"Through accounts and analysis of specific projects across four continents, the authors show how communication has been used to mobilize societies, to facilitate democratic participation, and to help people acquire new knowledge and skills. The book focuses on community radio and video, and health c
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ommunication, with major sections on projects in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines. Colin Fraser was one of the founders of the FAO communication section. Sonia Restrepo-Estrada has worked for a long time as a communication specialist for UNICEF in matters of health, nutrition and women's and children's rights." (InteRadio 1/98; Media Development 2/99)
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"This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1
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of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the UN and UNESCO Agendas," includes articles on the significance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Section 2, "Children and Violence on the Screen: Research Articles," includes articles on U.S. television violence and children, the nature and context of violence on American television, and media violence in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Europe, and Argentina. Section 3, "Children's Media Situation: Research Articles," contains articles describing children's media access and use in various parts of the world, including Asia, China, Australia, South Africa, and Belgium. Section 4, "Media in the World," provides statistics on children and the media worldwide. Section 5, "Children in the World," details demographic indicators for children worldwide. Section 6, "Children's Participation in the Media: Some Examples," describes examples of positive child participation in the media production process. Section 7 contains international declarations and resolutions regarding children and the media. Section 8 discusses regulations and measures as a basis for building television policy. A bibliography containing approximately 300 references on children and media violence published after 1970 completes the yearbook." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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"Ce guide répertorie quelque 1200 films et 800 réalisateurs dans leur contexte régional, culturel et sociopolitique et les "usines à reves" de Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Hayderabad, Bangalore, Trivandrum, de l'Orisaa ou de l'Assam himalayen. Une importante bibliographie et des index de réalisate
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urs et de films complètent ce premier ouvrage "pan-indien", destiné à etre traduit en Inde." (Le monde diplomatique 2/99)
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"This is the first in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programmes. It describes and interprets the type of news available and how it is understood in the context of everyday life. The study is based on news
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analysis, individual interviews and household interviews in seven countries: the United States, India, Mexico, Italy, Denmark, Israel and Belarus. Contributors include Michael Gurevitch, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Tamar Liebes, Paolo Mancini and Guillermo Orozco-Gomez." (Publisher description)
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"Der Autor legt die erste eingehende textwissenschaftliche Untersuchung zur indonesischen Presse am Beispiel der essayistischen Kommentarkolumne "Catatan Pinggir" (Randnotizen) vor. Diese wurde in "Tempo", dem führenden Nachrichtenmagazin Indonesiens, seit 1977 bis zu ihrem Verbot 1994 von Goenawan
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Mohamad, dem Tempo-Herausgeber, Journalisten und Lyriker nahezu wöchentlich veröffentlicht." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Beschreibt und analysiert das chinesische Kino im späten Kaiserreich und in der Republik (1896-1949), die Filmproduktion der Volksrepublik China unter Mao Zedong (1942-1978), das chinesische Kino zur Zeit Deng Xiaopings (1978-1996), das Avantgardekino der 80er und 90er Jahre sowie das chinesische
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Kino in Taiwan und Hongkong. Der Anhang enthält eine Filmographie bedeutender und repräsentativer Spielfilme und ein Literaturverzeichnis." (commbox)
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