"This paper reviews the public positioning of official development assistance (ODA) pr ograms of selected donor countries, as well as that of multilateral development institutions. It compares and contrasts their communications objectives, messages, strategies, practices and products. It also discus
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ses the organizational structures that governments and multilaterals have established to manage public information and communications on development aid. Based on this review and the Concept Paper for Russia's International Development Assistance, it suggests issues for discussion towards developing a communications strategy and plan for Russia's ODA program." (Purpose, page 1)
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"This highly accessible text compares media institutions and political experiences in countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, to enable students to think critically about the central questions in the study of media and politics. The book balances cont
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emporary case studies with explanations of key theories and concepts, and includes a section on political communication research methods, empowering students to fully understand - and conduct their own comparative research into - the impact of media on the political sphere." (Publisher description)
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"Examining the role of dramatized narratives in Russian television, this book stresses the ways in which the Russian government under Putin use primetime television to express a new understanding of what it means to be Russian, answering key questions of national identity for modern Russians in deal
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ing with their recent history: 'What really happened to us?' and, accordingly, 'Why?' The book covers important issues in Russian television today, including:"the reworking of new 'national' on-screen heroes its relationship with classic literature, the revisionist portrayal of a romantic portrait of life in the Soviet era, the role of thematic elements such as love, fidelity, humour and irony, the particularly pressing problem of crime and its representation on screen as Mafia or police adventure, and its political usage by the Putin administration." This book provides a detailed account of the critical issues in contemporary Russian television, relating them to broader social and political developments in Russian society." (Publisher description)
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"The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of public diplomacy and national image and perception management, from the efforts to foster pro-West sentiment during the Cold War to the post-9/11 campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of the Muslim world. Editors Nancy
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Snow and Philip Taylor present materials on public diplomacy trends in public opinion and cultural diplomacy as well as topical policy issues. The latest research in public relations, credibility, soft power, advertising, and marketing is included and institutional processes and players are identified and analyzed. While the field is dominated by American and British research and developments, the book also includes international research and comparative perspectives from other countries." (Publisher description)
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"Heinz Rühmann, Hans Albers, Marika Rökk, Max Schmeling, Heinrich George und Leni Riefenstahl – die Schauspieler, die Regisseurin und der Jahrhundertboxer –, sie gehörten zu den großen Stars der NS-Zeit. Warum konnten oder wollten sie sich der Instrumentalisierung durch die braunen Machthabe
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r nicht entziehen? Warum ließen sie sich vereinnahmen, bis das „Tausendjährige Reich“ in Trümmer fiel? Waren die Helden und Idole nur willfährige Handlanger der Nazis? Zwischen Gehorsam und Gewissen, Begeisterung und Distanz, Verstrickung und Protest – Guido Knopp zeigt, wie Vertreter von Kunst, Sport und Kultur das NS-Regime stabilisierten." (Klappentext)
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"Man hat Arbeitskräfte gerufen, und es kamen Menschen. Sie fressen den Wohlstand nicht auf, im Gegenteil, sie sind 1 für den Wohlstand unerlässlich." Max Frisch Die modernen Massenmedien besitzen in unserem Alltag einen wichtigen Stellenwert und tragen bei Erwachsenen, aber gerade auch bei Heranw
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achsenden durch Prozesse der Thematisierung von aktuellen Ereignissen und Problemen (Agenda-Setting, der Anstiftung von Gesprächen untereinander (Ko-Orientierung), der Vermittlung von Normen und Wertvorstellungen (Sozialisation) und der Konstruktion von Bildern der sozialen Realität (Kultivierung) wesentlich zur gesellschaftlichen Integration und zur persönlichen Herausbildung einer eigenen Identität bei. Durch Globalisierungstendenzen der Medienproduktion, zusammen mit neuen technischen Möglichkeiten der modernen Massenmedien wie Kabel- und Satellitenfernsehen, können in der Schweiz aber längst nicht mehr nur ausschließlich schweizerische Medien und deren Inhalte genutzt werden. Vielmehr ist sowohl im Bereich der Printmedien als auch bei den Fernsehprogrammen eine breite Palette von ausländischen Medienangeboten zugänglich geworden, deren dokumentarische, unterhaltende und kulturelle Inhalte zuneh-mend Tendenzen der Internationalisierung aufweisen. Und durch das Internet ist ferner die rasche Information über Ereignisse in anderen Ländern, aber auch die gegenseitige interpersonale Kommunikation zwischen Menschen - Stichwort "E-Mail" - möglich geworden, die in verschiedenen Ländern leben (müssen)." (Publisher description)
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"The volume begins with a general overview of faith-based peacebuilding by pastor and peace-practitioner David Steele. Several CRS staff members provided input on the early drafts [...] The case studies that follow all deal with initiatives involving Catholic actors. This is the tradition out of whi
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ch CRS functions, and within which it learns. However, CRS and its church partners frequently and intentionally act in tandem with other civil society organizations, and they cooperate with other faith-based actors. Two of the case studies in this work (one from Uganda and one from The Philippines) deal with inter-religious efforts, while a third (India) deals with a broad ecumenical effort among leaders and members of diverse Christian denominations. In addition, many cases demonstrate how church partners are able to engage key decision-makers and leaders at different levels of society at critical moments in the course of a conflict. The central learning question for all the case studies is “what are the key factors that have contributed to, or impeded, the effectiveness of church peacebuilding action?” The intent is to surface lessons while helping to develop an internal, disciplined habit of reflection within the organization. The general guidelines for writing the studies emphasize four good learning practices: a) linking interventions to the context, b) articulating the implicit and explicit hypotheses or “theories of change,” c) using, building upon and/or complementing evaluation, and d) recognizing potential rival explanations for why things happened. It should be clear that the cases are exemplary, not representative. They provide a small sampling of the peacebuilding activities conducted by CRS and its partners in recent years. Each CRS region freely determined which particular case it would bring to the undertaking. Adherence to the initial qualifying criteria — including engagement with external actors (civil society, government or inter-religious) and commitments to social cohesion or equity — varied considerably." (Introduction, page 3-4)
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