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Die Globalisierung religiöser Gewalt: Von christlichen Milizen bis al-Qaida

Mark Juergensmeyer

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2009), 485 pp.

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Les médias en Méditerranée: Nouveaux médias, monde arabe et relations internationales

Khadija Mohsen-Finan (dir.)

Paris: Actes Sud;MMSH;Barzach (2009), 398 pp.

"Depuis les années 1990, la généralisation des télévisions satellitaires et l’avènement d’Internet ont bouleversé le paysage médiatique et contribué à une modification profonde du rapport entre les populations et l’information. Désormais acteurs politiques à part entière, les méd ... more

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Jordan Media Survey 2008

Harris Interactive;IREX;USAID (2009), 200 slides

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Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians

Javier Corrales, Daniel Kimmage, Joshua Kurlantzick, Abbas Milani, Perry Link, Rashed Rahman

Washington, DC: Freedom House;Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty;Radio Free Asia (2009), 79 pp.

"Democracy Redefined: Leading authoritarian regimes are working to reshape the public understanding of democracy. A redefined and heavily distorted version of the concept is communicated to domestic audiences through state-dominated media. Especially on television, these regimes put forth a dual mes ... more

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Gaza Media Safety

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 14 pp.

"Lack of safety and basic protection for media workers in Gaza – and in particular for journalists and photographers working freelance – has been identified as the most crucial and imminent issue in the weeks following the military offensive by Israel against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on 27 Decemb ... more

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Mission et communication

Christian Bonnet et al.

Perspectives Missionnaires, issue 57 (2009), pp. 1-63

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Communication for Development: A Glimpse at UNDP's Practice

Elizabeth McCall

Oslo: United Nations;UNDP Oslo Governance Centre (2009), 54 pp.

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African Digital Media and the Public Sphere

Okoth Fred Mudhai, Wisdom J. Tettey, Fackson Banda (eds.)

New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xv, 260 pp.

"This book examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist, and pessimist stances through analyses of various forms of evide ... more

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Fundamentalisms and the Media

Stewart M. Hoover, Nadia Kaneva (eds.)

London: Continuum (2009), xii, 223 pp.

"Outside the West, religion is an ever more prominent force in social and political movements of both reform and retrenchment. Across these contexts, no issue in religion is of as much concern as fundamentalism - or rather the fundamentalisms within various traditions - which are seen to be fomentin ... more

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International Film Guide 2008: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema

Ian Haydn Smith (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press, 44th ed. (2008), 424 pp.

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Shooting the Messenger: The Political Impact of War Reporting

Paul L. Moorcraft, Philip M. Taylor

Dulles, Va.: Potomac Books (2008), xv, 318 pp.

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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies

James E. Katz (ed.)

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.

"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone ... more

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The blogging revolution

Antony Loewenstein

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press (2008), vii, 294 pp.

"This searching examination explores how the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive governments - including China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-dept ... more

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Yemen: Freedom of Expression in Peril

Isabelle Scherer, Sarah Richani

London: Article 19 (2008), 35 pp.

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Implementation Reports on Projects Approved and Financed in 2005 - 2007: Intergovernmental Council of the IPDC, Twenty-Sixth Session

Paris: UNESCO (2008), 146 pp.

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The KAS Democracy Report 2008: Media and Democracy, Vol. 2

Karsten Grabow, Christian E. Rieck (eds.)

Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 228 pp.

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Media Sustainability Index 2006/2007: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xix, 385 pp.

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Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
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Shanthi Kalathil, John Langlois, Adam Kaplan

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2008), 105 pp.

"There is very little undestanding of the role that communicartion processes play in the numerous starnds of post-conflict reconstruction, including peacebuilding, governance, and long-term development. This paper addressess this gap by distilling lessons learned from the media and communication str ... more

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The Promise of Ubiquity: Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
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John West

Paris: Internews Europe (2008), 89 pp.

"There have been an estimated 3.8 billion mobile phones in the world in 2008 and most of the growth has been taking place in the Global South. 15 million people in Africa now individually own mobile phones but do not have access to a TV at home. A higher percentage of Kenyans use mobile commerce tha ... more

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Media Sustainability Index 2006/2007: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xix, 231 pp.

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Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
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The Promise of Ubiquity: Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
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