Research

Publications

Media capture in Africa: a case study in Tanzania
Dylan W. Groves, Anya Schiffrin, Marco Kitundu, Francis Nyonzo
Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption (2026)
The effect of radio dramas on willingness to report intimate partner violence: evidence from a survey experiment in Tanzania
Kate SantaMaria, Noela Ringo, Kasim Abdallah, Dylan W. Groves, Brenda Nyambo
Frontiers in Communication (2025)
Journalism for development: the role of journalism in promoting democracy, political accountability, and sustainable development
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Anya Schiffrin, Dylan W. Groves
UNESCO (2024)

Working papers

Climate change news, blame attribution, and support for environmental protection in rural Tanzania: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment
Alexander Brown, Salma Emmanuel, Donald P. Green, Dylan W. Groves, Beatrice Montano, Bardia Rahmani
GML Working Paper #5
Journalism and blame attribution in hegemonic party regimes: evidence from Tanzania
Benjamin Risley, Dylan W. Groves, Zakayo Zakaria
GML Working Paper #4
The long-term effects of a radio drama on HIV attitudes and policy priorities
Dylan W. Groves, Alphoncina Kagaigai, Beatrice Montano, Savannah Nivin, Bardia Rahmani, Donald P. Green
Revise and resubmit, Social Science and Medicine
The persuasive power of Africa's High Courts: evidence from Tanzania
Salma Emmanuel, Dylan W. Groves, Beatrice Montano, Constantine Manda, Donald P. Green, Bardia Rahmani
Revise and resubmit, World Development
A radio drama's effects on environmental protection: experimental evidence from Tanzania
Bardia Rahmani, Dylan W. Groves, Beatrice Montano, Donald P. Green
Information or motivation? How watchdog journalism can promote government responsiveness in Tanzania
Dylan W. Groves
Governments respond to watchdog journalism: evidence from a field experiment in Tanzania
Dylan W. Groves

Research in progress

The authority gap: differential effects of judicial and religious elite messaging on social and policy attitudes in Tanzania
Kate SantaMaria, Benjamin Risley, Zakayo Zakaria, and co-authors
Mass media messages and intimate partner violence in Rwanda
Dylan W. Groves, Aline Umubyeyi, Horace Gninafon, Donald P. Green
What drives solar uptake? Evidence from Tanzania
Salma Emmanuel, Athena Wagner, Dylan W. Groves
Mass media messages and family planning in Nigeria
John Marshall, Dylan W. Groves, Mahesh Karra, Marie Montas, Nneka Osadolor
Class, tribe, and gender: the determinants of court shopping in rural Tanzania
Kate SantaMaria, Noela Ringo
Religious leader messages to combat human trafficking
Beatrice Montano, Salma Emmanuel, Dylan W. Groves, Isabella Tang, Selestine Makoba
Local journalism and public health service delivery
Zakayo Zakaria, Noela Ringo, Dylan W. Groves, John Marshall, Constantine Manda
Local radio to build trust in public health in Tanzania
Zakayo Zakaria, Noela Ringo, Dylan W. Groves, John Marshall, Constantine Manda
The supply of watchdog journalism
Marco Kitundu, Dylan W. Groves, Isakwisa Mbyale, Savannah Nivin
The rise of religious radio
Francis N'gatigwa, Dylan W. Groves

Student honors theses

Stigma as a barrier to the reintegration of human trafficking survivors: evidence from Tanzania
Isabella Tang
Honors thesis, Lafayette College (2026)
International responses to starvation as a weapon of war
Alexander Brown
Honors thesis, Lafayette College (2026)