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Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance
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Krishna Kumar

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), 189 pp.

"This book represents one step in explaining international efforts to promote independent media. It attempts to examine the nature and significance of media assistance, discussing the evolution of the field, the focus of various programming approaches, and the possible impact of such efforts. It pre ... sents case studies of media assistance programs in different countries. The book concludes with a set of recommendations for expanding and deepening media assistance for the international community. This book project grew out of a multi-country study that I directed in 2002–2004 to examine media assistance programs funded by the US Agency for International Development. The overall purpose of the study was to assess the nature and effectiveness of USAID programs and make policy and programmatic recommendations for the future. In writing this book I have mostly drawn from the massive information collected during two years of research and analysis. The book is based primarily on three sources of information. First are reviews of literature covering scholarly writings, project and program documents, and articles in popular magazines and newspapers on media assistance. Such reviews were country specific as well as global in nature. Because the academic literature is extremely limited and media assistance is hardly covered in magazines and newspapers except in high-profile cases such as Bosnia and Serbia, reviews largely relied on program documentation. I had the unique advantage of perusing thousands of documents that are not available to the public. Although mostly descriptive and often self-serving, they identified critical gaps in our knowledge and illuminated the challenges and achievements of international media endeavors. Second, my colleagues and I undertook extensive fieldwork in seven countries/regions—Afghanistan, Bosnia, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. In each of these cases, research teams conducted extensive discussions with international donor agencies, officials of host countries, project staff and contractors, and local media experts and journalists. Every possible effort was made to interview all those experts and managers who had intimate knowledge of the ongoing media assistance programs. Teams also examined locally available documents and reports and used translators to translate documents into English when necessary. In the absence of hard quantitative data, they largely relied on available documentation, indepth interviews, and their own knowledge of the media scene for their findings and conclusions. Finally, I organized a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings of the country studies and explore new directions for media assistance programs. Such meetings helped to identify many problems and challenges facing media assistance programs and helped in formulating a set of recommendation for policymakers." (Chapter 1, page 10-11) more

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Assessing Media Education: A Resource Handbook for Educators and Administrators

William G. Christ (ed.)

Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2006), 586 pp.

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Middle East Media Guide 2006

Ben Smalley (ed.)

Dubai: MediaSouce (2006), 380 pp.

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Journalistenausbildung in Mosambik

Christoph Hantel

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2006), 426 pp.

"Christoph Hantel hat drei Jahre an einer mosambikanischen Universität Journalisten ausgebildet. In einer landesweiten Befragung ließ er ein Zehntel aller mosambikanischen Journalisten interviewen, sprach mit Herausgebern, Politikern und Dozenten und besuchte Medien und Ministerien. Er zeichnet ei ... more

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Making News: Handbook of Media in Contemporary India

Uday Sahay (ed.)

New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2006), xxii, 282 pp.

"This book is a collection of articles based on first-hand experiences in news media by eminent Indian media personalities. It is a comprehensive collection, exploring different kinds of news reporting across TV, print, and radio as also across different genres like sports, business, entertainment, ... more

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Das palästinensische Rundfunksystem und die deutsch-palästinensische Medienkooperation: Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft in Palästina

Jamal Nazzal

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2006), 338 pp.

"Die Dissertation behandelt den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk in Palästina und ein von Deutschland gefördertes Radio-TV-Kooperationsprojekt an der Bir Zeit Universität." (commbox)

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Media Sustainability Index 2005: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Washington, DC: IREX (2005), 275 pp.

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Island Nations in the South Pacific and Their Communication Needs: From a Journalism Education Perspective

Evangelia Papoutsaki, Steve Sharp

Paper presented at the 14th AMIC Conference, Beijing, 18-21 July 2005 (2005), 20 pp.

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Étude sur la formation des journalistes ivoiriens de 1990 à 2005

Zio Moussa

Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2005), 71 pp.

"Cette étude dresse l’état des lieux des actions de formation menées depuis 15 ans en Côte d’Ivoire et fait le bilan des résultats. L’auteur en détaille les contenus pédagogiques, les dispositifs et les critères de sélection des journalistes et médias bénéficiaires des séminaires ... more

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Media Development in Iraq: An Overview of International Support 2003-2005

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2005), 15 pp.

"This is a brief overview of international assistance to media development in Iraq from the time of the invasion in 2003 to the formation of the Iraqi government and first weeks of the constitutional process in April-May 2005. This paper does not claim to give an exhaustive picture. It is meant as a ... more

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Africa's Media, Democracy and the Politics of Belonging

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

London; Pretoria: Zed Books;UNISA Press (2005), 308 pp.

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Making Journalists: Diverse Models, Global Issues

Hugo de Burgh

London: Routledge (2005), 296 pp.

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Media Sustainability Index 2004: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Washington, DC: IREX (2005), 275 pp.

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Best Practices in Journalism Education in the Information Age: Proceedings

Violet B. Valdez, Chay Florentino Hofileña, Mark Vincent Escaler, Werner vom Busch (eds.)

Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University, Center for Journalism (CFJ) (2005), 172 pp.

"The contributions in this book are the result of four years of experience in online teaching at the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism (CFJ) at the prestigious Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. First presented at a workshop at the Ateneo de Manila in December 2004, the individual chapter ... more

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Die Genese des palästinensischen Rundfunksystems und die deutsch-palästinensische Zusammenarbeit im audiovisuellen Bereich mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Radio- und Fernsehprojektes der Bir Zeit University: Der Beitrag deutsch-palästinensischer Kooperation im Radio- und Fernsehbereich für die Entwicklung des demokratischen Prozesses und den Aufbau der Zivilgesellschaft Palästinas

Jamal Nazzal

Bochum: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Philosophie, Pädagogik und Publizistik, Doctoral Thesis (2005), 381, 76 pp.

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Periodismo ambiental - estudios de casos: Perú y Brazil

Karin Finkenzeller

Lima: Fundación Konrad Adenauer (KAS), Programa Regional Medios de Comunicación y Democracia en Latinoamérica (2004), 70 pp.

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Media Sustainability Index 2003: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Mark Whitehouse, Theo Dolan (eds.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2004), xxi, 277 pp.

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Haiti Media Assistance and Civic Education Project (RAMAK): Year 3 Annual Report October 2003 - September 2004

USAID Haiti (2004), 75 pp.

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Supporting the Media in Liberia: A Review of the Media Landscape for the Post-Conflict Transition Period

Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa (2004), 76 pp. + annexes

"This report outlines the findings and conclusions derived from the assessment mission undertaken by the ‘Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa’ to Liberia in December 2003. This mission brought together the expertise of a number of the national, regional and international ... more

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Addressing the Communication Needs of a Developing Nation: A Journalism Education Case Study from Divine Word University

Michael McManus, Evangelia Papoutsaki

Suva, Fiji: Journalism Education Association Conference: „Media Literacy in the Pacific and Asia", 5- 9 December (2004), 13 pp.

"This paper discusses how journalism education can best address the information needs of a developing nation in Asia Pacific. It takes as a case study the review of the Communication Arts Department Curriculum at Divine Word University and looks at its different components (media literacy, general e ... more

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