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Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives

Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Michal Glowacki, Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2010), xiv, 290 pp.

"Leading researchers from different regions of Europe and the United States address five major interrelated themes: 1) how ideological and normative constructs gave way to empirical systematic comparative work in media research; 2) the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions and the e ... more

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Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform
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Pippa Norris (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.

"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context ... more

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Nigeria

Akin Akingbulu, Hendrik Bussiek

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 120 pp.

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Uganda

George W. Lugalambi, Peter G. Mwesige

Nairobi: Open Society Initiative for East Africa; Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), x, 145 pp.

"Uganda's broadcast media landscape has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. While the public broadcaster remains the dominant national player - in terms of reach - in both radio and television, commercial broadcasters have introduced a substantial level of diversity in the industry. Public ... more

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Asian Media Barometer: India 2009

Kuala Lumpur; New Delhi: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 82 pp.

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Media Freedom and Pluralism: Media Policy Challenges in the Enlarged Europe

Beata Klimkiewicz (ed.)

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2010), xxvi, 336 pp.

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La palabra empeñada: Investigaciones sobre medios y comunicación pública en Argentina

Adriana Amado Suárez (ed.)

Buenos Aires: Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) (2010), 200 pp.

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Mozambique

Tomás Vieira Mário

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 145 pp.

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South Africa

Libby Lloyd, Jane Duncan

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xiii, 273 pp.

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Öffentlich-rechtliche Ideale aus göttlicher Hand? Katholische Rundfunk-Netzwerke in Venezuela

Christine Lohmeier, Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Andrés Cañizález

Communicatio Socialis, volume 43, issue 2 (2010), pp. 148-161

"Mit den Rundfunknetzwerken der römisch-katholischen Kirche in Venezuela und der Frage, inwieweit Charakteristiken eines öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkideals realisiert werden können, befasst sich dieser Beitrag. Die Hauptthese lautet, dass Rundfunk mit einem öffentlich-rechtlichen Anspruch in ... Venezuela nicht vom Staat, sondern durch andere Institutionen und Organisationen, wie zum Beispiel die römisch-katholische Kirche, wahrgenommen und ausgeübt wird. Im Gegensatz zu gängigen Erwartungen konzentrieren sich diese Anstalten nicht nur auf einen Missionsauftrag, sondern bieten in einigen Fällen öffentlich-rechtliche Inhalte, die westlichen Standards Stand halten. Radiosender wie zum Beispiel Fe y Alegría (Glaube und Freude) und Fernsehsender wie Niños Cantores del Zulia (NCTV) offerieren Programme, deren Inhalte in die von John Reith für die BBC definierten Aufgaben von Bildung, Information und Unterhaltung passen. Die katholische Kirche verfügt in Venezuela über ein weitläufiges Rundfunknetzwerk, das elf UKW- und Mittelwelle-Radiosender sowie einen Fernsehsender (NCTV) umfasst. Darüber hinaus arbeitet das Radionetzwerk Fe y Alegría mit zwanzig weiteren Sendern zusammen. Was diese Konstellation betrifft, ist Venezuela keineswegs ein Einzelfall. Allein in Lateinamerika besitzt die katholische Kirche eine hohe Anzahl an Print- und Rundfunkmedien. Auch andere mediale Unternehmungen wie familienorientierte Theater und Medien auf kommunaler Ebene gehören ihr oder werden finanziell unterstützt. In Bolivien galt die katholische Nachrichtenagentur Fides für lange Zeit als eine der wenigen glaubwürdigen Quellen. Dies trifft ebenso auf den chilenischen Fernsehsender Kanal 13 zu, der sich im Besitz der katholischen Kirche befindet. Allerdings scheinen öffentlich-rechtliche Inhalte vor allem in Venezuela umgesetzt zu werden. Radiostationen wie Fe y Alegría und La Voz de la Fe und Fernsehsender wie Niños Cantores del Zulia waren und sind auch heute noch von entscheidender Bedeutung im Hinblick auf die Umsetzung öffentlich-rechtlicher Rundfunkideale. Sie bringen familienorientierte Programme, fördern eine gemeinsame, landesweite Wertevorstellung, unterstützten Tausende (wenn nicht Hunderttausende) beim Erlernen von Lesen und Schreiben und vermitteln Wissen darüber, wie man das Land bearbeitet und ausgewogen und gesünder lebt." (Seite 148-149) more

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Barometre des Médias Africains: Mali 2010

Bamako; Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 130 pp.

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Guide to the Digital Switchover
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Katrin Nyman-Metcalf, Andrei Richter

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2010), 120 pp.

