Needed: News managers adept at the business of media
By Ivan Okuda It is a known fact, of which we take judicial notice, that the media across the world is in crisis. In the last decade, the media landscape …
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Storm brews over UCC online and social media registration rules
By Benjamin Rukwengye In March 2018, the governments of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, as if acting in tandem, issued new rules requiring the licensing of social media and online content …
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Analysis across Africa shows how social media is changing politics
Maggie Dwyer, University of Edinburgh and Thomas Molony, University of Edinburgh In mid-July Chad lifted its 16-month social media ban. This ended the longest social media blockage seen in any …
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The role of media in electoral democracy
This article was originally published in Daily Monitor. By Harold Acemah On June 20, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and Uganda Human Rights Commission organised a one-day post-World Press …
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Governments are making fake news a crime – but it could stifle free speech
Alana Schetzer, University of Melbourne The rapid spread of fake news can influence millions of people, impacting elections and financial markets. A study on the impact of fake news on …
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Donor-funded journalism is on the rise in Africa: why it needs closer scrutiny
Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town; Audrey Gadzekpo, University of Ghana, and Chris Paterson, University of Leeds An enormous and increasing portion of the foreign development aid coming into Africa …
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The urgent need for media literacy in an age of annihilation
Photo by unsplash-logoBenjamin Dada Jennifer Ellen Good, Brock University From fictitious organizations posting polarizing messages on Facebook to robustly researched news stories being labelled “fake,” the pervasive power and importance …
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Media and Elections in Uganda – World Press Freedom Day 2019 keynote address
The following paper on Media and Elections in Uganda was presented by Dr Livingstone Sewanyana, Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative at the World Press Freedom Day …
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