"This bibliography, by a Kenyan scholar and children’s author, lists 1,759 titles in English and in Kiswahili. In her introduction the author states that a proportion of the books were personally examined by her, while other entries are based on listings in Kenya Books in Print, publishers’ cata
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logues, as well as catalogues issued by African Books Collective. It includes children’s books written by both African and non-African authors. The majority of the titles are published in Africa, but there are also listings of African children’s books published in the UK and in North America. Material is listed alphabetically by name of author. Each entry gives author name, title, page extents for some titles, ISBN, and name of publisher; names of illustrators are also given for a number of entries. There are no annotations, nor indications of reading levels or age groups. Includes a list of publishers, but which lacks address or distributor details. While this is a fairly comprehensive listing – and some public libraries may find it useful as a starting point for acquiring African children’s books – without annotations, evaluations, or analysis of any kind, it is difficult to see how the bibliography can serve much purpose in its present form." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1630)
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"Traditional media effects theories have an enormous potential to provide theoretical support for the study of media contributions to peace in a conflict environment. However, practitioners who implement projects in conflict situations rarely attempt to examine the effects of these projects on a par
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ticular conflict. Most practitioners assume that media must have the power to influence the development of peace in a conflict environment. Practitioners and authors assume that if media can motivate people to engage in conflict, they must also have the power to exert influence in the opposite direction, thus promoting peace. This study takes into consideration the most basic theories of media effects throughout the 20th century." (Abstract)
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"One of the key issues in examining the impact of small arms on children is the role of the media. The following is a resource guide to some materials that are relevant to considering the need for education programmes on media violence and small arms. Research has now confi rmed the link between med
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ia violence and aggressive behaviour. If young people also have ready access to guns, then the likelihood of violent behaviour, against themselves and others, increases. Most of the resources are from the USA, with the exception of the UNESCO study; however, US media, films, TV, video and computer games are increasingly available to children all over the world, so the US research data is relevant. Any programme designed to respond to the problem of small arms, be it education for children and youth, awareness raising for adults or advocacy, needs to take into account the role of the media in creating acceptance of the use of weapons to resolve confl icts and in supporting certain masculine roles." (Introduction)
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"De facto ist die Bundesrepublik ein Einwanderungsland geworden. Viele Institutionen und offizielle Repräsentanten verschließen sich dieser Tatsache jedoch bis heute. Die vorliegende Publikation zielt darauf, den Verantwortlichen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur ein Sachwissen zu liefern, um die
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Medienstrukturen an die sozio-kulturelle Realität anpassen zu können. Dazu wird ein breiter Überblick über den Stand der verschiedenen Forschungsansätze gegeben. Grundlage dabei bilden die Ergebnisse, die das Forschungsprojekt "Mediale Integration ethnischer Minderheiten in Deutschland, den USA und Kanada an den Universitäten Dortmund und Siegen zwischen 2002 und 2004" erbracht hat. Die den Einzelbeiträgen zugrundeliegende Frage lautet, wie sich der Medienumbruch am Übergang zum 21. Jahrhundert, vor allen Dingen durch Internet und Satellitenfernsehen, auf die öffentliche Kommunikation zwischen Mehrheitskultur und ethnischen Minderheiten in Deutschland auswirkt. Weitere Schwerpunkte bilden die "mediale Integration", die Frage nach dem Verhältnis ethnischer Minderheiten zu den deutschen Massenmedien, die sogenannten "Ethnomedien" sowie die Mediennutzung ethnischer Minderheiten." (Abstract ifa-Bibliothek Stuttgart)
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