"This book takes students through the journalistic process step-by-step: what news is, how publications are organized, the role of the journalist, ways to get the most from interviews, a style and grammar guide, and easy-to-follow advice on how to put together basic news stories. This third edition
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draws on journalism practiced globally; looks at new developments in technology; and considers the challenges facing journalists in dealing with global demographic and ideological shifts." (Publisher description)
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"Dans les démocraties africaines encore fragiles et à citoyenneté postulée, ce livre, en prenant l’exemple du Sénégal, pose la question des mass média sénégalais dans la perspective historique de leur émergence, dans leurs tiraillements ontologiques (tradition ou modernité) et dans leur
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s orientations parfois contradictoires; le tout sous-tendu par la question prospective de leur devenir. Les mass média sénégalais, malgré leur foisonnement, sont encore en quête de leur identité. Des spécialistes se sont penchés avec intérêt sur les contradictions qui traversent cette presse, dont le rôle considérable joué dans les avancées démocratiques du pays, avec en point culminant, l’alternance politique survenue en 2000, est unanimement reconnu. Cependant, ce foisonnement exceptionnel et ce rôle incontestable ne sont pas forcément signe de maturité; dans une certaine mesure, les mass média sénégalais s’inscrivent dans un processus de maturation encore non abouti, malgré la croissance exponentielle des titres. Les medias sénégalais sont, en effet, tributaires d’un environnement social, économique et juridique qu’il est nécessaire de pénétrer pour comprendre leur dynamique propre et leurs difficultés, comme la contradiction entre oralité et nouvelles technologies qui n’est pas la moindre." (Préface, page 9-10)
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"Analyzing the “clues to conflict” in vulnerable societies can enable policymakers to identify societies that are particularly vulnerable to media abuse and decide on the most appropriate type and timing of media interventions. These clues are divided into two categories. Structural indicators c
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oncern media outlets, media professionals, or government institutions concerned with media; these indicators can include media variety and plurality, degree of journalist isolation, and the legal environment for media. Content indicators concern content designed to create fear (such as a focus on past atrocities and history of ethnic hatred) or content designed to create a sense of inevitability and resignation (such as discrediting alternatives to conflict). In response to the clues to conflict, a number of opportunities for intervention are suggested. These media interventions fall into three categories: structural interventions, such as strengthening domestic and international journalist networks; contentspecific interventions, such as issue-oriented training; and aggressive interventions, such as radio and television jamming." (Summary)
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"We begin with an outline of areas of law that must be considered. Over time, across societies, it is possible to suggest specific areas of legal development that are essential for media law reform. In the first part of this study, we examine a substantial list of such areas, from defamation rules t
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o freedom of information (FOI). As to each media-specific area and areas of general application, we will provide an indication of how law can contribute or detract from establishing an enabling environment. To the extent possible, we will draw upon experiences in a wide variety of societies and transition states. In Section 4 we move to a discussion of the rule of law: conditions that make law effective, useful, and just in achieving a media structure that serves to bolster democratic institutions. This discussion addresses considerations such as the separation of powers, independence of the judiciary, and establishment of reliable regulatory bodies that are loyal to enunciated legal principles. We then turn to a somewhat broader set of enabling factors for the media - larger societal issues such as the state of the economy, the extent of demand for information, and the extent of ethnic and political pluralism before concluding with certain practical considerations on resources and techniques for enhancing an enabling environment." (Introduction)
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Unter anderem mit Beiträgen von Angelo Agostini (Italien), Dorothee Bölke (Deutschland), Walter Haubrich (Spanien) und Elfie Siegel (Russland).