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Cultura y communicación: La cooperación española e Iberoamérica

Luis A. Albornoz

In: Políticas de comunicación y ciudadanía cultural iberoamericana

Carlos del Valle; Francisco Javier Moreno; Francisco Sierra Caballero (eds.)

Barcelona: Gedisa (2012), pp. 345-360

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Minority Voices Project: Final Evaluation

Teresa Hanley

Minority Rights Group (2012), vii, 46 pp.

"Minority Voices began in January 2009 and ran for three years. It implemented the vast majority of its planned activities and produced the planned outputs. These include the development of an online hub or newsroom, 11 training workshops, production of reports and briefing materials on minority and ... more

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International Media Development Cooperation: A Guide to the Literature

Christoph Dietz

Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome), draft version (2012), 41 pp.

"This guide aims to bring together the most relevant literature on media development cooperation, both of practical and academic nature, and regardless of ideological background. It focuses on the role of external actors in media development. Included are publications which explicitly address the ro ... more

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Medienförderung in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz

Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS), volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 31-39

"Die Entwicklungen in Nordafrika und auf der Arabien halten uns eindrücklich vor Augen, dass Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit Motor für gesellschaftliche Umbruchsituationen sind und wesentlich zur politischen Teilhabe beitragen können. Vor dem Hintergrund der weltweiten Verbreitung neuer Informations ... more

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Implementation Reports on Projects Approved and Financed in 2009-2011. Part 2: Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2012), 150 pp.

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Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico’s Journalists and Lessons from Colombia

Douglas Farah

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 32 pp.

"Turning the tide on the killing of journalists involves several steps, but primarily it is a matter of having the political will to acknowledge the issue as important and ending the impunity for those responsible for the violence. These steps include: following through on making attacks on the medi ... more

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Medienentwicklungszusammenarbeit: Stiefkind der Wissenschaft, Liebling der Praxis? Empirische Befunde und Lösungsvorschläge für Probleme der Praxis aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Sicht

Susanne Fengler, Julia Jorch

In: Theoretisch praktisch? Anwendungsoptionen und gesellschaftliche Relevanz der Kommunikations- und Medienforschung

Susanne Fengler; Tobias Eberwein; Julia Jorch (eds.)

Konstanz: UVK (2012), pp. 219-234

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TMF Impact Case Studies 2008-2012

Dar-es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2012), 11 pp.

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Media Practice in Iraq

Ahmed Khalid Al-Rawi

Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xi, 221 pp.

"A historical survey of the Iraqi media from its beginning up to the present day, focusing on the post-2003 media scene and the political and societal divisions that occurred in Iraq after US-led occupation. Investigates the nature of the media outlets and offers an analysis of the way Iraqi satelli ... more

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Still Left in the Dark? How People in Emergencies Use Communication to Survive – and How Humanitarian Agencies Can Help

Imogen Wall, Lisa Robinson

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 15 pp.

"In 2008, a BBC World Service Trust policy briefing argued that people affected by earthquakes, floods or other emergencies often lacked the information they needed to survive and that this only added to their stress and anxiety. Left in the Dark: the unmet need for information in humanitarian emerg ... more

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Supporting Change: 2011/2012 DW Akademie Annual Report

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2012), 36 pp.

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When Information Saves Lives: Internews Humanitarian Information Projects. 2011 Annual Report

Jacobo Quintanilla, Lizzie Goodfriend

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC; Paris; London: Internews;Internews Europe (2012), 77 pp.

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Strengthening National Media Associations in the Pacific

Pesi Fonua, Jean-Gabriel Manguy

Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) (2012), 20 pp.

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Covering Elections: The Challenges of Training the Watchdogs

Rosemary Armao

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 36 pp.

"Covering elections is not just coverage of one “grand event,” and training must reflect that. Short-term training just in advance of election day has been mostly discounted as ineffective. More must be done to cast elections as part of a critical on-going political process and to equip journali ... more

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Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman

Susan O'Rourke, Rosser Johnson

In: Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field

Tarik Sabry (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2012), pp. 297-313

"For a project of its size, duration and complexity, the reversioning of the New Zealand media studies degree of Oman has been remarkably successful. Given the inherent problems in developing curricula for 'others', the writing team has been extremely productive and constantly inventive [...] it has ... more

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New Perspectives on Strengthening Science Journalism in Developing Countries: Approach and First Results of the ‘SjCOOP’ Mentoring Project

Mbarga Gervais, Jan Lublinski, Jean-Marc Fleury

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 157-172

"Many different educational and training sessions focusing on science journalism have been offered to journalists in Africa in the past decades. However, there is still insufficient quality reporting on health, environment, technology and science. We propose a new, flexible and needs-oriented concep ... more

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Evaluation of ECA's Professional Journalism and Media Exchange Programs: International Visitor Leadership Program, Edward R. Murrow Pogram for Journalists, Citizen Exchange Program

Washington, DC: Intermedia;U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (2012), v, 133 pp.

"The evaluation demonstrates that the Citizen Exchange programs have been highly effective in meeting their goals, from short-term changes in individuals’ skills and knowledge to long-term changes within and beyond their media organizations. Indeed, the programs produced tangible results in respon ... more

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Tanzania Media Fund: Strategic Plan 2012-2015

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2012), 35 pp.

"The TMF Strategic Plan for 2012 – 2015 provides the background, objectives and approach of TMF’s work in its second phase. Lessons from the pilot phase (2008 – 2012) have led to changes in TMF’s grant strategy, but the objective remains the same: to increase the quantity and quality of inve ... more

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A Suitable Case for Transplant? The BBC and Public Service Journalism in Post-Communist Romania

James Stewart

Journalism Practice, volume 7, issue 3 (2012), pp. 329-344

"This paper is the first detailed account of the BBC's engagement with journalism in Romania after the fall of communism, including a description and evaluation of the journalism training carried out by the BBC in the country in the 1990s. Drawing on interviews with a cohort of journalists who were ... more

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Country Case Study: Cambodia. Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights Are Constrained

Catherine McKinley, Kate Noble

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 20 pp.

"Profit (and therefore entertainment) and politics drive media content and audience engagement in Cambodia, not public service values. Significant donor investment over the past 20 years has sought to redress the balance and overcome these challenges to improved governance in Cambodia. This investme ... more