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Edutainment: using stories and media for social action and behaviour change

Harriet Perlman et al.

Johannesburg: Soul City Institute (2013), 141 pp.

ISBN 978-1-77594-024-1

"This manual is for media practitioners and social activists who wish to use the power of entertainment and mass media to promote health, human rights and social justice. Drawing on successful stories and case studies from Africa and elsewhere, this manual aims to inspire, give fresh ideas and share... more

World radio TV handbook: the directory of global broadcasting 2014

Oxford: WRTH Publications (2013) 68th ed., 672 pp.

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Mediensysteme im internationalen Vergleich

Barbara Thomaß (ed.)

Konstanz: UVK (2013) 2nd ed., 378 pp., index

Außereuropäische Christentumsgeschichte: Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika 1450-1990

Klaus Koschorke; Frieder Ludwig; Mariano Delgado

Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag (2012) 4. Aufl., vii, 344 pp., bibliogr. p.335-339, index

ISBN 978-3-7887-2473-3

Other Editions: 5. Auflage 2021, durchgesehener Nachdruck der Ausgabe 2012

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The three alternative journalisms of Africa

Terje S. Skjerdal

International communication gazette, volume 74, issue 7 (2012), pp. 636-654

"Much African journalism scholarship has had a critical stand towards ‘Western’ journalism models. The criticism has resulted in the submission of alternative African journalism models such as ujamaa journalism, ubuntu journalism and oral discourse journalism. The present article reviews a numbe... more

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The practice of public diplomacy: confronting challenges abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

ISBN 978-0-230-11322-0 (print); 978-1-283-09673-7 (ebook)

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss... more

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Soft power in China: public diplomacy through communication

Jian Wang

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), 221 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-230-11637-5 (ebook); 978-1-349-29137-3 (pbk)

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Encyclopedia of social movement media

John D. H. Downing (ed.)

Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi; Singapore: Sage (2011), xxvii, 602 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-7619-2688-7 (hbk)

"This one-volume encyclopedia features around 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media over the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries ... The guiding principles have been to ensure that experiences from the global South are given voice; that women are properly represented among ... more

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Towards a theory of communication for Africa: the challenges for emerging democracies

Levi Obonyo

communicatio: South African journal for communication theory and research, volume 37, issue 1 (2011), pp. 1-20

"While the scholarship on communication theory has evolved over many years in Africa it is still work in progress. This discourse has been anchored in society's cultural milieu. The import of this is that the debate has evolved without incorporating the realities of Africa. Consequently, theories of... more

African voices for rights, democracy and development: AMARC Africa program of activities 2011-2014

Accra: AMARC Africa (2011), 29 pp.

"The present Program of activities is informed by the AMARC Africa Strategic Plan of Action adopted in 2009 for the 2011 to 2014 period. Its strategic objective is to empower poor communities through implementation of their right to access to communication and exercise their freedom of expression in... more

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Children accused of witchcraft: an anthropological study of contemporary practices in Africa

Aleksandra Cimpric

Dakar: UNICEF (2010), 55 pp., bibliogr. p.50-55

"This study addresses the issue of children who are victims of violence and mistreatment due to local beliefs, representations and practices, in particular, relating to witchcraft. While the harmful consequences of these beliefs have been publicised internationally, their origins often remain unclea... more

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African languages in a digital age: challenges and opportunities for indigenous language computing

Don Osborn

Cape Town; Ottawa: HSRC Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), xvi, 150 pp., abbrev. p.xv-xvi, bibliogr. p.135-145, index

ISBN 978-1-55250-473-4 (IDRC); 978-0-7969-2249-6 (pbk); 978-0-7969-2300-4 (pdf)

"This book is the result of several years of observation, analysis, consultation and synthesis of the adaptation of ict s to local languages in Africa. The goal of the Pan Africa Localization project led by Don Osborn was to closely track the progress of ict s in African languages and clearly identi... more

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China in Africa: a new approach to media development?

Iginio Gagliardone; Maria Repnikova; Nicole Stremlau

Oxford; London: Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) University of Oxford; Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (2010), 21 pp., bibliogr. p.21

"In the past few years China has rapidly become an important player in the media sector in many African countries in at least three ways. First, its economic success and the impressive growth of media outlets and users within China have quietly promoted an example of how the media can be deployed wi... more

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Diasporas: concepts, identities, intersections

Kim Knott; Seán McLoughlin (eds.)

London; New York: Zed Books (2010), viii, 319 pp., illustr., Kt.

ISBN 978-1-84277-948-4 (pbk)

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Shadows of war: a social history of silence in the twentieth century

Efrat Ben-Ze'ev; Jay Winter; Ruth Ginio (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2010), ix, 223 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-511-67701-4 (ebook); 978-0-521-19658-1 (hbk)

"Silence lies between forgetting and remembering. This book explores the ways in which different societies have constructed silences to enable men and women to survive and make sense of the catastrophic consequences of armed conflict. Using a range of disciplinary approaches, it examines the silence... more

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Mission et communication

Christian Bonnet et al.

Perspectives missionnaires, volume , issue 57 (2009), pp. 1-63

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The politics of corruption and the media in Africa

Helge Rønning

Journal of African media studies, volume 1, issue 1 (2009), pp. 155-171

"This paper explores the linkages between debates about corruption and the role of the media in Africa. It advances arguments about how citizens in Africa encounter corruption – both grand and petty – and how they perceive it, as well as factors that may contribute to the development of corrupt ... 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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Building sustainability for media centres: a handbook on best practices

Yasha Lange; Thomas Hughes

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2007), 52 pp., illustr.

ISBN 87-92209-02-5

"Media centres around the world are facing the same challenges in ensuring long-term sustainability after “start-up” funding from donors ceases. In order to overcome these challenges, a number of centres have pioneered innovative approaches for ensuring financial and institutional viability and ... more

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Live news Africa: a survival guide for journalists

Brussels; Dakar: International News Safety Institute (INSI); International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Africa Office (2007), 87 pp.

"Live News: A Survival Guide for Journalists, is carefully tailored to help journalists to prepare themselves mentally, physically and psychologically before engaging on an assignment that can be very dangerous. The guiding tips provided in the text help to prepare the journalists mentally before, h... more