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Drivers of data for development: Exploring the factors that enable availability and utility of open data for development in Africa
Africa Open Data Network (AODN) (2020), 83 pp.
Media and COVID-19 in West Africa: Sierra Leone
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2020), 8 pp.
"Sierra Leone continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through the dissemination of information across various platforms. The media have generally been supportive in providing the public with information and education about COVID-19. However, media owners and managers continue to raise concerns
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Social Media and Politics in Africa: Democracy, Censorship and Security
Top Insights
London: Zed Books (2019), xiii, 299 pp.
"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
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Road to 2030: Access to Information in the Driver’s Seat
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie;Free Press Unlimited;Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2019), 68 pp.
"Spotlight report on the state of public access to information in Canada, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Ukraine prepared for the 2019 cycle of the Voluntary National Reviews and the 2019 UN High Level Political Forum." (Subtitle)
Radio, Conflict and Land Grabbing in Sierra Leone: Communicating Rights and Preventing Violence Through Drama
Media, War & Conflict, volume 12, issue 4 (2019), pp. 373-391
"With a focus on entertainment education, this article sheds light on the effects of radio drama in addressing conflict over land governance. The discussion is built around the broadcast of Bush Wahala radio series during the recent land acquisition process that has taken place in Sierra Leone. Thro
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Cell Phones as an Anticipatory Technology: Behind the Hype of Big Data for Ebola Detection and Containment
Halle; Leipzig: University of Halle;University of Leipzig (2018), 17 pp.
Status of Training and Research in Reporting Conflict, Peace Journalism and Safety Education in English Speaking West Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Journalism Education, volume 6, issue 2 (2018), pp. 28-36
"This paper examines the teaching of conflict-sensitive reporting, safety education and peace journalism in the curricula of institutions offering mass communication/journalism programmes in three English speaking countries of West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. It assesses the status of r
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Strengthening Police and Media Relations for the Safety of Journalists and Peaceful, Free and Fair Elections in West Africa
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA);International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 42 pp.
"The relationship between the media and security agencies, including those in the law enforcement and intelligence services, has always been a delicate one. In the West African context, this relationship is often characterized by frequent clashes, arising from a somewhat startling inability of eithe
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Mapping Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression in East, West and Southern Africa
Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) (2018), 100 pp.
"This report maps the current landscape in respect of digital rights and online freedom of expression in East, West and Southern Africa. It looks at the trends regarding law and policy developments, as well as recent litigation, within these regions. The report focuses on 18 countries – 6 per regi
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Evaluation of Media Development Project
UNDP (2018), 77 pp.
"There is a noticeable improvement in professional media practice in Sierra Leone since the project started. However, more work remains to be done to further improve professional media practice and ethics. The regulatory environment needs to be improved and the role of the Independent Media Commissi
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Consultative Meeting on Community Radio Stations in Sierra Leone
UNDP (2018), 26 pp.
Renforcer les relations entre police et médias pour la sécurité des journalistes et des élections pacifiques, libres et justes en Afrique de l’Ouest
Accra; Copenhagen: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA);International Media Support (IMS) (2018), 45 pp.
"La relation entre les médias et les agences de sécurité, y compris les services de police et de renseignement, a toujours été délicate. Dans le contexte de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, cette relation est souvent caractérisée par des affrontements fréquents, résultant d'une incapacité quelque pe
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Transparency is More Than Dollars and Cents: An Examination of Informational Needs for Aid Spending in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Oxford: Oxfam (2017), 25 pp.
"This research looks at the information needed by in-country development stakeholders with an emphasis on accountability actors including civil society organizations, charities, government workers, and the media. To collect this information, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Sierra Leone
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Pattern of Community Radio Ownership, Regulation and Usage for Development in Anglophone West African Countries
Journal of Research and Development, volume 3, issue 2 (2017), pp. 30-38
"The findings show that community radio stations in Anglophone West African countries are owned and controlled by the community; the community radio in Anglophone West African countries is regulated along the broad guidelines that guide broadcasting in those countries; and community radio is used fo
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Journalists in Sierra Leone
Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.
"In their professional role orientations, Sierra Leonean journalists found it most important to educate the audience, let people express their views, report things as they are, support national development and advocate for social change. The respondents believe it is not their job to convey a positi
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Participatory Politics and Citizen Journalism in a Networked Africa: A Connected Continent
Top Insights
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 308 pp.
"This book investigates the role of citizen journalism in railroading social and political changes in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies are drawn from research conducted by leading scholars from the fields of media studies, journalism, anthropology and history, who uniquely probe the real impact of t
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Digital Activism in the Social Media Era: Critical Reflections on Emerging Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xv, 341 pp.
"This book probes the vitality, potentiality and ability of new communication and technological changes to drive online-based civil action across Africa. In a continent booming with mobile innovation and a plethora of social networking sites, the Internet is considered a powerful platform used by pr
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Using Media and Communication to Respond to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Ebola
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 30 pp.
"This practice briefing sets out what BBC Media Action learned in delivering and supporting health communication in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014–15. It has a particular focus on Sierra Leone as this was the hub of the organisation’s response. The paper aims to contribute t
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Exploring the Role of Communication in Community Health
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 48 pp.
"This report draws on two studies: first, a nationally representative quantitative survey, and, second, a qualitative study across three locations in Sierra Leone [...] Ninety-five per cent of research participants reported accessing health information in the previous three months – 93% receiving
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