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Building a Community Radio Network in Afghanistan

Krishna Kumar

In: Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw; Krishna Kumar (eds.)

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), pp. 257-272

"The experience of establishing community stations in Afghanistan provides four distinct, but interrelated lessons [...] The project has demonstrated that international organizations can promote community stations in impoverished, war-tron societies that have had no experience of independent or comm ... more

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IFJ Research Findings on Reporting HIV/AIDS in Six Countries in Africa and Asia

Chansok Lay, Arul Selvan, Tunde Aremu et al.

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2006), 81 pp.

"Media monitoring found a low incidence of HIV/AIDS stories across most media in the six countries. Researchers variously described the incidence of HIV stories during the media monitoring as “small” (Cambodia and the Philippines), “miniscule” (South Africa), and “infrequent” (India). In ... more

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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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South East Europe Media Handbook 2005/2006

Oliver Vujovic (ed.)

Belgrade: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2006), 748 pp.

"It is a simple fact that it is hard to find reliable information on the media in South Eastern Europe. The 'South East Europe Media Handbook' bridges this gap in a unique way and offers basic information about the situation of the media in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, ... more

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Political Violence and Journalism in a Multiethnic State: A Case Study of Burma (Myanmar)

Lisa Brooten

Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 30, issue 4 (2006), pp. 354-373

"Debates about the role of media in situations of political violence call into question whether journalists should focus on “objective” reporting or instead facilitate conflict resolution. Yet an increasingly problematic assumption is that journalists are outsiders to the communities in conflict ... more

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Policy Guidelines for Setting Up Community Radio Stations in India

Government of India (2006), 10 pp.

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Gender in the Information Society: Emerging Issues

Anita Gurumurthy, Parminder Jeet Singh, Anu Mundkur, Mridula Swami (eds.)

Bangkok; New Delhi: UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP);Elsevier (2006), xi, 142 pp.

"This publication features a series of papers that represent an early exploration of the challenges and opportunities for actors committed to gender equality in the information society. It is meant to open up the debates that can pave the way for a sustained engagement of gender activists with one o ... more

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Fighting Poverty: Utilizing Community Media in a Digital Age. Practitioners’ Reflexions from an Interactive Roundtable at the World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD)

Montreal; Paris; Berne: AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters;UNESCO;Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2006), 77 pp.

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Information and Communication for Development: Global Trends and Policies 2006

Washington, DC: World Bank (2006), 303 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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Place et rôle de la communication dans le développement international

Jean-Paul Lafrance, Anne-Marie Laulan, Carmen Rico de Sotelo (eds.)

Québec: Presse de l'Université du Québec (2006), xx, 168 pp.

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The Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development

Soumitra Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros, Irene Mia (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), xv, 350 pp.

"Produced by The World Economic Forum and INSEAD, the fifth edition of the annual Global Information Technology Report is a comprehensive tool for measuring the progress made in the adoption of the latest information and communication technologies and identifying the obstacles to ICT development in ... more

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Women in Newspapers in South Asia: Changes and Challenges

Kavitha Shetty (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2006), 188 pp.

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Media Communities

Brigitte Hipfl, Theo Hug (eds.)

Münster; New York: Waxmann (2006), 342 pp.

"This book analyzes the different ways in which media are being used for community building and it also critically interrogates the concept of community itself. The authors do that from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from fundamental philosophical questions regarding community, to the ... more

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Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends

Thomas L. McPhail

Malden; Oxford: Blackwell, 2nd ed. (2006), xiv, 357 pp.

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Newspaper editorial discourse and the politics of self-censorship in Hong Kong

L. F. Francis Lee, M. Y. Angel Lin

Discourse & Society, volume 17, issue 3 (2006), pp. 331-358

"In transitional societies where political pressure on the press is coupled with a commercial media system and a professional journalistic culture, the politics of self-censorship is likely to involve a strategic contest between the media and political actors. Language plays a significant role in th ... more

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Regulation, Awareness, Empowerment: Young People and Harmful Media Content in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom (2006), 286 pp.

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Integration durch Massenmedien: Medien und Migration im internationalen Vergleich = Mass Media-Integration: Media and Migration. A Comparative Perspective

Rainer Geißler, Horst Pöttker (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2006), 324 pp.

"Grundlage des Bandes ist eine internationale Tagung zur Rolle der Massenmedien bei der Integration von Migranten. Die Beiträge präsentieren nicht nur Forschungsergebnisse zur Situation in Deutschland, sondern es kommen auch Experten aus den USA, Kanada und den Niederlanden zu Wort, wo Medien und ... more

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Exploring New Modalities: Experiences with Information and Communications Technology Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review and Analysis of the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme

Michael Dougherty

Bangkok; New Delhi: Elsevier (2006), x, 155 pp.

"This book is a review of 56 projects funded by the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2005. The aim of this book is to examine trends within these particular information and communications technology (ICT) projects in order to determine factors for success, and, common cha ... more

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Traditional Media and Development Communication

K. Madhusudan (ed.)

New Dehli: Kanishka (2006), viii, 131 pp.

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