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Community Television
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Media Assistance: Governance, Accountability, Combating Corruption
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Violence in the Media: Effects on Youth
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Media for Development
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Convergence of Media
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Cyberspace
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Disadvantaged Groups & Communication, Minorities & Media
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Accountability & Transparency of the Media
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Constitutions & Constitutional Reforms: Political Discourse & Media Representation
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Media Assistance: Aims, Priorities, Funding Policies
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Media Assistance: Criticism, Ideological Backgrounds, Vested Interests
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Internews
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Media Assistance: Law & Regulation, Media Policy Consultancies
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Media Assistance: Media & Information Literacy
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Media Assistance: Press
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Media Assistance: Regional Approaches & Experiences
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Media Assistance Research
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Media Assistance: Transition Countries & Defective Democracies
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Media Development Indicators
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Communication
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Media, Mass Media
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Deregulation & Liberalisation of Media
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Critical Media Literacy
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Transitional Justice
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Friedrich Ebert Foundation
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Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS)
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Music Videos
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Putnam, Robert
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Photography
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Governance
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Peace, Peacekeeping, Peace Building, Peace Movements
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Political Participation
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Political Systems
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Democracy
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Political Magazines
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Political Role & Influence of Radio, Radio & Democratization
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Local Newspapers
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Weekend Nation (Weekly, Malawi)
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Public & State Television
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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B92 (Radio Station, Belgrade)
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Radio Ndeke Luka (Central African Republic)
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Radio Progreso (El Progreso, Honduras)
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Urban Radios
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Media Effects Research
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Taliban
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Interreligious Dialogue
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Islamism
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Muslim Cinema & Film Representation of Islam
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Statistical Data: Collection, Analysis & Interpretation
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Networks & Networking
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Participation
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Informatics
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Computers
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Telecommunications
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Al-Arabiya
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New Media and the New Middle East

New York; Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xviii, 263 pp.
"In this book, leading international scholars examine the way new media is reshaping lives and politics. Covering topics from women's rights to terrorism, and countries from Israel to Saudi Arabia, these authors explore the global and regional ramifications of the proliferation of communication tech ... more
"[...] 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

Defining Indicators of Media Development: Background Paper

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2007), 80 pp.
Provides a mappping of 26 initiatives to develop indicators of media development and their respective methodologies, and analyses these initiatives in terms of their value and relevance to the priorities of the IPDC. The paper also proposes sample indicators and data sources for five principal media ... more

The Role of Digital Networked Technologies in the Ukrainian Orange Revolution

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society (2007), 10 pp.
"There is a general consensus that media are an essential element of democracy if they fulfil particular quality requirements in their reporting. Abundant literature deals with media quality from a theoretical perspective, but empirical knowledge on journalistic practice with regard to its role in d ... more
"This book examines processes of media change in post-Communist countries. Considerable attention is paid to the general process of transformation before turning to the media in particular. In this reexamination of the media under the Communist system and its role in the transition, the stress is on ... more
"Exporting Press Freedom examines the history and practice of media assistance, and argues that the dilemma of media independence and sustainability is best understood as an economic problem rather than one of poor editorial standards or lack of will. It includes profiles of news and public affairs ... more

Media Concentration and Democracy: Why Ownership Matters

New York: Cambridge University Press (2007), xiii, 257 pp.

Democratization: A Central Task of Media Development Cooperation

Bonn: Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland (2006), 139 pp.

The Role of Georgia's Media - and Western Aid - in the Rose Revolution

Joan Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2006), 32 pp.
"Aiding and training journalists and media managers, along with civil society groups, paid off in Georgia. The American and Western investment helped to generate the Rose Revolution, and resulted in a potentially more democratic, open and Western-leaning society. It was a comparatively economical, a ... more

Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development from the Global Forum for Media Development

Paris: Internews Europe;Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2006), 222 pp.
"Draws together thinking and analysis that covers the breadth and depth of the media development landscape. The opening section, 'Why Media Matters: Global Perspectives' gathers the work of several thought leaders on major trends that cut across both the communications and development policy arenas; ... more

Indigenous Language Media in Africa

Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) (2006), xii, 398 pp.
"A collection of 22 papers on the indigenous language press (and other media) in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, primarily devoted to the activities of African language newspapers and periodicals. Some papers examine the significant and pioneering role religious publications ... more

Política, ética y comunicación

La Paz: PNUD;Prisma (2006), 174 pp.

Retelling the News in Central Europe: Western Journalism as Democratic Discourse

In: Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalization
J. H. Brinks; Stella Rock; Edward Timms (eds.)
London: Tauris (2006), pp. 39-54
"This paper has shown that media assistance donors to Central Europe misplaced their emphasis on the trainign of journalistic craft skills as a principal means of introducing what they rather uncritically called 'democratic journalism' to post-Communist societies. There are many narrative choices in ... more

Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary Readings

South Orange, New Jers.: Communication for Social Change Consortium (2006), 1067 pp.