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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.
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The Business of Media: Third South Caucasus Media Conference, Tbilisi 2 November 2006

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2007), 75 pp.
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The Televised Community: Culture, Politics, and the Market of Visual Representation in India

Britta Ohm
Frankfurt, Oder: European University Viadrina, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Doctoral Thesis (2007), 384 pp.
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Development On-Air: Women's Radio Production in Afghanistan

Sarah Kamal
Gender & Development, volume 15, issue 3 (2007), pp. 399-411
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Reform and Regression: Freedom of the Media in Turkey. Fact-Finding Mission Report
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Kristina Isabel Schwarte
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Andrew Skuse, Joann Fildes, Jo Tacchi, Kirsty Martin, Emma Baulch
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Sevanti Ninan
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Emmanuel Cocq (coord.)
Paris: UNESCO (2007), 110 pp.
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Measuring Change: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in Media and Development Cooperation. 3rd Symposium Forum Media and Development

A. Sofie Jannusch (ed.)
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2007), 81 pp.
"The symposium Measuring Change. Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation in Media Development focused on the utilisation aspect of evaluation1: The adding of “Planning” to “Monitoring and Evaluation” in the subtitle indicates that emphasis was laid on learning from monitoring and evaluation experie ... more
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ICT in Teacher Education: Case Studies from the Asia-Pacific Region

Ellie Meleisea (ed.)
Bangkok: UNESCO (2007), 130 pp.
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Community Radio in India

New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 50 pp.
"This is a series of five introductory booklets on how civil society, government, donor agencies, media and the United Nations can strengthen the community radio sector in India." (commbox)
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Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia

Krishna Sen, David T. Hill
Jakarta: Equinox (2007), x, 245 pp.
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Images and icons: Harnessing the power of the media to reduce sex-selective abortion in India

Yvonne MacPherson
Gender & Development, volume 15, issue 3 (2007), pp. 413-423
"Sex-selective abortion is an increasing problem in India. Previous awareness-raising efforts on the issue have focused largely on the act of abortion, without substantively addressing the context that creates a demand for sex selection. The BBC World Service Trust conducted a research study on how ... more
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Money Matters: How Independent Media Manage to Survive. 15-16 September 2006

A. Sofie Jannusch (ed.)
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO); Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2007), 77 pp.
"Discussions on how to support sustainability of independent media generally focus on the political conditions, the legal framework and – especially in German development cooperation – on the quality of journalistic coverage. Nevertheless, economic factors are of equal importance, not only for p ... more
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Pop Culture China! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

Kevin Latham
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (2007), xvii, 384 pp.
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Radio global: Radiokultur in Ländern der "Dritten Welt"
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Wolfgang Settekorn, Sigrid Kannengießer (ed.)
Hamburg: Institut für Medien und Kommunikation (IMK), Universität Hamburg (2007), 131 pp.
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Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies

Isaac A. Blankson, Patrick D. Murphy (eds.)
New York: State University of New York Press (2007), xi, 285 pp.
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Building Sustainability for Media Centres: A Handbook on Best Practices
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Yasha Lange, Thomas Hughes
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2007), 52 pp.
"Media centres around the world are facing the same challenges in ensuring long-term sustainability after “start-up” funding from donors ceases. In order to overcome these challenges, a number of centres have pioneered innovative approaches for ensuring financial and institutional viability and ... more