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Postcolonial Piracy: Media Distribution and Cultural Production in the Global South

Lars Eckstein, Anja Schwarz (eds.)

London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), ix, 300 pp.

"Across the global South, new media technologies have brought about new forms of cultural production, distribution and reception. The spread of cassette recorders in the 1970s; the introduction of analogue and digital video formats in the 80s and 90s; the pervasive availability of recycled computer ... more

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Nexus Between State, Civil Society and Media: Innovative Projects

Tim Auracher, Katharina Kammerer, Sonja Taylor

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ);Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 6 pp.

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Ignorance is Bliss! Internet Usage and Perceptions of Corruption in a Panel of Developing Countries

Alberto Posso, Meg Elkins

International Journal of Communication, volume 8 (2014), pp. 2561-2577

"In a world of open-ended access to social media, the ability of governments to control information is slipping away. It is plausible in countries with limited Internet access for citizens to remain ignorant of the true amount of corruption. We built a cross-country panel of 124 developing nations t ... more

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Phoning it in: Theory in Mobile Media and Communication in Developing Countries

Katy E. Pearce

Mobile Media & Communication, volume 1, issue 1 (2014), pp. 76-82

"As 75 percent of the world’s mobile subscriptions are in developing countries, studies of use patterns are essential to broader understanding. However, scholars should engage with existing theory and literature in order to operate within a framework and expand readership. Rigorous and ethical res ... more

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The Global News Challenge: Market Strategies of International Broadcasting Organizations in Developing Countries

Anne Geniets

New York; London: Routledge (2013), xv, 188 pp.

"This book employs a global perspective to explore the subject across the whole population and different media platforms in select developing markets of Africa and South Asia. It is unique in providing a theoretical framework by which to analyze demand and usage of and trust in news from internation ... more

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Wireless Networking in the Developing World

Jane Butler (ed.)

[authors], 3rd ed. (2013), 495 pp.

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Die Dritte Welt im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Unterrichtsmaterialien zu einem vergessenen Kapitel der Geschichte

Birgit Morgenrath, Karl Rössel et al.

Köln: Recherche International, 2nd, corrected and enlarged ed. (2012), 232 pp.

"Millionen Soldaten aus Afrika, Asien und Ozeanien haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg gekämpft, um die Welt vom deutschen und italienischen Faschismus sowie vom japanischen Großmachtwahn zu befreien. Allein Indien stellte 2,5 Millionen Kolonialsoldaten und China hatte mehr Opfer zu beklagen als Deutschlan ... d, Italien und Japan zusammen. Sowohl die faschistischen Achsenmächte als auch die Alliierten rekrutierten in ihren Kolonien Hilfstruppen und Hilfsarbeiter oftmals mit Gewalt. Japanische Militärs verschleppten zudem Hunderttausende Frauen aus Asien und von pazifischen Inseln in ihre Frontbordelle. Rekruten aus den Kolonien, ob Freiwillige oder Zwangsverpflichtete, mussten sich mit weniger Sold, schlechteren Unterkünften und geringeren Kriegsrenten als ihre «weißen Kameraden» zufrieden geben. Weite Teile der Dritten Welt – von Nordafrika über den Nahen Osten und Indien bis nach Südostasien und Ozeanien – dienten auch als Schlachtfelder und blieben nach Kriegsende verwüstet und vermint zurück. Bei der Befreiung der philippinischen Hauptstadt Manila von den japanischen Besatzern starben mehr Zivilisten als in Berlin, Dresden oder Köln. Die Kolonien der kriegführenden Mächte mussten zudem Nahrungs mittel für die kämpfenden Truppen und Rohstoffe für die Rüstungsproduktion liefern. Oft hungerte deshalb die einheimische Bevölkerung. Auch das NS-Regime bezog kriegswichtiges Material aus den Kolonien in Afrika und Indochina, die unter der Kontrolle der französischen Kollaborationsregierung in Vichy standen. Die Nazis wollten nach der Unterwerfung Osteuropas zudem ein Kolonialreich in Zentralafrika erobern und über Nordafrika in den Nahen Osten vor - stoßen. Auch Hunderttausende Juden in dieser Region mussten deshalb um ihr Leben fürchten. 1942 landete ein SS-Kommando in Tunesien, das die Juden in Palästina vernichten sollte. Noch im chinesischen Schanghai sahen sich Zehntausende jüdische Flüchtlinge von Gestapo-Verfolgern bedroht. In der Dritten Welt gab es allerdings nicht nur Opfer, sondern auch Kollaborateure der faschistischen Achsenmächte, die im Krieg an deren Seite kämpften – von Nordafrika und Palästina über den Irak und Indien bis nach Thailand und Indonesien. Die Unterrichtsmaterialien enthalten Hintergrundtexte, historische Quellen und Berichte von Zeitzeugen zu diesen und weiteren Folgen des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Afrika, Asien und Ozeanien. Fotogalerien, Zeittafeln, Karten und persönliche Erinnerungen von Kriegsteilnehmern erleichtern den Einstieg ins Thema. Im Anhang werden Vorschläge zur Unterrichtsgestaltung gemacht und weiterführende Themen erläutert (wie z.B. Kolonialgeschichte, Rassismus, Frauen im Krieg und Judenverfolgung außerhalb Europas). Die (Wander-) Ausstellung und die Internetseite zum Thema (www.3www2.de) werden vorgestellt sowie empfehlenswerte Bücher, Filme und Radiosendungen. Die Materialien sind nicht nur im Geschichtsunterricht verwendbar, sondern auch in Fächern wie Politik, Sozialkunde, Philosophie, Ethik, Geographie und Religion." (Buchrücken) more

