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A Study on Media Influence on Public Policy in Bangladesh: Investment Climate Perspective

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2009), 36 pp.
"This paper has tried to find out whether newspapers in Bangladesh have any influence on policy formulation, revision and improvement in respect to investment climate. Reviewing two Bangla and two English newspapers for three fiscal years, we found that newspapers have strong interest in policy rela ... more
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Development Communication in Practice: India and the Millenium Development Goals

John V. Vilanilam
New Dehli: Sage (2009), xx, 272 pp.
"Development Communication in Practice: India and the Millennium Development Goals analyzes seven Indian newspapers for a period of seven months and evaluates the extent to which development issues are addressed in them. The findings reveal an under-representation of development issues in the media ... more
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Media regulation and self-regulation in the Post-Soviet space [in Russian]

Moscow: UNESCO Office in Moscow for Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus; Belarusian State University (2009), 198 pp.
"This handbook on media regulation and self-regulation is based on the outcomes of the International Summer School organized in 2009 in Belarus with the support of UNESCO’s Moscow Office. The event targeted media law experts and media educators from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and the Russian Fed ... more
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Building for the Future: An Overview of Nepal's Media and Recommendations for Development Priorities

International Media Support (IMS); Article 19; Fondation Hirondelle; International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2008), 45 pp.
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Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey
Deep Insights

Toby Mendel
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2008), 156 pp.
"This book is meant to present the basics of freedom of information or right to information, defined as the universal right to access information held by public bodies. It presents in an easy-to-understand and non-technical fashion the basic principles of freedom of information, such as maximum disc ... more
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Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program

Jon Cohen, Laurie Zivetz, Mia Malan
Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.
"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal ... more
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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies

James E. Katz (ed.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone ... more
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Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

Nalin Mehta (ed.)
New York: Routledge (2008), ix, 170 pp.
"This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which cam ... more
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Affirming Life and Diversity: Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India

P. V. Satheesh, Michel Pimbert
London; Hyderabad: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); Deccan Development Society (DDS); DDS Community Media Trust (2008), xiii, 60 pp.
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Kaukasus

Bernhard Chiari (ed.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2008), 288 pp.
"Die Bergregion zwischen Russland, Iran und Türkei ist von größtem geostrategischem Interesse, nicht zuletzt wegen ihrer Ölvorkommen. Seit dem Ende der Sowjetunion beschäftigen deshalb die Konflikte im Kaukasus, der Heimat uralter christlicher und islamischer Kulturen, die Welt. Tschetschenien ... more
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Church Communications Through Diocesan Websites: A Model of Analysis

Daniel Arasa
Rome: EDUSC (2008), 455 pp.
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Information Literacy Competency and Readership Study of Five Specific Localities in the Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban Areas of Kolkata Metropolitan City

Chaitali Dutta
New Dehli: UNESCO (2008), 62 pp.
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ANN Asia News Network: 10 Years

Werner vom Busch, Susanne Rentzow-Vasu (eds.)
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Radio Veritas Asia: Development of a FABC Project

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)
Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications (2008), 222 pp.
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Die Nase des Sultans: Karikaturen aus der Türkei = Padisahin burnu: Türkiye'den Karikatürler

Sabine Küper-Büsch, Nigar Rona (eds.)
Berlin; Istanbul: Dagyeli; Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari (2008), 263 pp.
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The KAS Democracy Report 2008: Media and Democracy, Vol. 2

Karsten Grabow, Christian E. Rieck (eds.)
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 228 pp.
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Lessons from Karachi: The Role of Demonstration, Documentation, Mapping and Relationship Building in Advocacy for Improved Urban Sanitation and Water Services

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Raghu Mainali
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 136 pp.
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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

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Alternative Media and the Politics of Resistance: Perspectives and Challenges

Mojca Pajnik, John Downing (eds.)
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