"Lutz van Dijks spannende Geschichte Afrikas - die er vor allem für junge LeserInnen geschrieben hat - [...] beleuchtet unzählige Facetten des Kontinents. Sie beginnt bei der Entstehung des Erdteils und den ersten Menschen, die von hier aus in alle Welt wanderten. Sie erzählt von den frühen Hoch
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kulturen im islamischen Norden und den christlichen und traditionell-afrikanisch geprägten Kulturen im Süden, vom Leben in der Steppe und in den modernen Großstädten. Der Autor berichtet von den Jahrhunderten europäischer Kolonialisierung und der Befreiung und macht schließlich hochaktuelle Themen wie Aids und Ebola, die neue Rolle Chinas, den „arabischen Frühling", Boko Haram, Flucht und Vertreibung verständlicher. Die größte Stärke dieses Werks aber liegt darin, dass Afrikanerinnen und Afrikaner immer wieder selbst zu Wort kommen. Sie erzählen von ihrem Leben und ihren Hoffnungen und machen das Bild von Afrika endlich menschlich und lebendig: das nachhaltigste Mittel gegen das Klischee vom schwarzen Kontinent." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Der Atlas stellt anhand von Texten, Grafiken und Illustrationen die wichtigsten Ereignisse und Protagonisten der sozialen und politischen Umbrüche in der arabischen Welt vor. Er beleuchtet speziell auch die regionalen wie globalen Auswirkungen. Dabei kommen ganz wesentlich Journalisten und Wissens
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chaftler aus den jeweiligen Ländern zu Wort." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This publication will contribute to ensuring that the breadth of human rights violations in Eritrea becomes known, and that the issue of human trafficking migrates more strongly upwards into the public eye." (Back cover)
"Cambodia is a country on the cusp of rapid media change. TV and radio remain the top media and main sources of news. Apolitical newcomer Hang Meas is top source with tabloid news, entertainment. But new media is gaining, fueled by widespread mobile use: almost all households have a mobile phone; yo
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ung, educated and urban drive new media use. Internet numbers remain in low double digits, but growth is exponential: outside infrastructure investment increasing broadband mobile rapidly; those who use the Internet use it for broadband activities¡Xvideo, audio¡Xeven in the countryside. Facebook dominates social media and is the top online news source." (Key takeaways, slide 37)
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"Use of Ukrainian vs. Russian in news content is not important for the vast majority of adults; trust in content is key to reliance on sources. Ukrainian TV channels remain the top news sources for adults across ethnic groups and regions (other than Crimea), and offer news trusted by large majoritie
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s overall, and by over half of ethnic Russians. 5Kanal's weekly reach has surged closer to those of top channels, but is a top news source for fewer in the south and, as with 1+1, in the East. Will the rise of Vkontakte, ukr.net, Ukrainska Pravda, Hromadske.tv and other digital media as top news sources continue? Will major changes in the media Crimeans use for news last? Will other websites follow VKontakte into the list of top sources there?" (Media Landscape Summary, page 21)
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This book features case studies and reports on the use of web 2.0 and social networking applications and services to increase the impact of research on policy in Latin America. During 2010 and 2011 Fundación Comunica, with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) an
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d assistance from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), supported a series of small research projects examining the use of online social networking services to link research and policy in the region. For the Impact 2.0 projects, the most successful uses of web 2.0 and online social networking to connect research and policy were those that involved the public in campaigns and consultations. Less successful were those projects that focused on the direct relationships between researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders.
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