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

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New York: Routledge (2006), 409 pp.
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Innovative Practices of Youth Participation in Media: A Research Study on Twelve Initiatives from Around the Developing and Underdeveloped Regions of the World
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Sanjay Asthana
Paris: UNESCO (2006), 76 pp.
"Young people, working with a range of media materials, produce innovative content through dialogue and discussions says this publication. On the basis of case studies in Ghana, Haiti, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Vietnam, and Zambia, the study examines how ... more
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Use of IDRC Research Results in the Acacia / Connectivety Africa Programmes: Creating a Learning Environment for Future Research Dissemination

Catherine N. Adeya-Weya, Alan Finlay, Leila Hassanin, Olivier Sagna
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Capturing Believers: American International Radio, Religion, and Reception, 1931-1970

Timothy H. B. Stoneman
Georgia Institute of Technology, Doctoral Thesis (2006), vi, 527 pp.
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Community Radio for Development: The World and Africa

Patrick Tor Alumuku
Nairobi: Paulines (2006), 272 pp.
"Community radio is best understood against the background of the other forms of broadcasting, namely public service, and commercial or private broadcasting. Unlike these, community broadcasting is not state-owned, but rather community-owned and managed. Neither is it aimed at profit-making, but at ... more
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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.
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Contribution des radios communautaires au developpement local: Cas de la radio rurale locale de Lalo (RRL/Lalo) au Bénin

Marie Madeleine Davakan
Dakar: Université Cheihk Anta Diop, Centre d'Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l'Information (CESTI) (2006), 19 pp., 84 pp.
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Perceptions and Practice: An Anthology of Impact Assessment Experience

Kay Sayce, Patricia Norrish
Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2006), 186 pp.
"Contains 11 studies, mainly on information projects, each with between four and eight stories told by people involved in those studies. Each set of stories is prefaced by a summary of the study." (commbox)
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Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Globalization

Indrajit Banerjee, Kalinga Seneviratne
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2006), 348 pp.
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Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre, HIV and AIDS Toolkit for Youth in Africa

Laura Myers, Simona Costanzo Sow, Helena Drobná, Manilee Bagheritari, Prosper Kompaoré
Paris: UNESCO; Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) (2006), 67 pp.
"This toolkit and associated material, including the CD-ROM provided, introduce you to Forum Theatre as a tool for HIV and AIDS education. The toolkit has been written with special consideration for youth groups and amateur theatre groups in English-speaking Africa who wish to address HIV- and AIDS- ... more
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Transparency and Silence: A Survey of Access to Information Laws and Practices in Fourteen Countries
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Helen Darbishire, Thomas Carson
New York: Open Society Institute (2006), 188 pp.
"This report records and analyzes the results of a study in which partners of the Justice Initiative in 14 countries filed a total of 1,926 requests for information. In each country, seven different requesters twice submitted up to 70 questions to 18 public institutions. Requesters included NGOs, jo ... more
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Televisual Pluralism in West Africa: State of Affairs

Mactar Silla
Dakar: Panos West Africa (2006), 192 pp.
"Instead of limiting ourselves to an enumeration of the obstacles to pluralism, we tried to push the analysis further, proposing draft solutions to problems raised, in a realistic way. The democratic debate today can not be limited to the political arena only, by turning up one’s nose at the debat ... more
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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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Public Information as a Mission Critical Component of West African Peace Missions

Charles Hunt
Accra: Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) (2006), 72 pp.
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Comparing Media from Around the World

Robert McKenzie
Ian Werner; Nabil Dajani (contrib.)
Boston: Pearson (2006), 372 pp.
"This book discusses the fundamental elements of media systems and shows how they are used in eight sample countries. Unlike other books, it is organized according to media elements, with comparative discussions of all eight countries within each chapter. This helps readers make connections and comp ... more
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Water and Indigenous Peoples

Rutgerd Boelens, Moe Chiba, Douglas Nakashima, Vanessa Retana (eds.)
Paris: UNESCO; Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) (2006), 179 pp.
"Indigenous peoples from all corners of the globe continue to struggle for acknowledgement and recognition of their unique visions of water, both at home and in national, regional and international forums. But almost without exception, their voices remain obscured by a mainstream discourse rooted in ... more
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Radio for Peacebuilding Africa: Project Evaluation. Executive Summary

Brussels: Search for Common Ground, Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (2006), 10 pp.
"In 2004, SFCG’s Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa (RFPA) project conducted a baseline survey in 21 sub-Saharan African countries, to ascertain knowledge of, attitude towards, and use of peacebuilding techniques by radio professionals. 1000 radio professionals were surveyed by email with phone follo ... more
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NGO Accountability: Politics, Principles and Innovations

Lisa Jordan, Peter van Tuijl (eds.)
London: Earthscan (2006), xii, 257 pp.
"This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and ques ... more
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Still Not Fully Protected: Rights to Freedom of Expression and Information Under Angola's New Press Law

New York: Human Rights Watch (2006), 24 pp.
"On February 2, 2006, Angola’s National Assembly approved a new press law, which entered into force on May 15. The law regulates the activity of media companies and professionals in television and radio broadcasting and in the written and electronic press. This report analyses the new law in the c ... more