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Research Makes the News: Strengthening Media Engagement with Research to Influence Policy

London: Panos (2010), 16 pp.

"The media have the capacity to speak to policymakers, civil society and the general public, and therefore have an important role to play in keeping debate and awareness of particular issues in the public domain. Research that supports existing debates can also bring evidence and corroborated facts ... more

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The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in East Africa
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Johan Hellström

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2010), 100 pp.

"This report gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa. It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well as key opportunities and potential for upscaling mobile applications. The report draws on secondary data and statistics, as well ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and Environmental Sustainability

Alan Finlay (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2010), 244 pp.

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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.

"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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SMS Uprising: Mobile Phone Activism in Africa
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Sokari Ekine (ed.)

Cape Town: Pambazuka Press (2010), xxii, 149 pp.

"This collection of essays by those engaged in using mobile phone technologies for social change provides an analysis of the socio-economic, political and media contexts faced by activists in Africa today. The essays address a broad range of issues including inequalities in access to technology base ... more

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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa: Comparative Analysis of the South African and Ugandan PALM Studies

Eve Gray, Andrew Rens, Karen Bruns

Cape Town; Ottawa: Association for Creative Research and Development;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 117 pp.

Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa (PALM Africa) has been a two-country research programme conducted in South Africa and Uganda, using action research to explore the potential of open access and flexible and open intellectual property licences with the aim of enhancing the impact ... more

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African Media Barometer: Uganda 2010

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 76 pp.

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A Media Minefield: Increased Threats to Freedom of Expression in Uganda

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2010), 60 pp.

"A Media Minefield details how Ugandan authorities have brought charges against over 30 journalists, revoked or suspended the broadcasting licenses of several radio stations, and practiced other forms of partisan repression of the media over the last several years. When violent riots erupted in Kamp ... more

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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.

"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more

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Minutes from the International Partnership Meeting

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2010), 40 pp.

"This report provides an overview of the discussions and conclusions from the International Partnership Meeting in New York on 26 January 2010 organised by the Open Society Institute and International Media Support. At the meeting, 30 media support and press freedom organisations from across the wor ... more

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Uganda Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change

Lucy Neville, David Musiime, Allan Oniba Alana

London: BBC World Service Trust;British Council (2010), 31 pp.

"In May 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in Uganda to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 12 focus group discussions with Ugandan citizens, as well as 18 in-depth interviews wit ... h opinion leaders from government, religious institutions, the private sector, the media and civil society. The overall objective was to find out what people think about climate change, and to determine how to tailor communication and media strategies to support Uganda’s response to climate change. Key findings Whilst most Ugandans do not understand the science of climate change, they have noticed changes in the weather and seasons, and accept the idea that these changes are linked to human activity. They tell of excessive heat, increasing seasonal variability and reduced rainfall. Most people, however, do not connect these with global climate change. Changes in climate are not noticed by Ugandans in isolation from broader environmental changes. People in Uganda are keenly aware of environmental degradation and natural resource depletion. They often make little distinction between environmental degradation and climate change. Drought and food scarcity are causing frustration and despair across Kenya. Farmers, fishermen and pastoralists do not know how they would cope if these problems became worse. Crop failure and death of livestock are causing frustration and despair. Farmers and pastoralists do not have a sense of how they would cope if the problems became worse. other issues that people are worried about include bush fires, deforestation, flooding, soil erosion, poor sanitation and air pollution. opinion leaders are particularly concerned for rural communities and the urban poor. There is a strong tendency for Ugandans to hold themselves individually and collectively responsible for local changes in the environment and the weather. They believe their own activities, such as deforestation and draining swampland, have brought about these changes. There is little awareness that climatic problems – now or in the future – are likely to have causes that extend beyond Uganda." (Executive summary) more

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Translation, Language and Fiction Publishing in Africa: The Case of Uganda

Bob Lapajian

Utrecht University, Master Thesis (2010), 132 pp.

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Not really enough: Foreign donors and journalism training in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda

Anya Schiffrin

Journalism Practice, volume 4, issue 3 (2010), pp. 405-416

"The media in much of sub-Saharan Africa is severely constrained by several factors: lack of resources, government pressure, the influence of media ownership and the declining quality of secondary education and professional journalism education. In many countries, newspapers are unable to perform th ... more

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Religion Macht Frieden: Das Friedenspotenzial von Religionen in politischen Gewaltkonflikten
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Markus A. Weingardt

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 480 pp.

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L'Église Catholique en Afrique;The Catholic Church in Africa;A Igreja Católica em África

Paris: Oeuvres Pontificales Missionaires (OPM);Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), 24th ed. (2010), 775 pp.

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Rebel Voices and Radio Actors: In Pursuit of Dialogue and Debate in Northern Uganda

Maggie Ibrahim

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 610-620

"The town of Gulu in northern Uganda stood still as the leader of a then 16-year-old insurgency against the government was heard live through a local government radio station. On 28 December 2002, Joseph Kony called in to Mega FM’s live debate talk show and was heard throughout northern Uganda. Th ... more

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Change at Hand: Web 2.0 for Development
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Holly Ashley, Jon Corbett, Ben Garside, Giacamo Rambaldi (eds.)

London; Wageningen: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2009), 136 pp.

"Web 2.0 for development (Web2forDev) is a way of employing web services to intentionally improve information-sharing and collaborative production of content for development. It is about how development actors can relate and connect to other stakeholders, produce and publish their own material, deci ... more

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There Will be Ink: A Study of Journalism Training and the Extractive Industries in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda

Ben Colmery, Adriana Diaz, Emily Gann, Rebekah Heacock, Jonathan Hulland, Eamon Kircher-Allen

New York: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, International Media and Communications Program (2009), 114 pp.

"This report is intended to serve as a guide for organizations considering establishing journalist-training programs in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. The report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the journalism profession in these three countries. Generalizations across countri ... more