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Die neue al Qaida: Innenansichten eines lernenden Terrornetzwerks

Yassin Musharbash
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 300 pp.
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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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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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Terrorismus: Der unerklärte Krieg

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Media's Challenge: Asian Tsunami and Beyond
Deep Insights

Kalinga Seneviratne (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2006), 266 pp.
"The tsunami demonstrated that modern journalists can do more than just bring unfolding stories to the world. One of the biggest lessons of the tsunami that is unravelling is that the modern journalist can also help to heal communities, rebuild lives, keep families intact and raise funds. The media ... more
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Facts & Figures 2005: Culture & Media

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2006), 40 pp.
"This edition of Facts & Figures 2005 for Culture and Media Development Cooperation updates information on the Culture and Media sector development cooperation for the fiscal year 2005. The information provided is based on Sida disbursements." (Publisher description)
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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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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 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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Women's Literacy and Information and Communication Technologies: Lessons That Experience Has Taught Us

Anita Dighe, Usha Vyasulu Reddi
New Dehli: Commonwealth of Learning (COL); Commonwealth Media Centre for Asia (2006), ix, 57 pp.
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Der Blick der Anderen: Europa in der Wahrnehmung von Medien Afrikas, Asiens und Lateinamerikas

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Comparing Media from Around the World

Robert McKenzie
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Boston: Pearson (2006), 372 pp.
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Asia's March Towards Freedom of Expression and Development

Kalinga Seneviratne, Suganthi Singarayar (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2006), 212 pp.
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Hunger for Books

Urvashi Butalia
Africa Quarterly (New Delhi), volume 46, issue 1 (2006), pp. 28-29
"Indian books have increasingly begun to find a market in Africa and Indian publishers now find it both lucrative and important to attend book fairs in different African countries. One of the advantages that Indian publishers have is in terms of prices. They are able to produce good quality books at ... more
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Evaluation of Ache Media Reconstruction Assistance (AMRA) Programme in Indonesia

Wandy N. Tuturoong
Oxfam (2006), 49 pp.
"In May 2005, a programme was initiated to support reconstruction and development of media in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province destroyed by the tsunami on December 26, 2005. This programme, which was given the name Aceh Media Construction Assistance (AMRA), received funding of € 1,097,927 from Fr ... more
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Pop Culture India! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

Asha Kasbekar
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (2006), xx, 336 pp.
"The purpose of this book is to provide a first step for anyone interested in discovering popular culture in India today. The chapters cover cinema, television, and radio; newspapers and magazines; music, theater, and literature; and sport, providing an explanation of the critical developments in ea ... more
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Catholic Communications India: Findings of a Nation-Wide Survey 2005
Deep Insights

Henry D'Souza, Valerian Rodrigues (eds.)
New Delhi: Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), Commission for Social Communications (2006), 384 pp.
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Newspapers and periodicals from Afghanistan: A snapshot from May 2006

Andreas Drechsler, Mohammed Faried Parvanta, Eckart Schiewek
Bamberg: University Library of Bamberg (2006), 68 pp.
"At a stay in Afghanistan in May 2006 my father-in-law Mohammed Faried Parvanta in a laborious effort acquired Persian lists of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations from the Ministry of Information and Youth. These lists give an excellent quantitative overview on the current lands ... more
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Media Development and Poverty Eradication

Barry James
Paris: UNESCO (2006), 70, vi pp.
The articles in this book have been adapted from contributions to the UNESCO-sponsored conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2006.
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Local Information Networks: Social and Technological Considerations

Seema Nair, Megan Jennaway, Andrew Skuse
New Delhi: UNESCO (2006), 82 pp.
"This publication aims at understanding the nature and importance of various configurations of social and technological networks in community settings that combine to form a Local Information Networks (LIN). In this study LINs are conceptualised as comprising of two very different elements: one soci ... more