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Citizen Access to Information: Emerging Trends from the Developing World

Samia Khatun, Klara Debeljak, Gerry Power

intermedia, volume 39, issue 1 (2011), pp. 18-23

"Our approach is based on an understanding of access to information as a composite measure of access to source/s or platform, exposure, evaluation, content and self-reported differences in citizens’ reporting of the impact of their use of Information, Communication and Media (ICM) resources (Power ... more

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Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action

Sina Odugbemi, Taeku Lee (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xxv, 507 pp.

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Dial “A” for Agriculture: A Review of Information and Communication Technologies for Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries

Jenny C. Aker

Washington, DC: Center for Global Development (2011), 36 pp.

"This article outlines the potential mechanisms through which ICT could facilitate agricultural adoption and the provision of extension services in developing countries. It then reviews existing programs using ICT for agriculture, categorized by the mechanism (voice, text, internet and mobile money ... more

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IT Sector Promotion in Developing and Emerging Countries: Manual

Lucas von Zallinger et al.

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Sector Project Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) (2011), 123 pp.

"The manual and the toolbox seek to address the following question: how to maximise the contribution of the IT industry in developing and emerging countries towards sustainable economic development and poverty reduction? In order to achieve this, the Manual analyses the obstacles impeding the compet ... more

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Matching the Market and the Model: The Business of Independent News Media

Michelle J. Foster

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 34 pp.

"According to this paper, many media businesses lack management skills and experience in developing effective business models. "Compounding this is a lack of media development assistance targeted to media managers, the expansion of economic constraints on media businesses, and a lack of access to in ... more

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On Media Monitoring: The Media and Their Contribution to Democracy

Josef Trappel, Werner A. Meier (eds.)

New York; Bern et al.: Peter Lang (2011), xii, 306 pp.

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News on the Go: How Mobile Devices Are Changing the World’s Information Ecosystem

Dale Peskin

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 26 pp.

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Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union

Germann Avocaats

Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies (2010), 103 pp.

"This study provides a summary of the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of 2005. Focusing on fields in which the EU is expected to provide leadership or coordination, it is intended to provide ideas and long-term ... more

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Unveiling the Links Between ICTs and Climate Change in Developing Countries: A Scoping Study

Angelica Valeria Ospina, Richard Heeks

Manchester: Centre for Development Informatics, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 59 pp.

"The main structure of the document consists of four parts. The first provides the reader with the 'big picture' of ICTs and climate change, based on a review of existing literature and identification of the main phases that have characterized the debate to date (Figure 1). Based on the above, the a ... more

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Capacity Development for Water and Environmental Journalists

Reza Ardakanian, José Luis Martin-Bordes, Douglas Williamson

Bonn: UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) (2010), 54 pp.

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Working Towards a Deeper Understanding of Digital Safety for Children and Young People in Developing Nations

Urs Gasser, Colin Maclay, John Palfrey

Cambridge, Mass.: Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (2010), 32 pp.

"While the safety of children and young people in digital spaces has become an important issue of qualitative as well as quantitative research in the developed world and has led to a significant body of knowledge, the research efforts in the developing nations, with few exceptions, are still relativ ... more

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GenARDIS 2002 - 2010: Small Grants That Made Big Changes for Women in Agriculture

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2010), 45 pp.

"The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) small grants fund was initiated in 2002 to support work on gender-related issues in information and communications technologies for the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions. GenARDIS recognises the constraints and ... more

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The Digital World of Young Children: Impact on Emergency Literacy

Jay Blanchard, Terry Moore

Pearson Foundation (2010), 35 pp.

"This white paper takes a first look at the everyday world of digital tools and media in the lives of three- to five-year-old children, with a particular focus on non-intentional learning opportunities in developing and least-developed nations. It begins a discussion about how digital media learning ... more