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Intellectual Property, Education and Access to Knowledge in Southern Africa

Andrew Rens, Achal Prabhala, Dick Kawooya

Stellenbosch: Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa;International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD);United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2006), 69 pp.

"The first section in this paper examines the barriers to access to learning materials faced in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), analyzing the responsibility of intellectual property legislation within the complex structure of systems that are consequential to consumers and learners. In th ... more

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If Not Published – it is Lost: Publisher Irene Staunton on the Relevance of Books and Literature in Zimbabwe

Annelie Klother

Mediaforum (Catholic Media Council), issue 2 (2006), pp. 6-9

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Caught in the Web or Lost in the Textbook? Eighth International Conference on Learning and Educational Media

Éric Bruillard, Bente Aamotsbakken, Susanne V. Knudsen, Mike Horsley (eds.)

International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media (IARTEM) (2006), 485 pp.

This volume gathers contributions presented during the 8th IARTEM conference on learning and educational media, held in Caen (France) in October 2005. The conference reader contains a wide range of contributions from industrialised, transitional and developing countries.

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In the Service of Young People? Studies and Reflections on Media in the Digital Age: Yearbook 2005/2006

Ulla Carlsson, Cecilia von Feilitzen (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2006), 437 pp.

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CrossConnections: Interdisciplinary Communications Studies at the Gregorian University. Saggi Celebrativi Per Il XXV Anniversario Del CICS

Jacob Srampickal, Guiseppe Mazza, Lloyd Baugh (eds.)

Rome: Pontificia Università Gregoriana (2006), 406 pp.

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World Press Trends, 2006 Edition

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2006), 123, 490, 13 pp.

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Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2006), 98 pp.

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Trends in Audiovisual Markets: Regional Perspectives from the South

Guiomar Alonso Cano (ed.)

[Paris]: UNESCO (2006), 364 pp.

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African Media Development Initiative: Ghana. Research Findings and Conclusions

Samuel Kafewo

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 66 pp.

"The media sector in Ghana has witnessed some dramatic, positive changes over the past few years, made possible by the promulgation of the 1992 democratic Constitution and the election in 2000 of President Kufuor’s government. All interviewees agreed that democratisation and the repeal of the Crim ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Uganda. Research Findings and Conclusions

John Wotsuna Khamalwa

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 70 pp.

"Changes have been gradual but the watershed was 1992/4 when the airwaves were liberalised, leading to the mushrooming of media institutions especially in the broadcasting area. In the past five years, the media in Uganda has become more vibrant, more liberated and there has been more freedom of exp ... more

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Indigenous Language Media in Africa

Abiodun Salawu (ed.)

Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) (2006), xii, 398 pp.

"A collection of 22 papers on the indigenous language press (and other media) in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, primarily devoted to the activities of African language newspapers and periodicals. Some papers examine the significant and pioneering role religious publications ... more

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Translating and Publishing African Language(s) and Literature(s): Examples from Nigeria, Ghana and Germany

Tomi Adeaga

Frankfurt am Main; London: IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (2006), 393 pp.

"Examines the challenges of translating African literatures into European languages and, in particular, the problems of translating African voices into German. Chapter 3 is devoted to publishing African literature in Germany, the reception and the book market for African writing, while Chapter 5 loo ... more

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The Role of Communication in Large Infrastructure: The Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

Leonardo Mazzei, Gianmarco. Scuppa

Washington, DC: World Bank (2006), 42 pp.

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Through Children’s Eyes: The Children’s Media Mentoring Project

Natalie Ridgar

Johannesburg: Media Monitoring Project (2006), 19 pp.

"The purpose of this report is primarily to report on the results of the 2006 Children in the Media Monitoring Project, and specifically on how children would write the news, reflected in the newspapers the children produced during a workshop in 2006. The report also reflects the results of a childr ... more

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Writing for Our Lives: How the Maisha Yetu Project Changed Health Coverage in Africa

Mercedes Sayagues

Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2006), 120 pp.

"[...] This publication, Writing for Our Lives, documents best practices from the Maisha Yetu project, whose defining feature has been continuous in-house mentoring and training on health care reporting in six African media houses over a two-year period. The uninterrupted presence of journalist-trai ... more

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Radio Station Management. National Certificate (NGF) Level 5: Community Radio Programme. Learner Guide
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MAPPP-SETA;Institute for the Advancement of Journalism;Tshwane University of Technology (2006), 353 pp.

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Le coupage dans la presse. Gangrène du journalisme: Les pistes pour en sortir

Serge Bailly, Godefroid Bwiti Lumisa (coord.)

Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2006), 65 pp.

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African Media Development Initiative: Sierra Leone. Research Findings and Conclusions

David Tam-Baryoh

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 78 pp.

"The most relevant changes that occurred during the past five years in Sierra Leone are the results of democracy (free and fair elections in 2002) and establishing the Independent Media Commission Act (IMC) of 2000 to help deregulate the formation of new media outlets. The resilience of media practi ... more

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Die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Implikationen der Mobiltelefonie in Ruanda: Eine Typologie unter dem Gesichtspunkt Telefonbesitz und Telefonzugang

Jonathan Donner

In: Daumenkultur: das Mobiltelefon in der Gesellschaft

Peter Glotz; Stefan Bertschi; Chris Locke (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2006), pp. 41-59

"Trotz der Herausforderungen bei der telefonischen Erschließung abgelegener Gegenden bietet der Besitz eines Handys für Millionen individueller Nutzer im gesamten Afrika südlich der Sahara auf jeden Fall signifikante wirtschaftliche und soziale Vorteile und Möglichkeiten. Besonders wertvoll ist, ... more

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Handbook for the URN Advanced Radio Journalism Course in Political Reporting

Ivor Gaber, Paul Kavuma, Steven Eriaku

Uganda Radio Network (URN) (2006), 106 pp.

"This Course Handbook has been produced to accompany the URN Advanced Radio Journalism Course, which is being run throughout Uganda for freelance radio journalists in 2005 and 2006. The Handbook, which follows the day-by-day course programme, contains transcripts of PowerPoint presentations plus add ... more

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Radio Station Management. National Certificate (NGF) Level 5: Community Radio Programme. Learner Guide Key Guidance

Highlights: Giving Youth a Voice
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Radio Station Management. National Certificate (NGF) Level 5: Community Radio Programme. Learner Guide
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