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UNESCO's Multi-donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) action in Somalia: 2018-2021 quadrennial report, country summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 5 pp.

"Under the MDP, UNESCO has since 2018 coordinated actions with other development partners through the Somalia Media Sector Group (SMSG) to advocate for improvements in the media legislative framework and to support the implementation of the Somalia Federal Republic Media Strategy 2016-2020 as well a... more

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Social media and politics in Africa: democracy, censorship and security

Maggie Dwyer; Thomas Molony (eds.)

London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-78699-497-4

"Drawing on over a dozen new empirical case studies – from Kenya to Somalia, South Africa to Tanzania – this collection explores how rapidly growing social media use is reshaping political engagement in Africa. But while social media has often been hailed as a liberating tool, the book demonstra... more

Clandestine and other target broadcasts

In: World radio TV handbook: the directory of global broadcasting 2016

Oxford: WRTH Publications (2015), pp. 508-515

"Clandestine broadcasts are politically-motivated broadcasts produced by groups opposed to the government of the target country. Other target broadcasts can be produced by either governmental or non-governmental organisations and are targetted at zones of regional or local conflict." (p.508)

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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Towards a diagnostic approach to media in fragile states: examples from the Somali territories

Nicole Stremlau

Media, war & conflict, volume 6, issue 3 (2013), pp. 279-293

"Media interventions by international organizations and NGOs in conflict and post-conflict situations seek to develop and shape a media system to contribute to specific political and social ends. The analyses and assessments that inform these interventions are often based on an overview of the forma... more

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Comparative perspectives on media law making in Somalia

Oxford: Progamme in Comparative Media Law and Policy Centre for Socio-Legal Studies University of Oxford (2013), 45 pp.

"The Report builds upon two main directives: on the one hand, it tries to bring together the best practices at the international and comparative level, in an attempt to offer guidance on which policy and regulatory toolkits have already proved successful in achieving longterm goals of economic effic... more

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Media use in Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 2 pp.

"The majority of Somalis (65.6%) access news at least once per day. More than one in four Somalis (27.9%) share news daily or most days. Radio is the most popular means for obtaining news in Somalia, with more than four in five (83.9%) reporting they get news via radio at least once per week. More t... more

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Global hotspots: media use in Mali and Somalia 2013

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2013), 60 slides

"Strategic Considerations for a Mali Communications Strategy: Don't forget the importance of local language to reach broad cross-section of the population. Broadcast media remain paramount; on a national radio is likely to be the key medium. Digital is still mostly a niche phenomenon." (slide 39)... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Somalia. Research findings and conclusions

Jamal Abdi Ismail

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 86 pp.

ISBN 1-906086-12-5

"The lack of a consolidated government since the fall of Siyad Barre’s regime in 1991 has led to a proliferation in the number and variety of media sources in Somalia. However, inter-factional violence and conflict has since torn the country apart, creating a difficult environment for media practi... 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

Listening for a change: oral testimony and development

Hugo Slim; Paul Thompson

London: Panos (1993), viii, 167 pp., bibliogr. p.161-167, index

ISBN 1-870670-31-0

"The focus throughout is on "listening" to people, in order to learn from experiences. Oral testimony is considered in terms of oral history and oral artistry. The importance of listening is illustrated by a large number of entertaining case studies, drawn from both developed and developing countrie... more