"If carried out properly, the digital switchover can safeguard human rights, including freedom of the media and the right to access information. If all parties involved in the process co-operate, including broadcasters, producers, resellers and consumer associations, the result is a media landscape ... more

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La radio y televisión en el Perú: Estudios sobre las actitudes, hábitos, evaluación y opinión hacia la radio y televisión en el Perú

Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2010), 67 pp.

"El objetivo fue conocer las actitudes, hábitos, evaluación y opinión hacia la radio y televisión en doce ciudades del Perú. Los principales temas considerados fueron la penetración de las tecnologías de información y comunicación, el consumo de medios audiovisuales, evaluación y grado de ... more

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Del ágora al rating: La investigación y medición de audiencias

Fidela Navarro Rodríguez

México, DF: Cámara de Diputados; Porrúa (2010), 203 pp.

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Asian Media Barometer: Pakistan 2009

Kuala Lumpur; Islamabad: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 76 pp.

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Indian Media in a Globalised World

Maya Ranganathan, Usha M. Rodrigues

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 275 pp.

"This book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalization, which has introduced what are termed as ‘foreign’ elements to Indian culture, and the opening of the floodgates for foreign media to enter the country. It discusses both theoretical co ... more

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African Media Barometer: Uganda 2010

Windhoek; Kampala: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 76 pp.

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Zambia

Chris H. Chirwa

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), xi, 124 pp.

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Namibia

Sarah Taylor

Jeanette Minnie; Hendrik Bussiek (eds.)

Johannesburg: Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA); Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) (2010), viii, 141 pp.

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Beyond Broadcasting: The Future of State-Owned Broadcasters in Southern Africa

Guy Berger

Fackson Banda; Jane Duncan; Rashweat Mukundu; Zenaida Machado (contrib.)

Grahamstown: Highway Africa, School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2009), 65 pp.

"Digital communications technology does many new things. Its spread means that it is no longer a case of a tiny minority of professionals and politicians having a monopoly on mass communication. Implicit in the observations of this report, is the recognition that - amongst other things - digitisatio ... n also disrupts old boundaries between inter-personal and mass communication. What used to be the subject of, or product of, communication between a few individuals, can increasingly be put into the public sphere. Much of this content remains personal in quality, despite it being public in availability. But there is also much that is of public interest. In some ways, this therefore threatens those institutions supposed to be specialising in public interest information. In other ways, it can help them not only reinforce this mission, but to also take a step towards expanding their role into becoming wider public interest content and commun-ications agencies. They can, in short, be the motive force that pulls personal conversations into focussing on journalism that is of common public interest. That image of leading the transformation of mass communication is, however, just one of the scenarios outlined in this report. The others point to lesser roles, even including extinction. It should be noted that scenarios are not predictions of the future, but attempts to highlight a range of possible options. They help guide action in one or other direction. The complication is that digitisation and all that comes with it can deal a surprise to even the best-considered scenario possibilities. Who would have thought that a search engine company (Google) could become such an effective player in the advertising arena? Or that newspaper newsrooms would start hiring video-capable staffers, or that some cell-phone companies would move into distributing content? Could anyone have guessed that a company like Twitter could attract and burn millions of dollars of investment without even a proper business plan about how it intends to make money? The digital revolution, if it is to succeed, needs to have top quality cadres in the newsrooms. In the face of these kinds of developments, it is tempting to throw up one’s hands and take a come-what-may approach. That’s preferable to the illusion of controlling and managing the process. At the same time, between these two extremes of paralysis and over-planning, there is a broad direction that can be identified and pursued. We may not know exactly where we are going, but - as this Report seeks to do - we can look at where we are and what’s immediately ahead. More fundamentally, however, there’s worth in remembering from whence we come. In other words, while looking at the present and near-present, and keeping an eye on what future scenarios we can imagine, we can hold onto our values. In the context of public broadcasting, these values are - in a nutshell - to focus mass communications on deepening democracy and development. These public interest values remain all the more valid in a time when the historical informational “service” model is being expanded to also function as a public interest communicational mode. Keeping these ideals aloft helps state-owned broadcasters steer a course between delivering government-interest and commercial-interest content. They help to define the meaning of universal access in the face of financial pressures and socio-economic divides. They empower people to see the big picture and to bring concerted action to bear on it. In sum, they help us reinvent “public service broadcasting” in a fashion appropriate to its contemporary possibilities. Roll on digitisation in Southern Africa - and the transformation of at least some state-owned broadcasters to become leaders in this process." ("Summing up", page 53-54) more

Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform Deep Insights

Guide to the Digital Switchover Key Guides

Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform
Deep Insights

Guide to the Digital Switchover
Key Guides