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Friends or Foes? Peacekeeping Forces, Humanitarian Aid and Media Development: International Media Support Conference, November 2004

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2004), 20, 4 pp.
"The International Media Support (IMS) Conference, entitled ‘Friends or Foes? - Peacekeeping Forces, Humanitarian Aid and Media Development’ was held in Copenhagen on 26 and 27 November 2004. The theme of the Conference was the dilemma facing media development in the wake of peacekeeping and hum ... more
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"Praise the Lord": Popular Cinema and Pentecostalite Style in Ghana’s New Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer
American Ethnologist, volume 31, issue 1 (2004), pp. 92-110
"In this article I examine the elective affinity between Pentecostalism and the vibrant video-film industry that has flourished in the wake of Ghana’s adoption of a democratic constitution. I argue that, as a result of the liberalization and commercialization of the media, a new public sphere has ... more
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Book Publishing in Nigeria

Chukwuemeka Ike
[no publisher] (2004), 4 pp.
"A short but succinct four page overview of the book publishing industry in Nigeria, which has been in steady decline since the 1980s: "At one stage, prospects for the book industry in Nigeria appeared rosy. The Federal Government established paper and pulp making industries, and an elaborate plan w ... more
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Conference Report: National Conference on Media Law and Policy Reform in Liberia. Held at the Monrovia City Hall October 21 to 23, 2004

UNESCO (2004), 44 pp.
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African Media Cultures: Transdisciplinary Perspectives = Cultures de médias en Afrique: Perspectives transdisciplinaires

Rose Marie Beck, Frank Wittmann (eds.)
Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (2004), 320 pp.
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Reaching Audiences Worldwide: Perspectives of International Broadcasting and Audience Research 2001/2002

Oliver Zöllner (ed.)
Bonn: Conference of International Boradcasters' Audience Research Services (CIBAR); Paragon Verlag (2003), 131 pp.
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Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: Os novos conquistadores da fé

Ari Pedro Oro, André Corten, Jean-Pierre Dozon (eds.)
São Paulo: Paulinas (2003), 379 pp.
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The Experience with Community Telecentres

Florence Ebam Etta, Sheila Parvyn-Wamahiu (ed.)
Ottawa; Dakar: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) (2003), 193 pp.
"Volume 2 examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book provides p ... more
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Soutenir le cinéma des pays du Sud: évaluation rétrospective de la coopération française dans la zone de solidarité prioritaire (1991-2001)

Frédéric Lefebre-Naré, Olivier Barlet, Lucie Pothin, Paulin Yameogo
Paris: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Direction Générale de la Coopération Internationale et du Développement (DGCID) (2003), 165 pp.
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Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture

Jolyon P. Mitchell, Sophia Marriage (eds.)
London; New York: T&T Clark (2003), xv, 407 pp.
"This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way. Some of the to ... more
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Reader Development and Reading Promotion: Recent Experiences from Seven Countries in Africa

Diana Rosenberg (ed.)
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2003), 86 pp.
"The result of a workshop held during the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Librarians (SCESAL) held in Johannesburg in April 2002, this volume reviews current reader development activities by public libraries in different regions of Africa. It includes accounts and case st ... more
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Communalism as a Feature of African Communication: An Exploratory Study with Special Reference to the Yorùbá of Nigeria

Joseph Oládèjo Fáníran
Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University, Faculty of Social Sciences (2003), 135 pp.
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Radiokulturen und Wandel öffentlicher Räume in Benin: Ein ethnographischer Bericht

Tilo Grätz
Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2003), 35 pp.
"Der folgende Text behandelt einige Aspekte der aktuellen Veränderung der Radiokulturen in der Republik Benin. Der Focus der Betrachtung liegt hierbei auf Gebieten, in denen das Radio das wichtigste Massenmedium darstellt. Gerade hier hat die Radiokultur durch die Einführung neuer, unabhängiger R ... more
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Les émigrés sénégalais et nouvelles technologies de l'informacion et de la communicacion

Serigne Mansour Tall
Institut de Recherche des Nations Unies pour le Développement Social (UNRISD) (2003), vii, 33 pp.
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Francophonie and the National Airwaves: A History of Television in Senegal

Jo Ellen Fair
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New York: New York University Press (2003), pp. 189-210
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Les instances de régulation des médias en Afrique de l'Oest: Le cas du Bénin

Emmanuel V. Adjovi
Paris; Cotonou: Karthala; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2003), 278 pp.
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FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and Civil Society

Lanre Arogundade (ed.)
Lagos: International Press Centre (IPC) (2003), 140 pp.
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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide

Amanda C. Quick (ed.)
Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.
"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 ... more
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Digital Opportunities for Development: A Sourcebook on Access and Application

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Enjeux économiques et financiers du secteur du livre en Côte d'Ivoire: Rapport

Marie-Agathe Amoikon-Fauquembergue
Paris: Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (2003), 21 pp.
"Rapport commandé en 2003 par l'Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, aujourd'hui intégrée à l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Il examine la situation et les perspectives de la fourniture de livres éducatifs à la lumière de la récente libéralisation de cette partie ... more