"The term 'Social Communication' (lat. 'Communicatio Socialis') was coined at the Second Vatican Council. The decree Inter Mirifica (1963) uses this expression to point to the communication processes of and in human society beyond technical means. According to this Festschrift marking the 75th birth
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day of Franz-Josef Eilers SVD, Social Communication has been his lifelong Leitmotif. Eilers has been one of the most prominent writers on Church and intercultural communication. He founded and for many years edited the scholarly quarterly Communicatio Socialis, and he served as collaborator and director of CAMECO and the Office for Social Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. 15 international communication experts, from Catholic as well as ecumenical viewpoints, contributed to this book. The articles cover a broad range of issues, from practical experiences ('Radio Broadcasting in the Brazilian Amazon') to trend reports ('The rediscovery of religion by journalists in the Netherlands') and theological reflections ('The concept of dialogue and its ethical implications')." (CAMECO Update 2-2008)
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"Some recommendations can be made to Radio Progress and its community. The station seems to provide the Upper West people with what they needed – a voice to make themselves heard and to communicate with each other. Since the research showed that most limitations are due to the restraints in financ
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ial stability some stronger effort to receive funding would be advisable. Without undermining the non-profit character, Radio Progress could put more emphasise on some fundraising activities. More financial flexibility could solve most of the limitations the station is facing. Furthermore, the station board should pay more attention to a stable coordination of the station. The formerly absent and recently not existing coordination might bear negative impact on the staff motivation. Moreover, this rather unorganised coordination possibly restricts a consequent performance and a stringent development of the programming as well as potential improvement strategies. Some advice can be addressed to the listening communities. The research showed how vital the listeners handle information and educative input they receive through the station and as such also from other villages. By internal clustering of information and output through internal reflection they could even intensify the mutual learning effect the programming offers. Communities could form a committee to which people can address their grievances, demands and ideas on a frequent basis and which could present these collected information to the station. Such an organised information collection and transfer could overcome a crucial obstacle to participate for many people - the restriction to call or visit the station on their own." (Recommendations, page 98)
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"John Foley gehört zu jener Gruppe von Menschen, die bereits als Heranwachsende sich intensiv mit einer Materie beschäftigten, die dann ihr ganzes Leben prägen wird. Seine Erfahrung am Mikrophon einer lokalen Radiostation in Philadelphia begann 1948, als er 13 Jahre alt war. Und wer ihn als Komme
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ntator bei Papstmessen oder beim Segen Urbi et Orbi erlebt, der sieht, dass ihm die "operative" journalistische Tätigkeit "vor Ort" heute, im Alter von 72 Jahren, immer noch mindestens so viel Freude macht wie damals 1948, in jenem Jahr, als Papst Pius XII. die Päpstliche Kommission für den didaktischen und religiösen Film gründete, die erste Vorläufer-Institution des heutigen Rates für die Sozialen Kommunikationsmittel. Die Medienbiographie von John Foley fällt also zusammen mit der Gründung und Entwicklung einer vatikanischen Zentralstelle für Medien." (Seite 299)
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