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Democratizing Global Media: One World, Many Struggles

Robert A. Hackett, Yuezhi Zhao (eds.)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2005), 328 pp.
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Media Anthropology

Eric W. Rothenbuhler, Mihai Coman (eds.)
Thousand Oaks: Sage (2005), 350 pp.
"Media Anthropology represents a convergence of issues and interests on anthropological approaches to the study of media. The purpose of this reader is to promote the identity of the field of study; identify its major concepts, methods, and bibliography; comment on the state of the art; and provide ... more
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Independent Media Development Abroad: Challenges Exist in Implementing U.S. Efforts and Measuring Results

Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) (2005), 49 pp.
"The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development obligated at least $40 million in fiscal year 2004 for the development of independent media, including activities such as journalism and business management training and support for legal and regulatory frameworks. About 60 p ... more
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"All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech": American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan

David Rohde
[Cambridge, Mass.]: Joan Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2005), 35 pp.
"This paper will examine American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in Iraq was the largest attempt ever by the United States, or any country, to help create independent media in another nation. Run by the Pentagon, it was a near total failure in ... more
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Media Coverage and Foreign Assistance: The Effects of US Media Coverage on the Distribution of US Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Recipient Countries

John S. Kim
Georgetown Public Policy Institute (2005), 45 pp.
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Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change

Charles A. Riley
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England (2005), xviii, 258 pp.
"In the past decade, the mass media discovered disability. Spurred by the box-office appeal of superstars such as the late Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Hawking, and others, and given momentum by the success of Oscar-winning movies, popular television shows, best-selling books, and prof ... more
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Suicide in the Media: A Quantitative Review of Studies Based on Nonfictional Stories

Steven Stack
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, volume 35, issue 2 (2005), pp. 121-133
"Research on the effect of suicide stories in the media on suicide in the real world has been marked by much debate and inconsistent findings. Recent narrative reviews have suggested that research based on nonfictional models is more apt to uncover imitative effects than research based on fictional ... more
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Quoting God: How Media Shape Ideas About Religion and Culture

Claire Hoertz Badaracco (ed.)
Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press (2005), xv, 317 pp.
"Each of the eleven chapters in Quoting God pairs an academic and a journalist. First, the scholar holds forth, followed by a "View from the News Desk." Together, they represent many and diverse voices. Badaracco's book shows the relationship between media culture and spiritual culture, recognizing ... more
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Media and Ethnic Minorities

Valerie Alia, Simone Bull
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2005), 204 pp.
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Editer dans l’espace francophone: Législation, diffusion, distribution et commercialisation du livre
Key Guides

Luc Pinhas
Paris: Alliance des Éditeurs Independents (2005), 284 pp.
"Un inventaire exhaustif de tous les aspects de l'état du livre dans le monde francophone, y compris la production, la législation relative au livre, les droits d'auteur et la fiscalité, les politiques nationales du livre, ainsi que la commercialisation et la distribution. Comprend des sections s ... more
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Le droit d'informer: Le rôle des médias dans le développement économique

Banque Mondiale
Bruxelles: De Boeck & Larcier (2005), 406 pp.
"Une presse indépendante est essentielle pour un développement économique équitable : elle contribue à donner la parole aux personnes pauvres et privées de droit. Des médias autonomes participent également à l’édification de bases solides pour une société libre et transparente. Les aut ... more
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Al-Dschasira: Ein arabischer Nachrichtensender fordert den Westen heraus

Hugh Miles
Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt (2005), 335 pp.
"Die aufgeklärte Öffentlichkeit im Westen hat neue Helden: die Journalisten und Macher des arabischen Nachrichtensenders Al-Dschasira. Ganz offensichtlich lassen sie sich weder von Anzeigenboykotten aus der arabischen Welt noch von Anfeindungen der amerkanischen Führung davon abbringen, ihnen zug ... more
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Kino der Angst: Terror, Krieg und Staatskunst aus Hollywood

Peter Bürger
Stuttgart: Schmetterling-Verlag (2005), 637 pp.
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Der Bilderkrieg: Inszenierungen, Bilder und Perspektiven der "Operation Irakische Freiheit"

Gerhard Paul
Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2005), 237 pp.
"Wie kein Krieg zuvor war der Irak-Krieg von 2003/04 ein »Bilderkrieg«, in dem die Kriegsparteien Bilder als Waffen einsetzten und via Bild kommunizierten. Im Anschluß an seine große Studie »Bilder des Krieges - Krieg der Bilder« (2004) untersucht der Flensburger Historiker und Sozialwissensch ... more
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USAID/OTI Afghanistan Program: Final Evaluation

Social Impact Inc.
Washington, DC: USAID (2005), 91 pp.
"The purpose of the final evaluation was to provide the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and the U.S. Agency for International Development with an assessment of the relevance, effectiveness, and lessons learned from OTI’s mega-program in Afghanistan. Since evaluations of the media program ha ... more
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Zeitschrift für Kommunikationsökologie 1 (2004): Schwerpunkt Medien und globale Konflikte

Duisburg: Institut für Informations- und Kommunikationsökologie (2004), 110 pp.
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Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama for Children

Jack Zipes
New York; London: Routledge (2004), 219 pp.
"In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building children's imaginations. In Speaking Out, this master storyteller goes further, speaking out against rote learning and testing and for the positive force with ... more
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Communicating Protected Areas

Denise Hamú, Elisabeth Auchincloss, Wendy Goldstein (eds.)
Gland (CH); Cambridge: IUCN (2004), 311 pp.
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Secreto a Voces: Radio, NTICs E Interactividad
Deep Insights

Bruce Girard (ed.)
Rome: FAO; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2004), 250 pp.
"El tema principal de este libro es la combinación de Internet y la radio, que ofrece un rango potencial y nuevo de posibilidades para los proyectos de comunicación para el desarrollo. Sus 17 capítulos examinan algunos proyectos que incorporan radio e Internet y los agrupan en tres amplias catego ... more
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The Media Missionaries: American Support for Journalism Exellence and Press Freedom Around the Globe

Ellen Hume
Miami: Knight Foundation (2004), 136 pp.
"When the Communist barricades collapsed in 1989, hundreds of Americans rushed to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics to spread the gospel of democracy. Among them were some of America’s most altruistic journalists, who hoped to midwife a newly independent press. Since then, the U.S. go ... more