"How and to what extent are women in grassroots communication creating avenues for democratic communication and fostering social change? How is grassroots communication consolidating women's views and perspectives on gender subordination and social transformation? Women in Grassroots Communication b
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rings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe–Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America–to answer these and other questions. First, they review the various frameworks for addressing the relationship between women, participation, and communication, looking at the ways women have been perceived. Next, the authors look at the social roles of women in their communities, their capabilities to communicate, and their informal networks at the local and community levels. The third section focuses on media production and the issues of media competency, identity, representation, evaluation, and group process. Finally, by looking at the connections between women's participatory practices and wider sociopolitical initiatives, the final chapters examine the issues of organization, leadership, and communication strategies." (Publisher description)
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"D’innombrables groupes utilisent aujourd’hui la vidéo légère comme moyen d’appuyer des combats locaux pour la dignité, la terre, l’habitat, et forcer l’écoute des décideurs. D’autres réussissent, au prix de mille difficultés, à accéder aux chaînes de télévision régionales
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et nationales. Les expériences présentées dans ce livre permettent de réfléchir aux conditions d’une communication au service de tous." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"This book presents the history and role of Bolivian miner's radio stations, covering more than forty years. It deals with their historical development, political struggles, and current situation. It also advances some structural proposals for the reinforcement and survival of these radio centers. T
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he investigation relied on the personal as well as collective experiences of communication professionals, miners, farmers, and those who were involved in this matter in some way or other. The work does not pretend to be an exhaustive treatment of this subject; however, it is the first investigative approach to it." (Communication Research Trends, 14:4, 1994, page 41)
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"Las radios de los sindicatos mineros de Bolivia están agonizando. De las 24 que tenían los mineros en los años 60, hoy solo quedan 16. Con licencias caducas, equipos herrumbrosos, personal hambriento, de esas 16 hoy funcionan solo 5... a media máquina: Si mueren, con ellas morirán 42 años de
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historia y heroismo, un caso único de radiodifusión sindical autónoma." (Página 46)
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"Mattelart is one of the best exponents of the Marxist viewpoint in relation to developing nations. 'Communicating in Popular Nicaragua' is a critical anthology of 12 articles by authors from Nicaragua and the United States who give a Marxian analysis of numerous aspects of communication, broadly de
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fined to include mural expression and literary and social movements as well as the more traditional journalism, the press, radio, film and video. A number of the articles are published here for the first time. In conclusion is a bibliography of "Left" studies on the media and culture in Nicaragua and Latin America in general." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 271)
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"Lancement d'un hebdomadaire par la Confédération Générale du Travail d'Argentine — Un instrument de conscience et d'action — Les ouvriers écrivent dans leur journal." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 19
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88, topic code 110.1, 110.41)
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"The daily press for the working population reflects the various stages of development of the country's 230 kibbutzim — These also publish weeklies and periodicals as local and trade union newspapers." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Br
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ussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2504, topic code 110.5)
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