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Production Costs of Audiovisual Works in Developing Countries

Emmanuel Cocq (coord.)
Paris: UNESCO (2007), 110 pp.
"This study aims at facilitating cost determination and levels of support for local content production in developing countries. It is based on the collection of detailed production costs for feature films for theatrical or television release, television fictions and works of animation, documentaries ... more
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What is the Relationship Between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's "Radio Machete"

Scott Straus
Politics & Society, volume 35 (2007), pp. 609-637
"The importance of hate radio pervades commentary on the Rwandan genocide, and Rwanda has become a paradigmatic case of media sparking extreme violence. However, there exists little social scientific analysis of radio's impact on the onset of genocide and the mobilization of genocide participants. T ... more
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The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa
Deep Insights

Marie-Soleil Frère
Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner; Panos Paris (2007), vii, 287 pp.
"This in-depth investigation of the role that local news media play in Central African conflicts combines theoretical analysis with case studies from nine African countries: Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republi ... more
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Evaluating Heartlines 2006: A Platform for Change. A Summary Report of the Research

Health and Development Africa
Houghton: Heartlines (2007), 32 pp.
"HEARTLINES is an innovative programme developed by The Mass Media Project in South Africa. The intervention’s purpose is to address South Africa’s social issues, such as HIV and AIDS, crime, violence and the breakdown of family and social structures. HEARTLINES is unique in its approach in that ... 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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Advertising in the News: Paid-For Content and the South African Print Media

Adrian Hadland, Lesley Cowling, Bate Felix Tabi Tabe
Capetown: HSRC Press (2007), vi, 70 pp.
"The rise of commercialism poses many challenges to the integrity of the South African media in the post-1994 era. To maintain profitability, many publications have developed a range of strategies to attract advertising, in particular, developing the content that advertisers most desire content that ... 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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Report of the West African Media Workshop: Effective Coverage of the Third ECOWAS Ministerial Conference on Biotechnology

USAID (2007), 26 pp.
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Knowledge Sharing for Rural Development: Challenges, Experiences and Methods

Sally Burch (coord.)
Quito: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información (alai) (2007), 73 pp.
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Grassroots Comics: A Development Communication Tool
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Leif Packalén, Sharad Sharma
Helsinki: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2007), 162 pp.
"The use of comics as a campaigning tool for grassroots organisations is a relatively new phenomenon and has been tested so far only in India, some other South Asian countries and in a few countries in Africa. This manual on the creation of comics as a medium for communication of development ideas s ... 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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Enjeux et publics de la télévision en République démocratique du Congo (1990-2005)

Tharcisse-Henry Kasongo-Mwema Y'Ambayamba
Paris: L'Harmattan (2007), 265 pp.
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From a Glorious Past to the Lands of Origin: Media Consumption and Changing Narratives of Cultural Belonging in Mali

In: Reclaiming Heritage: Alternative Imaginaries of Memory in West Africa
Ferdinand de Jong, Michael Rolands (eds.)
Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press (2007), pp. 185-213
"This article explored the particular version of ‘national culture’ that emerged in Mali’s post-independent history at the interface of a governmental politics of culture and communication, media technologies, and people’s media engagement. I argued that the dialectical production of ‘the ... more
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Survey of the Needs for Training of Trainers in Rural Radio

Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2007), 124 pp.
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Rethinking Monitoring and Evaluation: Challenges and Prospects in the Changing Global Aid Environment

Esther Mebrathu, Brian Pratt, Linda Lönnqvist
Oxford: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) (2007), 164 pp.
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Young Empowered and Healthy (YEAH). Draft Report: Qualitative Assessment of Radio Serial Drama "Rock Point 256" in Uganda

Kampala: REEV Consult International (2007), xiii, 29 pp.
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The Media Globe: Trends in International Mass Media

Lee Artz, Yahya R. Kamalipour (eds.)
Cees J. Hamelink (foreword)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2007), 175 pp.
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Performance and Politics in Tanzania: The Nation on Stage

Laura Edmondson
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2007), x, 175 pp.
"Laura Edmondson examines how politics, social values, and gender are expressed on stage. Now a disappearing tradition, Tanzanian popular theatre integrates comic sketches, acrobatics, melodrama, song, and dance to produce lively commentaries on what it means to be Tanzanian. These dynamic shows inv ... more
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Peace Journalism Applied: An Assessment of Media Coverage of the Conflict in Northern Uganda

Linda Nassanga Goretti
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 6, issue 2 (2007), 9 pp.
"The paper explores how peace journalism has been applied in Uganda basing on an assessment of findings from a survey on the media coverage of the conflict in northern Uganda. The paper analyses the findings from the print media coverage of 2 newspapers for 3 years that were used as sample. The anal ... more
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A Mine of Information? Improving Communication Around the Rio Tinto Ilmenite in Madagascar

Rod Harbinson
London: Panos (2007), 20 pp.
"The Rio Tinto ilmenite mine in the Fort Dauphin area of southern Madagascar is the first of a number of mining projects planned for Madagascar with the support of the World Bank. The effects of this mine are widespread, not only on the people and economy of the region but also on its unique environ ... more