"Inspired by “extra-market” initiatives to ensure media diversity in social-democratic Northern Europe, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a path-breaking attempt by a developing country to support the media needs of marginalized communities too poor to be of interest to advert
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ising-driven commercial media. This paper examines the policy process towards the establishmentof the MDDA as a partnership between the state, capital, and civil society within the constraints of South Africa’s re-entry into a global economy that privileges “free market” solutions to developmental problems. Under these onditions, do partnerships between the state, the private sector, and civil society facilitate or hinder the achievement of social objectives aimed primarily at uplifting the poor and marginalized?" (Abstract)
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"While radio drama cannot be considered to be a new practice in Nigeria, the systematic ‘hybridization’ of drama with other analytical tools of development is a more recent practice. The radio drama experience of the African Radio Drama Association (ARDA) encompasses theatre, dialogue and social
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discourse, in an attempt to bridge fiction and social reality. This paper is therefore an attempt to examine the contributions of the ARDA in their series Rainbow City through the medium of drama and the organized ‘Listeners Groups’ across the areas where the broadcast is received. The issues discussed and raised here try to answer the following questions. What is new? What are the prospects of using radio drama to address development issues? What bottlenecks exist and what is the way forward? The paper is written based on the experience of the writer as one of the group leaders in the radio drama listeners group." (Abstract)
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"This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way. Some of the to
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pics covered include religion in the media age, popular broadcasting, communication theology, popular piety, film and religion, myth and ritual in cyberspace, music and religion, communication ethics, and the nature of truth in media saturated cultures." (Publisher description)
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"One in a series of training manuals developed by the African Publishing Institute (API) of the African Publishers’ Network to facilitate intra-African training among its members, which can be used for both formal training or individual study. Arranged under four modules: (1) Book Marketing, (2) B
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ook Promotion, (3) Book Sales and Distribution, and (4) The Bookshop as an Outlet, which looks at the different kinds of bookshops and other retail outlets that are common in Africa, and the difficult conditions under which they have to operate. Each module starts off with a statement of objectives and concludes with a practical exercise." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2481)
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"This thesis examines the mission, strategies and activities of the African Publishers Network in its quest to empower indigenous publishers. The author probes the nature of publishing development in African countries, utilizing selected cases of anglophone countries as illustrations. Her analysis o
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f the primary and secondary textbook market, as a microcosm of the larger publishing context, demonstrates the numerous obstacles still confronting indigenous publishing houses in their endeavour to provide quality, affordable, and relevant book for African readers. Based on a qualitative research method, the author used in-depth interview data collected at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2002 to inform her work. She believes that the collective nature of the organization enhances its ability to effect positive change and that, in its mission to promote publishing development, APNET operates as an agent of decolonization by decreasing Africa's dependence on the North for its book needs." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1309)
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"Paroles d’Afrique centrale: briser les silences (ed. Karthala) illustre le défi quotidien de la presse indépendante des pays du Sud. Des journalistes et des représentants de la société civile témoignent à travers vingt articles du combat en faveur de la liberté d’expression dans huit pa
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ys de l’Afrique centrale: Burundi, Cameroun, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Guinée Equatoriale, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda et Tchad. C’est pour briser les silences qui isolent cette région que le Cota et l’institut Panos Paris ont collecté dans le cadre du projet Média Résistance ces Paroles d’Afrique centrale. Avec l’appui de la DGCD (cofinancement de projet ONG). Les textes, repris dans ce livre, ainsi que les informations récentes sur l’actualité des médias de la région, sont disponibles sur le site de Media Résistance." (DGCD-Contact, juin 2003).
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"L'ouvrage présente une vision critique de l'aide française au développement dans le secteur du livre, qui comprend les achats/dons de livres français par le biais de programmes d'aide bilatéraux, multilatéraux ou autres, de subventions et de prix, ainsi que le soutien aux bibliothèques publi
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ques dans les pays francophones d'Afrique. L'auteur examine les activités de divers organismes d'aide et ministères français. Bien que certains de ces projets aient contribué à créer un environnement propice aux livres et à la promotion de la lecture, il y a un manque de soutien direct pour aider à renforcer les industries du livre indigènes, et les divers programmes de dons de livres et d'assistance ne comprennent que très peu de matériel publié en Afrique." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 371)
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"This qualitative study aims to show the need to encourage more Mozambican women to enter and to stay in journalism, and the need to mainstream gender in media coverage. The study, carried out by UNESCO, follows on the heals of a gender and media baseline study conducted by Gender Links (GL), an NGO
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based in Johannesburg, and MISA. The GL/MISA study found that women in Mozambique constitute only 3 per cent of those working in the media, which is far below the regional average of 22 per cent. Women only constituted 15 per cent of the sources used in the media. This UNESCO qualitative study involved in-depth interviews with 34 media experts. It was carried out in Maputo, the capital, Beira, in the central province of Sofala, and Nampula, in the north, during the months of October, November and December 2003. In addition to the interviews, a two-hour workshop was held in December with senior women journalists and editors to discuss the study and their views on gender and the media. The UNESCO study showed that women journalists are especially under-represented in Mozambique’s print media with some newspapers, such as the Sunday newspaper, Domingo, and the Independent, Zambeze, having no women journalists. Others had only one or two women. Most, although not all, editors felt that it was a problem having so few women journalists, but there was no agreement as to how to change this situation." (Executive summary)
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