"This booklet sets out the issues involved in digital transformation in broadcast media from the viewpoint of African media stakeholders and, especially, community radio stations. It aims to correct widespread misconceptions that analogue radio will have to be switched off in the next five years as
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part of “digital migration”. At the same time, it warns that the digitisation of broadcast television signals has implications for radio stations around the continent. The same goes for digitisation more broadly, as internet growth also has implications for radio stations. The study has been commissioned by the Panos Institute West Africa, which has a particular interest in community radio. In the nature of the subject matter, the scope of this study has had to be wider than community radio – precisely because of the impact of the larger transitions on this sector [...] One key recommendation of this booklet is that there is no rush for African countries to undertake the very costly and highly complex move from analogue to digital TV. Another is that this particular transition is just one process (albeit a very important one) in the wider perspective of building the African Information Society by means of many digital-related changes to communications." (Summary, page 7)
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"Esta nueva edición de la Colección Vocación de Radio, luego de tres reediciones de la primera aparecida en 2006, sale a luz en el denominado “Año del Bicentenario”, cuando se cumplen los 90 años de la radio en Argentina y en un pequeño grupo de otros países que, como el nuestro, fueron p
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recursores en el nacimiento del primer medio de comunicación de masas con tecnología electrónica [...] La radio es un medio amado, tanto por los que la hacen, como por los que la escuchan, seguramente por ese poder de sugestión que tiene la palabra hablada y la música, que a través del oído llegan al espíritu, al alma y al corazón de la gente. Amantes de la radio son los autores de este libro, porque la hacen, la escuchan, la investigan, la critican y además la enseñan. “Comunicación y lenguajes en la radio” es producto de todo eso, que se sintetiza en el momento de tener que formar a los futuros investigadores, productores y conductores de programas radiofónicos." (Prólogo)
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"This booklet documents the participatory video methodology as an affordable and easy-to-use video tool enabling community members to record their experience and strengthen their own knowledge on disaster risks and climate change, as well as to increase their capacity to act on that knowledge and se
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cure change." (commbox)
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Publishing and Alternative Licensing Models in Africa (PALM Africa) has been a two-country research programme conducted in South Africa and Uganda, using action research to explore the potential of open access and flexible and open intellectual property licences with the aim of enhancing the impact
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of African publishing.
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"The book gives lively and engaging insights into how and why socially sensitive story lines were taken up by different TV programmes from the late 1980s to the 2000s. Drawing on a series of case studies of medicine, health, illness and social problems including breast cancer, mental distress, sexua
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l abuse and violence it comprehensively traces the path of storylines from initial conception through to audience reception and uses contemporary examples to link practice to theory. For the first time, this book addresses production and reception processes across a range of programmes and clearly demonstrates the ways in which television fiction plays a vital and powerful role in reflecting and shaping socio-cultural attitudes." (Publisher description)
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This guide supports managers and operators as they tackle the energy issue at their station, helping to understand the various sources and technologies of energy, especially gensets, wind and hydro turbines, solar and hybrid systems. The guide is structured around five steps towards improving energy
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management at a station: assessing energy needs; identifying potential energy savings; selecting appropriate energy system and technology – both for energy generation and for energy storage and regulation; planning for the long-term management of the system; selecting and working with energy technology providers to plan and install technology. The guide also includes case studies describing the experiences of radio stations in Uganda, Sudan, Tanzania, Haiti and Indonesia where renewable energy technologies have been implemented. Worksheets and a list of key resources add to the usefulness of the publication.
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"Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the per
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spective of practice theory. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from places such as Zambia, India, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Norway and Denmark, the contributors address a number of important themes: media as practice; the interlinkage between media, culture and practice; the contextual study of media practices; and new practices of digital production. Collectively, these chapters make a strong case for the importance of theorising the relationship between media and practice and thereby adding practice theory as a new strand to the study of anthropology of media." (Publisher description)
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"These guidelines have three main purposes: 1) to describe the nature of and the need for easy-to-read publications; 2) to identify the main target groups for these publications; and 3) to offer suggestions to publishers of easy-to-read materials and those organizations and agencies that serve perso
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ns with reading disabilities. Easy-to-read publications are needed by people with various levels of reading disabilities. To a great extent, the needs of these groups are similar, and it is possible for several countries to cooperate in producing easy-to-read materials." (Introduction, page 2)
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"Esta publicación reúne los artículos y testimonios del Seminario Interamericano de Periodismo y Comunicación Científica, realizado en la ciudad de Buenos Aires del 13 al 15 de octubre de 2010." (Página 3)
"Dieser Band behandelt in sechs Abschnitten Grundlagen, Probleme, Ursachen und Folgen von Markt- und Unternehmensstrukturen in der Unterhaltungsindustrie. Wissenschaftler und Praktiker aus Großbritannien, Schweden, der Schweiz und Deutschland beschäftigen sich mit dem Produktionssektor in Großbri
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tannien, mit den Grundlagen der Programmplanung und Produktplatzierung, mit Rezeption und Marketing sowie der Zukunft der Fernsehindustrie. Schwerpunkte des Bandes bilden darüber hinaus die Organisation und das Management von Beschaffung, Produktion und Distribution in der Unterhaltungsindustrie. Schließlich werden auch die Fragen von Innovation und Imitation in der Unterhaltungsproduktion thematisiert." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Dieses Handbuch bietet einen Überblick für Einsteiger, die ihr gedrucktes Kulturgut durch Digitalisierung schützen und zugänglich machen möchten. Es stellt die einzelnen Phasen des Digitalisierungsprozesses vor und bietet weiterführende Informationen für die detaillierte Beschäftigung mit d
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iesem Thema." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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