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"Given the prevailing environment, radio cannot better engage development, and this is in spite of the qualities of radio that endear it to development agencies and governments elsewhere. As Ojebode (forthcoming b) suggests, for radio to realise its potentials as a development medium in Nigeria, som ... more

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: North Africa and the Middle East

Gary Hoppenstand, Lynn Bartholome (eds.)

Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press (2007), xv, 389 pp.

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Pop Culture China! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

Kevin Latham

Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (2007), xvii, 384 pp.

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: Latin America

Gary Hoppenstand, John F. Bratzel (eds.)

Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press (2007), xvi, 396 pp.

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La radio en Iberoamérica: Evolución, diagnóstico, perspectiva
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Arturo Merayo Pérez (coord.)

Sevilla: Comunicación Social Ediciones y Publicaciones (2007), 461 pp.

"El libro consta de 20 capítulos. El primero de ellos es un estudio introductorio del coordinador titulado “La estimulante diversidad de la radio iberoamericana”. Además de presentar el volumen, Arturo Merayo hace un primer análisis comparativo de los informes de cada país. Particular releva ... more

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Radio Profile in Cambodia

Puy Kea

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2007), 38 pp.

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: Sub-Saharan Africa

Gary Hoppenstand, Dennis Hickey (eds.)

Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press (2007), xviii, 387 pp.

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African Media Development Initiative: Zimbabwe. Research Findings and Conclusions

Rashweat Mukundu

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 82 pp.

"There are a number of media players in Zimbabwe, in the private and state media, NGOs and training institutions, who have a keen interest in the development of the media in Zimbabwe. The majority of interviewees see the enactment of Zimbabwe’s media laws as the key change that has taken place ove ... more

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Medien, Markt und politische Kontrolle in der Volksrepublik China: Eine Untersuchung zur Rolle der Medien seit Beginn der Reformära (1979 - 2005) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Hörfunks

Sigrun Abels

Bochum: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Doctoral Thesis (2006), 286 pp.

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African Media Development Initiative: Botswana. Research Findings and Conclusions

Sechele T. Sechele

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 74 pp.

"There have been significant changes in the Botswanan media in the past five years. Some of the changes noted include the recent proliferation of newspapers and the partial freeing of the airwaves by the Botswanan government, which has led to the setting up of two new commercial radio stations. Ther ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia. Research Findings and Conclusions

Gebremedhin Simon Gebretsadik

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 82 pp.

"The following changes have taken place over the past five years: media laws have been enacted; a legal framework is in place with the Press Law and Broadcast Law, and the creation of a favourable environment for media development; the Ethiopian Broadcast Authority has been established to issue lice ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Zambia. Research Findings and Conclusions

Fackson Banda

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.

"The past five years have seen a mushrooming of media development organisations and media outlets. The period has also seen greater and better-coordinated civic activism in support of media development. There has generally been a diversity of media content, reflecting the plurality of media outlets. ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: South Africa. Research Findings and Conclusions

Claire Milne, Anne Taylor

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 116 pp.

"Overall, South Africa has a relatively vibrant and developing media environment. The 15 interviewees were involved in 37 media development initiatives between them. These development initiatives comprise the following: 12 training initiatives; nine advocacy initiatives; five research initiatives; t ... more

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Restructuring Radio Broadcasting in Arab Countries: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Egypt

Olfa Lamloum

Paris: Panos Paris (2006), 54 pp.

"The reorganisation of radio broadcasting in the five Arab countries we have looked at is a slow, unequal, up-and-down and unfinished process. It is unfinished in that some states (Egypt and Syria), still have not published the conditions for awarding broadcasting licenses, even though some independ ... ent stations have received authorisation. The beneficiary stations thus have no real legal status, but are private businesses broadcasting music, and refraining from broadcasting news. The stations seem to be of most benefit to businessmen close to the authorities, and are more a part of the process of State privatisation than media democratisation. There is a general lack of transparency, and very little information is available about these radio stations. Journalists know little about the shareholders, working conditions in the stations and how they are organised. The legal vacuum will no doubt eventually be filled in these two countries. But, for the time being, radio broadcasting in Egypt and Syria remains totally under the control of the authorities. Lebanon is a special case. By allowing radio and television stations to be privately owned, Lebanon has essentially brought an existing state of affairs within the law, since these independent stations did not wait for the 1996 law to be passed before going on the air. Nevertheless, the various attempts to prevent religious interests from controlling the media have so far failed, and the political stations are a direct mirror of the country’s religious polarities. Every political/religious party has its own radio station (and television channel), which it uses to support its political choices. And the only non-religious station, Sawt Al-Shab, is close to the Lebanese Communist Party. Despite their vulnerability, the Palestinian and Jordanian experiments are without doubt the most promising. The legal framework is restrictive, in these two countries, but the privatelyowned stations are pushing back the boundaries of news broadcasting, are helping to render the media more autonomous, and introducing a relative degree of democracy in the field of information. But these experiments remain dependent on the unstable political context and resulting legal restrictions. The new legislation is more favourable to entertainment stations and benefits businessmen close to the authorities, leaving little space for civil society radio projects to develop." (Conclusion, page 42) more

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African Media Development Initiative: Somalia. Research Findings and Conclusions

Jamal Abdi Ismail

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 86 pp.

"The lack of a consolidated government since the fall of Siyad Barre’s regime in 1991 has led to a proliferation in the number and variety of media sources in Somalia. However, inter-factional violence and conflict has since torn the country apart, creating a difficult environment for media practi ... more

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La radio en Iberoamérica: Evolución, diagnóstico, perspectiva Deep Insights

Radio global: Radiokultur in Ländern der "Dritten Welt"
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La radio en Iberoamérica: Evolución, diagnóstico, perspectiva
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