"The purpose of the final evaluation was to provide the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and the U.S. Agency for International Development with an assessment of the relevance, effectiveness, and lessons learned from OTI’s mega-program in Afghanistan. Since evaluations of the media program ha
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d been undertaken and a study of management issues was planned, this evaluation addressed the following fundamental questions: 1. Was OTI strategic? 2. Did OTI promote government legitimacy? 3. Did OTI’s use of participatory democratic processes increase citizen’s connections to each other and to local authorities?" (Executive summary, page 6)
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"[...] Radio listening amongst young people appears to be high and most of those interviewed listen daily, usually after lunch and in the evening. The BBC and VOA are popular stations with young people as are local radio stations including Radio Azadi, Aman and Sharq. However, in cities radio compet
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es with TV, and young people from middle and low income groups often prefer it. Young people like listening to music but are also interested in news, debate and programmes, dealing with real issues or problems that offer insight, analysis and helpful solutions. Such programmes according to local journalists, youth workers and young people are in short supply, whereas music is not. Most young people indicate strongly that they want radio to contribute to both their broad education and their schooling. They want information about Afghanistan, its history and culture, its development and place in the world. They want to know how to help themselves, their families and their country and they want to be informed in an interesting, entertaining and frank way. They also want to know how other young people live in neighbouring countries. Young men and women would like a radio programme that gives them a voice and encourages debate about issues that affect them (for example, schools in rural areas, the introduction of private education, how much study to do, examination procedures, how to get into university, available courses, marriage and job opportunities). Women say they want radio to deal with the specific problems they face in relation to their status, education, work and security. Young people want to hear provincial, district and rural perspectives, not just voices from Kabul. There are high expectations of what the media can achieve in Afghanistan in terms of improving civic behaviour, government accountability, and changing harmful cultural attitudes and practices, particularly towards young women. Young women say radio should do more to persuade and influence fathers, uncles, brothers and imams on issues relating to their rights." (Executive summary, page 4)
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"This book is about the processes of globalization, demonstrated through a comparative study of three television case histories in Asia. Also illustrated are different approaches to providing television services in the world: public service (NHK in Japan), state (CCTV in China) and commercial (STAR
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TV, based in Hong Kong)." (Publisher description)
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"In vielen Ländern der Welt haben die Printmedien seit dem Siegeszug der audiovisuellen, elektronischen Medien, allen voran des Fernsehens, einen schweren Stand. Die Anzeigenmärkte sind so stark umkämpft wie nie zuvor und die Aufmerksamkeit des Publikums gilt als rar werdendes Gut. Anders verhäl
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t es sich dagegen in Indien, wo zeitgleich zur beginnenden Ausbreitung des Fernsehens Anfang der 1980er Jahre ein Presseboom einsetzte, den Robin Jeffrey als „Zeitungsrevolution“ bezeichnet hat. Damit bezieht er sich in erster Linie auf den beispiellosen Boom der indischsprachigen Presse, denn obwohl die englischsprachige Presse ebenfalls von dieser Entwicklung profitiert - und Indien inzwischen der weltweit größte Markt für englischsprachige Printmedien ist -, ist sie längst von der Hindi-Presse überholt worden. Nadja-Christina Schneider beschreibt die wichtigsten Phasen in der Entwicklung der indischen Presse von ihren Anfängen im 19. Jh. bis zur Unabhängigkeit 1947 und beschreibt darauf aufbauend die signifikanten Veränderungen, die der indische Pressesektor insbesondere in den vergangenen drei Jahrzehnten erfahren hat. Hierfür werden die indische Presse bzw. die dahinter stehenden Unternehmen im Hinblick auf ihre enge Kooperation mit anderen Medien wie dem Fernsehen, Radio und Internet untersucht. Abschließend erfolgt eine Einschätzung ihrer gegenwärtigen Rolle und Bedeutung für das indische Mediensystem." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Une presse indépendante est essentielle pour un développement économique équitable : elle contribue à donner la parole aux personnes pauvres et privées de droit. Des médias autonomes participent également à l’édification de bases solides pour une société libre et transparente. Les aut
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eurs, parmi lesquels figurent quelques Prix Nobel, comme Joseph Stiglitz, ancien économiste en chef de la Banque Mondiale et le célèbre Gabriel García Márquez, étudient le rôle des médias comme garde-fous des secteurs publics et privés et la politique en matière de liberté de la presse. Ils jugent également les effets nuisibles que peut causer un journalisme irresponsable et contraire à l’éthique. Un ouvrage de réflexion pour les étudiants, les professeurs et les chercheurs en communication et pour ceux qui s'intéressent au pouvoir et à l'impact des médias." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"To develop communication capacity specifically around adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) organized a joint regional workshop "Strategic Communication: Building Trust and Responding to
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Adverse Events Following Immunisation in South Asia", in New Delhi from 9 to 10 August 2004. This working paper synthesises the presentations and debates from the workshop." (Foreword)
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"This toolkit is a collection of participatory exercises for use in sensitisation of media persons involved in HIV/AIDS coverage. It can also be integrated with the existing curriculum of schools of journalism and mass communication. The toolkit has been developed keeping in view the needs of journa
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lists working in remote areas having limited access to experts and resources related to HIV/AIDS. Content of the toolkit has been derived from the research on vernacular media in three [Indian] states keeping in view the impact of media reports on stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS. It is expected that the workshops conducted according to the toolkit will lead to a better understanding and sensitivity towards issues related to HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination. Although the toolkit is structured for conducting a "One Day Workshop", the user may customise the content and timing of the workshop as per the local requirements." (Introduction to the toolkit)
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