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State of the Broadcasting Industry Report 2014

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB);PwC (2014), 27 pp.

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Third-party complaints in the system of press regulation: Inviting the reader to take part in journalistic accountability and securing press freedom

Julie Reid

African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 58-74

"The system of self-regulation for the press was subject to contentious debates in South Africa from 2010 to 2012. The Press Council of South Africa and the accountability mechanism for the press (self-regulation) underwent two separate processes of review during this period, subsequently altering t ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2014. Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls

Sanja Kelly, Madeline Earp, Laura Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 986 pp.

"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fourth consecutive year, with a growing number of countries introducing online censorship and monitoring practices that are simultaneously more aggressive and more sophisticated in their targeting of individual users. In a departure from the pa ... more

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Global Digital Statistics 2014: We Are Social's Snapshot of Key Digital Indicators

Singapore: We Are Social (2014), 181 slides

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Armed with Pen and Microphone: Media as Tools for Social Development

Caroline Haidacher

Wien: Frauensolidarität/Women's Solidarity (2014), 78 pp.

"This study shows how women and women’s organisations in Central America and southern Africa use media for social development. One of the milestones of the women’s movement was the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. Section J of the Platform for Action, which was a result of th ... more

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Empowering Our Whistleblowers

Gabriella Razzano

Open Democracy Advice Centre;Right2Know Campaign;Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), iv, 63 pp.

"In 2010 the Open Democracy Advice Centre undertook a comprehensive review of the state of whistleblowing in South Africa, entitled 'The Status of Whistleblowing' (2010). Three years on, the whistleblowing landscape is due another review. Research demonstrates that progress has not merely halted in ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications Surveillance in the Digital Age

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2014), 283 pp.

"This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approaches the issue from a different perspective. Some analy ... more

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Feature Phone User Survey: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

London: Balancing Act (2014), 64 pp.

"Feature phone users are significantly more likely to use the Internet almost as much radio and TV for news and information. This is not an either/or set of choices but the Internet is part of the range of media they use. Internet is in second position in Nigeria, third position in Ethiopia and Keny ... more

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Promoting Alternative Views in a Multipolar World: BRICS and Their Evolving Role in Developing Media Markets. 9th Symposium Forum Media and Development, 10/11 October, 2013, Berlin

Stuttgart; Aachen: Robert Bosch Stiftung;Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2014), 75 pp.

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An Exploration into the Operations and Sustainability of Community Radio Stations in South Africa

Towera Gondwe, Zororo Mavindidze

Braamfontein: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI);RAITH Foundation (2014), 31 pp.

"Community radio remains the most readily available means of access to information for the majority of poor communities in South Africa. In this regard, the purpose served by community radio within communities is elevated to encompass greater significance in the promotion of active citizens and part ... more

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State of the Newsroom: South Africa 2014. Disruptions Accelerated

Glenda Daniels (ed.)

Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, Wits Journalism (2014), x, 134 pp.

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The Development and Sustainability of Indigenous African Language Newspapers: A Case Study of 'Seipone', 'Nthavela' and 'Nghoho News'

Edgar Julius Malatji

Limpopo: University of Limpopo, Master Thesis (2014), ix, 149 pp.

"There is a conspicuous importance of having newspapers that publish in the indigenous African languages for the indigenous population in a democratic dispensation. The indigenous African languages are key components of their respective cultures. The survival of the language is, in some way, depende ... more

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Internet Freedom and Freedom of Expression in South Africa

Johannesburg: Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI);Raith Foundation (2014), 31 pp.

"In a rapidly changing civil-political and socio-economic environment, the internet has emerged as one of the primary mechanisms that influence and continue to redefine the practice of democracy. Internet freedom is therefore an increasingly important safeguard towards advancing not only freedom of ... more

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Comparing the United Kingdom's Guardian Newspaper with its Co-Owned South African Mail & Guardian Online: Towards Productive Global North–South Collaborations in the Digital World Information Order

Bella Mody

African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 1 (2014), pp. 74-91

"This article highlights how one online news organisation in the global south, with no more than three staff and no foreign correspondents, strategically used multiple wire service feeds to successfully cover a significant story more comprehensively than its better-endowed co-owner. It compares the ... more

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The Network Society, Power and the Print Media in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Case of Media Contestation in Durban for Environmental Justice

Llewellyn Leonard

Media, Culture & Society, volume 36, issue 7 (2014), pp. 966-981

"This article is interested in the extent to which various social actors in the Durban network society, such as civil society, corporations and the state, shape public information and perception in their own interests regarding environmental discourse. Empirical evidence presents viewpoints from key ... more

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Care Takers: Sustaining South Africa's Rich Biodiversity. Series 2. Facilitators Guide

Steps;SANBI (2014), 40 pp.

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Transitional Justice, Culture, and Society: Beyond Outreach

Clara Ramírez-Barat (ed.)

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC);International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) (2014), 560 pp.

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Perceptions and Realities of Corruption in South Africa

Iris Wielders

Afrobarometer (2013), 8 pp.

"It is clear that corruption is considered an important issue by South Africans. It is frequently cited as a critical issue facing the country, and many people believe that there are high levels of corruption in various parts of government. At the same time however, the incidence of bribery appears ... more

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A Baseline Study of Youth Identity, the Media and the Public Sphere in South Africa

Jane Duncan, Irene Costera Meijer, Nico Drok et al.

School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University (2013), v, 115 pp.

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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.