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Best laid plans: cultural entropy and the unraveling of AIDS media campaigns

Terence E. McDonnell

Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press (2016), 257 pp.;, illustr., index, bibliogr. p.237-251

ISBN 978-0-226-38215-9

"Organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft resonant and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns le... more

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Developing cultural industries: learning from the palimpsest of practice

Christiaan De Beukelaer

Amsterdam: European Cultural Foundation (2015), 192 pp., abbrev. p.15-17, bibliogr. p.163

"Christiaan scrutinizes existing concepts of cultural and creative industries, as applied in public policies in African countries and largely inluenced by programmes of intergovernmental development agencies. He then searches for empirical evidence of their true value for human development. He looks... more

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Racism, ethnicity and the media in Africa: mediating conflict in the twenty-first century

Winston Mano (ed.)

London: Tauris (2015), xviii,347 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-78076-706-2 (hbk); 978-1-86064-194-7 (pbk); 978-0-75561-903-0 (online)

"In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of me... more

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Women and media: Africa in focus

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 35 slides

"Education and language skills are the main factors that influence which platform women access most frequently. Daily TV use is similar for men and women but women tend to lag men in frequent radio and internet use. Once a country reaches a critical mass in mobile penetration, gaps between both male... more

Lautsprecher und Widersprecher: ein Ansatz zum Vergleich der Mediensysteme

Roger Blum

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2014), 440 pp., 60 tab., bibliogr. p.403-440

ISBN 978-3-86962-049-7

"Der Autor porträtiert 23 Länder aus sechs Weltregionen. Anschließend bildet er mittels des pragmatischen Differenz-Ansatzes sechs Modelle heraus: Das liberale Modell, das Public-Service-Modell, das Klientel-Modell, das Schock-Modell, das Patrioten-Modell und das Kommando-Modell. Dabei zeigt sich... more

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Religion and celebrity

Carol M. Cusack (ed.)

Australian religion studies review, volume 24, issue 3 (2011), pp. 227-360

ISSN 1744-9014

"This issue of Australian Religion Studies Review examines the intersection of religion and celebrity, both major discourses in the modern world. The six articles examine the imbrication of celebrity with: three traditional religions, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism; the new religion of Candomblé;... more

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The new age of radio: how ICTs are changing rural radio in Africa

Bartholomew Sullivan

Ottawa: Farm Radio International (2011), 138 pp., abbrev. p.4

CC BY-NC-ND

"Low cost, modern information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, multifunction MP3 recorders, and interactive voice response (IVR) can dramatically increase the capacity of rural radio to help farmers improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Weekly SMS alerts sent to... more

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Ghana talks climate: the public understanding of climate change

Lucy Neville; Anu Mohammed et al.

London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 31 p.

CC BY-NC-ND

"Many Ghanaians do not understand the science of climate change, although they have noticed changes in the weather and seasons. They tell of rising temperatures, extended periods of drought and increasing variability in seasonal rainfall. Most people, however, do not connect these with global climat... more

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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., abbrev. p.xv-xii, index

ISBN 978-1-55250-490-1 (ebook); 978-1-91989-545-1 (print) CC BY-NC-SA

"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

Mobile phones: the new talking drums of everyday Africa

Mirjam de Bruijn; Francis Nyamnjoh; Inge Brinkman (eds.)

Bamenda (CM); Leiden: Langaa; African Studies Centre (2009), vii, 173 pp., illustr., bibliogr.

"This book is about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming and are being transformed by society in Africa. A case study from Karthoum (Sudan) shows, how mobile phones are reshaping relationships in a Muslim society, where they enable wom... more

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Textbooks and school library provision in secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa

Washington, DC: Africa Region Human Development Department Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) World Bank (2008), xxxii, 98 pp., 12 tables, abbrev. p.xi-xv, bibliogr. p.97-98

ISBN 978-0-8213-7344-6 (print); 978-0-8213-7345-3 (ebook) CC BY

"This World Bank study discusses secondary textbook and school library availability in Africa, its cost and financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study’s objective was to analyze the issues and provide some options and strategies for improvement. Reforms are urgently required in the ... more

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Community media: international perspectives

Linda K. Fuller (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xiii, 258 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-4039-7794-6

"This collection of writing on community media describes attempts at local media development and case studies of functioning projects. It presents a range of perspectives on grassroots media originating from community groups; research representing participant observation; hands-on community involvem... more

Radio Progress - 'Our voice': the benefit community radio can bring for the development of its audience in the Ghanaian upper West region

Kersti Ruth Wissenbach

Amsterdam: Master Thesis International Development Studies (IDS) Universiteit van Amsterdam (2007), x, 109 pp., 18 tables, 6 illustr., bibliogr. p.100-103

"Some recommendations can be made to Radio Progress and its community. The station seems to provide the Upper West people with what they needed – a voice to make themselves heard and to communicate with each other. Since the research showed that most limitations are due to the restraints in financ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Ghana. Research findings and conclusions

Samuel Kafewo

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 66 pp.

ISBN 1-906086-06-0

"The media sector in Ghana has witnessed some dramatic, positive changes over the past few years, made possible by the promulgation of the 1992 democratic Constitution and the election in 2000 of President Kufuor’s government. All interviewees agreed that democratisation and the repeal of the Crim... more

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African Media Development Initiative: research summary report

Gerry Power (dir.)

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 137 pp., abbrev. p.iv-vii, bibliogr. p.111-116, tables

ISBN 1-906086-17-6

"This research initiative assessed the key media changes and developments in seventeen African countries over the past five years and aimed at recommending intervention strategies for strengthening an independent, professional media sector. The summary report presents the main findings regarding med... more

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People, land and water: participatory development communication for natural resource management

Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.286-303, index

ISBN 1-84407343-2

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N... more

Community radio for development: the world and Africa

Patrick Tor Alumuku

Nairobi: Paulines (2006), 272 pp., bibliogr. p.267-272

ISBN 978-9966-08-124-7

"Community radio is best understood against the background of the other forms of broadcasting, namely public service, and commercial or private broadcasting. Unlike these, community broadcasting is not state-owned, but rather community-owned and managed. Neither is it aimed at profit-making, but at ... more

Public libraries in Africa: a report and annotated bibliography

Aissa Isaak (comp.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2000), vi, 199 pp.

ISBN 1-902928-00-8

"The synthesis of literature quoted in the bibliography and the country reports portrays the public library movement in Africa as being very weak, with numerous problems regarding financial constraints, lack of human resources, outdated materials and poor use. The only sector of the African populati... more