"A great deal has now been written about the patterns of media exploitation as they contribute to a vortex of destruction. Less has been elaborated about the efforts of international governmental organisations ("IGOs") and non-governmental organisations ("NGOs") to intervene so as to maintain a more
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stable and peaceful world order either in anticipation of conflict, during the conflict or in the ordeal following the conflict. This paper focuses, as a background for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") Geneva Conference, in May 2000, on post-conflict patterns that emerge, primarily drawing from four case studies—Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Cambodia." (Introduction)
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"This report provides a comprehensive overview of the role and position of the media in Tajikistan. The contributors explain that the weakness of the media there is due to many different reasons and linked to the general political, social and economic circumstances in the country. The report explain
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s how the consequences of the civil war, the loss of competent journalists, the high costs of production, the self-censorship pressure exerted on journalists and editors by politicians not used to relatively free press have all helped inhibit the development of the media in the country." (Digital Library, ETh Zürich Center for Security Studies)
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"Exploring recent developments in Asian television systems in the context of the continually changing global environment, this book covers India, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Country-based analyses are preceded by contribution
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s which analyse processes at the regional level. Chapters explore how television in Asia has responded to new threats and opportunities and provide evidence against the view that global forces will destroy national and regional differences." (Publisher description)
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"A la fois étude rigoureuse et pamphlet, Les télévisions africaines sous tutelle invite à une plongée dans l'univers audiovisuel africain. Ce voyage édifiant alliant données statistiques et analyse des programmes met à jour, en se centrant sur l'exemple camerounais, la collusion des télévi
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sions nationales avec les pouvoirs politiques, la désinformation, l'acculturation, l'invasion du sport et des émissions occidentales." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"This study utilized a case study and historical approach to examine the restructuring of a broadcast media system in a postcommunist country, Estonia. The implications that can be drawn from this study is that post-Communist broadcast system transformations are complex, especially considering the f
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ormidable challenges confronting a country as it revamps both its political and economic system." (Abstract)
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