023 showed ... more
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Who is Influencing Who? Unpacking Youth and Influence in Africa. A Summary of a Nine-Country Survey

Rebecca Pointer, Natasha Kimani, Moky Makura
Africa No Filter (2023), iv, 18 pp.
"Africa is a diverse and complex continent, consisting of 54 countries, 5 regions and about 2,000 languages. This report identifies what influences African youths' attitudes and decisions. It is based on a survey of 4,500 people, aged 18–35, in nine African countries: Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Ivory ... more
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China, media, and international conflicts

Shixin Ivy Zhang, Altman Yuzhu Peng (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 212 pp.
"This book focuses on China’s media diplomacy and its interplay with a range of international conflicts. It assesses the representation and framing of China, as well as the perception and reception of China’s media communication in relation to various crises and conflicts. Including detailed ana ... more
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Cryptopolitics: Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media

Victoria Bernal, Katrien Pype, Daivi Rodima-Taylor (eds.)
New York: Berghahn (2023), vii, 245 pp.
"Hidden information, double meanings, double-crossing, and the constant processes of encoding and decoding messages have always been important techniques in negotiating social and political power dynamics. Yet these tools, "cryptopolitics," are transformed when used within digital media. Focusing on ... more