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Information Literacy Competency and Readership Study of Five Specific Localities in the Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban Areas of Kolkata Metropolitan City

Chaitali Dutta

New Dehli: UNESCO (2008), 62 pp.

"The objectives of this field survey are as follows: to attempt a critical study of the readership of people from different social strata of five specific localities of Kolkata Metropolitan City; to attempt a study of the influence and to measure the encroachment of different media on people’s rea ... more

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Jugend, Medien und Migration: Empirische Ergebnisse und Perspektiven

Heinz Bonfadelli, Priska Bucher, Christa Hanetseder, Thomas Hermann, Mustafa Ideli, Heinz Moser

Wiesbaden: Springer VS, Online-Ausg. (2008), 269 pp.

"Man hat Arbeitskräfte gerufen, und es kamen Menschen. Sie fressen den Wohlstand nicht auf, im Gegenteil, sie sind 1 für den Wohlstand unerlässlich." Max Frisch Die modernen Massenmedien besitzen in unserem Alltag einen wichtigen Stellenwert und tragen bei Erwachsenen, aber gerade auch bei Heranw ... more

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Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India

Pradip Thomas

New Dehli: Sage (2008), xvii, 207 pp.

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New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Vanderwerff

Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.

"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine ... more

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Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives

Indrajit Banerjee, Madanmohan Rao (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.

"This book brings together some of the most outstanding and novel papers on media and development presented at the AMIC Annual Conferences in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004. It features over a dozen contributions from around the region, providing a wealth of fresh case studies as well as breaking ne ... more

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Media and Conflict Reporting in Asia
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Shyam Tekwani (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 203 pp.

"The thirteen significant case studies presented here examine the challenges faced by media practitioners reporting on conflicts across the diverse media ecologies of Asia. Significant themes covered include: how media culture affects the way conflict is covered, including aspects such as resource l ... more

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Free Markets Free Media? Reflections on the Political Economy of the Press in Asia

Cherian George (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU);Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2008), 164 pp.

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Media Democracy

Sajjad Malik

Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) (2008), 18 pp.

"Media democracy is a concept as well as an advocacy movement aiming at making the mainstream media more plural, and reflective of a broad set of ideas and opinions than churning out and propagating just routine socio-politico-economic news stories and articles in the name of news, information and e ... more

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Reporting the Sri Lankan Conflict: Ethnic, Separatist or a Fight for Freedom

Chandrika De Alwis

Media Asia, volume 34, issue 2 (2007), pp. 88-95

"A study by De Alwis (2006) on the reporting of the Sri Lanka conflict under censorship, made comparisons to Western theories and models. The findings disclose the unique techniques used by the local press to circumvent media regulations. Censorship lacks the ability to tighten its hold on the local ... more

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Development On-Air: Women's Radio Production in Afghanistan

Sarah Kamal

Gender & Development, volume 15, issue 3 (2007), pp. 399-411

"This case study investigates the launch of a women’s radio station in Herat, Afghanistan, in October 2003. It follows four women journalists’ struggles in balancing the demands of a highly conservative culture on the one hand, and the objectives of their Canadian journalism trainers on the othe ... more

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21st Century Journalism in India

Nalini Rajan

New Delhi: Sage (2007), 324 pp.

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Community Media: Local is Focal

Nitin Paranjape

Community Development Journal, volume 42, issue 4 (2007), pp. 459-469

"Given the limited nature of global media with its emphasis on ‘infotainment’ driven by commerce, it has very little role in community development. We see the alarming and growing impact of the global media on the socio-cultural life of different communities in India. The rampaging growth of cen ... more

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The Indian Media: Illusion, Delusion and Reality. Essays in Honour of Prem Bhatia

Asha Rani Mathur (ed.)

Prem Bhatia (honoured person)

New Delhi: Rupa (2007), xv, 320 pp.

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Allah & Eva: Frauen in Pakistan

Betsy Udink

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2007), 233 pp.

"Islamische Gesellschaften haben zwei Gesichter: Nach außen führen die Menschen ein freies und normales Leben. Aber unsichtbar, in den von den Vätern beherrschten Häusern, in den von religiösen Fanatikern kontrollierten Dörfern und in den Gefängnissen der staatlichen Geheimdienste, werden die ... more

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Statistics on Cultural Industries: Framework for the Elaboration of National Data Capacity Building Projects

Pernille Askerud, Richard Engelhardt (eds.)

Bangkok: UNESCO (2007), 110 pp.

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An Evaluation Report on "Building ICT Opportunities for Development Communications" Project: A Part of the Building Communication Opportunities (BCO) Programme

Siddartha Shresta

Kathmandu: Panos South Asia (2007), 39 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2007: Focus on Participation

Karen Banks, Roberto Bissio, Willie Currie, Anriette Esterhuysen, Chat Garcia Ramilo (eds.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 215 pp.

"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter ... more

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