"Both in form and in content, this publication is unconventional in its approach to deconstructing and debating some prevailing imageries of migrants across Europe and specifically in Spain, the UK, Turkey and Poland. In this publication, four individual case studies of incidents that occurred recen
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tly in the media provide the starting points for an analysis of country-specific, cuitural and historical contexts that influence public perception of, and general attitudes to, migrants and migration. An eclectic mix of images from mainstreain rnedia sources - footage "found" and introduced by the cultural organisations of the DocNext Network -. represent how migrants arc portrayed, or in some cases, made invisible in each country. The images are snapshots of the representation of migrauts in media: they show how migrants are stereotyped, criminalised, racially categorised, objectified and subjected to hate speech, all of which serves to deny their individual voices and agency." (Preface)
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"While development journalism was mainly a top-down form of communication (authoritative) during the socialistic era, in the liberal era the development-oriented journalists draw on both the Social Responsibility and Libertarian Theories of the media. The ‘state–public service’ broadcasters re
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flect more of the former while commercial broadcasters employ more of the latter. The programme analysis showed that a gender focused development-oriented journalism is more likely to be practiced in the ‘state–public service’ than in commercial broadcasting." (Abstract)
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"El manual describe las formas más conocidas del tratamiento de la comunicación intercultural; postula criterios básicos para su desarrollo y ofrece lineamientos generales para su aplicación. El manual inicia con la definición de conceptos fundamentales sobre interculturalidad y comunicación i
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ntercultural; para posteriormente relacionarlo con aspectos fundamentales que se deben tomar a consideración para el periodismo ambiental y la gestión eficiente y efectiva de la comunicación en el contexto del cambio climático. Finalmente, proponemos postulados y acciones concretas para lograr la práctica de la comunicación intercultural. Estas son: comprender la complejidad de la interrelación entre comunidad y medio ambiente; comunicar desde el conocimiento tradicional; gestionar la comunicación desde el diálogo intercultural; y, construir narrativas diferentes tomando a consideración las técnicas de la comunicación comunitaria." (Presentación, página 5)
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"TV is the main information platform by far, but the importance of individual channels varies by region and modes of access. Population is divided between those with access to non-State TV and those without. While most express generic satisfaction with media, actual opinions about specific channels
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vary. At the national level, the impact of digital media remains modest, and electronic data sharing is still a niche phenomenon. There is a huge gender disparity regarding access to Internet and mobile." (Conclusions, page 43)
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"A national survey was completed in November 2004, designed to measure: media access and use; knowledge of Malaria, its prevention and cure; reach of the radio programme Bolongodala. The sample achieved represented the adult (15+) population of the Gambia estimated to be 768,200. Mandinka is the mos
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t widely spoken language with 61% claiming to speak it well. This was followed by Wolof (47%), Fula (36%) and English (17%). Radio is by far the most used medium. 97% were radio listeners, 53% had listened to radio on the day before the survey interview and 88% during the previous week. 88% have a working radio at home. Radio listening is something that most listeners do with someone else rather than on their own. Despite widespread knowledge of Mandinka, most people prefer to hear radio programmes in their own language. The radio station with both the highest national Share and Reach is GRTS Banjul with a 39% Share and 69% weekly Reach. The radio audience has a very broad demographic profile, matching the Gambian population profile very well. However, women listen less often than men. TV is the next most important medium. 83% were TV viewers, 23% had watched TV on the day before the survey interview and 56% during the previous week. 40% have a working TV set at home." (Executive summary)
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"This report is based on the findings of a global survey on harassment and violence against female media workers, which was launched in August 2013 and completed by almost 1,000 women from around the world. Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents said they had experienced some form of intimidation,
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threats or abuse in relation to their work, ranging in severity from name-calling to death threats. The survey found that the majority of threats, intimidation and abuse directed toward respondents occurred in the work place and was perpetrated most often by male bosses, supervisors and co-workers. It also found that most incidents of harassment and violence were never reported, even though a majority of women who experienced them said they were psychologically affected." (Executive summary)
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"This practical guide for media practitioners is aimed at providing basic knowledge, guidelines and tips that are useful for effective and respectful coverage of Indigenous peoples issues in Asia. Greater efforts are needed to improve media reporting on indigenous concerns so that Indigenous peoples
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may be portrayed in a manner that truly and sensitively reflects their situation and cultural diversity. There are no firm rules that can be applied to all Indigenous peoples or situations. However, this guide provides some guidelines and principles to help a journalist find the best way to do research, conduct interviews, write and publish articles dealing with matters of particular concern to Indigenous people." (Page 6)
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"This brochure addresses the role of African youth in peace work, the hurdles and sources of potential. The CPS networks in Africa place particular emphasis on working with young people. You may already have read articles about peace work by and with young people in other publications in the “Buil
