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Deutsch-türkische Medienbeziehungen (1999 bis 2009)

Seref Ates

Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann (2011), 134 pp.

"Die Medienbeziehungen zwischen der Türkei und Deutschland stehen alles andere als still. Vielmehr haben sie sich seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts drastisch verändert. Das Verhältnis der beiden Länder zueinander hat sich inzwischen derartig verdichtet, daß bei Medienberic ... more

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Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change
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Andrew Skuse, Marie Gillespie, Gerry Power (eds.)

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2011), xxiii, 324 pp.

"By assessing edutainment as a space of cultural translation, Drama for Development advances an often neglected perspective in this topics' research. It focuses on what happens when various goals, worldviews and needs from donors, producers and the audiences come together in the production and meani ... more

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Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey

Bill Sweeney (ed.)

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2011), 431 pp.

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New Questions, New Insights, New Approaches: Contributions to the Research Forum at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson, Catharina Bucht

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom (2011), 275 pp.

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Religious Media Content: A Cable TV Phenomenon

Gayatri Murthy

audiencescapes (2011), 7 pp.

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Media Piracy in Emerging Economies

Joe Karaganis (ed.)

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (2011), 425 pp.

"This publication is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in the developing world, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, the study tells two overarching stories: on ... more

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Korruption und Transparenz: Rechenschaft in ökumenischen Beziehungen

Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2011), 136 pp.

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Development Communication Programming of the Hindi Service of Radio Veritas Asia

Herman Bandod

Religion and Social Communication, volume 9, issue 1 (2011), pp. 51-77

"Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) is hailed as 'the Voice of Asian Christianity' and the Hindi Service has defined its vision and mission to proclaim human development based on Gospel values. Spiritual, social, economical, human and environmental messages are important for overall development of a person an ... more

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The Hierarchy of Global Suffering: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Television News Reporting on Foreign Natural Disasters

Stijn Joye

Journal of International Communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2011), pp. 45-61

"In 2007 nearly 17,000 people died because of natural disasters and more than 211 million others were directly affected. News media play a basic role in giving publicity to these numerous instances of global suffering as it is mainly through media reports that the world perceives international crise ... more

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Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends

Thomas L. McPhail

Malden; Oxford: Blackwell, 3rd ed. (2010), xiv, 400 pp.

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Theological Perspectives in Social Communication

George Plathottam

New Delhi; Mumbai: Don Bosco Communications (2010), 290 pp.

"This textbook is a wide-ranging introduction to the theology of communication, written by the executive secretary of the Social Communications Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). The primary aim is to help develop the capacity to understand social communication from the p ... more

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Asian Media Barometer: India 2009

Kuala Lumpur; New Delhi: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD);Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 82 pp.

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Indian Media in a Globalised World

Maya Ranganathan, Usha M. Rodrigues

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 275 pp.

"This book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalization, which has introduced what are termed as ‘foreign’ elements to Indian culture, and the opening of the floodgates for foreign media to enter the country. It discusses both theoretical co ... more

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Make it Theirs: The Imperative of Local Ownership in Communications and Media Initiatives
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Simon Haselock

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 17 pp.

"This report presents the author's experiences regarding the relation of international interventions and local institutions in the (post-)conflict countries of Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan. Haselock states that media reforms are most successful where they are the result of partnership ... more

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Media Development Assessment 2010

Thimphu (BT): Ministry of Information and Communications, Department of Information and Media;UNESCO;UNDP;International Media Support (IMS) (2010), xxi, 96 pp.

"The Media Development Assessment 2010 is an evaluation of the rapidly changing media climate in Bhutan. The study, based on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) media development indicators (MDIs), is the first of its kind to be conducted in the country. Thi ... more

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Minutes from the International Partnership Meeting

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2010), 40 pp.

"This report provides an overview of the discussions and conclusions from the International Partnership Meeting in New York on 26 January 2010 organised by the Open Society Institute and International Media Support. At the meeting, 30 media support and press freedom organisations from across the wor ... more

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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Sheldon Himelfarb, Cecilia Paradi-Guilford

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.

"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul ... more

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Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society

Enrico Ferro (ed.)

Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2010), xxxvi, 737 pp.

"The Handbook presents a comprehensive, integrative, and global view of what has been called the digital divide. Collecting an international collaboration of experts, this Handbook of Research offers policy makers, academicians, managers, and researchers a complete reference source to the interactio ... more

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McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India

Jonathan D. James

New Delhi: Sage (2010), xxvii, 232 pp.

"This book looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people. The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India, in a new historical, cultur ... more

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Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture

Surabhi Mittal, Sanjay Gandhi, Gaurav Tripathi

New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (2010), 46 pp.

"The study found evidence that mobiles are being used in ways which contribute to productivity enhancement. However, to leverage the full potential of information dissemination enabled by mobile telephony will require significant improvements in supporting infrastructure and capacity building amongs ... more

Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change Inspiring Practice

Make it Theirs: The Imperative of Local Ownership in Communications and Media Initiatives Top Insights

Drama for Development: Cultural Translation and Social Change
Inspiring Practice

Make it Theirs: The Imperative of Local Ownership in Communications and Media Initiatives
Top Insights