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The African Communication Research journal has devoted its recent issue (4)2 mainly to “The State of Media Freedom in Africa”, with case studies covering Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Malawi.
The World Bank has released an electronic Sourcebook (e-Sourcebook) on “ICT in Agriculture”. This e-Sourcebook provides practitioners within and outside of the World Bank Group with lessons learned, guiding principles, and hundreds of examples and case studies on applying information and communication technologies in poor agriculture.
This collection may be downloaded chapterwise, in full, or viewed online: here. The full pdf version is 15.2 MB and includes links for easy navigation.
The IDS (Institute of Development Studies, UK) recently launched Famine, War and Corruption: The British Media’s Portrayal of the Global South.
The 10-minute film features interviews with journalists and filmmakers. Contributors discuss how the media tend to focus on issues of war and disaster, rather than giving a true picture of life in developing countries. They discuss some of the challenges faced by the British media as they explain global poverty to the public, including the pressure of ratings, tight timescales and newsroom staffing cuts. Watch above or on YouTube here.
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