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ding Peace” series. What has impressed us most in the contributions to this publication are the courageous and creative initiatives and the central role played by artistic expression and culture, or, to be more precise, the multiplicity of cultures. The strengths and challenges of the multi-cultural aspect of the Civil Peace Service’s work are richly illustrated in the wide range of articles." (https://www.ziviler-friedensdienst.org)
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"Why was there in the year 2000 a significant shift in the representation of families on Indian soap operas, from middle-class nuclear families with independent working women to upper-class joint families with only homemakers; and from milieus in which the religion of the characters was incidental,
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to milieus in which the Hindu religion and the performance of it was of central importance? I argue that a confluence of three forces enabled these shifts: (1) in marketing, a radical 'bottom-of-the-pyramid' approach; (2) in TV, the industry's attempts to find audiences in large numbers, mediated by the structure of the Indian audience measurement system; and (3) Hindu nationalists' focus on 'middle-class' audiences. In other words, I show how the very structure of the audience marketplace, especially the Indian television audience measurement system and shifts in marketing practices, abets the naturalization of particular political discourses within popular cultural forms, in this case Hindu nationalist discourse within television soap opera." (Abstract)
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"This volume addresses the tension between loud and often spectacular histories and those forgotten pasts we strain to hear. Employing social and cultural analysis, the essays within examine mnemonic technologies both new and old, and cover subjects as diverse as U.S. internment camps for Japanese A
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mericans in WWII, the Canadian Indian Residential School system, Israeli memorial videos, and thedesaparecidosin Argentina. Through these cases, the contributors argue for a re-interpretation of Guy Debord's notion of the spectacle as a conceptual apparatus through which to examine the contemporary landscape of social memory, arguing that the concept of spectacle might be developed in an age seen as dissatisfied with the present, nervous about the future, and obsessed with the past. Perhaps now "spectacle" can be thought of not as a tool of distraction employed solely by hegemonic powers, but instead as a device used to answer Walter Benjamin's plea to "explode the continuum of history" and bring our attention to now-time." (Publisher description)
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"This guide is intended for use by international NGOs who want to use social media with children and the youth that they work with. This may include developing children’s skills and capacity, using social media as a development tool for a community project, providing access to technology, or offer
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ing social media as a communication tool between communities or between sponsors and sponsored children. The information here is particularly relevant to NGOs working with children and youth in developing countries with increasing use of social media and a need for organisations working with children to protect them in the online world. This guide reviews some of the main risks and presents a range of tools for combating them. Due to the multifaceted nature of some of these risks, this guide makes no claim to address all of them exhaustively." (Resourcecentre.savethechildren.net)
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"Education and language skills are the main factors that influence which platform women access most frequently. Daily TV use is similar for men and women but women tend to lag men in frequent radio and internet use. Once a country reaches a critical mass in mobile penetration, gaps between both male
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and female ownership levels decrease. The largest gaps exist in countries that are still developing mobile capacity." (Summary, page 35)
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"Out of a total 400 participants, 374 respondents, representing 93.5%, know how to use cell phones, while 26, representing 6.5%, have no knowledge whatsoever about cell phone usage. This finding is indicative of a relatively high knowledge of mobile phones utility. The result also indicates that Lon
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estar has the highest penetration level of 35%. Among the most frequently used GSM networks, Lonestar Cell registered the highest amount of users, 44.6% (146) while Cellcom is 17.1% (56). Novafone has the lowest level of usage 0.6% (2). As a result of advancement in technology with mobile phones now equipped with dual SIM carriages; about 37% (121) respondents are dual subscribers. On the usage of mobile phones to listen to radio, the result shows that of the 326 (83%) participants who own cell phones, 217 of these respondents, representing 58.5% use their phones to listen to radio, while 135 respondents, representing 36.4% do not use their phones to listen to radio. The regularity of using mobile phones to listen to radio varies. Illiteracy was found to be the major cause of inability to access SMS on phones by 53.9% of the respondents. Usage of mobile phones to send messages on women issues to women is very low. Only 53 respondents (15.6%) said they do send messages on women issues, while a whopping 247 (72.9%) responded in the negative. Receiving messages on women rights¡¦ issue is also low with only 75 (22.9%) admitting receiving such messages on their phones and 208 (63.6%) of respondents don't receive such messages. The finding also reveals that radio is the most frequent source of news and information with 77% (292) of respondents citing radio as the most frequent source of news and information. Radio is also the most trusted source of information with UNMIL radio being the most listened to radio station. Access to quality of information by women is less than encouraging. Of the participants in the survey, 48% of the respondents (190) believe women have access to quality information while 22.5% (89) don't believe so and 107 (27%) don't know." (Executive summary)
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"Welcome to the guide! The guide has been written to tell children and young people about sexual exploitation online. We hope you will find it interesting and useful." (Page 2)