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"Volume 1 looks at the introduction, adoption, and utilization of ICTs at the community level. In various contexts – geographical, technological, socioeconomic, cultural, and institutional – the book explores the questions of community participation. It looks at how communities in sub-Saharan Af ... more

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The One to Watch: Radio, New ICT and Interactivity
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Bruce Girard (ed.)

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron; Jean-Pierre Ilboudo; Johan Deflander (contrib.)

Rome: FAO;Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2003), 250 pp.

"The cases presented in this book are among the first examples of the convergence of radio and new ICTs for development, and the book underscores the significant potential of the combination. In this convergence, radio promises to take on even greater significance and value. For this reason, we beli ... more

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Scholarly Publishing in Africa: A Case Study of African University Presses

Kwasi Darko-Ampem

Stirling, Scotland: University of Stirling, Department of English Studies, Doctoral Thesis (2003), 235 pp.

"This wide-ranging dissertation examines the policies and practices of six sub-Saharan Africa university presses in five African countries (in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), to investigate how far the presses have adopted, and/or have adapted, their policies to suit the environmen ... more

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Shades of Prejudice: An Investigation Into the South African Media’s Coverage of Racial Violence and Xenophobia

Jack Fine, William Bird

Media Monitoring Project;Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (2003), 73 pp.

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Theatre and Performance in Africa: Intercultural Perspectives

Eckhard Breitinger (ed.)

Bayreuth: Breitinger, 2nd revised and enlarged ed. (2003), 224 pp.

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HIV/AIDS: A Resource for Journalists

Houghton: Soul City (2003), 52 pp.

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What Works in Youth Media: Case Studies from Around the World

Sheila Kinkade, Christy Macy

Baltimore: International Youth Foundation (2003), 82 pp.

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Media, Identity and the Public Sphere in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Abebe Zegeye, Richard L. Harris (eds.)

Leiden: Brill (2003), 194 pp.

"The essays in this collection reveal that the social and political development of post-apartheid South Africa depends to an important degree on the evolving cultural, social and political identities of its diverse population and on the role of the media of mass communications in the country's new m ... more

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O meu primeiro passo na produção de programas nas rádios comunitárias

Faruco Sadique (comp.)

UNESCO;UNDP (2003), 75 pp.

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Global Trends in Media Education: Policies and Practices

Tony Lavender, Birgitte Tufte, Dafna Lemish (eds.)

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2003), vi, 200 pp.

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Länderheft Mosambik

Karin Bräuer (ed.)

Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2003), 271 pp.

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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 1, A-E

Donald H. Johnston (ed.)

New York: Academic Press (2003), 25, 618 pp.

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The Challenge of Partnerships Between the State, Capital, and Civil Society: The Case of the Media Development and Diversity Agency in South Africa

Devan Pillay

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, volume 14, issue 4 (2003), pp. 401-420

"Inspired by “extra-market” initiatives to ensure media diversity in social-democratic Northern Europe, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a path-breaking attempt by a developing country to support the media needs of marginalized communities too poor to be of interest to advert ... 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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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
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Roger Stringer (ed.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2002), ix, 273 pp.

"A valuable information resource that provides a country-by-country analysis of the “book chain” in 18 English-speaking Africa countries, together with an annotated directory of the major players that make up the book chain within those countries. Four introductory essays provide overviews of bo ... more

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Shaping the Future: The Soul Buddyz Experience

Johannesburg: Soul City (2002), 18 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch Medien 2002/2003

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos, 26th ed. (2002), 1056 pp.

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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
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