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Medienpolitik in Post-Konfliktstaaten: Beiträge zum politischen Wiederaufbau am Beispiel von Afghanistan

Mariam Tutakhel

Duisburg: Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (2006), 44 pp.

"Die Annahme, dass eine kontrollierte Presse das Ziel einer Förderung demokratischer Strukturen immer ad absurdum führe, darf vor dem Hintergrund einer politischen Ausnahmesituation nach einem bewaffneten Konflikt durchaus hinterfragt werden. Die in diesem Zusammenhang geführte Diskussion über M ... more

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Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development from the Global Forum for Media Development
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Mark Harvey (ed.)

Paris: Internews Europe;Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2006), 222 pp.

"Draws together thinking and analysis that covers the breadth and depth of the media development landscape. The opening section, 'Why Media Matters: Global Perspectives' gathers the work of several thought leaders on major trends that cut across both the communications and development policy arenas; ... more

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Timor-Leste Media Assessment

Shanthi Kalathil

USAID Timor-Leste (2006), 17 pp.

"After interviewing numerous media experts and reviewing all available information, the media assessment team recommends additional donor support for media as part of an overall approach to promoting democracy and governance. The team recommends a comprehensive media assistance program that focuses ... more

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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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The German Broadcasting Order: A Model for China?

Manfred Kops

Köln: Institut für Rundfunkökonomie an der Universität zu Köln (2006), 53 pp.

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Reporting for All: Developing a Public Service Journalism Culture in Sri Lanka. A Handbook for Journalists

Mike Dobbie, Sunanda Deshapriya, Jacqueline Park

Brussels; Colombo: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) (2006), 27 pp.

"The purpose of this handbook is to examine how journalists can fulfil their duties within a framework of producing high quality, ethical journalism that is responsive to the needs of the community. The handbook aims to give Sri Lankan journalists an appreciation of their role in society with partic ... more

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A Vibrant Media Under Pressure: An Independent Assessment of Press Freedom in the Maldives

International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to the Maldives

London: Article 19;Reporters Without Borders;International Media Support (IMS);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);South Asia Press Commission (SAPC) (2006), 22 pp.

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Regulierung des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks in der Gemeinschaft unabhängiger Staaten: Sonderbericht zu gesetzlichen Rahmen für den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk in Aserbaidschan, Georgien, Moldau, Russland und der Ukraine

Andrei Richter, Dmitry Golovanov

Susanne Nikoltchev (ed.)

Straßburg: Europäische Audiovisuelle Informationsstelle (2006), 42 pp.

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Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance
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Krishna Kumar

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), 189 pp.

"This book represents one step in explaining international efforts to promote independent media. It attempts to examine the nature and significance of media assistance, discussing the evolution of the field, the focus of various programming approaches, and the possible impact of such efforts. It pre ... sents case studies of media assistance programs in different countries. The book concludes with a set of recommendations for expanding and deepening media assistance for the international community. This book project grew out of a multi-country study that I directed in 2002–2004 to examine media assistance programs funded by the US Agency for International Development. The overall purpose of the study was to assess the nature and effectiveness of USAID programs and make policy and programmatic recommendations for the future. In writing this book I have mostly drawn from the massive information collected during two years of research and analysis. The book is based primarily on three sources of information. First are reviews of literature covering scholarly writings, project and program documents, and articles in popular magazines and newspapers on media assistance. Such reviews were country specific as well as global in nature. Because the academic literature is extremely limited and media assistance is hardly covered in magazines and newspapers except in high-profile cases such as Bosnia and Serbia, reviews largely relied on program documentation. I had the unique advantage of perusing thousands of documents that are not available to the public. Although mostly descriptive and often self-serving, they identified critical gaps in our knowledge and illuminated the challenges and achievements of international media endeavors. Second, my colleagues and I undertook extensive fieldwork in seven countries/regions—Afghanistan, Bosnia, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. In each of these cases, research teams conducted extensive discussions with international donor agencies, officials of host countries, project staff and contractors, and local media experts and journalists. Every possible effort was made to interview all those experts and managers who had intimate knowledge of the ongoing media assistance programs. Teams also examined locally available documents and reports and used translators to translate documents into English when necessary. In the absence of hard quantitative data, they largely relied on available documentation, indepth interviews, and their own knowledge of the media scene for their findings and conclusions. Finally, I organized a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings of the country studies and explore new directions for media assistance programs. Such meetings helped to identify many problems and challenges facing media assistance programs and helped in formulating a set of recommendation for policymakers." (Chapter 1, page 10-11) more

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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp.

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N ... RM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented. Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change. In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface) more

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Islam and the Media

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 3, issue 2 (2006), 125 pp.

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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Die deutsche ITK-Wirtschaft

Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM);Auswärtiges Amt (2006), 498 pp.

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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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Medien, Markt und politische Kontrolle in der Volksrepublik China: Eine Untersuchung zur Rolle der Medien seit Beginn der Reformära (1979 - 2005) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Hörfunks

Sigrun Abels

Bochum: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Doctoral Thesis (2006), 286 pp.

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International Communication: Continuity and Change

Daya Kishan Thussu

London: Hodder Arnold, 2nd ed. (2006), 336 pp.

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The Right to Know: The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka

Imogen Wall

United Nations, Office of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery (2006), 52 pp.

"This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information chann ... more

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World Press Trends, 2006 Edition

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2006), 123, 490, 13 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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Arab Media in the Information Age

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (2006), xvi, 709 pp.

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Indisches Kino: Eine Retrospektive = Indian Cinema: A Retrospective. 1. Okober 2006 - 31. März 2007

Deepa Gahlot

Frankfurt am Main: National Book Trust India;Frankfurt Book Fair;Deutsches Filmmuseum;Deutsches Filminstitut (2006), 60 pp.

Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development from the Global Forum for Media Development Top Insights

Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance Top Insights

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management Inspiring Practice

Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development from the Global Forum for Media Development
Top Insights

Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance
Top Insights

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
Inspiring Practice