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Media Democracy

Sajjad Malik

Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) (2008), 18 pp.

"Media democracy is a concept as well as an advocacy movement aiming at making the mainstream media more plural, and reflective of a broad set of ideas and opinions than churning out and propagating just routine socio-politico-economic news stories and articles in the name of news, information and e ... more

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Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma and Memory

Nurith Gertz, George Khleifi

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2008), vii, 224 pp.

"One of the best sources for understanding Palestinian culture is the cinema, which has strived to delineate Palestinian history and to portray the daily lives of Palestinian men, women, and children. Here, an Israeli and a Palestinian scholar, in a rare and welcome collaboration, follow the develop ... more

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Mapping Iran's Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere

John Kelly, Bruce Etling

Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (2008), 36 pp.

"We used computational social network mapping in combination with human and automated content analysis to analyze the Iranian blogosphere. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that Iranian bloggers are mainly young democrats critical of the regime, we found a wide range of opinions representing re ... more

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Political Communication in Indonesia: An Analysis of the Freedom of the Press in the Transition Process After the Downfall of the Soeharto-Regime (1998-2004)

Lukas S. Ispandriarno

Ilmenau: Technical University of Ilmenau, Doctoral Thesis (2008), x, 446 pp.

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The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia: Karaoke Culture and the Evolution of Personality Politics

Jonathan Woodier

Cheltenham; Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing (2008), vii, 368 pp.

"Examining the communications media and its relationship to political change in Southeast Asia, this study endeavours to provide both a regional comparative analysis and an interpretation of the mass communication media in the wake of 9/11." (Publisher description)

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The Al Jazeera Effect: How the New Global Media Are Reshaping World Politics

Philip Seib

Washington, DC: Potomac Books (2008), xii, 225 pp.

"The battle for hearts and minds in the Middle East is being fought not on the streets of Baghdad, but on the newscasts and talk shows of Al Jazeera. The future of China is being shaped not by Communist Party bureaucrats, but by bloggers working quietly in cyber cafes. The next attacks by al Qaeda w ... more

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The blogging revolution

Antony Loewenstein

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press (2008), vii, 294 pp.

"This searching examination explores how the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive governments - including China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-dept ... more

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The Price of Silence: The Growing Threat of Soft Censorship in Latin America
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Buenos Aires; New York: Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC);Open Society Institute (2008), 179 pp.

"The Price of Silence exposes a growing trend across several countries in Latin America: behind-the-scenes government interference with media freedom and editorial independence. This “soft censorship” and its pervasive chilling effects have not received the attention they deserve. By conducting ... more

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The Kenyan 2007 Elections and Their Aftermath: The Role of Media and Communication

Jamal Abdi, James Deane

London: BBC World Service Trust (2008), 16 pp.

"The media have shaped and will continue to play a central role in shaping Kenya’s democracy. The recent record of the media, according to many within it, is that media has undermined as well as invigorated that democracy. An understanding of democracy and democratic governance in Kenya is not pos ... more

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E-Partizipation: Beteiligungsprojekte im Internet

Christoph Okupe (ed.)

Bonn: Stiftung Mitarbeit (2007), 320 pp.

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Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life
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Naomi Sakr (ed.)

London: Tauris (2007), 208 pp.

"[...] This authoritative book answers key questions about the connections between media and political change in the Arab world. Using research into, for example, practices of Internet users, journalists, demonstrators and producers of reality TV, it explores the interface between public interaction ... more

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E-Governance in Africa: From Theory to Action. A Handbook on ICTs for Local Governance

Gianluca C. Misuraca

Asmara; Ottawa: Africa World Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), 313 pp.

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Global Communication

Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.)

Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth, 2nd ed. (2007), 356 pp.

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The Case for Communication in Sustainable Development

Mark Wilson, Kitty Warnock, Emrys Schoemaker

London: Panos London (2007), 60 pp.

"Communication is a prerequisite for better, more transparent and accountable governance, and for wealth creation and economic growth. It underpins all the MDGs and is arguably as central a need of human beings as food, shelter, health and security. Governments and development actors need to recogni ... more

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The Media, Politics and Public Life

Geoffrey Craig

Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin (2007), 228 pp.

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Liberation and the Media: The Development of the South African Daily Newspaper Market Since the End of Apartheid

Tobias Bauer

Norderstedt: Books on Demand (2007), 192 pp.

"Liberation and the Media takes a look at the development of the South African daily newspaper market since the end of apartheid. It covers the country's most important political, social and economical developments since 1990 and explains correlations between South Africa's general development and i ... more

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Media Monitoring: Local Election 2007 Coverage in Belarusian Mass-Media

Minsk: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) (2007), 51 pp.

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Comunicación para el cambio social en América Latina: Prácticas de articulación entre movimientos sociales y redes de comunicación

Florencia Cremona (ed.)

La Plata; [Quito]: Universidad Nacional de La Plata;Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER) (2007), 197 pp.

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Independent Media's Vital Role in Development

Peter Graves

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2007), 24 pp.

"The potential of media to encourage democratic development cannot be denied. Media give people a voice, acting as a balance and watchdog to potential government misconduct. Without a voice, citizens cannot be heard; with a voice, they cannot be ignored. Media provide a window into the inner working ... more

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The Role of Communication in Governance: Detailed Analysis

Coffey International Development

Reading: Gamos (2007), 35 pp.

"The aim of this paper is to examine the role (both positive and negative) that communication plays in promoting good governance by analysing available evidence and highlighting specific case studies, evaluation reports and academic articles detailing the impact of communication on governance. The p ... more

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The Price of Silence: The Growing Threat of Soft Censorship in Latin America
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Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life
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