"Das Buch gibt einen Einblick in die Arbeit Offener Kanäle in Deutschland. Es gibt Basisinformationen über die Organisation der Sender und informiert über bereits realisierte Projekte. Die Offenen Kanäle spielen demnach besonders in den Bereichen medienpädagogische Arbeit, politische Bildung un
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d soziale Integration eine wichtige Rolle in Deutschland." (commbox)
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"The drive towards homogeneity is not irresistible. These challenging essays by journalists, independent producers and researchers describe indigenous television in Brazil, in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Aboriginal networks in Australia and the Deep Dish Satellite Network's alternative cover
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age in America of the Gulf War. Against the odds, local initiatives around the world are creating new opportunities for national, regional and ethnic identities to find expression through the medium of television." (Publisher description)
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"El libro esta subdividido en dos partes: primero presenta un panorama general de la situación y los actores del video en Colombia. La segunda parte presenta una colección de textos relacionados con el surgimiento del Movimiento Latinoamericano de Video, el cual nació en un encuentro de videastas
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en Santiago de Chile en el año 1988." (commbox)
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"D’innombrables groupes utilisent aujourd’hui la vidéo légère comme moyen d’appuyer des combats locaux pour la dignité, la terre, l’habitat, et forcer l’écoute des décideurs. D’autres réussissent, au prix de mille difficultés, à accéder aux chaînes de télévision régionales
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et nationales. Les expériences présentées dans ce livre permettent de réfléchir aux conditions d’une communication au service de tous." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"This book explores the variety of initiatives that have emerged the world over in the past decade, the challenges they face in making their voices heard, as well as the internal debates and problems that must be resolved in order to move towards a true democratization of video and television." (Med
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ia Asia 22:1, 1995, page 60)
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"Although rural development, especially in the Third World, is a major concern of UNESCO, emphasis here is upon those uses of media which support community initiatives in urban settings or were introduced to help resolve tensions and problems. Media are not limited to newspapers and broadcasting; th
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ey also include such other forms as wall posters, mimeographed newsletters, audio cassettes and portable video equipment. Emphasis, however, is not upon the medium or its mode of delivery, but rather upon its function within a community program to focus upon the urban problem. Scope is international and arrangement is by country: Africa, the Arab world, Australia, the Caribbean (a case study), Europe, India, Japan, Latin America, North America and the Philippines. An appendix includes extracts from the Final Report of the Urban Community Media Consultation, UNESCO: "Proposals for related activities," and "Proposals for future activities and research programmes.'' A 1977 study edited by Frances J. Berrigan, 'Access: Some Western Modern Models of Community Media' (UNESCO), is a discussion accompanied by case studies of different ways in which communities in the U. S., Canada and some European countries have provided access for audience participation in broadcasting programming for both television and radio." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 251)
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"The three studies contained in this volume trace the emergence of 'community media' in Western society—specifically new approaches to broadcasting and electronic media in North America and Western Europe [...] The orientation of the studies is not purely towards research, though where research ha
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s been done, it is utilized. Rather, their purpose is to collect, analyse and synthesize as large a volume as possible of current initiatives in the field of methods adopted, problems experienced, solutions found, new questions posed. In this kind of review, various dimensions are relevant. There is, first, the conceptual level—the objectives for which the media are used or with which they are associated. Are they used primarily for educational purposes, for enlarging the range of available study materials? Are their purposes mainly social, creating and enhancing processes of community development? Or are they seen as serving psychological ends, by allowing for the fuller expression of individual and group personalities? Second, there is the technological or organizational aspect. For example, are media used at the local level also linked to a national system of information distribution, as in the access programmes of some national networks, which allow the layman to participate in producing television programmes? Are they associated more with local radio or cable television? Or are they a form of video animation, based on portable cameras and recorders, perhaps with very limited distribution? Third, there is the descriptive, social and political level. What is being attempted with community media in different countries? How do these countries differ in cultural attitude, or in prescriptions for social or economic growth?" (Preface)
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