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Mixed methods perspectives on communication and social media research

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan; Joanna Soraya Abu Zahari (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxviii, 280 pp., figures, tables, index

ISBN 978-1-03-220912-8 (pbk); 978-1-00-326588-7 (online)

"Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research addresses the need for a discipline-cum-methodology-tailored book that navigates the current research spectrum of communication and social media ("CommSocMed"). It examines contemporary and relevant issues that intertwine the exp... more

Advancing meaningful connectivity: towards active and participatory digital societies

Teddy Woodhouse

Washington, DC: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI); World Wide Web Foundation (2022), 27 pp.

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"This report advances the Meaningful Connectivity framework as a way to support more inclusive societies and strengthen digital economies. It measures the gap in the number of people with just basic internet access and those with meaningful connectivity and examines what this digital divide means fo... more

Mapping of legal framework and responses by actors to address harmful content online in Kenya

Build Up (2022), iv, 47 pp.

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"Although hate speech, misinformation, and disinformation have likely always existed in our societies, social media platforms have added a new dimension to the spread and access of harmful speech. This report details the legal framework / rule of law tools in place, and responses by the government, ... more

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Collective memory: visual perspectives from Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Kenya & South Africa

Ebenezar Acquah; Paul-Henri Souvenir Assako Assako; Patrique deGraft-Yankson; Mary Clare Kidenda; Nicola Pauli; Avi Sooful (eds.)

München: kopaed; Exploring Visual Cultures project (2022), 160 pp.

ISBN 978-3-96848-068-8

"The exhibition focuses on how young people envision their identities in their respective countries: what mental images do they collectively have about their life experiences. Thus, this project seeks to present collective memories from different parts of the world in an exhibition that will promote... more

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The chilling: a global study of online violence against women journalists

Julie Posetti; Nabeelah Shabbir (eds.)

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ); UNESCO (2022), 325 pp.

ISBN 979-8-218-09201-6 CC BY-NC-SA

"Online violence against women journalists is one of the most serious contemporary threats to press freedom internationally. It aids and abets impunity for crimes against journalists, including physical assault and murder. It is designed to silence, humiliate, and discredit. It inflicts very real ps... more

Assessment of media development in Kenya: based on UNESCO's media development indicators

Alymana Bathily; Sait Matty Jaw; Modou Joof; Awa Bah; Birane Gai et al.

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 103 pp., bibliogr. p.94-103

ISBN 978-92-3-100560-2 CC BY-SA

"1. Government should implement the Access to Information Act 2016 speedily and fully. This would help realize the Right of Access to Information and promote a culture of transparency, openness and accountability among public officials.2. The Information and Communications Act should be revised ... more

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The global handbook of media accountability

Susanne Fengler; Tobias Eberwein; Matthias Karmasin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xviii, 614 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-0-367-34628-7 (hbk); 978-1-03-215615-6 (pbk); 978-0-429-32694-3 (pdf)

"The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to 'de-Westernize' the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in... more

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Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
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Nic Newman; Richard Fletcher; Craig T. Robertson; Kirsten Eddy; Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp., many diagr.

ISBN 978-1-907384-98-1

"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr... more

Visual cultures of Africa

Mary Clare Kidenda; Lize Kriel; Ernst Wagner (eds.)

Münster; New York: Waxmann (2022), 255 pp., illustr.

ISBN 978-3-8309-4523-9 (print); 978-3-8309-9523-4 (ebook) CC BY-NC-SA

"This book Visual Cultures of Africa tells stories of the past, present, and future and how intricately linked cultures and identities are. The book explores the complex histories and discusses how people have used images, objects, and artefacts to describe what is going on in society and give expre... more

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Routledge handbook of African media and communication studies

Winston Mano; Viola C. Milton (eds.)

Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge (2021), xiv, 286 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-351-27320-6 (ebook); 978-1-138-57477-9 (print)

"The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans ... more

Afrika

Marco Moerschbacher (ed.)

Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2021), x, 615 pp.

