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Senegal Talks Climate: The Public Understanding of Climate Change
London: BBC World Service Trust; British Council (2010), 31 pp.
"In May 2009, the BBC World Service Trust’s Research and Learning Group, on behalf of the British Council, conducted research in Senegal to gauge public understanding of climate change. The research consisted of 12 focus-group discussions with Senegalese citizens, as well as 17 in-depth interviews
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"The findings of the research reflect two overarching concerns: training content and training delivery. It is a central finding of the research that financial skills are required by the sector. Related to this is the need to encourage professional attitudes, processes, and systems within the sector.
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Untold: Stories in a Time of HIV & AIDS. Audience Reception and Capacity Building Report
Soul City (2009), 24 pp.
"The Untold films bear testimony to the success of the skills development element of this Regional Programme initiative. The fact that these television dramas were developed, written, directed and produced in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabw
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Formative Target Audience Research: A Case Study of Five Community Radio Stations in South Africa
Deep Insights
Grahamstown: Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (2009), x, 127 pp.
"This report aims to 'assist radio stations to understand formative target audience research and enable them to conduct such research'. The report is primarily based on the experiences with Focus Group Discussions (FGD's) of five South African community radio stations. The publication contains an in
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The Impact of International Media Training on Radio Professionals in Indonesia
Knoxville: University of Tennessee, Doctoral Thesis (2009), x, 223 pp.
"[...] The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of international media training on radio professionals in Indonesia. The study examined the effectiveness of training organizations in implementing training programs in Indonesia. Diffusion of innovation theory was used as a theoretical fr
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Más una ventana que un espejo: La percepción de adolescentes con discapacidad sobre los medios de comunicación en Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay
Brasilia: ANDI Agencia de Noticias por los Derechos de la Infancia (2008), 40 pp.
"Jóvenes con discapacidad de tres países de América Latina debaten sobre cuándo y de qué manera retratan su realidad los medios de comunicación, especialmente en el caso de la televisión. Las opiniones documentadas dan pistas sobre cómo se construye una disociación en el ámbito discapacida
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Tele-Faith: Mediated Religion in Brazil
Communication Research Trends, volume 27, issue 1 (2008), pp. 3-23
"This essay provides an overview of mediated religion in Brazil, focusing on people’s responses to the 'Life Network' (Rede Vida) in Porto Alegre. In addition to a general overview, a case study offers a glimpse into how countries and cultures outside of the U.S. experience the interaction of comm
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Entertainment-Education and Audience Responses: The Case of Menta-Menged Radio Serial Drama in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Master Thesis (2008), vi, 89 pp.
"This study attempts to explore entertainment-education (E-E) radio drama audience responses/reactions, their motivating factors in writing letters to the drama and the relationship between audience responses and over all program goals of the drama, Menta Menged (Crossroads), in Ethiopia. Because en
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Las personas mayores en los medios de comunicación: Estudio exploratorio
Lima: Centro de Asistencia y Promoción Integral de la Salud (CAPIS) (2008), 18 pp.
"En el presente estudio exploratorio se describirá las características de la percepción que las personas mayores tienen de los medios de comunicación (técnica de grupos focales) y se analizará la información que los medios (técnica de observación de medios) emiten acerca de las personas may
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A Look at Radio Works in Liberia: The Listeners’ Perceptions. Use, Habits, Expectations and Assessments from Radio Listeners in Liberia
Winterthur; Monrovia: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM); Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) (2008), 27 pp.
"This research project in Liberia has tried to do first steps to understand in detail the quality of media, especially radio, in Liberia and what the audience is thinking of and expecting from the media. Being the first of its kind in Liberia after the end of the civil war it has investigated a) the
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Advertising in the News: Paid-For Content and the South African Print Media
Capetown: HSRC Press (2007), vi, 70 pp.
"The rise of commercialism poses many challenges to the integrity of the South African media in the post-1994 era. To maintain profitability, many publications have developed a range of strategies to attract advertising, in particular, developing the content that advertisers most desire content that
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Viewing the South: How Globalisation and Western Television Distort Representations of the Developing World
Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2007), xi, 284 pp.
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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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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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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Media for Sustainable Development. Content Survey: A Baseline Study Report on Sustainable Development Content/Themes for Community Radio Stations in Africa and Central America
Open Society Foundation (2004), 117 pp.
"The summary of findings for this study is drawn from extensive research conducted in the form of questionnaires and focus groups. The aim of the study was to assess the level at which community radio stations in Africa are involved in programming of content on sustainable development themes/ topics
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Audience Perceptions of Radio Programming in Afghanistan: An Evaluation of Listeners' Opinions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2004), 29 pp.
"This report, Audience Perceptions of Radio Programming in Afghanistan, is the result of qualitative research conducted to assess audience perceptions of 3 key radio stations in the cities of Kabul and Herat in June 2004. The stations are: Radio Afghanistan (the state broadcaster) Arman FM (Afghanis
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