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African Media Development Initiative: Sierra Leone. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 78 pp.
"The most relevant changes that occurred during the past five years in Sierra Leone are the results of democracy (free and fair elections in 2002) and establishing the Independent Media Commission Act (IMC) of 2000 to help deregulate the formation of new media outlets. The resilience of media practi
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African Media Development Initiative: Nigeria. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.
"Nine of the 15 interviewees said the most important change in the media sector in the last five years has been the mix of deregulation/liberalisation/privatisation. Four interviewees said the newly democratic environment has been the key change. All interviewees agreed that media development in the
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African Media Development Initiative: South Africa. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 116 pp.
"Overall, South Africa has a relatively vibrant and developing media environment. The 15 interviewees were involved in 37 media development initiatives between them. These development initiatives comprise the following: 12 training initiatives; nine advocacy initiatives; five research initiatives; t
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The Challenges and Prospects of Community Radio in Ethiopia: The Case of Harar Community Radio
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2006), vi, 107 pp.
"The purpose of the study is to determine the challenges and prospects of community radio in Ethiopia, taking Harar Community Radio (HCR) as a case study. This radio station is selected because it has already stopped broadcasting a few months ago. For the effectiveness of the research, efforts have
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African Media Development Initiative: Democratic Republic of Congo. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 84 pp.
"On the whole, interviewees report both a positive quantitative and qualitative change in terms of the number and content of media messages. Liberalisation and more stable political climate has facilitated the opening up of the telecommunications sector, and has led to a diversification of the media
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African Media Development Initiative: Angola. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 55 pp.
"Relevant changes in Angolan media were noticed in the press. Newspapers grew the most radios grew some, but TV did not grow at all. There are few new media development initiatives known in Angola. The greatest initiative, though still not in effect, is the new Media Law. The growth of the Sindicato
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African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 82 pp.
"The following changes have taken place over the past five years: media laws have been enacted; a legal framework is in place with the Press Law and Broadcast Law, and the creation of a favourable environment for media development; the Ethiopian Broadcast Authority has been established to issue lice
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African Media Development Initiative: Zimbabwe. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 82 pp.
"There are a number of media players in Zimbabwe, in the private and state media, NGOs and training institutions, who have a keen interest in the development of the media in Zimbabwe. The majority of interviewees see the enactment of Zimbabwe’s media laws as the key change that has taken place ove
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Whatever the Weather: Media Attitudes to Reporting Climate Change
London: Panos London (2006), 16 pp.
"The media play an important role in stimulating discussion in developing countries. Yet journalists asked by Panos say that the media have a poor understanding of the climate change debate and express little interest in it. Public discussion of the policies and issues involved is urgently needed. T
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African Media Development Initiative: Botswana. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 74 pp.
"There have been significant changes in the Botswanan media in the past five years. Some of the changes noted include the recent proliferation of newspapers and the partial freeing of the airwaves by the Botswanan government, which has led to the setting up of two new commercial radio stations. Ther
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African Media Development Initiative: Tanzania. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 63 pp.
"There has been significant growth in media outlets. In the new regime, the relationship between the media and the government has improved greatly. For the media in Tanzania to develop, resource allocation should be considered as a priority. There is a need to look at how much the government and don
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A Comparative Study on the Media Situation in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia
Deep Insights
Stockholm: Olof Palme International Center; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2005), 145 pp.
"Media support should have a long term approach (3-5 years); media support should be framed to capacity building related to media production supporting development of media management targeting mainly women; development of producer skills and screenwriting targeting women and young people; developme
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"'Informing Citizens: opportunities for media and communications in the Pacific' reports on the findings of a situation analysis and needs assessment (SANA) of the capacity of the media, government and civil society to produce information on good governance in 14 Pacific Island Forum countries. The
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Seitenwechsel: Eine Studie zu der Frage, was offene Kanäle den Menschen geben
München: kopaed (2005), 365 pp.
"In den wenigen Forschungsberichten, die bislang verfügbar sind, ist so gut wie nichts nachzulesen über die Hintergründe und die Motive der Nutzer, die in den Offenen Kanälen ihr Programm gestalten. Noch weniger ist zu erfahren über das, was diese aktiven Nutzer bei der Fernseharbeit lernen kö
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Reporting AIDS: An Analysis of Media Environments in Southern Africa
London: Panos (2005), 59 pp.
"This report shares the findings of five studies of media coverage of HIV/AIDS, carried out in Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe by the Panos London AIDS Programme, with the support of Johns Hopkins University. The studies aimed to explore some of the issues and tensions involved
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The Safety of Journalists: An Assessment of Perceptions of the Origins and Implementation of Policy at Two International Television News Agencies
Rhodes University, Master Thesis (2005), vi, 135 pp.
"This study examines the perceptions of journalists working for two international television news agencies about this safety policy called the ‘Joint code of practice for journalists working in conflict zones’. This policy was adopted in November 2000 by five major television companies including
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Mekim Nius: South Pacific Media, Politics, and Education
Suva (FJ): USP Book Centre (2004), xii, 306 pp.
"From the establishment of the region's first journalism school at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in 1975 with New Zealand aid, Robie traces three decades of South Pacific media education history. He profiles journalism at UPNG, Divine World University and the University of the South Paci
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Reflecting Canadian: Best Practices for Cultural Diversity in Private Television
Task Force for Cultural Diversity on Television (2004), 59 pp.
"The Task Force research initiative has resulted in the most comprehensive study on cultural diversity and the media ever undertaken, anywhere, that will serve as a major source of information for future research. Interview subjects generally concluded that some advances have been made regarding the
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Die Kirche der Journalisten
Münster: Lit (2004), 192 pp.
"Das Medien- und Informationszeitalter, das praktisch alle Institutionen in eine veritable Krise getrieben hat, hat auch die Kirche(n) nicht verschont: Auf dem Prüfstand stehen unter den Bedingungen der Massenkommunikation westeuropäischen Zuschnitts sowohl deren Fremd- als auch Selbstbild - mit a
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