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The Globalization of News

Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Terhi Rantanen (eds.)

London: Sage (1998), 256 pp.

"This book overviews and reconsiders media organizations - the news agencies - which report and film the news for the press and broadcast media. Incorporating institutional, historical, political economic and cultural studies perspectives, the book: reviews agency provision of general news, video ne ... more

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L'espoir et l'illusion: Actions positives et effets pervers des médias en Afrique subsaharienne

André-Jean Tudesq

Talence: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine (1998), 257 pp.

"L'Afrique subsaharienne est un ensemble hétérogène, tant du point de vue culturel, historique que géographique. La place prise par les médias est récente, inégale et toujours liée à des influences extra-continentales. Parce qu'ils sont inséparables des sociétés dans lesquelles ils fonct ... more

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Media and Democracy in South Africa

Jane Duncan, Mandla Seleoane (eds.)

Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) (1998), 253 pp.

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Mass Media Towards the Millenium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication
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Arnold S. De Beer (ed.)

Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik Academic, 2nd ed. (1998), viii, 530 pp.

"Although there are numerous publications on mass communication available, this one deals, in one volume, with all the basic elements and some of the major issues of mass communication pertaining to the new South Africa. This exceptional book gives the reader an extensive and comprehensive overview ... more

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African Theatre for Development: Art for Self-Determination

Kamal Salhi (ed.)

Bristol: intellect (1998), iv, 188 pp.

"This collection • reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries through changes in both influences and audiences; • shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical; • exam ... more

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Whose Voice? Participatory Research and Policy Change

Jeremy Holland, James Blackburn (eds.)

London: Intermediate Technology Publications (1998), ix, 254 pp.

"With the increasing use of PRA methods and practices by NGOs, governments and multinational agencies, the potential impact for poor people is phenomenal. The book demonstrates the far-reaching implications of such approaches for the development sector. It is presented in an easily readable three pa ... more

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New Connections: Telecommunications in a Changing South Africa

Richard Gerber, Robin Braun

Cape Town: University of Cape Town (UCT) Press (1998), x, 242 pp.

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Children and Media Violence: Yearbook 1998

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson (eds.)

Göteborg: UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (1998), 387 pp.

"This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1 ... more

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Up in the Air? The State of Broadcasting in Southern Africa: Analysis and Trends in Six Countries

Aida Opoku-Mensah et al.

Lusaka; Harare: Panos Southern Africa;Weaver Press (1998), 143 pp.

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Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
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Shobhana Sosale (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (1998), ix, 229 pp.

"This is something of a benchmark volume on the subject of publishing and book development in Africa (and in some other developing countries). It contains the proceedings, and reflects the thinking and the deliberations that emerged from a seminar on“Understanding the Educational Book Industry”, ... more

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1998/1999

Hans-Bredow-Institut

Baden-Baden: Nomos (1998), 830 pp.

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Teaching the Media: International Perspectives

Andrew Hart (ed.)

Mahwah, New Jers.; London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1998), xiii, 208 pp.

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Zambia Media Directory 1998-1999: The Biennial Reference Publication for Journalists and Publishers

Mufalo Liswaniso (ed.)

Lusaka: Zambia Independent Media Association (ZIMA) (1998), 146 pp.

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Sida Support to Telecom in Southern Africa

Lennart Königson, Karl Erik Olofsson, Kalevi Nykänen, Asa Königson

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (1997), 86 pp.

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Media en democratisering in Zuidelijk Afrika

Berendien Bos, Ineke van Kessel, Petra Willemsteijn

Amsterdam: Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika (NiZa) (1997), 64 pp.

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Mission Presses in Natal

B. M. Spencer

In: The Love of Books. Proceedings of the Seventh South African Conference of Bibliophiles Held at the South African Library, Cape Town, 8-10 May 1996

Pieter E. Westra; Leonie Twentyman Jones (eds.)

Cape Town: South African Library (1997), pp. 77-84

"A historical account of the development of mission presses in Natal and their prodigious output. Discusses the activities of the American Board of Mission presses, and those of the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran presses." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200 ... more

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South Africa Books Aid Projects

Jeff Samuelson

Focus on International & Comparative Librarianship, volume 28, issue 2 (1997), pp. 92-95

"Outlines the objectives of the South Africa Books Aid Project (SABAP), a three year project funded by the Department for International Development and managed, at the UK end, by Book Aid International. The goal of SABAP is to support local initiatives to improve the quality of basic and adult educa ... more

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Report on the National Consultation Forum on the Development of Botswana's National Book Policy: Boipuso Conference and Exhibition Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, 6th-8th October, 1997

Gaborone; London: Ministry of Education;Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (1997), 81 pp.

"The report of a consultation forum which brought together 58 participants from book-related organizations and institutions in Botswana, and which was convened to identify the key issues in book development, the problems facing the book industries in Botswana, and the way forward to lead to the esta ... more

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Press Freedom and Communication in Africa

Festus Eribo, William Jong-Ebot (eds.)

Trenton, New Jers.; Asmara (ER): Africa World Press (1997), xx, 362 pp.

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South Africa's Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and Resistance, 1880-1960

Les Switzer (ed.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1997), xv, 400 pp.

"This is the first full-length study of the protest-cum-resistance press and its role in the struggle for a democratic South Africa between the 1880s and 1960s. South Africa's alternative press played a crucial, but still largely undocumented, role in the making of modern South Africa. Projecting th ... more

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