"This thesis considers how the mediation of poverty in Canada and the United Kingdom influences responses to the issue of poverty. The thesis focuses in particular on the issue dynamics concerning children as constructions of a “deserving poor” and immigrants as constructions of an “undeservin
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g poor”. A frame analysis of mainstream news content in both countries demonstrates the extent to which individualizing and rationalizing frames dominate coverage, and that the publication of the news online is not leading to an expansion of discourses, as hoped. A frame analysis of alternative news coverage and coverage from the 1960s and 70s demonstrates significant absences of social justice frames and rights-based discourse in contemporary coverage. I suggest that mainstream news coverage narrows and limits the way poverty is talked about in a way that reinforces the dominance of neoliberalism and market-based approaches to the issue. Interviews with journalists, politicians, researchers and activists collectively indicate that getting media coverage is essential to gaining political attention in both countries. These interviews also reveal the power dynamics influencing the relationships between these actors and the way the issue of poverty is approached. I argue that while new media tools create new opportunities to share information, these tools are also creating new pressures by speeding up the working practices in mediated political centres in a way that forecloses potentials to challenge dominant news coverage and approaches to poverty. However, this cross-national comparison also reveals context-specific factors influencing poverty politics in each country. I conclude that this analysis and comparison of poverty issue dynamics reveals shortcomings in the democratic processes in both countries. Changing poverty coverage and approaches to the issue will require changing specific media and political practices." (Abstract)
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"The Information Economy Report 2010 focuses on the nexus of ICTs, enterprises and poverty alleviation. Whereas the knowledge base needs to grow considerably, the evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to this new set of
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opportunities. The Report is organized into fi ve chapters. Chapter I introduces a c onceptual framework for the analysis that follows. Chapter II reviews recent connectivity and affordability trends to gauge the degree of access and uptake of different ICTs among the poor. Chapter III turns to the role of the poor in the production of ICT goods and services (the ICT sector). In chapter IV, the focus shifts to the use of ICT by enterprises, with emphasis on those that matter most for poor people, namely small and micro-enterprises in urban and rural areas. Finally, chapter V presents the main policy implications from the analysis." (Executive summary, page X)
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"Wie Armut in Medien ein Gesicht gegeben wurde, durch welche manifesten Kommunikationsinhalte sich auf gesellschaftliche Armutsverhältnisse rückschließen lässt, welche Rollen Medien und deren Konsum im Leben von Armutsbetroffenen einnehmen und wie es den medialen Mittlern von Armut ergeht: Diese
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n Fragen widmet sich diese Ausgabe anhand einzelner Kristallisationsmomente. Es sind Versatzstücke einer Kommunikationsgeschichte von Armut, die medien&zeit in historischer Erstreckung von 1900 bis heute aufblendet." (Editorial, Seite 3)
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"In Vorbereitung auf das Europäische Jahr gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung (EJ 2010) gab das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) im Herbst 2009 das Forschungsvorhaben „zum Umgang der Medien mit Armut und sozialer Ausgrenzung“ in Auftrag. Der Abschlussbericht zu diesem Forschung
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sprojekt wird hier vorgelegt. Auf der Basis einer umfangreichen Inhaltsanalyse von 17 ausgewählten journalistischen Nachrichtenmedien und Leitfaden gestützten Interviews mit 13 Journalistinnen und Journalisten dieser Medien wurden die formalen und inhaltlichen Charakteristika der Berichterstattung über Armut und Ausgrenzung erfasst sowie Erklärungsmuster über das Zustandekommen dieser Berichterstattung in den Redaktionen erhoben. Der vorliegende Bericht hat damit die Funktion einer Pilotstudie: Auf der Basis einer Auswahl von reichweitenstarken, überregionalen Medien und mit der Konzentration auf zwei Untersuchungswochen werden die grundlegenden Mechanismen der Berichterstattung über Armut umfassend nachvollzogen. Dabei werden Medienbeiträge dann als Armutsberichterstattung verstand en, wenn sie finanzielle und materielle Unterversorgung thematisieren oder einen Mangel an gesellschaftlichen Partizipationsmöglichkeiten beschreiben." (Kurzfassung, Seite 6)
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"De chacun de nous les médias ont une fâcheuse tendance à faire une «masse» indifférenciée. Évolution indigeste mais également hautement dommageable. En particulier pour les hommes, femmes, enfants, subissant la pauvreté sur toutes les scènes du monde. Les professionnels ayant fait l’ef
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fort de se confronter à d’autres univers apprécient les ateliers de « croisement des savoirs » entre journalistes et militants de la lutte contre la pauvreté. Ces derniers entendent relever le défi : "Nous voulons travailler avec vous, journalistes, pour chercher ensemble comment intéresser les gens." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Public understanding of poverty in the UK is limited. The media can give people with experience of poverty the opportunity to present their views, experiences and opinions, which can help to inform and create a groundswell of public opinion supporting efforts to tackle poverty. This study focuses o
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n: how people can give their views and tell their stories when they are presented as ‘case studies’ in the press, on radio or on television; the roles and responsibilities of voluntary and community organisations in helping journalists find case study individuals – and the issues those individuals should consider; opportunities in the ‘new’ media to produce and disseminate material, and the challenge of reaching an audience; the need to produce accessible, good-quality material that people will pass on; ‘viral’ media and developing online communities." (Page 1)
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"El presente estudio se propone describir y analizar las representaciones de la pobreza en los medios gráficos de 8 países de Centroamérica y el Caribe. Para tal fin se ha tomado como referencia un período de 6 meses, entre abril y septiembre de 2008, considerando el cual se realizó un relevami
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ento de las noticias que hacen referencia, directa o indirectamente, a la problemática de la pobreza en los siguientes diarios según países [...] El discurso narrativo provee principios de inteligibilidad de la realidad histórica que resultan constitutivos de la propia comprensión humana del pasado y su contemporaneidad. Lo propio del relato es la posibilidad de ordenar una serie cronológica de eventos en una trama cuyo tema será la confi guración de un conjunto de relaciones entre agentes, acciones y acontecimientos." (Presentación del estudio, página 7)
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"Cuando el 2004 iniciamos el Programa de Comunicación y Pobreza la apuesta fue trabajar mancomunadamente para generar un espacio de reflexión, propuestas y formación en torno al desafío de contribuir a la superación de la pobreza y la integración social desde la comunicación y el periodismo.
