"The purpose of this book is to synthesize critical lessons learned about effective HIV/AIDS prevention programs, emphasizing the role of communication strategies. Combating AIDS focuses on communication strategies that could mobilize political action, target high-risk groups, and overcome stigma. T
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he authors describe and analyze advocacy strategies, culturally-engaging targeted and tailored responses, and the entertainment-education strategy, including the use of television and radio soap operas to engage audiences emotionally and create a forum for public debate and discussion." (Publisher description)
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"Am Beispiel der Neuen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (NIKT) zeigt die Autorin, wie der damit einhergehende ökonomische, rechtliche oder soziokulturelle Wandel zu Globalisierung führen, aber nicht notwendigerweise auch zur Liberalisierung des Mediensystems. Denn die Regierung gewähr
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t nur Teilöffentlichkeiten Zugang zum Internet, allen voran den großen Firmen - das weite und "freie" Internet ist für den Großteil der Bevölkerung nicht erreichbar. Auch in Bezug auf die so genannten alternativen Medien fällt Massmanns Analyse wenig positiv aus: es gibt wenige alternative, liberale Medien unter dem Dach der katholischen Kirche, doch eine politisch anders denkende "Szene" kann sich nicht entwickeln, weil schlicht die ökonomischen Mittel fehlen. 'Das ist das Schizophrene am Handelsboykott der USA, der nun schon 40 Jahre andauert', so Massmann: 'indem diese Mittel nicht ins Land fließen, kann sich das System nicht von innen heraus verändern. Der Handelsboykott stabilisert das politische System'." (Rezension informationsdienst wissenschaft - idw-online.de, 3.11.2003)
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"Its products may embody the latest in high technology, but labour standards and conditions in computer manufacturing can be appallingly low. Many stages of computer production are carried out by low-skilled, low-paid workers – most of them women – in developing countries. But unlike their count
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erparts in the clothing and footwear sector, computer companies have thus far escaped scrutiny on labour issues. CAFOD’s interviews with electronics workers in Mexico, Thailand and China reveal a story of unsafe factories, compulsory overtime, wages below the legal minimum, and degrading treatment." (Summary)
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"Global Media Studies explores the theoretical and methodological threats that are defining global media studies as a discipline. Emphasizing the connection of globalization to local culture, this collection considers the diversity of modes of reception, reception contexts, uses of media content, an
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d the performative and creative relationships that audiences develop with and through the media. Through ethnographic case studies from Brazil, Denmark, the UK, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and the United States, the contributors address such questions as: what links media consumption to a lived global culture; what role cultural tradition plays globally in confronting transnational power; how global elements of mediated messages acquire class; and regional and local characteristics." (Publisher description)
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"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat
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istical tables, as well as regional maps, useful appendices, and an extensive index. This comprehensive, authoritative source of information allows for easy comparison between essays with a standard format or set of “rubrics” used whenever possible (see section titled “Essay Components”). Each essay also features basic data information—such as official country name, literacy rate, language(s), and number of daily newspapers—clearly marked with headings at the beginning of each entry. Additionally, WPE’s contributors include scholars, professionals, and educators from across the United States and around the world; each essay has a byline. Although this is the second edition, WPE has been completely reconceptualized and 100 percent revised from the first edition, which was published in 1982." (Introduction)
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"La idea de este artículo es analizar los sitios Mapuche en internet, intentando dar cuenta de las diferencias que existen en cada uno de ellos respecto a la construcción que se está haciendo de “lo Mapuche” y el uso que se le está dando a estas imágenes desde tres particulares miradas o l
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neas de construcción de la imagen: la mirada interna de Comunicaciones Xeg-Xeg; la “asistencialista-clásica” de Fundación Rehue y la “intelectual” de Ñuke Mapu. Cada una representaría formas distintas de comprender la cultura mapuche, y de contextualizarla en la realidad chilena e internacional." (Resumen)
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