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Virtuelle (Lern) Welten: Herausforderungen für die politische Bildung

Eugen Baacke, Siegfried Frech, Gisela Ruprecht (eds.)

Schwalbach: Wochenschau-Verlag (2002), ix, 313 pp.

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Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Good Governance, Human Development and Mass Communications
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Pippa Norris, Dieter Zinnbauer

Cambridge, Mass.; London: UNDP Human Development Report Office (2002), 43 pp.

"The growth in electoral democracies presents many potential opportunities for human development. Yet in practice transitional and consolidating democracies often remain fragile and incomplete, lacking strong institutions essential for effective voice and accountability, including freedom of express ... ion and widespread opportunities for civic engagement. What can be done to strengthen democratic development and, in particular what is the role of the media in this process? Part I suggests that the mass media will have a positive impact on good governance and human development if they function effectively as a watchdog holding the powerful to account and as a civic forum facilitating a diversity of voices in public debate. Yet in practice the press is often limited in these roles. Liberal theories have long stressed the importance of an independent fourth estate as a check on the abuse of power. The study theorizes that this is necessary but not sufficient, in particular media systems strengthen good governance and promote positive development outcomes most effectively under two conditions: (i) where there is an unfettered and independent free press, [...] Part II operationalizes this typology then compares media systems around the world. Part III examines the cross-national evidence for the impact of these patterns. The study confirms that media systems characterized by widespread mass access and by an independent press are most closely associated with systematic indicators of good governance and human development. In particular, nations with these types of media system experience less corruption, greater administrative efficiency, higher political stability, and more effective rule of law, as well as better development outcomes such as higher per capita income, greater literacy, less economic inequality, lower infant mortality rates, and greater public spending on health. Part IV provides detailed case studies illustrating this relationship in particular countries. The conclusion considers the policy implications, suggesting practical steps to strengthen the channels of mass communications in poorer societies lacking either widespread access or freedom of the press." (http://www.escuelapnud.org) more

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Civil Society, Media and Accountability in the Arab Region

Naomi Sakr

UNDP Human Development Report Office (2002), 32 pp.

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Media and Democracy in Africa

Göran Hydén, Michael Leslie, Folu F. Ogundimu

Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (2002), 260 pp.

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Comunicación popular: Del paradigma de la dominación al de las mediaciones sociales y culturales

Martha Aliza Dubravcic

Quito: Abya-Yala (2002), 118 pp.

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Politikvermittlung in Unterhaltungsformaten: Medieninszenierungen zwischen Popularität und Populismus

Christian Schicha, Carsten Brosda (eds.)

Münster: Lit (2002), 264 pp.

"Politikvermittlung in der "Mediendemokratie" wird zunehmend durch Formate geprägt, die nicht mehr dem konventionellen Bild einer traditionellen Berichterstattung über politische Prozesse entsprechen. Zu beobachten ist eine Vermischung von politischer Information und Unterhaltungselementen (Infota ... more

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Der Medien-Kapitalismus: Das Lexikon der neuen kritischen Medienforschung

Dieter Prokop

Hamburg: VSA, aktual. Ausg. (2002), 359 pp.

"Prokops neues Werk liefert einen Überblick über ein breites Spektrum von Problemen und Risiken im Zuge der aktuellen Medienentwicklung. Dabei erhebt Prokop nicht den Anspruch, ein konventionelles Lexikon vorzulegen, sondern gibt in Teilen einer essayistischen Form sowie fiktiven Interviews den Vo ... more

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Wege der Kommunikation in der Geschichte Osteuropas

Nada Boskovska, Peter Collmer, Seraina Gilly, Rudolf Mumenthaler, Christophe von Werdt

Carsten Goehrke (honoured person)

Köln; Weimar; Wien: Böhlau (2002), xx, 525 pp.

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Radio & Public Deliberation

Brett Davidson

Dayton (OH): Kettering Foundation (2002), 40 pp.

"Brett Davidson makes a convincing case for radio being the most hospitable media environment for retaining the human characteristics of public deliberation. In South Africa, for example, radio reaches far more people in their own languages than other media do. Moreover, radio can broadcast live, � ... more

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The Media, Accountability and Civic Engagement in Africa

Wisdom J. Tettey

UNDP (2002), 57 pp.

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UNESCO/European Union Seminar: Media and Good Governance. Amman, Jordan 29 September- 3 October 2002

UNESCO (2002), 57 pp.

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Latin Politics, Global Media

Elizabeth Fox, Silvio Waisbord (eds.)

Austin: University of Texas Press (2002), xxii, 203 pp.

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Medios de comunicación y protesta social en la crisis argentina

Carlos Álvarez Teijeiro, Marcela Farré, Damián Fernández Pedemonte

Buenos Aires: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);La Crujía (2002), 172 pp.

Este libro es el resultado de una investigación académica realizada con el auspicio de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer, que contribuye a desnudar la mitología mediática acerca de la transparencia del periodismo y de su mero papel testimonial. Por el contrario, el estudio sobre el desempeño period ... more

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Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East

Mohammed El-Nawawy, Adel Iskandar

Cambridge: Westview Press (2002), 228 pp.

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Encuestas y opinión pública: Aspectos metodológicos. Un manual para políticos y periodistas

Hartmut Hentschel

Buenos Aires: Edivern;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2002), 191 pp.

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The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan and Russia

Adam Jones

Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2002), 524 pp.

"The press in transition" chronicles and evaluates the experiences of six press institutions in four markedly different media systems. The book adopts a comparative framing to explore press functioning worldwide, and to draw preliminary conclusions about the press in transition. At the heart of the ... more

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Media Fortunes, Changing Times: ASEAN States in Transition

Russell H. K. Heng (ed.)

Singapore: ISEAS (2002), xviii, 252 pp.

"This book examines how media have brought about or paced dramatic political events in Southeast Asia over the last two decades. It highlights a situation where media dynamics are no longer a simple formula of state control versus media resistance. The state can propel its own media-liberalizing pro ... more

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