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Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow

Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)

Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2007), 267 pp.

"Media on the Move provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. This comes at a time when the political, economic and technological contexts within which media organisations operate are becoming increasingly global. The surge in transnational traffic in ... more

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The Alternative Media Handbook

Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt, Alan Fountain (eds.)

Abingdon: Routledge (2007), xvi, 352 pp.

"'Alternative Media' is the term used to describe non-mainstream media forms that are independently run and community focussed, such as zines, pirate radio, online discussion boards, community run and owned broadcasting companies, and activist publications such as Red Pepper and Corporate Watch. The ... more

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E-Governance in Africa: From Theory to Action. A Handbook on ICTs for Local Governance

Gianluca C. Misuraca

Asmara; Ottawa: Africa World Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), 313 pp.

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National Survey Into the Reading & Book Reading Behaviour of Adult South Africans

Bellville: Print Industries Cluster Council;South African Book Development Council (2007), 74 pp.

"Presents the baseline data of quantitative research undertaken into the reading, book reading, and book buying habits of South Africans from the age of 16. The survey was commissioned by the South African Department of Arts and Culture through the Print Industries Cluster Council (PICC), now part o ... more

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Reloaded – Internationaler Dokumentarfilm

iz3w, issue 302 (2007), pp. 16-37

"Dokumentarfilme boomen: In den vergangenen Jahren schafften es nicht nur viele ins Kino, auch die FilmtheoretikerInnen brachten ihnen eine erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit entgegen. Dies ist vor allem darauf zurückzuführen, dass Dokumentarfilme das starre Korsett, Repräsentationen der Wirklichkeit zu sei ... more

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Sakaza Mngani! Kidz Community Radio Project

Fiona Lloyd

Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) (2007), 181 pp.

"Chapter One focuses on the story of the Kidz Radio Project, and its vision; children's radio in South Africa (case studies and examples); international children's radio initiatives. Chapter Two is a market-place of ideas from kids, mentors and teachers who work in the field of children's participat ... more

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Options for Terrestrial Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Anders Engvall, Olof Hesselmark

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2007), 50 pp.

"This report makes an inventory of existing transmission backbones in Sub-Saharan Africa, and discusses issues related to solutions for improved utilization of such networks. Mobile GSM operators in Sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly covering most populated areas with telephone services. To reach new ar ... more

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Money Matters: How Independent Media Manage to Survive. 15-16 September 2006

A. Sofie Jannusch (ed.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO);Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2007), 77 pp.

"Discussions on how to support sustainability of independent media generally focus on the political conditions, the legal framework and – especially in German development cooperation – on the quality of journalistic coverage. Nevertheless, economic factors are of equal importance, not only for p ... more

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World Press Trends 2007

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2007), 781 pp.

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Impact of FilmAid Programs in Kakuma, Kenya: Final Report

Katharine Lee, Paul Bolton

New York: FilmAid International (2007), 84 pp.

"FilmAid International (FilmAid) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to use the power of film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted populations. FilmAid offers programming that aims to facilitate social change by providing co ... more

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Videofilm in Ghana: Ein neues Unterhaltungsmedium im Zentrum der öffentlichen Sphäre

Steffen Köhn

Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2007), 101 pp.

"Da der Staat sein früheres Medienmonopol weitestgehend verloren hat, ist eine liberalisierte und demokratisierte öffentliche Sphäre entstanden, die divergierende und miteinander konkurrierende Sichtweisen ermöglicht. Neue hegemoniale Bestrebungen gehen nun jedoch vor allem vom Pfingstchristentu ... more

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Evoking Moral Community, Fragmenting Muslim Discourse: Sermon Audio-Recordings and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate in Mali

Dorothea E. Schulz

Journal for Islamic Studies, volume 27 (2007), pp. 39-72

"The article explores the processes that have allowed Islam to gain great appeal as a community-building idiom in Mali since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1991. Drawing on the mediatic performances of the charismatic preacher Sharif Haidara, the article analyzes how new media technolog ... more

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News Around the World: Content, Practitioners, and the Public

Pamela J. Shoemaker, Akiba A. Cohen

New York: Routledge (2006), 409 pp.

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Pro-Poor ICT Project Report – Tanzania: A Community-Owned Network

Beda Mutagahywa, Respickius Casmir, Theophilus E. Mlaki

[authors] (2006), 36 pp.

"As part of its initiatives to make Information and Communication Technology (ICT) work for the poor, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with four countries in east Africa initiated and carried out a joint project on Pro-Poor ICT. The said countries are Kenya, Rwanda, T ... more

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The Copy/South Dossier: Issues in the Economics, Politics, and Ideology of Copyright in the Global South

Alan Story, Colin Darch, Deborah Halbert

Canterbury: University of Kent Law School, Copy/South Research Group (2006), 207 pp.

"This unique dossier was assembled by the activist Copy South Research Group, a loosely-affiliated group of researchers based in a number of countries across the South and the North who seek to research the inner workings of the global copyright system and its effects on the Global South. The dossie ... more

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Filmheft Fokus Afrika: Zulu Love Letter

Reinhard Kleber

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 22 pp.

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Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa

Pretoria: Academy of Science of South Africa (2006), 168 pp.

"Commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology of the government of South Africa, this is a major study of the present state of research publishing policy and practice in South Africa. The goal of the six-chapter report is to help to "develop and maintain a robust national system of innov ... more