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De angostura a las computadoras de uribe: Prensa escrita y crisis de marzo
Quito: Abya-Yala (2008), 207 pp.
Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.
The Kenyan 2007 Elections and Their Aftermath: The Role of Media and Communication
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
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Using Content Analysis to Measure the Influence of Media Development Interventions: Elections Training for Journalists in Yemen
London: BBC World Service Trust (2008), 8 pp.
"The findings from this research reveal the complexity of delivering journalism training and the challenges involved in capturing evidence of impact. Content analysis is a useful tool for measuring change in media output. It can both inform training delivery and provide evidence of improvements to o
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"Lo que quiere la gente": Los sondeos de opinión y el espacio de la comunicación política en Argentina (1983-1999)
Buenos Aires; Los Polvorines: Prometeo Libros; Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (2008), 203 pp.
Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 206 pp.
"Young people today have grown up living substantial portions of their lives online, seeking entertainment, social relationships, and a place to express themselves. It is clear that participation in online communities is important for many young people, but less clear how this translates into civic
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"Vierte Gewalt" im Schatten der Vergangenheit: Die Transformation der Massenmedien in neuen Demokratien
In: Massenmedien als politische Akteure: Konzepte und Analysen
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2008), pp. 92-115
Media for Democracy in Afghanistan: A Handbook for Journalists
Bruxelles: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2008), 28 pp.
"The purpose of this handbook is to lay out some principles that could function as guideposts for journalists in Afghanistan as they seek to grapple with the evolving complexities of democracy in action. It seeks to provide concrete suggestions on how global best practices in political reporting and
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The Price of Silence: The Growing Threat of Soft Censorship in Latin America
Deep Insights
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
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Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2008), viii, 464 pp.
Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxi, 525 pp.
"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful
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The blogging revolution
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
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Political Regimes and the Media in Asia
Hoboken: Routledge (2008), xiii, 233 pp.
"This book analyzes the relationship between political power and the media in a range of nation states in East and Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on the place of the media in authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes. It discusses the centrality of media in sustaining repressive regimes,
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El observador de medios de comunicación en América Latina: Prensa, ciudadanía y democracia en Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela
Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 192 pp.
"Los enfoques de agenda setting, de network society y de public sphere constituyen el marco teórico básico para el abordaje metodológico y posterior desarrollo de “El Observador de Medios de Comunicación en América Latina” que presentamos. El Observador analiza la agenda de los principales
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La communication et l'exercice de la démocratie en Afrique
Paris: L'Harmattan (2008), 254 pp.
Ibero-American Observatories in the Sectors of Information, Communication and Culture: A Brief History
Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 5 (2008), pp. 723-734
"This commentary provides an overview of the recent phenomenon of Ibero-American observatories which work on issues related to information, communication and culture. It also shows the results of some research under way which seeks to analyse the diversity of 61 observatories regarding their geograp
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Power, Politics and the Identity in South African Media
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2008), vii, 403 pp.
"South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected here explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection, and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabl
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