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En ese contexto, este libro busca recopilar, analizar y destacar los trabajos ganadores de las versiones 2006, 2007 y 2008 del Premio “Pobre el que no cambia de mirada”, entregado por la Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza, el Hogar de Cristo y la Escuela de Periodismo de la Universidad Diego Portales, con el apoyo reciente de la Fundación AVINA." (Página 4)
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"In der Inhaltsanalyse wird besonderes Gewicht auf die Darstellung und Interpretation des Formats 'Hartz und herzlich' des Senders RTL II (Kapitel 3.1) gelegt. Das hat mehrere Gründe. Zunächst muss dieses Format etwas ausführlicher beschrieben werden, weil es vielen Lesern nicht selbstverständli
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ch geläufig ist. Obwohl in der von RTL II anvisierten Zielgruppe recht erfolgreich, spielt es in öffentlichen Diskursen über die Darstellung von Armut ebenso wie in der Medienkritik nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Dabei stellt es die dominante Form dar, in der aktuell im privaten Fernsehen über Armut berichtet wird. Die Beschreibung ist nach einzelnen Gesichtspunkten einer kritischen Rezeption gegliedert. Somit liegt hier zum ersten Mal eine ausführliche, systematische und kritische Betrachtung dieses Formats vor. Das ist wichtig, weil die Machart von 'Hartz und herzlich' sich in einer Vielzahl anderer RTL-II-Sendungen fortsetzt. Sie werden alle unter dem Label „Trotz dem Leben“ ausgestrahlt und tragen Titel wie 'Armes Deutschland – Deine Kinder' oder 'Armutsatlas Deutschland'. Sie sind so angelegt, dass sie im Prinzip nahezu endlos fortgesetzt werden können. Detaillierter untersucht wird im vorliegenden Papier weiterhin das Format 'Armes Deutschland – Stempeln oder abrackern?' (Kapitel 3.2). Produziert wird es von einer anderen Firma und unterscheidet sich vom Mutterformat 'Hartz und herzlich' vor allem dadurch, dass es dieses weiter radikalisiert." (Einleitung, Seite 7)
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"An analysis of the production and consumption of the communications of Make Poverty History, a high profile episode of social movement protest in the UK. The book follows the campaign throughout its lifetime and explores how attitudes towards government and political opportunities influenced the ne
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gotiation of communications." (Publisher description)
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"This report investigates the impact media and ICTs can have on the lives of the poor, based on the experiences of nine donors and NGOs forming part of the "Building Communication Opportunities (BCO)" alliance. It suggests that radio will have the most influence on social and political change where
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it is widely accessible, trusted by listeners, and open to inclusive participation. ICTs can help make markets work for the poor, but the surrounding circumstances are highly influential in determining in how far they make a difference. Communication networks appear to be particularly effective in building communities of activists where they enable the pooling of resources and expertise and leverage wider influence on decision-makers. However, the report concludes that evidence of the impact of ICTs is still weak. More debate is needed about how ICTs are best deployed. This requires learning how people really use the tools, as well as a more effective assessment of past and current experiences." (CAMECO Update 1-2009)
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"This study analyses statistical correlations between press freedom and human development, human security, stability, poverty reduction, and good governance, using indicator systems from Freedom House and Reporters without Borders, UNDP's Human Development Index, the Human Poverty Index, the World B
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ank's Governance Indicators and others. According to the abstract "all the findings confirm the importance of press freedom for development. A free press always has a positive influence, whether it be on poverty and its different aspects, on governance or on violence and conflict issues. It serves as an intermediary between individuals and government, informing the latter of people's needs and acting as a buffer against crises and situations of extreme deprivation; it holds governments accountable and makes their actions more transparent; and, along with other indicators of good governance, it creates a business-enabling environment, a climate conducive to more effective public affairs management, and so forth. The results thus suggest that a freer press can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and, most importantly, to the attainment of an acceptable and viable level of development. By promoting freedom of the press, states and international organisations provide themselves with a powerful development tool. A free press constitutes an instrument of development as such, in the same way as education or investment." (CAMECO Update 1-2009)
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"This paper examines how banks can translate the potential of mobile phones into greater financial access for poor people. Although mobile phone operators have been able to use the mobile phone for mobile remittance and bill payment services in several countries, banks have had little success in usi
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ng mobile phones as part of a growth or outreach strategy. This paper focuses on smaller banks or microfinance institutions (MFIs) that face a much higher cost-of-service delivery because of the smaller transaction values they handle and the likely more remote and dispersed location of at least some of their customers. The opportunity seems particularly great for them, but implementation challenges also loom larger because of their small scale. This discussion assumes these banks and MFIs have adequate back office and transaction switching capability and sufficient internal controls, whether managed in-house or outsourced." (Page 1)
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"Objetivos generales: caracterizar la forma en que los medios de comunicación social tratan el tema de la pobreza, tomando como fuente de información la población encuestada en el Gran Santiago; determinar factores de mejora en la forma de comunicar acerca de la pobreza, a través de los medios d
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e comunicación social." (Slide 4)
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