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Comic Art in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America Through 2000: An International Bibliography

John A. Lent

Westport, Conn.: Praeger (2004), xxii, 698 pp.

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The Asia Media Directory: A Handbook for Media Practitioners in the Region Interested in Establishing a Contact Network

Werner vom Busch (ed.)

Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (2004), 220 pp.

"The importance of communication in the information age cannot be overstated. Nor can the fact that in this enterprise, journalists and media owners play a pivotal role. For this reason, a directory which takes stock of the status of print and broadcast media in each Asian country and lists all the ... more

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Radio Palung: First Baseline Survey on Need Assessment and Situation Analysis Prior to the Establishment of Radio Palung

Khagendra Prasai, Devraj Roka, Raghu Mainali

Kathmandu: Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2004), 105 pp.

"The specific objectives of the study were to: find out the source, means and condition of information; obtain some information on the condition of education; find out condition and practices related to caste and ethnicity; obtain some information on people's belief in tradition and superstition; ob ... more

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The Challenge of Indigenous Education: Practice and Perspectives

Linda King, Sabine Schielmann (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO (2004), 283 pp.

"Traditional indigenous education and its structures should be respected and supported. Our knowledge has not been written down by us – on the contrary: we dance it, we draw it, we narrate it, we sing it, we practise it. There is a need for a deeper understanding of what knowledge and learning are ... more

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Beyond Borders: Research for International Broadcasting 2003

Oliver Zöllner (ed.)

Bonn: Conferende of International Broadcasters' Audience Research Services (CIBAR) (2004), 168 pp.

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First baseline survey on need assessment and situation analysis prior to the establishment of Radio Karnali

Khagendra Prasai, Devraj Roka, Raghu Mainali

Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2004), 105 pp.

"It has been found that overwhelming respondents from various social groups and occupation rely on "people" for local information. The Katuwali still constitutes a means of information for a sizeable portion of population. For national and international news, radio and television are among the major ... more

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Who Owns the Media: Global Trends and Local Resistances

Pradip N. Thomas, Nain Zaharom (eds.)

Penang: Southbound (2004), 330 pp.

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Research: ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction

Don Slater, Jo Tacchi

New Delhi: UNESCO (2004), 91 pp.

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Women and Media: International Perspectives

Karen Ross, Carolyn M. Byerly (eds.)

Malden; Oxford: Blackwell (2004), x, 219 pp.

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FABC Social Communication Handbook

Anthony G. Roman (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications (2004), 154 pp.

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Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research and Practice
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Arvind Singhal, Michael J. Cody, Everett M. Rogers, Miguel Sabido (eds.)

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2004), xxii, 458 pp.

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Asian Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship

Steven Gan, James Gomez, Uwe Johannen (eds.)

Bangkok; Hong Kong: Friedrich Naumann Foundation;University of Hong Kong (2004), 644 pp.

"This book aims to record political activism on the Internet and "take stock of some of the successes and failures of cyberactivists as they try to beat the various censorship regimes in Asia." The sections of this 664-page book comprise of 'Political Frameworks & New Technology', 'Regulations and C ... more

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International Communications: A Media Literacy Approach

Art Silverblatt, Nikolai Zlobin

Amonk, London: Sharpe (2004), xv, 295 pp.

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War, Media, and Propaganda: A Global Perspective

Yahya R. Kamalipour, Nancy Snow (eds.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2004), 261 pp.

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Print Media Coverage on Children's Issues

Saurav Kiran Shrestha

Lalitpur (NP): Hatemalo Sanchar (2003), 44 pp.

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The Wireless Internet Opportunity for Developing Countries

Boston: Wireless internet Institute (w2i);World Times (2003), xvi, 127 pp.

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Participatory Video: Images That Transform and Empower

Shirley A. White (ed.)

New Delhi: Sage (2003), 412 pp.

"This book examines the importance of participatory video as a catalyst for development. It shows how powerful video images have been used to promote changes in attitudes and social behaviour, helping communities identify development solutions that are within their reach. Video has been used to reac ... more

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Babel to Babri Masjid and Beyond: Pastoral Communication and Media Involvement in the Indian Catholic Church

Jacob Srampickal, Leela Joseph

Delhi: Media House (2003), 271 pp.

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Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience - Theory
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Rome: FAO (2003), ix, 98 pp.

"This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practise. It is not, however, a book of theory nor is it an argument for ... more

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Media Assistance Post the Taliban Regime and the Implications for Transforming the Afghan Social System

Noah W. Miller

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master Thesis (2003), iii, 45 pp.

"In the case of media assistance in Afghanistan, financial and organizational resources originate almost exclusively from Western donors and INGOs, which largely bypass the Afghan Government. Organizations within the funding chain thus hold a functional form of power arising from the deployment of a ... llocative resources and it enables them to attempt an instigation of social change in Afghanistan. According to the notion of power associated with Talcott Parson, a functional form of power requires coordination and collaboration in order to achieve collective goals within a political process. However, conflicts may arise in Afghanistan if collective goals diverge among the various foreign and domestic participants involved in altering the media space. This could occur if the various participants do not envision the outcome of media assistance objectives as a zero-sum game. Additionally, Giddens asserts that Parson underestimates the contestation of the norms necessary to pursue collective goals in the first place. Even though the Afghan Government and international donors purportedly agree on the installation of a democracy with a free and independent media, they still need to overcome resistance from existing power holders or entrenched structural properties impeding such a development. In the context of Afghanistan, it is very conceivable that media assistance could prompt intentional or even unintentional consequences caused by social actors discontent with the normative values and goals promulgated by media assistance. Such unintentional conditions may render the desired outcomes of media assistance providers impossible and undermine the desired social transformation. It is erroneous, though, to apply a positivist view that judges the success or failure of media assistance according to the outcome of the flux between structure and interaction alluded to in chapter four. In fact, such a view would be contrary to the propositions of structuration theory that imply a lack of definable boundaries in which structure and interaction intermingles. Equally wrong is to evaluate the media assistance effort by funding amounts contributed by donors, even though financial resources are a pre-requisite for rebuilding the media infrastructure. Instead, media assistance can be conceived as a form of empowerment that imbues a target society with a collective consciousness concerning its ability to alter structural properties, which represent forms of power and domination according to Giddens. The success of media assistance therefore is to produce a collective awareness that individuals can influence the structural properties of a social system, regardless of the direction of change emanating from the mediation of structure and action. The process of change requires not only the acquisition of functional power through allocative resources, but also the acquisition of transformative power by means of controlling authoritative resources, which are involved in the coordination of a social system. Afghans need to control the actors or institutions that selectively filter information in order to reflexively “regulate the overall conditions of system reproduction either to keep things as they are or to change them” (Giddens, 1984, page 27). Yet, it remains unresolved to what extent media assistance has provided Afghans with transformative power and whether or not it allows them to influence the underlying forces that mediate the structural properties in society." (Conclusions, page 39-40) more

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Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience - Theory Inspiring Practice Key Guidance

Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research and Practice
Top Insights

Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience - Theory
Inspiring Practice

Key Guidance