"This is a brief overview of international assistance to media development in Iraq from the time of the invasion in 2003 to the formation of the Iraqi government and first weeks of the constitutional process in April-May 2005. This paper does not claim to give an exhaustive picture. It is meant as a
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n introduction to the main foreign actors and to some of their initiatives and plans. It is written with the clear premise that media development in Iraq has been, is and should of course continue to be led and inspired by the Iraqis themselves." (Introduction)
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"This toolkit is divided into two key sections. Section One - defines the conceptual issues on gender and media advocacy; looks at why the media should be a focus of gender and feminist activism; highlights the key issues for gender and media advocacy using the findings of the Global Media Monitorin
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g Project (GMMP) 2005; and discusses the various target audiences key to achieve change. Section Two - provides the tactical information on the steps, tools and strategies that are useful in gender and media advocacy; provides tips and pointers on how to engage with the media and how to put gender on the news agenda. Information boxes, case studies and discussion points are provided in the various chapters. At the end of each Section, the user will find a glossary of key terms used in the chapters, and a summary of the key pointers and issues that have emerged from the chapters." (Page 6)
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"The children’s participatory process is an exciting and key component of the Empowering Children & Media (ECM) project, which aims to improve the representation of children and children’s rights in the news media. The report focuses exclusively on the methodology used for the children’s parti
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cipatory workshops. The information in this report may be useful for organisations and individuals who plan to promote children’s participation in their research, policies and interventions. Children’s opinions and contributions are valuable and must be accessed on issues that affect them. This report illustrates both the necessity and the benefits of children’s participation." (Back cover)
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"¿Cuál es su idea del rol que los medios de comunicación comunitarios deben jugar en su comunidad? ¿Qué podrÃan hacer en su barrio si tuvieran acceso a los medio? Si pudieran hablar y ser oÃdos por los dueños de los medios, que les dirÃan? ¿Qué les gustarÃa mirar, producir y distribuir?
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¿Qué tipo de normas pondrÃan para asegurar que el medio de comunicación esté al servicio de la gente, toda la gente? Estas grandes interrogantes y la tarea de transformar los medios es una lucha difÃcil y de largo aliento. Pero hay muchas cosas que pueden hacer para tener un impacto significativo en su comunidad y paÃs. En este manual, ustedes encontrarán información sobre algunas de las muchas campañas organizadas por la justicia en los medios, sus polÃticas y educación existentes en los Estados Unidos. Esta guÃa se divide en cuatro capÃtulos. El CapÃtulo 1 entrega información sobre cómo funcionan los medios hoy en dÃa, quiénes son los dueños, las normas que los regulan y las organizaciones que están trabajando para cambiar esto. El CapÃtulo 2 aborda temas más concretos de la organización comunitaria: cómo reclutar a la gente, cómo organizar su grupo, dirigir las reuniones, etc. En el CapÃtulo 3 hay una guÃa para investigar sobre sus medios, y en el CapÃtulo 4 hay varias guÃas sobre acciones que se pueden tomar." (Página 4)
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"Las páginas que siguen tienen, además de un rico arsenal teórico, un evidente carácter testimonial. Refleja los esfuerzos cumplidos por los Comités de Vigilancia Ciudadana respecto de los congresistas electos por los departamentos de Arequipa, Cuzco, Huancavelica, Loreto y Ayacucho. La elecciÃ
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³n del Congreso, como objeto de vigilancia, no es, por cierto, arbitraria. Responde a una necesidad universal de reonciliación entre el pueblo y sus órganos representativos que, con la video polÃtica, han ido perdiendo presencia y paulatinamente, también legitimidad. Y ello afecta, de modo grave al sistema democrático que se asienta precisamente sobre la base de la representación y, desde luego, de los partidos. Lograr esa reconciliación pasa, sin duda, por una mayor eficiencia en la tarea parlamentaria pero también por una comunicación, directa e inmediata, entre representantes y representados y entre el pueblo y los órganos de intermediación polÃtica." (Cubierta del libro)
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"The manual is organised to follow the major phases of the monitoring process chronologically. Its first aim is to present and discuss a possible way of developing a research instrument appropriate for the content analysis of the newspaper press. References throughout the text relate the monitoring
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conducted as a part of manual preparation. The introduction provides elementary information about that research. The second section of the manual deals with the project design. Setting up a monitoring mission is a complex process, which includes methodological considerations that have to be worked out in the initial phase. Along with project objectives, it deals with the formulation of research questions, material selection, sampling and the development of coding instruments. The third section refers to organisation of the monitoring mission itself. It emphasises the importance of training, setting inter-coding reliability procedures and the pilot study. The data collection discussion concludes with control and data preparation for processing. Data processing is a focus of the fourth section. It indicates how raw data is transformed into research findings, and explains procedures of cross-referencing. Once processed, data is ready for interpreting and reporting. The final stage of the research is the report along with a finalised presentation of the major findings in an appropriate form. Its structure follows from the research purposes, and if necessary, there can be more than one report from the project." (Structure of the manual, page 13)
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