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Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development

Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)
Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO); Nordicom (2005), 493 pp.
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"All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech": American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan

David Rohde
[Cambridge, Mass.]: Joan Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2005), 35 pp.
"This paper will examine American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in Iraq was the largest attempt ever by the United States, or any country, to help create independent media in another nation. Run by the Pentagon, it was a near total failure in ... more
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Community-Based Networks and Innovative Technologies: New Models to Serve and Empower the Poor

Seán O'Siochrú, Bruce Girard
New York: UNDP (2005), 183 pp.
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Supporting the Democratic Voice Through Community Media Centres in South Asia

3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication, issue 1 (2005), pp. 25-36
"This paper considers the potential of community based information and communication technology (ICT) centres to support and promote the democratic voice. It does so through presenting comparative research findings from eight ICT centres in South Asia. The research uses a methodology that combines e ... more
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Practising Journalism: Values, Constraints, Implications

Nalini Rajan (ed.)
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks; London: Sage (2005), vi, 358 pp.
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Communication in Public Health Programs: The Leprosy Project in India

Supriya Mukherji, Meera Priyadarshi et al.
Washington, DC: World Bank (2005), x, 30 pp.
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Global Entertainment Media: Content, Audiences, Issues

Anne Cooper-Chen (ed.)
Mahwah, New Jers.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2005), xi, 267 pp.
"In this volume, experts discuss the content, audiences, and cultural and legal aspects of their respective countries, all of which are major TV markets. The country-specific chapters draw on the individual insights, expertise, and currency of 10 resident authors. Contributions represent every hemis ... more
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Tsunami Media Evaluation Report. Period: December 26th 2004 to March 26th 2005

UNICEF; Echo Research Inc. (2005), 29 pp.
"This media analysis report by global reputation analyst Echo Research reviews UNICEF’s communications following the Tsunami and the impact of communication on government policies and UNICEF programs in Sri Lanka and Indonesia (the Tsunami Zone). The analysis looks at UNICEF coverage related to th ... more
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Radiohörerclubs in Indien: Organisierte Medienrezeption im kulturellen Kontext

Elena Koch
Münster: Lit (2005), 256 pp.
"Was im westlichen Kulturkreis beinahe befremdlich wirkt, ist in Indien ganz geläufig: Begeisterte Radiohörer schließen sich zusammen und gründen Hörerclubs. Auch Auslandssender wie die Deutsche Welle sind ein beliebter Anlass, sich zu organisieren - mit regelmäßigen Clubtreffen, sozialen Pro ... more
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"Unsere Opfer zählen nicht": Die Dritte Welt im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Birgit Morgenrath, Karl Rössel (eds.)
Berlin; Hamburg: Assoziation A; Rheinisches JournalistInnenbüro; Recherche International (2005), 444 pp.
"Im Oktober 1935 marschierten italienische Truppen in Äthiopien ein, um das afrikanische Land brutal zu unterwerfen; Ende 1937 begingen Soldaten des mit Deutschland verbündeten Japan ein Massaker im chinesischen Nanking. Diese imperialen Exzesse waren für viele Afrikaner und Asiaten mehr als nur ... more
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Community Empowerment Through Non-Formal Education: Experiences from Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan

Bangkok: UNESCO (2005), 34 pp.
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Coups, Kings and Censorship

Christopher Warren, Rosina Di Marzo (eds.)
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2005), 13 pp.
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Perspectives on Distance Education: Educational Media in Asia
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Usha V. Reddi, Sanjaya Mishra (eds.)
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2005), 206 pp.
"The book opens with a review of the key issues in using media for education. It then proceeds through five country studies, written by highly qualified and experienced policy-makers and practitioners of educational media. The country studies are followed by research reviews that synthesise the majo ... more
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World Disasters Report: Focus on Information in Disasters

Jonathan Walter (ed.)
Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2005), 251 pp.
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ICT and Literacy: Who Benefits? Experience from Zambia and India

Glen M. Farrell (ed.)
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2004), xx, 109 pp.
This report records the experience of literacy workers in India and Zambia who, with support and technical assistance from COL, used modern ICTs to design, create, develop and deliver literacy programmes in the rural parts of these two Commonwealth countries over a three-year period.
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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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Reporting War: Journalism in Wartime

Stuart Allan, Barbie Zelizer (eds.)
Abingdon: Routledge (2004), 374 pp.
"Reporting War explores the social responsibilities of the journalist during times of military conflict. News media treatments of international crises, especially the one underway in Iraq, are increasingly becoming the subject of public controversy, and discussion is urgently needed. Each of this bo ... more
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Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change

K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake
Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books, 2nd ed. (2004), xiv, 161 pp.
"This is a historical and cultural survey of Indian cinema written by a social scientist and a film historian. The reader is provided with the social, political, religious and cultural context of India over nine decades [...] it is low on theory and high on description." (European Journal of Communi ... more
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Civil Society and Right to Information: A Perspective on India's Experience

Pradeep Sharma
Oslo: UNDP (2004), 52 pp.
"Conceptually, there are three stages in the promotion of a right to information regime: pre-legislation stage; during drafting stage; and post-legislation stage. Civil society in India has played a role in all the three stages. Accordingly, this paper examines how civil society has 1. brought about ... more
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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.