"Fernsehen tötet die Fantasie – so zumindest die Alltagstheorie zum Verhältnis von Medien und der Imaginationsleistung von Kindern. Bei genauerem Hinsehen ist das Verhältnis jedoch sehr viel komplexer, wie die hier vorgestellte Studie zu den Tagträumen der 8- bis 10-Jährigen zeigt. Fernsehen
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verdrängt die Fantasie nicht, es wird zu einem Teil von ihr. Kinder nehmen sich etwas aus dem Fernsehen heraus und entwickeln mit den Medienbildern ihre eigenen Erzählungen. Globale Medienensembles wie Harry Potter oder Pokémon werden so zum Bestandteil der Tagträume von Kindern in Israel, Südkorea, den USA und Deutschland, so wie es in früheren Zeiten bei uns Karl Mays Winnetou, der Titanic-Film in Schwarzweiß oder in den 80ern die Ballerina Anna und Flashdance waren. Wie das im Einzelnen geschieht, welche Unterschiede es in den Aneignungsmustern von Mädchen und Jungen gibt, welche nationalen Besonderheiten deutlich werden, und worin sich heutige Kinder von früheren Generationen unterscheiden, zeigt diese qualitative Studie. 193 Kinder aus Israel, Südkorea, den USA und Deutschland gingen auf eine Fantasiereise und malten und erzählten von ihrem großen Tagtraum. Parallel dazu erinnern sich 56 Menschen, die in Zeiten mit einem anderen oder noch gar keinem Fernsehangebot aufwuchsen, an ihre Kindheitsfantasien." (Klappentext)
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"Die vorliegende Arbeit ist in die Diskussion über die Unabhängigkeit der russischen Medien einzuordnen und fragt, inwieweit das Gebot der Trennung von Werbung und Redaktion in russischen Regionalmedien eingehalten wird. Sie beschreibt eine empirische Untersuchung in der Gebietshauptstadt Rostov-n
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a-Donu, die zeigt, dass der Einfluss von Anzeigenkunden auf den redaktionellen Inhalt sehr groß ist. Eine Inhaltsanalyse der drei wichtigsten regionalen Zeitungen ergab, dass jeder zwölfte Artikel Schleichwerbung enthält. In Interviews mit Akteuren aus Journalismus und PR kam darüber hinaus ans Licht, dass der Staat einer der größten Anzeigenkunden vor Ort ist - ohne dass der Rezipient etwas davon weiß." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This book presents the studies that were conducted as part of the project entitled Media For Citizens, which is concerned with media pluralism and citizens' communication rights. The project is an effort to enhance the ability of citizens, and minority groups in particular, to actively [...] partic
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ipate in media society." (Page 8)
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"From the Taino Indians of the Caribbean, the U’wa of the Amazon rainforest, and the Tunomans and Assyrians of Iraq, to the Tingas and Zapatistas, Native on the Net is a lively and intriguing exploration of how new technologies have enabled these previously isolated peoples to reach new levels of
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communication and community: creating new communities online, confronting global corporations, or even challenging their own native traditions. Featuring case studies ranging from the Artic to the Australian outback, this book addresses important recurrent themes, such as the relationship between identity and place, community, traditional cultures and the nature of the ‘indigenous’." (Publisher description)
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"Da das Christentum im Wesentlichen auf Vermittlung, Verständigung und Kommunikation basiert, gehört das Bemühen um das Gelingen zwischenmenschlicher Kommunikation auch über die Medien theologisch betrachtet zur Aufgabe des Menschen. Wird das Miteinander von Menschen, das durch Kommunikation erm
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öglicht wird und damit auch das menschliche Personsein durch die Medien und Medienentwicklung in irgendeiner Weise beeinträchtigt oder behindert, ergeben sich damit nicht nur medienethische, sondern auch grundlegende Fragen von theologischer Bedeutung. Die Untersuchung unternimmt deshalb den Versuch, sich mit Medienethik aus theologischer Perspektive auseinanderzusetzen. Die Arbeit, die einer linearen Gliederung in Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und einem Ausblick in zukünftige Entwicklungen folgt, versucht einerseits in einer historischen Analyse die Entwicklungslinien einer Medienethik und das Verhältnis von Protestantismus und Medien nachzuzeichnen und zu interpretieren, und andererseits nach der theologischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Phänomen medialer Kommunikation in der Gesellschaft zu fragen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The Russian mass media system has experienced tremendous change since the Soviet era. It has been argued that some similarities still exist between the old Soviet system and the new post-Soviet media, such as the practice of self-censorship. Pressure has been mounting on the mass media's level of e
