A multimethod evaluative study in Somalia of interactive radio-SMS highlights its potential as a mixed methods social research capability in low and middle income countries during health emergencies.
Across Africa, interactive radio shows are vibrant ‘convened social spaces’ for authorities and citizens to engage on public affairs; media presenters play crucial roles in shaping citizen engagement.
The diverse and vibrant uses of new digital technologies across eastern Africa provide fresh impetus to rethink the concept of ‘publics’ from a distinctly African vantage point.
This text explores how interactive broadcast media, particularly in Africa, reshapes political communication by involving audiences in radio and TV shows. It examines how the uncertain nature of…
By building their credibility as sources — through interpersonal relationships with journalists, through authority with human rights leaders, and through associations with NGO networks — human rights NGOs…
Advocacy organizations engage with social media using the evidence model, which prioritises veracity, and the engagement model, which prioritises participation.
Mexican newspapers developed two models in response to competition from electronic media, the spot news model, which prioritises efficiency, and the reportage model, which prioritises expertise and autonomy.