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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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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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Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies

Katrin Voltmer (ed.)

London: Routledge (2006), 262 pp.

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Medien und Politik im Demokratisierungsprozess auf Taiwan

Hui-tang Chang

Münster: Lit (2006), 320 pp.

"In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Demokratisierung und die Rolle der Medien innnerhalb dieses Prozess auf Taiwan untersucht. Dabei werden die im Westen entwickelten Transitionsansätze angewandt. In der bisherigen Transitionsforschung wurde die Rolle der Medien nur in geringem Maße einbezogen. ... more

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Newsroom in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico

Sallie Hughes

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (2006), 286 pp.

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Democracia en Bolivia: Cinco análisis temáticos del segundo estudio nacional sobre democracia y valores democráticos

Álvaro García Linera, Raúl España Cuéllar, Andrés Torrez Villa Gómez, Erick Torrico Villanueva, Amalia Prado Meza

La Paz: Corte Nacional Electoral (2005), 228 pp.

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Empowering the Media Sector in Hebron: Training Kit on Community Media. Theoretical Unit

Hebron: International Palestinian Youth League (IPYL) (2005), 86 pp.

"The aim of this training manual is to introduce the basic concepts of journalism and its evolution in a way that the readers understand and acknowledge the responsibility of the task of informing the citizens. This manual aims to be a tool to strengthen community media as a way to the empowerment o ... more

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The Media and Zimbabwe

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 2 (2005), pp. 1-135

"This special volume is devoted to a selection of papers from the many that were presented at the ‘Reporting Zimbabwe: Before and After 2000 Conference’ held on 25th February 2005 at London’s Stanhope Centre, as part of the Africa Media Series organized by the University of Westminster’s Com ... 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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Journalism and Democracy in Asia

Angela Romano, Michael Bromley (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2005), xiv, 205 pp.

"Journalism and Democracy in Asia addresses key issues of freedom, democracy, citizenship, openness and journalism in contemporary Asia, looking especially at China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and India. The authors take varying approaches to questions of democracy, whilst also conside ... more

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Rede Globo: 40 anos de poder e hegemonia

Valério Cruz Brittos, César Ricardo Siqueira Bolaño (eds.)

São Paulo: Paulus (2005), 373 pp.

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Democratizing Global Media: One World, Many Struggles

Robert A. Hackett, Yuezhi Zhao (eds.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2005), 328 pp.

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Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects
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Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh (ed.)

Accra: Ghana Universities Press (2005), xvi, 282 pp.

"This book argues that indigenous modes of communication - for example the oral tradition, drama, indigenous entertainment forms, cultural modes and local language radio - are essential to the societies within which they exist and which create them; and that coupled with newer, or modern forms of co ... more

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The South African Print Media: From Apartheid to Transformation

Hilton Robert Kolbe

Wollongong (AU): University of Wollongong, Doctoral Thesis (2005), 293 pp.

"This thesis considers the role of the mainstream South African print media in perpetuating discrimination during the years of legalised racial discrimination – commonly known as apartheid – from when the Herenigde Nationale Party took power in May 1948 with an unprecedented 28-seat swing under ... more

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Making Journalists: Diverse Models, Global Issues

Hugo de Burgh

London: Routledge (2005), 296 pp.

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Medios de comunicación y democracia

Enrique E. Sánchez Ruiz

Bogotá: Grupo Editorial Norma (2005), 133 pp.

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Télévisions arabes sur orbite: Un système médiatique en mutation (1960-2004)

Tourya Guaaybess

Paris: CNRS (2005), 264 pp.

"Alors que les pays du monde arabe subissent les effets d’une instabilité politique, l’intérêt ou les inquiétudes qu’ils suscitent en Occident ont permis au grand public de découvrir les chaînes satellitaires de la région, dont la plus connue est sans nul doute Al-Jazeera. Mais quel est ... more

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Fight the Power: The Role of the Serbian Independent Electronic Media in the Democratization of Serbia

Spasa Bosnjak

Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, School of Communication, Master Thesis (2005), 123 pp.

"This thesis presents the major contributions of the Serbian independent electronic media to the struggle for the democratization of Serbia throughout the 1990s. The thesis also examines some aspects of the transformation of the media in Eastern Europe in the 1990s and outlines several different the ... more

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Ética, prensa y democracia: Seminario

Lima: Universidad de Lima, Fondo Editorial (2005), 79 pp.

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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.

Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance Top Insights

Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects Inspiring Practice

Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance
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Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects
Inspiring Practice