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Worlds of journalism: journalistic cultures around the globe

Thomas Hanitzsch; Folker Hanusch; Jyotika Ramaprasad; Arrie De Beer (eds.)

New York: Columbia University Press (2019), xi, 434 pp., bibliogr. p.371-411, index

ISBN 978-0-231-18643-8 (print); 978-0-231-54663-8 (ebook)

"How do journalists around the world view their own function and role in society? Based on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 25,000 journalists in 66 countries between 2012 and 2015, Worlds of Journalism examines the different ways journalists conceive of their responsibilities... more

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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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Universal service and access funds: an untapped resource to close the gender digital divide

Dhanaraj Thakur; Lauran Potter

Washington, DC: World Wide Web Foundation (2018), 19 pp.

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"Over 68% of countries in Africa have a Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) in place; 62% of these funds are active. Just 3 of the 37 countries with USAFs have universal access policies that explicitly aim to connect women and girls through the fund. Just 23 African countries openly publish det... more

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Comparative media studies in Africa: challenges and paradoxes

Susana Salgado

In: The Palgrave handbook of media and communication research in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 195-211

ISBN 978-3-319-70442-5 (print); 978-3-319-70443-2 (ebk)

"Drawing on previous work on the role of the media in the democratization processes of the Lusophone African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe), this chapter addresses the challenges and paradoxes of conducting comparative research focused on cont... more

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The little data book on information and communication technology 2018

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (2018), vi, 240 pp., glossary p.235-240

ISBN 978-0-8213-8996-6 (print); 978-0-8213-9519-6 (ebook) CC BY-NC

"In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadban... more

World radio TV handbook: the directory of global broadcasting 2019

Oxford: WRTH Publications (2018) 73rd ed., 672 pp.

ISBN 978-1-9998300-1-4

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Africa peace journalism: a manual for media practitioners in East Africa

Fredrick Ogenga (ed.)

Rongo (KE): Peace and Security (CMDPS) Democracy Center for Media Rongo University (2017), xiv, 71 pp.

ISBN 978-9966-825-30-8

Other Editions: also published as "Peace Journalism in East Africa: A Manual for Media Practitioners". Routledge, 2020

"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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Les défis de la promotion et de la distribution des livres en langues africaines. Actes du colloque, Conakry 27 au 28 novembre 2017 – INRAP, Donka

Aliou Sow

Conakry: Éditions Ganndal (2017), 22 pp.

"Le colloque poursuivait les objectifs suivants : dresser un état des lieux de l’édition et de la politique du livre en langues nationales dans les pays participants au colloque; exposer et discuter de la pertinence, de l’utilisation, et de la portée de certains alphabets introduits dans les ... more

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Perspectives from the global entertainment and media outlook 2017–2021: Curtain up! User experience takes center stage

Price Waterhouse Coopers (pwc) (2017), 40 pp.

"To thrive in a marketplace that is increasingly competitive, slower-growing, and dependent on personal recommendations, companies must develop strategies that engage, grow, and monetize their most valuable customers — i.e., their fans. To do so, they must combine excellent content with breadth an... more

Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone: analyse (socio) linguistique et didactique

Louis Martin Onguéné Essono

Paris: Connaissances et savoirs (2017), 347 pp., bibliogr. p.319-345

ISBN 978-2-7539-0434-7

Investigating land and corruption in Africa: a training manual for journalists

Michael Schmidt; Andrea Staeritz; Michael Griffin

Berlin: Transparency International (2017), 150 pp.

ISBN 978-3-96076-071-9 CC BY-ND

"This manual is for anyone who provides training and capacity-building for investigative journalists in Africa including facilitators, trainers, lecturers and teachers. It has been written to support journalists in Africa to investigate and report stories of land corruption; a subject that remains u... more

World radio TV handbook: the directory of global broadcasting 2016

Oxford: WRTH Publications (2015) 70th ed., 672 pp.

