"The report and papers of a two-week seminar organized by the Daughters of St. Paul which brought together representatives of 17 Catholic publishing houses from 13 African countries. The proceedings of the meeting focused on the role of the Catholic Church in publishing in Africa, but there are also
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chapters on the oral and reading traditions in Africa, the book industry in Africa, book marketing, NGO publishing, professionalism in publishing, and some perspectives on religious publishing. The seminar also led to the establishment of the Association of Catholic Publishers in Africa." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1723)
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"An overview of the state of publishing in Africa, reviewing the major problems facing the book industries, and the role of the church and church publishers in book development. Includes some statistics of the number of publishers in Africa: secular, Catholic, and Protestant. Also reports about the
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establishment of the Association of Catholic Publishers in Africa based in Nairobi." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1720)
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"In Communicating Christ to the World, Cardinal Martini invites people to examine their experience of interpersonal and mass communication. Drawing from his background as a biblical scholar, theologian, pastor, and from his own experience with the media, he considers patterns and practices of commun
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ication in the family, the Church, and the media industry. In the process he differentiates between exploitative and authentic communication, and challenges his readers to do the same. Then, in the light of faith, he urges the practice of authentic communication, modeled after the communication of Christ to the world, suggesting the result will be personal integrity and growth, and communion and progress in society." (Back cover)
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"Die einfach und verständlich geschrieben Stichwörter sind zum Nachdruck freigegeben. Zu den Autoren dieses Buches zählen die Studienleiter des IFP-Institus zur Förderung publizistischen Nachwuchses in München und der ihr zugehörigen Katholischen Medien Akademie (KMA) sowie Mitarbeiter der Kat
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holischen Nachrichtenagentur und der Medien Dienstleistungsgesellschaft (MDG). Wie sich der Themenbogen über Grundsätzliches und Gegenwärtiges spannt, zeigen die Stichwörter mit dem Buchstaben G: Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen, Geburtenregelung, Geistliche Gemeinschaften, Gelübde, Gemeindereferent(in), Generalvikar, Gerechter Krieg, Gerichtsbarkeit, Glaubensbekenntnis, Glaubenskongregation, Glocken, Gründonnerstag. Ein Kalender "Das Kirchenjahr für Journalisten" notiert wichtige und auch volkstümliche Stationen des Katholischen Jahresablaufs." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Research in Church and Mission is insightful, practical, and full of examples. In the three distinctive sections of the book, the author (1) imbeds his explanation of the why and how of research in a model of communication, (2) shows us how research is fueled by what we need to know, and (3) demand
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s that research be driven by those who manage or carry out the communication process." Mytton (1999, page 185) states that this publication "gives a comprehensive and well-explained outline of methods in survey research and guidance on analysis and presentation." (Publisher description)
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"For me, growing up in Detroit, Coughlin was a fascinating figure of local lore: both loved and hated, he was clearly someone whose career cannot be reduced to a single dimension. It may well be argued that the conventional standards of biography should not be applied to media figures, for theirs is
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a life of fused private and public selves. In the case of Charles Coughlin, to know the real man behind the microphone is certainly beyond the ken of the author. Here lies the particular dilemma of this study: how to discern whether the subject is the mirror of his audience or its manipulator. And this remains the problem regardless of how one feels about his message. Moreover, the temptation to obliterate this duality—inner versus other-directed self—must be set aside. For as a media personality Charles Coughlin was both the creator and the captive of his enthusiastic public." (Preface)
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"How do religious audiences react to and use the mass media? Religion and Mass Media is an audience-centered examination that reveals how a variety of Christian traditions experience media news and entertainment - in the context of institutional religious influences and expectations. Drawing on soci
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al science theories and empirical research methodologies, the contributors explore responses from Roman Catholics, Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and Mormons and a variety of other traditions. In the first section, contributors set the framework by describing recent theoretical developments in the sociology of religion and communication theory. Section two provides an overview of the particulars of certain religious beliefs, section three looks at audience behavior, section four describes specific case studies (including one on rap music), and section five looks at the changing information environment and the future." (Publisher description)
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"Der erste Teil (Seite 15-96) unternimmt eine Bestandsaufnahme in drei Abschnitten: einem historischen Abriss kirchlicher Verkündigung im Hörfunk folgt seine Einordnung in den Kontext kirchlicher Verlautbarungen; dieser wiederum ein Forschungsbericht zur rundfunkhomiletischen Diskussion von 1945-1
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994. Der zweite Teil (Seite 97-165) beschäftigt sich mit "den Bedingungen religiöser Rede in einer mediengeprägten pluralistischen Gesellschaft". Der dritte Teil ist ein systematischer Entwurf einer künftigen Rundfunkhomiletik (Seite 167-222)." (commbox)
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