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So This is Democracy? State of the Media in Southern Africa 1999

Raashied Galant, Jeanette Minnie, Zach Wales (eds.)

Windhoek: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 252 pp.

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Communicating Beyond AIDS Awareness: A Manual for South Africa
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Warren Parker, Lynn Dalrymple, Emma Durden

Auckland Park: Beyond Awareness Consortium, revised ed. (2000), 92 pp.

"This manual provides an overview of communications with a special emphasis on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. It is part of a broader effort to encourage deeper involvement in action around HIV/AIDS and to create effective, long-term solutions to the epidemic." (Preface)

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Die Bedeutung der Presse im Transitprozess Südafrikas

Petra Märlender

Hamburg: Institut für Afrikakunde (2000), xxii, 131 pp.

"Seit Anfang der 90er Jahre hat die Presse Südafrikas weitreichende Veränderungen durchgemacht. Thema des Buches ist, inwieweit die südafrikanische Presse an der Entwicklung zu einem demokratischen Wandel beteiligt war. Die Studie präsentiert ein Raster für die empirische Untersuchung der Press ... more

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Public Libraries in Africa: A Report and Annotated Bibliography

Aissa Isaak (comp.)

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2000), vi, 199 pp.

"The synthesis of literature quoted in the bibliography and the country reports portrays the public library movement in Africa as being very weak, with numerous problems regarding financial constraints, lack of human resources, outdated materials and poor use. The only sector of the African populati ... more

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Déontologie des médias: Institutions, pratiques et nouvelles approches dans le monde

Henri Pigeat, Jean Huteau

Paris: UNESCO (2000), 574 pp.

Radio Presence: A Collection of International Stories & Experiences

Angela Ann Zukowski, Pierre Bélanger (eds.)

Brussels: UNDA (2000), 255 pp.

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De-Westernizing Media Studies

James Curran, Myung-Jin Park (eds.)

London: Routledge (2000), 342 pp.

"De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?" (Publisher des ... more

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South Africa's Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation Under Apartheid

Les Switzer, Mohamed Adhikari (eds.)

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies (2000), 505 pp.

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African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition
Inspiring Practice

Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss (eds.)

Oxford: James Currey Publishers (2000), xvi, 256 pp.

"Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. This text examines African radio broadcast cultures." (Publisher de ... more

Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 2000/2001

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2000), 926 pp.

Children's Rights and the Media: A Resource for Journalists

Shareen Singh, Nisha Naidoo, Shereen Usdin

Soul City Institute (2000), 52 pp.

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Books for Schools: Improving Access to Supplementary Reading Materials in Africa

Diana Rosenberg (ed.)

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), xii, 200 pp.

"The aim of this study was to examine some of the models through which the school population in Africa gain access to supplementary reading material, and to reach some conclusions which methods work best, and in which circumstances, and to recommend strategies that are affordable and sustainable. Gi ... more

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Communication and Development: The Freirean Connection

Pradip N. Thomas, Michael Richards, Zaharom Nain (eds.)

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2000), xvi, 270 pp.

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Community Radio Manual
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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

Newlands: Open Society Foundation for South Africa (1999), 221 pp.

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Children and Media: Image, Education, Participation

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson (eds.)

Göteborg: UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (1999), 483 pp.

"This yearbook compiles research findings on children and youth and media violence from the perspective of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of this yearbook is on what is being done to combat gratuitous media violence. It presents information on media educ ... more

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Interactive Radio Instruction: Impact, Sustainability, and Future Directions

Alan Dock, John Helwig (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank;USAID, Advanced Basic Education and Literacy Project (1999), viii, 65 pp.

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Handbuch Afrika in drei Bänden. Bd.1: Zentralafrika, Südliches Afrika und die Staaten im Indischen Ozean

Walter Schicho

Frankfurt am Main; Wien: Brandes & Apsel;Südwind (1999), 351 pp.

Les médias en Afrique

André-Jean Tudesq

Paris: Ellipses (1999), 160 pp.

"André-Jean Tudesq présente ici la situation et les enjeux des médias en Afrique subsaharienne. Afin d'apporter les informations les plus fiables, l'auteur s'est documenté aux meilleures sources africaines, anglaises, portugaises et françaises. Tout en rappelant que l'importance des médias est ... more