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Picturing atrocity: photography in crisis

Geoffrey Batchen; Mick Gidley; Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp., many illustr.

ISBN 978-1-86189-872-2 (pbk)

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

South Africa talks climate: the public understanding of climate change

Lucy Neville et al.

London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 35 pp.

CC BY-NC-ND

"Between August and October 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, funded by the British Council, conducted research in south africa to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 16 focus group discussions with south african citizens, and 18 i... more

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Racism, ethnicity and the media in Africa: reflections inspired by studies of xenophobia in Cameroon and South Africa

Africa spectrum, volume 45, issue 1 (2010), pp. 57-93

ISSN 1868-6869 (online) CC BY-ND

"This paper demonstrates the extent to which the media and belonging in Africa are torn between competing and often conflicting claims of bounded and flexible ideas of culture and identity. It draws on studies of xenophobia in Cameroon and South Africa, inspired by the resilience of the politicizati... more

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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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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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Formative target audience research: a case study of five community radio stations in South Africa

Johanna Mavhungu

Grahamstown: Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (2009), x, 127 pp., bibliogr. p.115

CC BY-NC-SA

"This report aims to 'assist radio stations to understand formative target audience research and enable them to conduct such research'. The report is primarily based on the experiences with Focus Group Discussions (FGD's) of five South African community radio stations. The publication contains an in... more

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Power, politics and the identity in South African media

Adrian Hadland; Eric Louw; Simphiwe Sesanti; Herman Wasserman (eds.)

Cape Town: HSRC Press (2008), vii, 403 pp., abbrev. p.vii

ISBN 978-0-7969-22202-1

"South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected here explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection, and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabl... more

Oral history and public memories

Paula Hamilton; Linda Shopes (eds.)

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press (2008), xvii, 302 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-1-59213-141-9 (pbk); 978-1-59213-140-2 (hbk)

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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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African Media Development Initiative: South Africa. Research findings and conclusions

Claire Milne; Anne Taylor

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 116 pp.

ISBN 1-906086-13-3

"Overall, South Africa has a relatively vibrant and developing media environment. The 15 interviewees were involved in 37 media development initiatives between them. These development initiatives comprise the following: 12 training initiatives; nine advocacy initiatives; five research initiatives; t... 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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Access to information: building a culture of transparency. Jamaica

Laura Neuman (ed.)

Atlanta: Carter Center (2006), vi, 150 pp., illustr., tables, bibliogr.

"In passing and implementing the Access to Information Act 2002, Jamaica has established a new and more open form of governance and accomplished what many other countries are still attempting. The Act, which provides citizens an enforceable right to official documents held by public authorities, is ... 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

Media communities

Brigitte Hipfl; Theo Hug (eds.)

Münster; New York: Waxmann (2006), 342 pp.

ISBN 978-3-8309-1599-7

"This book analyzes the different ways in which media are being used for community building and it also critically interrogates the concept of community itself. The authors do that from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from fundamental philosophical questions regarding community, to the ... more

Trauma and cinema: cross-cultural explorations

E. Ann Kaplan; Ban Wang (eds.)

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press (2004), 288 pp., index

ISBN 978-962-209-979-1

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Media for sustainable development. Content survey: a baseline study report on sustainable development content/themes for community radio stations in Africa and Central America

AMARC Africa; Panos Southern Africa; Pronatura

Open Society Foundation (2004), 117 pp., tables

"The summary of findings for this study is drawn from extensive research conducted in the form of questionnaires and focus groups. The aim of the study was to assess the level at which community radio stations in Africa are involved in programming of content on sustainable development themes/ topics... more

African broadcast cultures: radio in transition

Richard Fardon; Graham Furniss (eds.)

Oxford: James Currey Publishers (2000), xvi, 256 pp., 8 illustr., abbrev. p.xiv-xvi, index

ISBN 0-85255-828-7

"Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. This text examines African radio broadcast cultures." (Publisher)

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

Buchlandschaften: das BuchMarktBuch 2

Johannes Seymann Gerlinde Hinterhölzl

Wien: Buchkultur Verlagsgesellschaft (1998), 197 pp.

ISBN 3-901052-36-4

Communications in Africa, vol.1, no. 5

Grahamstown: Rhodes University (1974), 42 pp., tables