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Capacity Development in Practice

Jan Ubels, Naa-Aku Acquaye-Baddoo, Alan Fowler (eds.)
London; Washington, DC: Earthscan (2010), xxii, 338 pp.
"Real-life practice is poorly understood and undervalued as a distinct professional domain. Written by practitioners, this innovative publication is designed to make capacity development more professional and increasingly effective in achieving development goals. Practical illustrations draw on expe ... more
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Key Challenges for Media After War's End: Report of the International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka

Sukumar Muralidharan
Deborah Muir (ed.)
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2010), 25 pp.
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The Anthropology of News & Journalism: Global Perspectives

S. Elizabeth Bird (ed.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), viii, 328 pp.
"The Anthropology of News and Journalism is the first book to explore the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective—as a form of cultural meaning-making in its creation, content, and dissemination. Anthropology's global, comparative perspective and eth ... more
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On Air: A Comparative Study of Four Community Radio Stations in India

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik, Vasuki Belavadi
Hyderabad; New Delhi: University of Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication; UNESCO (2010), 31 pp.
"The broad purpose of this study undertaken between March and June 2010 was to document the working of two rural community radio (CR) stations (owned and managed by community-based organizations) and two campus-based CR stations that have completed at least one year of broadcasting. We examined the ... more
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Theological Perspectives in Social Communication

George Plathottam
New Delhi; Mumbai: Don Bosco Communications (2010), 290 pp.
"This textbook is a wide-ranging introduction to the theology of communication, written by the executive secretary of the Social Communications Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). The primary aim is to help develop the capacity to understand social communication from the p ... more
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Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution
Deep Insights

Richard Keeble, John Tulloch, Florian Zollmann (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2010), xi, 373 pp.
"Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution draws together the work of over twenty leading international writers, journalists, theorists and campaigners in the field of peace journalism. Mainstream media tend to promote the interests of the military and governments in their coverage of warfare. T ... more
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Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

Diana Dimitrova (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiv, 226 pp.
"This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia." (Publisher description)
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Mass Communication in India

Keval J. Kumar
Mumbai: Jaico Publishing House, 4th completely revised and updated ed. (2010), xviii, 609 pp.
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Religion Macht Frieden: Das Friedenspotenzial von Religionen in politischen Gewaltkonflikten
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Markus A. Weingardt
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 480 pp.
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International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World

Angela Romano (ed.)
New York: Routledge (2010), ix, 251 pp.
"This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across t ... more
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McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India

Jonathan D. James
New Delhi: Sage (2010), xxvii, 232 pp.
"This book looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people. The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India, in a new historical, cultur ... more
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Media in Balochistan: Blighted, But a Brave New World Beckons

Aurangzaib Khan
Islamabad: Intermedia (2010), 94 pp.
"Media in Balochistan - the largest of Pakistan's four province in land mass - in general and provincial capital Quetta in particular has visibly expanded since 2000 in a trend that largely reflects the shifting media landscape in the rest of Pakistan. With the doors thrown open to private ownership ... more
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Communication for Empowerment: Global Report

Elizabeth McCall, Birgitte Jallov
Oslo; South Orange, New Jers.: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre; Communication for Social Change Consortium (2010), 52 pp.
"The 52-page report summarised here is the result of the three-year partnership between UNDP Oslo Governance Centre and the Communication for Social Change Consortium in piloting the C4E approach in five least-developed countries: Mozambique, Madagascar, Ghana, Lao PDR, and Nepal. The report present ... more
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New Media in Pakistan

Yasir Husain
Karachi: Mauj Media Collective; culture360.org (2010), 43 pp.
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Do Informed Voters Make Better Choices? Experimental Evidence from Urban India

Abhijit V. Banerjee, Selvan Kumar, Rohini Pande, Felix Su
[authors] (2010), 20 pp.
"Disclosure laws for politicians exist in over a hundred countries. But can disclosures about politician performance and qualifications influence electoral accountability in settings characterized by weak institutions and less educated populations? In the run-up to elections in Delhi we implemented ... more
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
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The War in Afghanistan and Peace Journalism in Practice

Rune Ottosen
Media, War & Conflict, volume 3, issue 3 (2010), pp. 261-278
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Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture

Surabhi Mittal, Sanjay Gandhi, Gaurav Tripathi
New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (2010), 46 pp.
"The study found evidence that mobiles are being used in ways which contribute to productivity enhancement. However, to leverage the full potential of information dissemination enabled by mobile telephony will require significant improvements in supporting infrastructure and capacity building amongs ... more
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Guidelines for the Production of Radio Programmes on Disaster Risk Management

Ram Chandra Neupane
Kathmandu: Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB) (2010), 19 pp.
"There are various risks at the local level. On one hand, Nepal lies on a seismically active zone and has a fragile geological structure and, on the other hand, proper policies, government access to rural and remote places, and public awareness and knowledge are lacking. There is an urgent need for ... more
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Pakistan

Bernhard Chiari, Conrad Schetter (eds.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2010), 276 pp.
"Al Qaida, Taliban, Kaschmir, Atombombe: Mit diesen Begriffen wird Pakistan meist in der medialen Berichterstattung bedacht, was der komplexen Situation im Land keinesfalls gerecht wird. In Pakistan überlagern sich ethnische, religiöse und soziale Konflikte, die auch das schwierige Verhältnis zu ... more