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Radio Namaskar: Catalyst of Change in Orissa

Daniela Bandelli

Media Development, volume 59, issue 1 (2012), pp. 48-51

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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.

"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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Rolle der Medien

Ömer Erzeren

In: Länderbericht Türkei

Udo Steinbach (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 169-181

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Internet Enemies Report 2012

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 72 pp.

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Bollywood en Perú: Culturas populares y globalización de las emociones

Martin León Geyer

Nueva Sociedad, issue 241 (2012), pp. 133-148

"En las décadas de 1970 y 1980 varias salas limeñas se llenaban de familias que iban a ver las largas y melodramáticas producciones de cine que llegaban desde la India. Hoy esas salas ya no existen, pero eso no impide que la incidencia del cine indio se haya mantenido –dvd piratas mediante– n ... more

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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)

Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.

"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more

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Nepalma Bikas Sancharbare Sandharbhasuchi = Bibliography of Development Communication in Nepal

Harsha Man Maharjan

[author] (2012), 26 pp.

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Social Dynamics 2.0: Researching Change in Times of Media Convergence: Case Studies from the Middle East and Asia

Nadja-Christina Schneider, Bettina Gräf (eds.)

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2011), 166 pp.

"Mediated forms of communication increasingly influence the social relations and different spheres of life in the regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and in the Arab-speaking region. In order to understand the profound social and political changes that go hand in hand with these medialisation proc ... more

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Professional journalism and self-regulation: New media, old dilemmas in South East Europe and Turkey

Paris: UNESCO (2011), 147 pp.

"The chapters that follow provide an important insight into the evolution, current status and challenges to the effective implementation of media self-regulation systems in South East Europe and Turkey. Obstacles identified, which are likely to resonate in transitional democracies and other settings ... more

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Training of Trainers' Companion Workbook on Gender and Security for the Media and Civil Society in Nepal

Kathmandu; London: IHRICON;Saferworld (2011), 94 pp.

"This companion workbook is designed for use in tandem with the Saferworld/IHRICON Training of trainers’ manual on gender and security for the media and civil society in Nepal. It contains tools, hand-outs, briefing information sheets, selected reading materials for exercises, daily learning diari ... more

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Poverty Reduction with Strategic Communication: Moving from Awareness Raising to Sustained Citizen Participation

Masud Mozammel (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2011), x, 92 pp.

"This publication updates a 2005 review of communication in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). It includes four country case studies (Ghana, Tanzania, Moldova, and Nepal) and a regional analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean. It explores how the use of strategic communication has expanded beyo ... more

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All Together Now: Oral Testimony, Theatre, Media, Debate. How One Community’s Concerns Reached a National Audience

Siobhan Warrington, Sahar Ali, Olivia Bennett

London: Panos London (2011), 16 pp.

"This case study demonstrates Panos’s integrated approach to communication for development: combining first person testimony, relationship-building, inclusive dialogue and working with the mainstream media so that the voices of people most affected by development issues contribute to national-leve ... more

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New Social Media and Conflict in Kyrgyzstan

Neil Melvin, Tolkun Umaraliev

Solna: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (2011), 22 pp.

"During 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced two periods of conflict that took the country to the brink of civil war: the overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in April and the ethnic violence in the south of the country in June. The use of blogs and social network sites as well as mobile and multimedia p ... more

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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Bhutan

Ministry of Economic Affairs Royal Government of Bhutan

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2011), 62 pp.

"Based on the study estimates, the total contribution of CBIs to the Bhutanese economy in 2008 was 5.5% of GDP or Nu.3,009 million; 10.1% of total employment or 25,215 persons; 4.0% of total exports or Nu. 912.4 million; 6.9% of total imports or Nu.1,604.8 million. The contribution of CBIs to GDP wa ... more

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Communicating Democracy - Democratizing Communication. Media in Turkey: Legislation, Policies, Actors

Esra Elmas, Dilek Kurban

Istanbul: Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfi / Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (2011), 68 pp.

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Financially Viable Media in Emerging and Developing Markets
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Anne Nelson (ed.)

Paris: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA);African Media Initiative (AMI) (2011), 118 pp.

"This report investigates the relationships between media freedoms, financial sustainability of media in emerging markets, and international media support. It is based on a survey of more than 220 newspapers and media executives in more than sixty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, ... more

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Communication for Development: Strengthening the Effectiveness of the United Nations
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Elizabeth McCall

New York: UNDP, Bureau for Development Policy (2011), ix, 127 pp.

This publication outlines four communication approaches used by United Nations organizations: (i) behaviour change communication; (ii) communication for social change; (iii) communication for advocacy; and (iv) strengthening an enabling media and communications environment. The second part provides ... more

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Media Sustainability Index 2011: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xxiii, 321 pp.

"With three notable exceptions—Belarus, Russia, and Uzbekistan—the media sector in the countries included in the first edition of the MSI in 2001 have over time either improved overall or stayed more or less the same. But, a review of overall MSI scores is just one way to use the MSI to see how ... more

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Peace Journalism: Giving Power to the People

Media Development, volume 58, issue 2 (2011), pp. 3-35

"Peace journalism finds its place in newspapers and magazines, on radio and television, in film and documentaries, in digital media and mainstream cultural events such as public exhibitions and debates. There are also transnational online communities like Avaaz.org, which is dedicated to organizing ... more

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Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools

Cormac Callanan, Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner, Alberto Escudero-Pascual, Robert Guerra

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2011), 75 pp.

"Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online. Circumvention tools are primarily designed to bypass internet f ... more

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Financially Viable Media in Emerging and Developing Markets
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Communication for Development: Strengthening the Effectiveness of the United Nations
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