Mediafrica survey in Gaborone
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Stratified random sampling. What is it?
Read MoreNew member of Mediafrica’s research team: Nanna Schneidermann
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We’d like to welcome our new member of the Mediafrica’s research team, Nanna Schneidermann, from Aarhus, Denmark.
Read MoreWhat makes a society an internet society?
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The proper infrastructure is a precondition but people and institutions certainly needs to be online. Are they in Botswana?
Read MoreRFID-tagging of cattle in Botswana - abstract for a book chapter submitted
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RFID-tagging of cattle in Botswana - abstract for a book chapter submitted
Read MoreProject meeting with Botswana partners at University of Botswana
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On tuesday oct 27th, PI Prof Jo Helle-Valle, Oslo University College and Ardis Storm-Mathisen from University of Oslo, met withHead of Sociology Department, Head of Sociology Department, Professor M. Mogalakwe and Dr. Gabriel Faimau to discuss and prepare for the ICT/media-use survey to be conducted in Gaborone households before Christmas.
Read MorePreparations for Mediafrica fieldwork
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Before entering a field there are a lot of things that needs to be thought about, texts that needs to be written and signed. This blogpost gives you an insight into some of what this has entailed in the Mediafrica project.
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Mobile phones as devices for caring in DR Congo
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What kinds of access do elderly people in Kinshasa (DRC) have to new media, and in particular, to mobile phones? Surprisingly, instead of children providing their elderly parents with such devices, it is grandchildren who facilitate access, but sometimes in troubling ways.
Article about the Mediafrica project in Bulletine
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New media practices and social change: A comparative study in sub-Saharan Africa. Article by Ardis Storm-Mathisen in Bulletine 2/15
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Position Opening
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First meeting with future Mediafrica partners in South Africa 2012
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At the International Conference ‘Beyond Normative Approaches: Everyday Media Culture in Africa’ held at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, feb 2012, Jo Helle-Valle presented his early ideas of the Mediafrica project and met withfuture project partners.
Read More"New Media Practices in a Changing Africa" featured in Bulletine Magazine
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We are featured in Bulletine Magazine
Read MoreThe Mediafrica project has received funding from the Research Council of Norway
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The project New Media in a Changing Africa has received funding from the Norwegian research Council FRIPRO- FRIHUMSAM. Project owner is Oslo University College. Project leader is Jo-Helle-Valle.
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