"Das Mobiltelefon hat in den letzten Jahren quer durch alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche an Bedeutung gewonnen. Sein Einfluss manifestiert sich etwa darin, wie sich Individuen zu ihren Umgebungen in Beziehung setzen: Die alltägliche Nutzung von mobilen Diensten der Text-, Sprach- und Bildübertragun
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g lässt eine »Daumenkultur« entstehen. Dieser Band präsentiert die Ergebnisse der ersten internationalen Studie über die weitreichenden sozialen Auswirkungen mobiler Kommunikation in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen. Er versammelt die Forschungen führender Wissenschaftler und Praktiker und leuchtet die Verbindung von mobilen Medien und Gesellschaft sowie Zukunftsperspektiven der Forschung aus." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Dans cette région d'Afrique, dont plusieurs pays ont connu, au cours des dernières années, des conflits violents ou des troubles importants, l'outil radiophonique joue un rôle essentiel dans les processus de reconstruction et de consolidation démocratique. A travers cet ouvrage, nous souhaiton
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s fournir aux acteurs du pluralisme radiophonique en Afrique centrale, aux partenaires au developpement, aux autorités publiques et aux associations professionnelles, un état des lieux des législations en vigueur, pays par pays, mais aussi de leur degré d'application, des éventuelles difficultés constatées et des expériences positives à souligner." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Presents case studies from 12 countries and lists 69 organisations working with media as conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding tool." (commbox)
"Paroles d’Afrique centrale: briser les silences (ed. Karthala) illustre le défi quotidien de la presse indépendante des pays du Sud. Des journalistes et des représentants de la société civile témoignent à travers vingt articles du combat en faveur de la liberté d’expression dans huit pa
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ys de l’Afrique centrale: Burundi, Cameroun, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Guinée Equatoriale, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda et Tchad. C’est pour briser les silences qui isolent cette région que le Cota et l’institut Panos Paris ont collecté dans le cadre du projet Média Résistance ces Paroles d’Afrique centrale. Avec l’appui de la DGCD (cofinancement de projet ONG). Les textes, repris dans ce livre, ainsi que les informations récentes sur l’actualité des médias de la région, sont disponibles sur le site de Media Résistance." (DGCD-Contact, juin 2003).
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"The bloody conflicts of the past decade have focused international attention on the strategic role of the media in promoting war and perpetuating chaos. Written against this backdrop, Forging Peace brings together case studies and legal analysis of the steps that the United Nations, NATO, and other
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organizations have taken to build pluralist and independent media in the wake of massive human rights violations. It examines current thinking on the legality of unilateral humanitarian intervention, and analyzes in graphic detail the pioneering use of information intervention techniques in conflict zones, ranging from full-scale bombardment and confiscation of transmitters to the establishment of new laws and regulatory regimes. With its focus on the role of media in preventing human rights violations, Forging Peace will influence policy and debate for years to come." (Publisher description)
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"Taking 14 radio serial dramas from around the world shows that many aspects of the way they are organised are not replicable: what works in one context would just not work in another. This is because of the very nature of pro-social media projects: they depend so much on the personal contacts of th
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e producers, and the specific needs and tastes of the target audience. A successful model for one country may well not work in another, simply because there are so many variables. Having presented this caveat, the following is a list of replicable features gleaned from the 14 projects studied. More detail about how these features work in practice can be found in each case-study. The features have been selected because they either show up strongly across all projects, have been singled out by project-holders as the key to their success, or because they seem to have the potential for translating across countries and sectors." (Recommendations, page 21)
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"The theme of the 2001 Indaba at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair was devoted to “Changing People’s Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa”, and this volume brings together 34 of the papers that were presented, together with a record of some of the discussions that took place followi
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ng each presentation, the conclusions from some sessions, and concluding remarks. Papers are presented in five parts: Plenary Sessions, Publishing, Writing, Scholarship, and Policy & Access. The papers – from contributors in anglophone, francophone, lusophone, and North Africa – examine some of the “obstacles and opportunities inherent in the ambiguities of the continent’s complex post-colonial linguistic inheritance.” What are publishers, writers, booksellers, and governments doing, or not doing, to overcome these obstacles? Is the indigenous linguistic richness of the continent a drawback or a benefit for the publisher? Participants in the Policy & Access sessions also addressed issues such as strategies for targeting readers, strategies for promoting readership, and policy implications for developing a reading culture." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2232)
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