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Communicating with Radio: What Do We Know? Findings from a Review of Selected Rural Radio Effectiveness Evaluations
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Linje Manyozo

Ottawa: Farm Radio International, African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 105 pp.

"This study reviews and analyses what has already been documented on the links between radio-based communication strategies and rural development outcomes, particularly with regards to smallholder farming and food security outcomes. The report explores best radio practices, including issues related ... more

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Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
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Shanthi Kalathil, John Langlois, Adam Kaplan

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2008), 105 pp.

"There is very little undestanding of the role that communicartion processes play in the numerous starnds of post-conflict reconstruction, including peacebuilding, governance, and long-term development. This paper addressess this gap by distilling lessons learned from the media and communication str ... more

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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, Alastair Carthew (eds.)

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 305 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2008: Focus on Access to Infrastructure

Alan Finlay (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos;Third World Institute (ITeM) (2008), 204 pp.

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Medien und Transformation in Südostasien: Fallstudien zu Indonesien, Thailand, Malaysia, Kamdoscha, Laos und Vietnam

Martin Ritter (ed.)

Erfurt: Thüringisch-Kambodschanische Gesellschaft (tkg) (2008), 291 pp.

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Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah's Publishing Industry

Jakarta; Bruxelles: International Crisis Group (2008), 22 pp.

"A handful of members and persons close to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Indonesia’s most prominent extremist organisation, have developed a profitable publishing consortium in and around the pesantren (religious school) founded by Abu Bakar Ba’asyir and Abdullah Sungkar in Solo, Central Java. The cons ... more

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Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs

Sheila Kinkade, Katrin Verclas

Washington, DC; Berkshire: United Nations Foundation;Vodaphone Group Foundation (2008), 59 pp.

"In this second publication in our Access to Communications Publication Series, the authors examine real-life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. The compelling stories por ... more

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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008: Reports on 31 Economies and 2 Sub-Regional Associations

Felix Librero, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)

New Dehli: Sage India;Orbicom;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), xv, 373 pp.

"This edition (2007/2008) continues the tradition of providing an analytical overview of the state of ICT4D in Asia Pacific. It covers 31 countries and economies, including North Korea for the first time. Each country chapter is an attempt to provide a relatively comprehensive coverage of the variou ... more

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Pursuing Just Peace: An Overview and Case Studies for Faith-Based Peacebuilders

Mark M. Rogers, Tom Bamat, Julie Ideh (eds.)

Baltimore: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2008), 158 pp.

"The volume begins with a general overview of faith-based peacebuilding by pastor and peace-practitioner David Steele. Several CRS staff members provided input on the early drafts [...] The case studies that follow all deal with initiatives involving Catholic actors. This is the tradition out of whi ... more

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Communication for Development and Social Change

Jan Servaes (ed.)

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2008), 428 pp.

"This book includes 17 articles on the current state of communication for development from renowned communication practitioners and scholars. It covers five areas: an introduction to the relationship between development, participation and communication; the theoretical underpinnings of development c ... more

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The Participatory Web: New Potentials of ICT in Rural Areas

Annemarie Matthess, Christian Kreutz (eds.)

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 42 pp.

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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making

Roumeen Islam (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.

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Performance Analyses of the Cooperation Between Swedish Radio and Radio Republic Indonesia 2000–2005

Madeleine Elmqvist, Lars Rylander, Lukas Luwarso

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2008), 30 pp.

"The main conclusion is that the cooperation project has been very relevant for Indonesia and for Swedish development cooperation with Indonesia. Despite being a small donor, the project is implemented in a strategic sector, both for Indonesia and with regard to Swedish development cooperation goals ... more

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Political Regimes and the Media in Asia

Krishna Sen, Terence Lee (eds.)

Hoboken: Routledge (2008), xiii, 233 pp.

"This book analyzes the relationship between political power and the media in a range of nation states in East and Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on the place of the media in authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes. It discusses the centrality of media in sustaining repressive regimes, ... more

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Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia

Youna Kim (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2008), 238 pp.

"This book explores people's everyday experience of the media in Asian countries in confrontation with huge social change and transition and the need to understand this phenomenon as it intersects with the media. It argues for the centrality of the media to Asian transformations in the era of global ... more

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The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Kirsten Drotner, Sonia Livingstone (eds.)

London et al.: Sage (2008), xxi, 537 pp.

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Television in Post-Reform China: Serial Dramas, Confucian Leadership and the Global Television Market

Ying Zhu

Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2008), xxii, 177 pp.

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The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a Health Communication Crisis

John H. Powers, Xiaosui Xiao (eds.)

Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company (2008), vi, 242 pp.

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Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice

Sina Odugbemi, Thomas Jacobson (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxi, 525 pp.

"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful ... more

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East Asian Screen Industries

Darrell William Davis, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh

London: British Film Institute (bfi) (2008), vi, 202 pp.

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Communicating with Radio: What Do We Know? Findings from a Review of Selected Rural Radio Effectiveness Evaluations
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Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
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