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ditorial freedom since the late Yeltsin era, beginning with a raft of new laws introduced under the guise of keeping the media ‘honest’. One contemporary influence constraining and shaping media de velopment is Russia's ‘war on terrorism’. Ever since the infamous apartment bombings of August 1999, over 1000 people have been killed and scores more physically and emotionally scarred by acts of terrorism on Russian soil. The political, social and economic costs have been considerable. Russia's ‘war on terrorism’ has provided the authorities with ample excuses to curtail media reporting, such as protecting the work of the security forces in combating terrorist activity, stopping the spread of terrorist ‘propaganda’ and protecting victims of terrorist acts. Numerous bills have been debated in the Duma on prohibiting activity by the mass media during an incident. Senior representatives from the mass media have been involved in talks with the authorities on the issue and in drawing up industry guidelines for reporting on a terrorist act." (Abstract)
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"This Report is an initial attempt to discover what support is currently available for exiled journalists in Europe. It examines the help and opportunities on offer in eleven countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the UK.9 Much of the re
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search has been carried out by exiled journalists based in these countries. We apologise in advance for any gaps in our knowledge, and this Report should be seen for what it is – a journalistic investigation designed to provide a snapshot of the current situation. Each country report provides statistics and information about support work being done by journalists’ unions and other NGOs. Some contain outlines of specific projects working with exiled journalists and case studies of personal experience. In describing some of the ground-breaking work that is being done to help exiles recover from the trauma of their experiences, and resume their careers in the media, this Report seeks both to identify success stories that might bear replication in other countries, and to examine gaps in provision. As with our earlier RAM Report,10 the aim of this Report is to encourage others to join in efforts to assist refugee and asylum-seeking journalists to find a new life." (Introduction, page 8)
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"This book represents one step in explaining international efforts to promote independent media. It attempts to examine the nature and significance of media assistance, discussing the evolution of the field, the focus of various programming approaches, and the possible impact of such efforts. It pre
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sents case studies of media assistance programs in different countries. The book concludes with a set of recommendations for expanding and deepening media assistance for the international community. This book project grew out of a multi-country study that I directed in 2002–2004 to examine media assistance programs funded by the US Agency for International Development. The overall purpose of the study was to assess the nature and effectiveness of USAID programs and make policy and programmatic recommendations for the future. In writing this book I have mostly drawn from the massive information collected during two years of research and analysis. The book is based primarily on three sources of information. First are reviews of literature covering scholarly writings, project and program documents, and articles in popular magazines and newspapers on media assistance. Such reviews were country specific as well as global in nature. Because the academic literature is extremely limited and media assistance is hardly covered in magazines and newspapers except in high-profile cases such as Bosnia and Serbia, reviews largely relied on program documentation. I had the unique advantage of perusing thousands of documents that are not available to the public. Although mostly descriptive and often self-serving, they identified critical gaps in our knowledge and illuminated the challenges and achievements of international media endeavors. Second, my colleagues and I undertook extensive fieldwork in seven countries/regions—Afghanistan, Bosnia, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. In each of these cases, research teams conducted extensive discussions with international donor agencies, officials of host countries, project staff and contractors, and local media experts and journalists. Every possible effort was made to interview all those experts and managers who had intimate knowledge of the ongoing media assistance programs. Teams also examined locally available documents and reports and used translators to translate documents into English when necessary. In the absence of hard quantitative data, they largely relied on available documentation, indepth interviews, and their own knowledge of the media scene for their findings and conclusions. Finally, I organized a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings of the country studies and explore new directions for media assistance programs. Such meetings helped to identify many problems and challenges facing media assistance programs and helped in formulating a set of recommendation for policymakers." (Chapter 1, page 10-11)
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"'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonis
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ers." (Publisher description)
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