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Rural women's radio listening behavior and program preferences in SNNPRS, the case of Sidama and Gedeo Zones

Yohannes Shiferaw J.

Journal of Media and Communication Studies, volume 12, issue 4 (2020), pp. 39-45

"The objective of the study was to identify rural women's radio program preferences and listening behaviours. Survey was used to gather information from 200 rural women selected through multistage sampling from Sidama and Gedeo Zones. Descriptive statistic such as frequency and percentage were used ... more

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Digital Inequalities in the Global South

Massimo Ragnedda, Anna Gladkova (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xvii, 372 pp.

"This book discusses how digital inequalities today may lead to other types of inequalities in the Global South. Contributions to this collection move past discussing an access problem - a binary division between 'haves and have-nots' - to analyse complex inequalities in the internet use, benefits, ... more

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Analysis of Ethiopia’s Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression Proclamation No.1185/2020

Kampala: CIPESA (2020), 4 pp.

"Although the Proclamation has good intentions of curbing hate speech in Ethiopia, it fundamentally restricts freedom of expression online and the right to information. Further, the proclamation has a chilling effect on online and offline rights, which could lead to self-censorship. For instance, jo ... more

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Assessing the Limitations to Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Ethiopia Against the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew

African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 20, issue 1 (2020), pp. 315-345

"The Ethiopian government restricts freedom of expression on the internet and has adopted extraneous limiting measures. Most of these measures are incompatable with the African Charter. Restrictions to freedom of expression on the internet include internet shutdowns, hate speech and disinformation r ... more

Fighting Violence Against Women Online: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Frameworks in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda

Chioma Nwaodike, Nerissa Naidoo

Internews;Pollicy (2020), 25 pp.

"The highest levels of regulation, from international treaties to constitutions, are unambiguous about creating an environment in which women thrive. However, this egalitarian space must be progressively realized, and one aspect of this work is eliminating discrimination, including in relation to ge ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2020. Technology, the Environment and a Sustainable World: Responses from the Global South
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Alan Finlay et al.

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2020), 268 pp.

"The world is facing an unprecedented climate and environmental emergency. Scientists have identified human activity as primarily responsible for the climate crisis, which together with rampant environmental pollution, and the unbridled activities of the extractive and agricultural industries, pose ... more

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The Politics of Information and Analysis in Humanitarian Emergencies: Evidence from Ethiopia

Daniel Maxwell, Lindsay Spainhour Baker, Peter Hailey

Boston: Feinstein International Center (2020), 27 pp.

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Assessing the Capacity, Challenges and Sustainability of the Community Radio Sector in Ethiopia

Negash, Tewodros, Per Oesterlund

International Media Support (IMS);danicom (2019), 36 pp.

"International Media Support (IMS) carried out two initial assessment missions in Ethiopia in June and August 2018, and the community radio sector was identified as an area of possible cooperation and support. In order to follow up on this finding, an IMS team consisting of Mr. Tewodros Negash and M ... more

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Humanitarianism and Media: 1900 to the Present

Johannes Paulmann (ed.)

New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2019), viii, 305 pp.

"From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today’s NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Article 19;Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2019), 87 pp.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service ... more

Social Media and Journalism in Ethiopia: Setting the Scene for Reform

Christer L. Pettersson, Nigussu Solomon

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute;Nubia Media & Communications (2019), 28 pp.

"Social media has, in a few years, turned the political landscape in Ethiopia on its head not only as a means of mobilising people, but also as a means of spreading rumours, hate speech and disinformation [...] What ultimately is happening is that digital media has made a more invasive, ultimately p ... more

Ethiopia: Reflections on Media Reform

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2019), 60 pp.

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Global Media and Cultural Policy: The European Union and Audiovisual Industries in the Global South

Benjamin A. J. Pearson

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Doctoral Thesis (2019), viii, 193 pp.

"This dissertation explores audiovisual assistance programs through an examination of the largest such program: the EU’s ACPCultures+, which since 2008 has awarded over 50 million Euros to nearly 60 audiovisual training programs, distribution initiatives, and production projects in sub-Saharan Afr ... more

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Publics in Africa in a Digital Age

Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 13, issue 1 (2019), pp. 1-213

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Developing Independent Media Associations in Ethiopia

Washington, DC: Mersa Media Institute (2019), 41 pp.

Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation

Douglas Nakashima, Igor Krupnik, Jennifer T. Rubis (eds.)

Cambridge; Paris: Cambridge University Press;UNESCO (2018), xx, 298 pp.

"This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University’s Traditional Knowledge Initiative, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and other organizations. Ch ... more

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Newsmaking Cultures in Africa: Normative Trends in the Dynamics of Socio-Political and Economic Struggles
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Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara (ed.)

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxv, 396 pp.

"The volume digs beneath the standardised and universalised veneer of professionalism to unpack routine practices and normative trends shaped by local factors, including the structural conditions of deprivation, entrenched political instability (and interference), pervasive neo-patrimonial governanc ... more

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Media, Conflict, and the State in Africa

Nicole Stremlau

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (2018), xiii, 175 pp.

"Countries emerging from violent conflict face difficult challenges about what the role of media should be in political transitions, particularly when attempting to build a new state and balance a difficult legacy. Media, Conflict, and the State in Africa discusses how ideas, institutions and intere ... more

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Overview of the Ethiopian Media Landscape

Bent Nørby Bonde

Media Progress (2018), 68 pp.

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