"Seit Anfang der 90er Jahre hat die Presse Südafrikas weitreichende Veränderungen durchgemacht. Thema des Buches ist, inwieweit die südafrikanische Presse an der Entwicklung zu einem demokratischen Wandel beteiligt war. Die Studie präsentiert ein Raster für die empirische Untersuchung der Press
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e als Akteur in den vier Transitionsphasen politischer Protest, Liberalisierung, Demokratisierung und Konsolidierung der Demokratie. Die etablierte englischsprachige Presse spielte für den Beginn des Transitionsprozesses eine geringe Rolle, während sie in der späteren Konsolidierungsphase von erheblicher Bedeutung war. Die alternativen Presseerzeugnisse waren in der Phase des politischen Prozesses und in der Liberalisierungsphase von großem Einfluss, danach verloren sie aufgrund ökonomischer Schwierigkeiten an Bedeutung. Die etablierten afrikaanssprachigen Zeitungen standen in der Mehrzahl der weißen Regierungspartei National Party nahe und waren somit nicht oppositionell." (Nord-Süd-aktuell 2/2001)
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"This is the first full-length study of the protest-cum-resistance press and its role in the struggle for a democratic South Africa between the 1880s and 1960s. South Africa's alternative press played a crucial, but still largely undocumented, role in the making of modern South Africa. Projecting th
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e point of view of intermediary social groups, who saw themselves as a modernizing, upwardly mobile non-ethnic force in the struggle to create a black middle-class culture in South Africa, these presses mirrored political realities that differed substantially from those projected by South Africa's established commercial press, which was owned and controlled by whites, and concerned almost exclusively with the political, economic, and social life of the white population." (Publisher description)
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"Military intervention in civil government comes and goes in Latin America, fre quently crushing any opposition by the press. Bolivia has experienced more military coups d'état than any other Latin American or Caribbean country. This study of the relationships between the Bolivian press and militar
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y between 1964 and 1982 thus has a wider significance. In some ways repression has grown more subtle, but in Bolivia brute force still was commonly employed. Bolivia also has experienced the second social and economic revolution in Latin America, beginning in 1952. Poverty and social maladjustment breed militarism and a vulnerable press, but on the other hand, resistance to authoritarian rule - sometimes at a terrible cost - marked the beginning of professionalism within the Bolivian press." (Abstract)
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"Rebel Radio is the story of Radio Venceremos, one of the stations operated by guerillas during the decade-long civil war in El Salvador. It is told through the experiences of the men and women who worked for the station. As such, it is not just about radio, but about the daily lives of the guerilla
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s in the mountains of Morazán. It would make a great novel, but everything in this book actually happened. Originally published in Spanish in 1991, the book comes with eleven black and white photos and two maps. If you ever wondered what motivates people to operate radio stations in conditions of extreme danger, this book is for you." (Radio Netherlands Media Network 1996)
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"An analysis of the mass media in South Africa as instruments of oppression or liberation and their role in effecting change or perpetuating the status quo. Chimutengwende examines the operation of the press within the South African socio-economic and legislative system and in relation to the blacks
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' struggle for liberation, ending with conclusions as the role of the press in affecting change or maintaining the status quo. For the latter he has drawn heavily on communication theory. This is a measured and well-reasoned study that challenges some Western concepts of freedom of the press. Emphasis is on print media." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 66)
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"Country-by-country examination of the broadcasting systems of 29 countries and one continent, giving origin, development, regulation, programming patterns, quantitative dimensions. While some of the material has dated, much still holds. Countries include the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom
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, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the U.S.S.R., Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey, India, China, Japan, Australia, and the continent of Africa (lan overview)." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 598)
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"Pressesituation: 25 Zeitungen und Wochenzeitschriften, Pressepolitik unter Diem - Seit Januar 1962 erscheinen in allen Provinzen wieder Untergrundblätter mit lokalen Informationen, die auf den revolutionären Traditionen der Kolonialzeit basieren." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The us
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e of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1762, topic code 110.1)
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