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The Cinema of Small Nations

Mette Hjort, Duncan Petrie (eds.)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2007), vi, 250 pp.

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Commerce in Culture: States and Markets in the World Film Trade

Andrew J. Flibbert

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xv, 229 pp.

"Commerce in Culture is an innovative study of how states have responded to the globalization of the film sector. Concerned with more than film content or substance, the book exposes the ongoing political and economic struggles that shape cultural production and trade in the world. The historical fo ... more

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Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives

Juliet McCaffery, Juliet Merrifield, Juliet Millican

Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.

"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program ... more

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The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and Beyond

Rasha A. Abdulla

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2007), xxii, 175 pp.

"The internet in the Arab World: Egypt and beyond is the first book to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the status of the internet and its uses and effects in Egypt and the Arab world. Tackling the issue in a systematic, scientific manner, this book also examines Islamic online communic ... more

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(Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World

Mamoun Fandy

Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International (2007), 164 pp.

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MENA Region: Mobility for One Language, Diverse Cultures. The Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones in the Arab World

Thomas Schellen, Tarek El Zein (eds.)

MTC;ABQZawya (2006), 135 pp.

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Restructuring Radio Broadcasting in Arab Countries: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Egypt

Olfa Lamloum

Paris: Panos Paris (2006), 54 pp.

"The reorganisation of radio broadcasting in the five Arab countries we have looked at is a slow, unequal, up-and-down and unfinished process. It is unfinished in that some states (Egypt and Syria), still have not published the conditions for awarding broadcasting licenses, even though some independ ... ent stations have received authorisation. The beneficiary stations thus have no real legal status, but are private businesses broadcasting music, and refraining from broadcasting news. The stations seem to be of most benefit to businessmen close to the authorities, and are more a part of the process of State privatisation than media democratisation. There is a general lack of transparency, and very little information is available about these radio stations. Journalists know little about the shareholders, working conditions in the stations and how they are organised. The legal vacuum will no doubt eventually be filled in these two countries. But, for the time being, radio broadcasting in Egypt and Syria remains totally under the control of the authorities. Lebanon is a special case. By allowing radio and television stations to be privately owned, Lebanon has essentially brought an existing state of affairs within the law, since these independent stations did not wait for the 1996 law to be passed before going on the air. Nevertheless, the various attempts to prevent religious interests from controlling the media have so far failed, and the political stations are a direct mirror of the country’s religious polarities. Every political/religious party has its own radio station (and television channel), which it uses to support its political choices. And the only non-religious station, Sawt Al-Shab, is close to the Lebanese Communist Party. Despite their vulnerability, the Palestinian and Jordanian experiments are without doubt the most promising. The legal framework is restrictive, in these two countries, but the privatelyowned stations are pushing back the boundaries of news broadcasting, are helping to render the media more autonomous, and introducing a relative degree of democracy in the field of information. But these experiments remain dependent on the unstable political context and resulting legal restrictions. The new legislation is more favourable to entertainment stations and benefits businessmen close to the authorities, leaving little space for civil society radio projects to develop." (Conclusion, page 42) more

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Media Sustainability Index 2005: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2006), xix, 231 pp.

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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Die deutsche ITK-Wirtschaft

Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM);Auswärtiges Amt (2006), 498 pp.

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Exotische Typen: Buchdruck im Orient - Orient im Buchdruck

Meliné Pehlivanian, Siegfried Schmitt et al.

Berlin: Staatsbibliothek (2006), 215 pp.

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African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara
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Roy Armes

Edinburgh; Bloomington: Edinburgh University Press;Indiana University Press (2006), xv, 224 pp.

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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp.

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N ... RM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented. Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change. In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface) more

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Terrorismus: Der unerklärte Krieg

Bruce Hoffman

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 596 pp.

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Middle East Media Guide 2006

Ben Smalley (ed.)

Dubai: MediaSouce (2006), 380 pp.

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Cinémas engagés

Manière de Voir (Le Monde Diplomatique), issue 88 (2006), 98 pp.

"Un panorama du « cinéma engagé » sous deux de ses aspects : en première partie, onze auteurs examinent la façon dont le cinéma, dans différents pays et à différents moments de son histoire, aborde le plus chargé de tous les thèmes sociaux, celui de la guerre. La seconde partie entrepren ... more

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Citoyens et media: Guide pratique pour un dialogue entre citoyens et media

Jamal Eddine Naji

Rabat: UNESCO;Organisation Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme (OMDH) (2006), 115 pp.

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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors (eds.)

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.

"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film ... more

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The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics

Charles Hirschkind

New York: Columbia University Press (2006), xiii, 270 pp.

"An essential aspect of what is now called the Islamic Revival, the cassette sermon has become omnipresent in most Middle Eastern cities, punctuating the daily routines of many men and women. Hirschkind shows how sermon tapes have provided one of the means by which Islamic ethical traditions have be ... more

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A Developing Connection: Bridging the Policy Gap Between the Information Society and Sustainable Development

Terry Willard, Maja Andjelkovic (eds.)

Winnipeg, Manitoba: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (2005), 210 pp.

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False Freedom: Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa

Elijah Zarwan et al.

New York: Human Rights Watch (2005), 144 pp.

"This report examines Internet trends and policies in the Middle East and North Africa region as they affect freedom of expression, focusing particularly on Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Tunisia. Human Rights Watch selected these four countries for closer scrutiny as much for their differences as for thei ... more

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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management Inspiring Practice

African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara
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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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