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Media and Conflict in Bolivia: Fostering a Constructive Role for the Media in a Situation of Vulnerable Governability
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2007), 54 pp.
"In order to work towards a more constructive role for the media in Bolivian society in the present context, this report suggests a strategy which could focus on the following four areas: advocacy for changes in the legal framework; spaces for debate and reflection; strengthening the quality of jour
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Exporting Press Freedom: Economic and Editorial Dilemmas in International Media Assistance
Deep Insights
New Brunswick; London: Transaction Publishers (2007), 310 pp.
"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
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Modern Arab Journalism: Problems and Prospects
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2007), ix, 242 pp.
Defining Indicators of Media Development: Background Paper
Key Guides
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
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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
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Mídia e políticas públicas de comunicação
Deep Insights
Brasilia: ANDI Agência de Notícias dos Direitos da Infância (2007), 225 pp.
Comunicação e governabilidade na América Latina
São Leopoldo: Editora Unisinos (2007), 168 pp.
Radio global: Radiokultur in Ländern der "Dritten Welt"
Deep Insights
Hamburg: Institut für Medien und Kommunikation (IMK), Universität Hamburg (2007), 131 pp.
Rude Awakening: Social and Media Change in Central and Eastern Europe
Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2007), 451 pp.
"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
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Media Concentration and Democracy: Why Ownership Matters
New York: Cambridge University Press (2007), xiii, 257 pp.
"Firmly rooting its argument in democratic and economic theory, the book argues that a more democratic distribution of communicative power within the public sphere and a structure that provides safeguards against abuse of media power provide two of three primary arguments for ownership dispersal. It
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Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies
New York: State University of New York Press (2007), xi, 285 pp.
Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life
Deep Insights
London: Tauris (2007), 208 pp.
"[...] 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
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Measuring the democratic quality of radio news: Experiences from Liberia
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 2, issue 2 (2007), pp. 173-192
"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
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La démocratie à l'épreuve de la société numérique
Paris: Karthala (2007), 375 pp.
Medien und Politik im Demokratisierungsprozess auf Taiwan
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.
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Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies
London: Routledge (2006), 262 pp.
"This book examines how political communication and the mass media have played a central role in the consolidation of emerging democracies around the world. Covering a broad range of political and cultural contexts, including Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, this new volu
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Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance
Deep Insights
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
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"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
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Retelling the News in Central Europe: Western Journalism as Democratic Discourse
In: Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalization
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
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