ISBN 978-3-506-77701-0 (hbk); 9783657777013 (online)

"Das Werk bietet, nach Ländern bzw. Regionen aufgeschlüsselt, einen kompakten und aktuellen Überblick über geschichtliche Herkunft, weitere Entwicklungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen der afrikanischen Kirche aus katholischer Sicht. Dabei liegt ein Akzent auf den Beziehungen der Ortskirche zu a... more

The politics of pulpit religiosity in the era of Covid-19 in Kenya

Susan M. Kilonzo; Bryson O. Omwalo

frontiers in communication, volume 6, issue 616288 (2021), 9 pp.

"This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions around spirituality in the era of Covid-19. We show the transformation of... more

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Mediated sociability: audience participation and convened citizen engagement in interactive broadcast shows in Africa

International journal of communication, volume 14 (2020), pp. 2985-3006

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"This article examines what drives audience participation in interactive broadcast shows, with implications for the democratic potential of these shows as spaces of citizen engagement and public discussion. It makes three contributions, the first two to audience and media studies and the last to pol... more

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The digital exclusion of women with disabilities: a study of seven low- and middle-income countries

London: GSMA (2020), 43 pp.

"1. Women with disabilities have among the lowest rates of mobile and smartphone ownership. In most countries, ownership gaps are widest between men without disabilities and women with disabilities. Even in countries where the mobile gender gap is small or nonexistent, there is still a disability ga... more

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Peace journalism in East Africa: a manual for media practitioners

Fredrick Ogenga (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2020), vi, 101 pp.

ISBN 978-1-03-233827-9

Other Editions: also published as "Africa peace journalism: a manual for media practitioners in East Africa. Rongo (KE): Rongo University, Center for Media, Democracy, Peace and Security (CMDPS), 2017

"This publication is the outcome of the “East Africa Regional Peace Journalism Training Workshop” for journalists covering conflict and peacebuilding in East Africa. Organized by Rongo University’s Center for Media, Democracy, Peace, and Security (CMDPS) in partnership with the African Peacebu... more

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Fighting violence against women online: a comparative analysis of legal frameworks in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda

Chioma Nwaodike; Nerissa Naidoo

Internews; Pollicy (2020), 25 pp.

CC BY-NC-SA

"The highest levels of regulation, from international treaties to constitutions, are unambiguous about creating an environment in which women thrive. However, this egalitarian space must be progressively realized, and one aspect of this work is eliminating discrimination, including in relation to ge... more

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Social media and politics in Africa: democracy, censorship and security

Maggie Dwyer; Thomas Molony (eds.)

London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-78699-497-4

"Drawing on over a dozen new empirical case studies – from Kenya to Somalia, South Africa to Tanzania – this collection explores how rapidly growing social media use is reshaping political engagement in Africa. But while social media has often been hailed as a liberating tool, the book demonstra... more

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Mapping the digital divide in Africa: a mediated analysis

Bruce Mutsvairo; Massimo Ragnedda (eds.)

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2019), 278 pp., 5 figures, 5 tables, index

ISBN 978-94-6298-685-5

"This is a timely and much-needed collection that fills an important gap in the literature. It offers excellent conceptual tools and a selection of case studies that provide a useful map of the digital divide across the African continent and between Africa and the rest of the world. I especially app... more

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Reporting human rights, conflicts, and peacebuilding: critical and global perspectives

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw; Senthan Selvarajah

Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxi, 280 pp.

ISBN 978-3-030-10718-5 (hbk); 978-3-030-10719-2 (ebook)

"This book focuses on the reporting of human rights in broadly defined times of conflict. It brings together scholarly and professional perspectives on the role of the media in constructing human rights and peacebuilding options in conflict and post-conflict environments, drawing on case studies fro... more

Transnational media: concepts and cases

Suman Mishra; Rebecca Kern-Stone (eds.)

Newark: Wiley & Sons (2019), ix, 246 pp.

ISBN 978-1-119-39460-0

"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa... more

Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022 Quick overview

Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
Quick overview