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How Influential Are Chinese Media in Africa? An Audience Analysis in Kenya and South Africa
International Journal of Communication, volume 12 (2018), pp. 2212-2231
"This article uses data from seven focus groups with media and communication university students in Kenya and South Africa to explore the efficacy of Chinese-mediated public diplomacy. We show that Chinese media have little impact on students’ information habits, demonstrate that attitudes toward
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Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West and Southern Africa
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) (2018), 100 pp.
"This report maps the current landscape in respect of digital rights and online freedom of expression in East, West and Southern Africa. It looks at the trends regarding law and policy developments, as well as recent litigation, within these regions. The report focuses on 18 countries – 6 per regi
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Investigative Journalism in Africa: An Exploratory Study of Non-Profit Investigative Journalism Organizations in Africa
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2018), 99 pp.
"This exploratory study [.] argues that in a continent where traditional media organizations are increasingly failing to hold power to account, not-for-profit organizations are leading by example, setting the agenda and constantly scrutinizing those in power. This study further looks at the motivati
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Quid Pro Quo: How Donor-Funded Journalism Redefines Job Descriptions
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 121-129
"Donor-funded journalism is a complex sphere, frequently characterised by balancing acts between the priorities of two vastly different environments. The health desk of one of South Africa’s legacy media outlets, the Mail & Guardian, owes its existence to philanthropy. Launched in 2013, the Bhekis
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Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xvii, 320 pp.
"Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice examines the interplay between images and human rights, addressing how, when, and to what ends visuals are becoming a more central means through which human rights claims receive recognition and restitution. The collection argues that accounting for how imag
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Newsmaking Cultures in Africa: Normative Trends in the Dynamics of Socio-Political and Economic Struggles
Deep Insights
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxv, 396 pp.
"The volume digs beneath the standardised and universalised veneer of professionalism to unpack routine practices and normative trends shaped by local factors, including the structural conditions of deprivation, entrenched political instability (and interference), pervasive neo-patrimonial governanc
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Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 273 pp.
"Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition is the first comparative study of professional journalists working in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The book presents a range of insider perspectives, offering a valuable insight into the nature of jo
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Global Photographies: Memory – History – Archives
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2018), 208 pp.
The Influence of Learning Orientation and Creative Broadcasting Techniques on Small Business Sustainability: A Case Study of Selected Community Radio Stations in Bloemfontein
Central University of Technology, Free State, Master Thesis (2018), xvi, 237 pp.
"The current study, which recognises the importance of creating learning organisations and the introduction of new broadcasting techniques to the survival of an organisation, explores the influence of learning orientation (LO) and creative broadcasting techniques (CBT) on the sustainability of CRS.
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Bridging Theory and Practice in Entertainment Education: An Assessment of the Conceptualization and Design of Tsha Tsha in South Africa
Sage Open, issue January-March (2018), 12 pp.
"The entertainment–education (E-E) strategy in development communication has been widely described as the panacea to development challenges in Africa. However, despite its growing application on the continent, E-E is still argued to be inhibited from contributing meaningfully toward development ef
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Community Safety Toolkit
Cape Town: Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF); Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) (2018), 234 pp.
"This guide will support you in creating exciting and impactful content for the airwaves and community outreach activities around gun violence and community safety. Children’s Radio Foundation has partnered with Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) to build the capacity of youth to influence and shape beh
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"Dans des pays caractérisés par une profusion d’images essentiellement venues d’autres continents, et par une production très inégale, voire inexistante, quels ont été les modèles dominants de production ? Quels sont ceux que les mutations en cours font émerger ? Quels sont les enjeux é
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Representations of Africa in African Media: The Case of the Darfur Violence
African Affairs, volume 117, issue 466 (2018), pp. 44-61
"This article examines representation of the conflict in Darfur by the media in Kenya, South Africa, Egypt and Rwanda. It analyses 850 newspaper articles published from 2003 to 2008 and journalist interviews from Kenya and South Africa. Using Mbembe’s articulation of ‘meaningful acts’ and Bour
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African Media Barometer: South Africa 2018
Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2018), 65 pp.
"The 43 country reports included in this year’s Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) capture the different experiences and approaches in setting up community networks across the globe. They show that key ideas, such as participatory governance systems, community ownership and skills transfe
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Online Supplement to Working Paper 2018.1. Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
Oxford: University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute; Computational Propaganda Research Project (2018), 81 pp.
"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s
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Transnationalisierte Öffentlichkeit und Klimapolitik: Akteursensembles in der Medienberichterstattung von 15 Ländern
Publizistik, volume 63, issue 2 (2018), pp. 207-244
"Die kommunikationswissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsforschung hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren verstärkt mit transnationalisierten Formen von Öffentlichkeit beschäftigt. Allerdings gehen nur wenige empirische Arbeiten über die (mögliche) Entstehung einer europäischen Öffentlichkeit hinaus.
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Paying the Piper: The Sustainability of the News Industry and Journalism in South Africa in a Time of Digital Transformation and Political Uncertainty
Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies (2018), 108 pp.
"This report explores the recent trajectory of South African news with a specific focus on the economic sustainability of news media. Digital news consumption on mobile phone, and especially via Social Media on Smart Phones (SMSP) is fracturing audiences and reducing traditional sources of revenue.
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Beyond Watchdog Journalism: Media and Social Accountability
Deep Insights
Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies; Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) (2018), 67 pp.
"The following report is an exploratory case study analysis of social accountability monitoring of the Eastern Cape Department of Education by the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) and mainstream media in the Eastern Cape. It provides in-depth analysis of the education programme’s work
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Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxiii, 272 pp.
"Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Moza
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