"[...] tells the astonishing story of a bunch of Belgrade kids and their pirate radio station B92. B92 started in the late eighties with the naive desire to simply play music but ended up facing two wars, economic sanctions, violent police and government crackdowns, the attention of armed gangsters
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and neo-Nazi politicians, and ultimately became the focal point of a successful opposition movement against Slobodan Milosevic." (Back cover)
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"This article reviews the transformation in society and the media in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Adopting a path dependence approach, "the different countries of the region are analysed and allocated to two general categories, depending upon the nature and extent of
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the changes that have taken place in society and the media. The first group of countries (called here 'Type A') have advanced relatively far along the road to transformation. Examples would be Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and Estonia. The second group (called here 'Type B') retain much more of the old order. Examples would be Russia and some of the other republics that have issued from the collapse of the old Soviet Union. A range of theories of media change are reviewed, and their prognoses for the development of the media after the fall of communism are tested against the subsequent developments. It is argued that the media in both Type A and Type B countries remain highly politicised, particularly in the case of broadcasting, and with limited independence from the political elite. Journalism, too, remains paternal and didactic, partly as a result of the historical position of intellectuals in the region. While there are important differences between Type A and Type B countries, neither represents a stable and finished model of transformation. In neither case, are the media the passive victims of social forces. On the contrary, their shortcomings help to reproduce the limits of the overall transformation process." (Abstract)
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"In Indonesia press freedom is still just a few years old. When president Suharto fell in May 1998 the democratisation process begun. Hundreds of new newspapers and magazines were established, but many of them had difficulties to survive for economic reasons. The well-established daily newspapers an
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d magazines seem to be the ones who will survive. One of the newly established magazines is Pantau. The name means to monitor in English and the purpose of this monthly media magazine is to elevate the standard of journalism in Indonesia and to institutionalise media freedom. Its target group is journalists, public relation officials and advertising executives. The whole magazine is written in the local language Bahasa Indonesia. During August to October 2001 I was in Jakarta to do a Minor Field Study about Pantau and media’s role in the democratisation process of Indonesia. Together with Maria Nilson I interviewed the journalists of Pantau and the readers of the magazine. I focused on the content, while she focused on the layout of the magazine. The aim of my study is to understand the role of the media in a democratisation process, drawing conclusions from the experience of Pantau. Can Pantau start a debate which indirectly strengthens democracy and press freedom? Does it reach the target group and is this the right group which can be influential in the democratisation process?" (Abstract)
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"Escrito pelo ex-diretor do semanário "Veja", este livro descreve em detalhes o papel da imprensa durante o governo Collor (1990-1992)." (commbox)
Media Résistance a publié en 2000 le réçit de 23 expériences de journaux, de radios et de télévision indépendantes. Le livre entend répondre à quatre questions: comment les médias résistent aux diverses pressions par les mots, quel est leur rôle dans le renforcement de la société civi
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le, l'alliance en réseaux permet-elle de mieux répondre aux pressions politiques, comment certaines initiatives luttent contre les stéréotypes et les clichés. Expériences d'Afrique: L'Indépendant (Burkina Faso), The News & Tempo (Nigeria), N'Djamena Hebdo (Tchad), The Post (Zambie), Le Journal (Maroc), Citizen FM (Gambie), Studio Ijambo (Burundi).
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"Seit Anfang der 90er Jahre hat die Presse Südafrikas weitreichende Veränderungen durchgemacht. Thema des Buches ist, inwieweit die südafrikanische Presse an der Entwicklung zu einem demokratischen Wandel beteiligt war. Die Studie präsentiert ein Raster für die empirische Untersuchung der Press
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e als Akteur in den vier Transitionsphasen politischer Protest, Liberalisierung, Demokratisierung und Konsolidierung der Demokratie. Die etablierte englischsprachige Presse spielte für den Beginn des Transitionsprozesses eine geringe Rolle, während sie in der späteren Konsolidierungsphase von erheblicher Bedeutung war. Die alternativen Presseerzeugnisse waren in der Phase des politischen Prozesses und in der Liberalisierungsphase von großem Einfluss, danach verloren sie aufgrund ökonomischer Schwierigkeiten an Bedeutung. Die etablierten afrikaanssprachigen Zeitungen standen in der Mehrzahl der weißen Regierungspartei National Party nahe und waren somit nicht oppositionell." (Nord-Süd-aktuell 2/2001)
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"De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?" (Publisher des
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