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All Sides of the Story. Reporting on Children: A Journalists Handbook

UNICEF South Africa;Media Monitoring Project (2003), 69 pp.

Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience - Theory
Inspiring Practice

Key Guidance

Rome: FAO (2003), ix, 98 pp.

"This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practise. It is not, however, a book of theory nor is it an argument for ... more

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SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners. Vol. 1: A Comparative Overview of the Laws and Practice in Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
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Khahliso Mochaba, Carla Raffinetti, Sheetal Vallabh, Justine White

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2003), xii, 144 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

Produção de programas "Educação Cívica Eleitoral": Manual de apoio

Abubacar Selemagny (ed.)

UNESCO;UNDP (2003), 40 pp.

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Medienwelten - Information und Macht

Der Überblick, issue 4 (2003), 149 pp.

"Viele autoritäre Regime fürchten den unkontrollierten Informationsfluss, gerade weil er gemeinsames Handeln ermöglicht und ihre Herrschaft gefährden könnte. Auch manche Kulturkritiker würden gerne Informationen kanalisieren, um einen Kulturimperialismus abzuwehren, bei dem sich ihrer Ansicht ... more

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Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action

Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers

New Delhi; London; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2003), 225 pp.

"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 ... more

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Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives

Patrick D. Murphy, Marwan M. Kraidy (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2003), xiii, 313 pp.

"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 ... more

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Theory and Practice of Participatory Communication: The Case of the FAO Project "Communication for Development in Southern Africa"

Paolo Mefalopulos

Austin: University of Texas at Austin, Doctoral Thesis (2003), xii, 294 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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The Media of Diaspora

Karim H. Karim (ed.)

London: Routledge (2003), 236 pp.

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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 4: R-Z, Index

Donald H. Johnston (ed.)

New York: Academic Press (2003), 29, 747 pp.

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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 3, L-P

Donald H. Johnston (ed.)

New York: Academic Press (2003), 29, 660 pp.

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Media Laws in Zimbabwe: A Constitutional and Comparative Analysis of Zimbabwean Laws that Infringe Media Freedom

Tawanda Hondora

Harare: Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (2003), 156 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.

Let women have a say too! Why are so few women in the media? Why are women's views not reflected in the media? A report in search of answers and proposals for ways forward

Ruth Ayisi

Maputo: UNESCO (2003), 47 pp.

"This qualitative study aims to show the need to encourage more Mozambican women to enter and to stay in journalism, and the need to mainstream gender in media coverage. The study, carried out by UNESCO, follows on the heals of a gender and media baseline study conducted by Gender Links (GL), an NGO ... more

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Democracy and New Media

Henry Jenkins, David Thorburn (eds.)

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2003), x, 385 pp.

"The essays collected here capture the richness of current discourse about democracy and cyberspace. Some contributors offer front-line perspectives on the impact of emerging technologies on politics, journalism, and civic experience. What happens, for example, when we increase access to information ... more

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Wh@t's Next? The Future of the Information Society: A Youth Perspective

Maike Sippel, Jakob Schoof (eds.)

Stuttgart: YOIS (2003), 272 pp.

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Die (koloniale) Begegnung: AfrikanerInnen in Deutschland 1880 - 1945, Deutsche in Afrika 1880 - 1918

Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst (ed.)

Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang (2003), 332 pp.

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