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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.

CC BY

"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

The state of press freedom in Southern Africa 2019-2020

Catherine Anite; Nashilongo Gervasius-Nakale; Izak Minnaar (eds.)

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2021), 79 pp.

CC BY-SA

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Perspectives on political communication in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo; Beschara Karam (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxiii, 272 pp., 12 illustr., index

ISBN 978-3-319-62057-2 (ebook); 978-3-319-62056-5 (print)

"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... more

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Filmische Zeugenschaft im Abseits: kulturelle Dekolonisierungsprozesse und Dokumentarfilme zwischen Mosambik und Portugal

Robert Stock

Bielefeld: transcript (2018), 284 pp., illustr.

ISBN 978-3-8376-4506-4 (print); 978-3-8394-4506-8 (pdf) CC BY

Other Editions: Universität Gießen, Doctoral Thesis, 2016

"Wie wird koloniale Gewalt historisch thematisiert? Wie gehen dokumentarische Filme und geschichtspolitische Diskurse mit ihr um? Robert Stock nähert sich diesen Fragen mit kritischem Blick auf den Kolonialkrieg Portugals in Afrika und den nationalen Befreiungskampf Mosambiks. Dabei fokussiert er s... more

Thirty rising media markets 2016

Anne Austin; Jonathan Barnard; Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2016), 51 pp.

"The markets we do include are a very diverse bunch, from the very closed and politically tightly controlled such as Laos; through a large number of nations on the African continent which have seen a sudden improvement in digital infrastructure thanks to the landing of several new submarine intercon... more

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ICTs and radio in Africa: how the uptake of ICT has influenced the newsroom culture among community radio journalists

Goretti Linda Nassanga; Linje Manyozo; Claudia Lopes

Telematics and informatics, volume 30, issue 3 (2013), pp. 258-266

"This article highlights the influence that new ICTs and Computer Mediated Communication is having on the newsroom cultures among community radio journalists in Africa, especially the use of mobile phones and the internet. The discussion is based on findings from a research study that investigated t... more

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Financially viable media in emerging and developing markets

Anne Nelson (ed.)

Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA); African Media Initiative (AMI) (2011), 118 pp., bibliogr. p.112-117

"This report investigates the relationships between media freedoms, financial sustainability of media in emerging markets, and international media support. It is based on a survey of more than 220 newspapers and media executives in more than sixty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, ... 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

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Guidebook on sustainability

Bill Siemering; Jean Fairbairn

Washington, DC: Developing Radio Partners (2007), 90 pp., illustr.

"The authors present six local and independent radio stations from Africa - community radio stations, and commercial and NGO run radio stations with strong community participation - showcasing good practices for sustainability, defined as "ability of a radio station to maintain a good quality develo... more

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Promoting democracy in postconflict societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw; Krishna Kumar (eds.)

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), xii, 331 pp., tables, abbrev. p.291-298, bibliogr. p.299-309, index

"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo... 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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African Media Development Initiative: Mozambique. Research findings and conclusions

Fernando Andre

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 71 pp.

ISBN 1-906086-08-7

"While acknowledging that the situation is not entirely ideal, most of the interviewees believed a lot has been achieved in terms of the development of the media in Mozambique over the past five years. This was mainly due to relatively stable political conditions, underpinned by a liberal constituti... more

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The one to watch: radio, new ICT and interactivity

Bruce Girard (ed.)

Contributor(s): Alfonso Gumucio Dagron; Jean-Pierre Ilboudo; Johan Deflander

Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2003), 250 pp.

ISBN 92-5-104950-5 CC BY-NC-ND

Other Editions: also published in Spanish

"The topic of this anthology is communication in rural areas. Most of the 17 contributions are concrete experience reports from radio and internet projects and networks. Especially worth reading are the contributions that deal with the combination of both technologies." (Commbox-CD)