"This book presents a network analysis of media ownership dependencies in ten Central and Eastern European countries. In addition to a detailed description of the media landscapes in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania and Slovenia it furthermore gives an overview of news agencies operating in thes
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e countries. The publication is the final report of the research project "Media markets in Central and Eastern Europe - Chances of and threats against media pluralism in Europe" carried out at Danube University Krems (Austria)." (Publisher description)
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"This book aims to provide a descriptive and analytical account of subsidy policies for periodical publications in Western Europe in 2006. It sets out the position of the policymakers who design and implement such policies, of sector industrial federations and of academics specialised in media polic
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ies and economics, as presented at the First International Symposium Press Subsidies in Europe: Development, Pluralism and Transparency, held in Barcelona on 19 and 20 June, 2006, and promoted and organised by the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya via the Communication Secretariat, the Catalan Institute for the Cultural Industries and Patronat Català Pro Europa) and by the Institute of Communication of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona." (Back cover)
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"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N
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RM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented.
Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change.
In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface)
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"Medios para la Paz (MPP), con el apoyo técnico de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y el apoyo financiero de la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) realizó, en el 2004, ocho talleres para 250 periodistas sobre el cubrimiento informativo d
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e la problemática del desplazamiento forzado interno. Tema al que no se le presta la debida atención en los medios de comunicación y que no suele relacionarse con los procesos de negociación o la solución de los conflictos. Sin embargo, millones de colombianos han padecido las consecuencias concretas del conflicto con la pérdida de sus familiares, sus bienes y del derecho fundamental a permanecer en un sitio o a movilizarse libremente por el país. De los talleres surge el Manual para un Cubrimiento periodístico responsable del desplazamiento forzado interno que presentamos y que busca responder a las necesidades y vacíos profesionales expresados por los colegas participantes." (Presentación, página 7)
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