"This book is meant to present the basics of freedom of information or right to information, defined as the universal right to access information held by public bodies. It presents in an easy-to-understand and non-technical fashion the basic principles of freedom of information, such as maximum disc
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losure, obligation to publish, promotion of open government, limited scope of exceptions and the process to facilitate access. In this new edition, the introduction, the comparative chapter, and the section on international standards and trends, have been totally revised. The country chapters provide an in-depth-analysis to the right of access in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda, United Kigdom and the USA. According to the author "since the last edition five years ago, we can now say that every region of the world has adopted right to information laws." (CAMECO Update 2-2008)
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"This book is essential reading for anybody interested in development communication. Mefalopulos, a World Bank development communication officer with wide-ranging experiences in the field, presents four modules. The first module concisely presents the concepts and applications of development communi
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cations and their relevance for development operations. The second module addresses communication officers and practitioners who want to become acquainted with the theoretical foundations. The third focuses on methodological applications of development communication, describing the typical program cycle of communication-based assessment, strategy design, implementation and evaluation. The fourth module presents practical experiences to illustrate DevComm's relevance, including e.g. the use of development communication in poverty reduction strategies or strengthening local voices through community radio. Given its modular structure, this straight-forward publication is a valuable resource on the strategic use of communication processes in development." (CAMECO Update 4-2008)
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"This book is based on conclusion that ethics are nothing but a series of moral qualities. The first chapter, apart from tracing the history of ethics and throwing some light on the concept as such, tries to define ethics. The second chapter outlines the efforts surrounding enforcement of ethics in
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Nepalese journalism apart from reviewing the implementation them. Apart from defining community radio, the third chapter deals in detail with issues related to ethics in community mass media and related areas. In the fourth chapter, since ethics is not a basic or relative law, effort has been made to point out that ethics can undergo changes with time. Fifth chapter tries to incorporate laws which are attracted in the course of information dissemination. The sixth chapter carries differing ethics rendered into Nepali. That will contribute to the task of carrying out comparative analyses. Together with this, a compilation of the ethics enforced in Nepal until now have been carried as annexures." (Foreword)
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"This book includes 17 articles on the current state of communication for development from renowned communication practitioners and scholars. It covers five areas: an introduction to the relationship between development, participation and communication; the theoretical underpinnings of development c
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ommunication; the development communication strategies of international institutions like UNESCO, FAO and UNICEF; concrete experiences in HIV/AIDS communication and the concepts behind; and case studies on community media and media projects in conflict areas. The special value of this book is that the project examples are not just presented in a descriptive manner, but analyzed in detail according to the underlying communication concepts. In addition, various contributions trace the history of participatory communication approaches to development. This is a revised and updated version of a 2003 UNESCO publication called Approaches to Development: Studies on Communication for Development." (CAMECO Update 4-2008)
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"Wie viele Rezipienten erreicht unser Medienprodukt? Wie häufig, wie lange, wann und wo wird es genutzt? Wie wird es wahrgenommen? Ziel dieses Leitfadens ist es, Campusmedienforschern die nötigen Instrumente vorzustellen und zu erläutern, mit denen sie rasch und einfach die Antworten auf ihre ind
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ividuellen Fragen finden können. Dabei ging es uns nicht darum, einen weiteren Wälzer zur langen Liste der Fachliteratur zu diesem Thema hinzuzufügen. Dem Zweck eines umfassenden Werkes zur klassischen Medienforschung kann und soll diese Publikation nicht dienen. Vielmehr soll dieses Buch die nötige theoretische Fundierung bieten um insbesondere Lesern, die nicht aus dem Medienforschungsbereich stammen, den Zugang zur praktischen Anwendung der relevanten Forschungsmethoden so einfach wie möglich zu gestalten. Jede Fragestellung, jedes Problem erfordert eine individuelle Herangehensweise und Methodenanwendung, die allesamt in diesem Leitfaden für den Leser aufbereitet sind. Dieser pragmatische Grundgedanke ist ein wichtiger Aspekt des Leitfadens und schlägt sich in Form von zahlreichen Tipps und Beispielen zur praktischen Anwendung nieder." (Seite 1)
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