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Whose Voice? Participatory Research and Policy Change

Jeremy Holland, James Blackburn (eds.)

London: Intermediate Technology Publications (1998), ix, 254 pp.

"With the increasing use of PRA methods and practices by NGOs, governments and multinational agencies, the potential impact for poor people is phenomenal. The book demonstrates the far-reaching implications of such approaches for the development sector. It is presented in an easily readable three pa ... more

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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1998/1999

Hans-Bredow-Institut

Baden-Baden: Nomos (1998), 830 pp.

Teaching the Media: International Perspectives

Andrew Hart (ed.)

Mahwah, New Jers.; London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1998), xiii, 208 pp.

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The Globalization of News

Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Terhi Rantanen (eds.)

London: Sage (1998), 256 pp.

"This book overviews and reconsiders media organizations - the news agencies - which report and film the news for the press and broadcast media. Incorporating institutional, historical, political economic and cultural studies perspectives, the book: reviews agency provision of general news, video ne ... more

Buchlandschaften: Das BuchMarktBuch 2

Gerlinde Hinterhölzl, Johannes Seymann (eds.)

Wien: Buchkultur Verlagsgesellschaft (1998), 197 pp.

Media and Democracy in South Africa

Jane Duncan, Mandla Seleoane (eds.)

Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) (1998), 253 pp.

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African Theatre for Development: Art for Self-Determination

Kamal Salhi (ed.)

Bristol: intellect (1998), iv, 188 pp.

"This collection • reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries through changes in both influences and audiences; • shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical; • exam ... more

Mass Media Towards the Millenium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication
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Arnold S. De Beer (ed.)

Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik Academic, 2nd ed. (1998), viii, 530 pp.

"Although there are numerous publications on mass communication available, this one deals, in one volume, with all the basic elements and some of the major issues of mass communication pertaining to the new South Africa. This exceptional book gives the reader an extensive and comprehensive overview ... more

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Children and Media Violence: Yearbook 1998

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson (eds.)

Göteborg: UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (1998), 387 pp.

"This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1 ... more

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The South African Publishing Industry Report: Report to the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. Final Report, November 1998

Pretoria: Department of the Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST) (1998), 77 pp.

"A report commissioned by the South African government's Department (now Ministry) of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology to research South Africa's cultural industries and propose strategies for their growth and development. The term "cultural industries" is used here to describe a wide variety o ... more

Up in the Air? The State of Broadcasting in Southern Africa: Analysis and Trends in Six Countries

Aida Opoku-Mensah et al.

Lusaka; Harare: Panos Southern Africa;Weaver Press (1998), 143 pp.

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Global Media Economics: Commercialization, Concentration, and Integration of World Media Markets

Alan B. Albarran, Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted (eds.)

Ames: Iowa State University Press (1998), xiii, 362 pp.

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South Africa Books Aid Projects

Jeff Samuelson

Focus on International & Comparative Librarianship, volume 28, issue 2 (1997), pp. 92-95

"Outlines the objectives of the South Africa Books Aid Project (SABAP), a three year project funded by the Department for International Development and managed, at the UK end, by Book Aid International. The goal of SABAP is to support local initiatives to improve the quality of basic and adult educa ... more

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Media en democratisering in Zuidelijk Afrika

Berendien Bos, Ineke van Kessel, Petra Willemsteijn

Amsterdam: Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika (NiZa) (1997), 64 pp.

South Africa's Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and Resistance, 1880-1960

Les Switzer (ed.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1997), xv, 400 pp.

"This is the first full-length study of the protest-cum-resistance press and its role in the struggle for a democratic South Africa between the 1880s and 1960s. South Africa's alternative press played a crucial, but still largely undocumented, role in the making of modern South Africa. Projecting th ... more

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Identity & Popular Culture

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 11, issue 1-2 (1997), 182 pp.

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Mission Presses in Natal

B. M. Spencer

In: The Love of Books. Proceedings of the Seventh South African Conference of Bibliophiles Held at the South African Library, Cape Town, 8-10 May 1996

Pieter E. Westra; Leonie Twentyman Jones (eds.)

Cape Town: South African Library (1997), pp. 77-84

"A historical account of the development of mission presses in Natal and their prodigious output. Discusses the activities of the American Board of Mission presses, and those of the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran presses." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200 ... more