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Trust in international news media in partially free media environments: A case study of five markets in Africa and South Asia
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 92 pp.
"This report is focused on attitudes to trust in international media. It collates findings from 36 focus groups and 11 immersion interviews conducted in Nairobi (Kenya), Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Mumbai (India) and Lahore (Pakistan) in the summer and autumn of 2010 [...] The report explores th
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Auslandskorrespondenz im globalen Zeitalter: Herausforderungen der modernen TV-Auslandsberichterstattung
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2011), 347 pp.
"Im gegenwärtigen Globalisierungszeitalter betreffen Nachrichten aus dem Ausland die Bürger in Deutschland oftmals ebenso direkt oder indirekt, wie Nachrichten aus dem eigenen Land. Deshalb sollte der Auslandsberichterstattung in den öffentlich-rechtlichen Sendern ein hoher Stellenwert eingeräum
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Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.
"Is it conceivable that there may be an autonomous evolution of digital publications in developing countries, entirely independent of the richest nations? What support policies could be implemented to promote the growth of this new industry and accompany traditional actors in the process of adapting
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An Analysis of the Somali Media Environment
London: BBC World Service Trust (2011), 138 pp.
"In 2006 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST), funded by the UK Department for International Development, conducted research into media in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify priorities for future media development initiatives. A series of African Media Development Initiativ
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The new foreign correspondent at work: Local-national 'stringers' and the global news coverage of conflict in Darfur
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 36 pp.
"[...] Explores the role played by local-nationals in covering the crisis for global audiences and how these journalists differed from the traditional, Western-born foreign correspondents who worked alongside them. The research draws on two methods: in-depth, semi-structured interviews with foreign
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News Broadcasting on South African Community Radio: In Search of New Public Spheres
African Journalism Studies, volume 32, issue 3 (2011), pp. 61-79
"The South African community station movement, consisting now of around 100 such stations, situates itself explicitly in the international tradition of alternative, grassroots and (in some cases) radical media. The stations aspire - and are mandated to - cater for poor and marginalised communities,
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Researching, Monitoring and Evaluating Communication for Development: Trends, Challenges and Approaches
United Nations Inter-Agency Group on Communication for Development (2011), xvii, 136 pp.
"Elaborated on the basis of a literature review and consultations with 11 C4D focal points or monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialists from 7 UN agencies and a 15-member expert panel. Based on this research, the report details a number of principles for effective, appropriate, and sustainable res
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Notes on the public sphere on a national and post-national axis: Journalism and freedom of expression in Turkey
Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 2 (2010), pp. 177-197
"Since Turkey became a candidate for the European Union in 1999, democratic rights and freedom of expression have been key issues in discourses surrounding EU—Turkey relations. Discussions on these questions often centre on state censorship and legislative constraints. The role of the media themse
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Ghana: Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues. A Guide for International Development Community
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 54 pp.
"InterMedia conducted in-depth interviews with 15 senior Ghanaian policy actors, comprising mostly senior politicians and bureaucrats, as well as a few influential figures outside government. The interviews focused on how the policy actors gather, assess, share and disseminate information critical t
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"In Vorbereitung auf das Europäische Jahr gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung (EJ 2010) gab das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS) im Herbst 2009 das Forschungsvorhaben „zum Umgang der Medien mit Armut und sozialer Ausgrenzung“ in Auftrag. Der Abschlussbericht zu diesem Forschung
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Justifying Self-Censorship: A Perspective from Ethiopia
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 7, issue 2 (2010), pp. 98-121
"This study investigates self-Censorship practices in Ethiopian state media institutions. Through indepth interviews with 61 journalists, the study discloses extensive use of self-Censorship on the part of journalists who try to conform to the expected reporting style of the state media. The journal
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Writing Change: Affirmative Action as a Tool for Newspaper Transformation at the Durban Post
Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 4, issue 1 (2010), pp. 51-72
"This study explores the use of affirmative action as a tool for transformation in the mainstream English-language press in South Africa through a case study at The Durban Post. It seeks to understand the extent to which the newspaper has transformed its staff, coverage and readership in the eyes of
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Not really enough: Foreign donors and journalism training in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda
Journalism Practice, volume 4, issue 3 (2010), pp. 405-416
"The media in much of sub-Saharan Africa is severely constrained by several factors: lack of resources, government pressure, the influence of media ownership and the declining quality of secondary education and professional journalism education. In many countries, newspapers are unable to perform th
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Radios communautaires de Dakar: Communication pour le développement et extraversion
Montréal: Université Concordia, Master Thesis (2010), xii, 137 pp.
"Ayant comme source principale des entretiens effectués au cours de l’automne 2009, ce mémoire s’attelle à explorer la réalité des radios communautaires de Dakar, la capitale du Sénégal. Plus particulièrement, il s’agit d’interroger les relations qu’elles entretiennent avec leurs
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Afghan Media in 2010: Synthesis Report
Altai Consulting; USAID (2010), 178 pp.
"In 2004-2005, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Transition Initiatives commissioned Altai Consulting to conduct the first comprehensive media evaluation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, looking at the impact of the Afghan media on opinions and behav
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New Opportunities for Environmental and Climate Change Journalism in China
Copenhagen; London: International Media Support (IMS); Chinese Media Center (2010), 24 pp.
Kenya: Communicating with Policymakers About Development Issues. A Guide for International Development Community
Washington, DC: Intermedia (2010), 52 pp.
"InterMedia conducted in-depth interviews with senior Kenyan government officials and policy influencers outside government (collectively referred to in this report as policy actors), to find out how they gather, assess, share and disseminate information critical to development policy work. The aim
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Media System and News Selection in Namibia
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2010), 219 pp.
"This publication was created to serve two purposes: Firstly, it aims to provide a thorough review of the status quo of the Namibian media system. Secondly, it is the first study to apply the theory of the European-focused news value research tradition to Namibian media. Aside from literature and on
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Defining the Nation? Lebanese Television and Political Elites, 1990-2005
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2009), 346 + xxvi pp.
"Katharina Nötzold explores whether and how mass media can contribute to nation-building after civil war. Drawing on the example of Lebanon s audiovisual media organisations, which are mostly privately owned by politicians, she demonstrates how political elites use television to transmit their visi
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