Peace-making, power configurations and media practices in northern Uganda: A case study of Mega FM

Brisset-Foucault, Florence

doi:10.1386/jams.3.2.205_1

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“…The Northern region experienced a long civil war compared to the other regions, keeping internally displaced people in camps longer. During and after the civil war, radio was the common source of information listened by a large audience [ 36 – 38 ]. Presence of a large number of people staying in camps with increased utilization of radio and limited or no movements made it easier for humanitarian organizations to implement several interventions and programs, especially those that targeted maternal health services.…”

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Exposure to different types of mass media and timing of antenatal care initiation: insights from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

Sserwanja¹,

Mutisya

Musaba

2022

BMC Women's Health

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Background Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) within the first trimester is highly recommended in the current 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Mass media has the potential to promote early initiation of ANC because it has been used successfully in several programs. However, there is paucity of literature on the effect of exposure to different types of media on the timing of ANC initiation in Uganda. Our study aimed at exploring associations between exposure to different types of mass media and timing of ANC initiation among women in Uganda. Methods We used a cross sectional study design, to conduct a secondary analysis of data collected in the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS). We included weighted data of all the 10,152 women of reproductive age (15–49 years). Multistage stratified sampling was used to select study participants. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the association between exposure to different types of mass media and early initiation of ANC. Results Almost a third of the women (2953/10,152, 29.1%, 95% CI 27.9–29.6) initiated their first ANC contact in the first trimester. Women who listened to radio at least once a week (adjusted OR (aOR 1.14, 95% CI 1.01–1.30) and those who watched television less than once a week (aOR 1.28, 95% CI 1.07–1.53) had higher odds of initiating ANC earlier compared to their counterparts not exposed to radio and television respectively. Conclusion Exposure to radio and television is associated with timing of ANC initiation in Uganda. Importantly, the two types of mass media have the potential to reach women with low levels of education and encourage them to utilize maternal health services. The Ugandan government needs to prioritize and intensify the use of radio and television to promote the benefits associated with timing of ANC initiation.

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Exposure to different types of mass media and timing of antenatal care initiation: insights from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

Sserwanja¹,

Mutisya

Musaba

2022

BMC Women's Health

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“…Gagliardone, 2015; Stremlau et al, 2015; Willems, 2013), in which several contradictory types of communication are at play. Media actors frequently use descriptors such as ‘community media’ strategically to position themselves in uncertain and power-striated environments (see Brisset-Foucault, 2011). More broadly, concepts such as civil society (see Willems, 2014), citizenship, and even media itself (Slater, 2014: 52), which underpin normative models of community media, are themselves born out of a specific history of struggle and debate.…”

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From ‘animation’ to encounter: Community radio, sociability and urban life in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Cante

2017

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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Drawing upon ethnographic research on community radio in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, this article argues that tracking production practices outside of the studio allows researchers to better capture radio’s entanglements with everyday urban life. This spatial reconsideration mirrors a conceptual move beyond community media labels and normative criteria, towards a privileging of context. To illustrate both points, the article centres around ‘animation,’ the practice of enlivening social situations. Animation is central to community radio in Abidjan, but ‘ animateurs’ also practise their trade in a multitude of venues and events around the city. Following animation’s movements between on- and off-air provides an understanding of how community radio is assembled as a porous ‘micro-public’, and insight into the particular kind of sociability that it produces. The article shows that while this sociability is tinged with the quest for status and social capital, it is mostly characterized by indeterminacy, and valued for the unforeseen encounters it can foster.

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“…In addition, Yambio FM's broadcasts include 'come home' messages, which are targeted radio announcements to LRA fighters with messages that encourage them to defect. These 'come home' messages-sometimes recorded by people the fighters know personally-have been used extensively in northern Uganda (Ginifer, 2006;Brisset-Foucault, 2011). Reach has been increased to cover areas of LRA operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR), and South Sudan (Invisible Children, 2013; Lancaster and Cakaj, 2013).…”

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The Fear Factor is a Main Thing: How Radio Influences Anxiety and Political Attitudes

Rigterink

Schomerus

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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We investigate how being exposed to media influences levels of anxiety and political attitudes in conflict-affected areas. Exploiting exogenous variation in signal strength of a radio station in South Sudan's Western Equatoria State, we compare original qualitative and quantitative data from areas with differing radio coverage. Civilians living in areas with more exposure to radio are more afraid of attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). This anxiety means civilians rely more on a civilian militia, the arrow boys, and less on the state army. Hence media, through fear, can contribute to changing social and political structures. Can the power of media be harnessed to positive effect to improve situations of violent conflict? In conflict situations, media has been considered both as contributing to hatred, most prominently during the Rwandan genocide (Yanagizawa-Drott, 2012), as well as a force for peacebuilding (Paluck and Green, 2009a; Paluck and Green, 2009b; Orme, 2010; BBC Media Action, 2012). Setting up a radio station has become standard UN practice in post-conflict situations (Orme, 2010). However, the role of media in situations of violent conflict or developing countries, be it a positive or a negative one, is under-theorised and empirical evidence is scarce (Paluck and Green, 2009b; Schoemaker and Stremlau, 2014). The same cannot be said of theories and empirical studies on the role of media in developed countries without violent conflict. In these contexts, media is sometimes thought to cultivate fear (Furedi, 1997; Furedi, 2005). Numerous theories describe how media might influence risk estimation, ranging from rational choice models (Fielding and Shortland, 2009) to theories emphasizing 'automatic' and subconscious modes of thinking (Tversky and Kahneman, 1973; Gerbner, Gross, Morgan and Signorielli, 1980). Research on the fear-inducing effect of media goes back more than thirty years (Gerbner et al., 1980) but whether and through what mechanism media contributes to anxiety remains subject of debate and evidence is heavily dominated by studies in developed countries. The potential fear-inducing effect of media is of interest especially in light of a growing literature on the role of emotions in the formation of political attitudes, in

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Peace-making, power configurations and media practices in northern Uganda: A case study of Mega FM

Cited by 12 publications

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Exposure to different types of mass media and timing of antenatal care initiation: insights from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

Exposure to different types of mass media and timing of antenatal care initiation: insights from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

From ‘animation’ to encounter: Community radio, sociability and urban life in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

The Fear Factor is a Main Thing: How Radio Influences Anxiety and Political Attitudes

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