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Publishing for peanuts: innovation and the journalism start-up

J. J. Robinson; Kristen Grennan; Anya Schiffrin

School of International and Political Affairs Columbia University; Open Society Foundation (2015), 200 pp.

"Our remit was to look for innovative media outlets that are producing high-quality news, that are technologically innovative and that might actually survive financially. Accordingly, we spent three months interviewing media innovators around the world and reading what others have written on the sub...ject. This report is divided into seven sections: 1) this introduction, 2) our main findings, 3) two sets of recommendations, one for the media development community and another set for people starting a media outlet, 4) an “Innovation Index” listing practices that we found around the world, 5) a description of our methodology, 6) a review of practitioner reports we read, 7) write-ups describing 35 media outlets, based on interviews we conducted ... We were inspired and encouraged by what we saw. All over the world, independent media outlets are innovating and overcoming obstacles. Globally, start-ups are demonstrating the drive to take risks for the sake of a good idea. The challenges facing these outlets—and the innovations employed to tackle them—broadly fall into four categories: editorial, business, distribution and security. Operating with agility, media start-ups are finding creative ways to gather and disseminate information. In India, Gram Vaani uses a mobile phone social network to connect the rural poor and circumvent legislative prohibitions on radio broadcasting. In Zimbabwe, The Source survives in the repressive media climate by focusing on business journalism. Oxpeckers in South Africa uses geomapping to report on rhino poaching. Crikey in Australia has built a successful business model based on soliciting tips and scandal from the same audience it reports on and Kenya’s African SkyCAM deploys drones to avoid negotiating with police for access to disaster zones ... Instead of finding a clear model for what works, we found confirmation of many things we knew or suspected. Independent media outlets vary in size, ambition and model. Few have fully succeeded, while many do one thing well, which typically reflects the founder’s particular strength—usually in journalism or technology ... Most media outlets we found are small, run by a few full-time staff supplemented by volunteers and freelancers, and supported by a combination of grants, donations and haphazard business endeavors. The leaders at most organizations we interviewed were motivated by a desire to produce high-quality journalism rather than meet particular financial or audience goals." (Executive summary, p.5-7) more

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African ethics and journalism ethics: news and opinion in light of Ubuntu

Thaddeus Metz

Journal of media ethics, volume 30, issue 2 (2015), pp. 74-90

"In this article, I address some central issues in journalism ethics from a fresh perspective, namely, one that is theoretical and informed by values salient in sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on a foundational moral theory with an African pedigree, which is intended to rival Western theories such as Ka... 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 ICT in Africa and the Middle East: changing selves, changing societies

Ineke Buskens; Anne Webb (eds.)

London: Zed Books (2014), 338 pp.

ISBN 978-1-7836-0042-7 (pbk); 978-1-3502-2402-5 (online)

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Overview of information literacy resources worldwide

Forest Woody Horton (ed.)

Paris: UNESCO (2014) 2nd ed., 668 pp.

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"We are very, very pleased to advise you that we have added dozens of new languages to our multilingual database, more than doubling the 42 which appeared in the first edition. At the same time, we are very happy to report that there is a great deal of interest in maintaining this database as an imp... more

Healthcare management strategy, communication, and development challenges and solutions in developing countries

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi (ed.)

Lanham: Lexington Books (2014), xvi, 240 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-739185667

"This publication analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If developing countries are to reach their developm... more

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CCTV’s international expansion: China’s grand strategy for media?

Anne Nelson

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 37 pp.

"China Central Television has come a long way since its founding as a domestic party propaganda outlet in 1958. The domestic service has been supplemented by an international service, boasting three major global offices in Beijing, Washington, and Nairobi, and more than 70 additional international b... more

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Global right to information update: an analysis by region

Lydia Medland; Toby Mendel (eds.)

Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet) (2013), 91 pp.

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"The Update reveals that the challenges faced by advocates, and the campaigning tactics used in each region, are at times remarkably similar. National civil society coalitions, for example, are mentioned by many authors as having made a central contribution to campaigns. In other cases, challenges d... more