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Understanding Community Media
Deep Insights
London et al.: Sage (2010), xii, 410 pp.
"With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis
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Four Steps to Community Media as a Development Tool
Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 598-609
"Community media represent a crucial input in development processes, playing an important role in democratisation, social struggles, and awareness raising. But they often face difficulties on the financial and legal levels due to the constraints created by national media laws. This paper shows the l
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Negotiating Power: Community Media, Democracy, and the Public Sphere
Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 466-478
"Given the centrality of communication to society, who ‘owns’ the media, who gets to speak on behalf of whom, and to what end are critical issues. The regression of ‘mainstream’ media from ‘watchdogs’ of democracies to business ventures resulting in Habermasian ‘refeudalisation of the
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Boas ideias em comunicação: O que os outros não dizem
Fortaleza: Adital; Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB) (2009), 146 pp.
Construyendo comunidades: Reflexiones actuales sobre comunicación
Buenos Aires; Concepción del Uruguay: La CrujÃa; Universidad Nacional de Entre RÃos (UNER), Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación (2009), 206 pp.
Citizens’ media and communication
Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 443-452
"Citizens’ media and communication are still poorly understood in the mainstream of development policy and practice – and are prone to simplistic forms of implementation, because of the lack of a coherent grasp of the social, cultural, and political processes that make them transformative. Intro
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Communication for Development and Social Change
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2008), 428 pp.
"This book includes 17 articles on the current state of communication for development from renowned communication practitioners and scholars. It covers five areas: an introduction to the relationship between development, participation and communication; the theoretical underpinnings of development c
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Developing Alternative Media Traditions in Nepal
Kathmandu; Lanham, Md.: Chautari; Lexington Books (2008), xvi, 239 pp.
AntologÃa de comunicación para el cambio social: Lecturas históricas y contemporáneas
Deep Insights
South Orange, New Jers.; La Paz: Consorcio de Comunicación para el Cambio Social (CFSC); Plural Editores (2008), 1413 pp.
Broadcasting, Voice, and Accountability: A Public Interest Approach to Policy, Law, and Regulation
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), 402 pp.
"According to the introduction, this 'guide is intended as a tool for media reform particularly in developing and transitional democracies. At the same time, it should be useful anywhere people aspire to a deeper democracy. Building democracy is a process, often long-term, and promoting free, plural
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The Kenyan 2007 Elections and Their Aftermath: The Role of Media and Communication
London: BBC World Service Trust (2008), 16 pp.
"The media have shaped and will continue to play a central role in shaping Kenya’s democracy. The recent record of the media, according to many within it, is that media has undermined as well as invigorated that democracy. An understanding of democracy and democratic governance in Kenya is not pos
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Community Media: Local is Focal
Community Development Journal, volume 42, issue 4 (2007), pp. 459-469
"Given the limited nature of global media with its emphasis on ‘infotainment’ driven by commerce, it has very little role in community development. We see the alarming and growing impact of the global media on the socio-cultural life of different communities in India. The rampaging growth of cen
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The State of Community Media in the European Union: Study
Brussels: European Parliament (2007), viii, 67 pp.
Relações públicas comunitárias: A comunicação em uma perspectiva dialógica e transformadora
São Paulo: Summus Editorial (2007), 372 pp.
"O conceito de relações públicas comunitárias, ou seja, de um trabalho comprometido com a vida e o cotidiano dos segmentos sociais organizados ou com interesse público, teve inicio com as transformações por que passaria a área a partir da década de 1980, no contexto de articulação crescen
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Community Media: International Perspectives
Deep Insights
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xiii, 258 pp.
"This collection of writing on community media describes attempts at local media development and case studies of functioning projects. It presents a range of perspectives on grassroots media originating from community groups; research representing participant observation; hands-on community involvem
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MÃdia cidadã: Utopia brasileira
São Bernardo do Campo: Universidade Metodista de São Paulo (2006), 247 pp.
Fighting Poverty: Utilizing Community Media in a Digital Age. Practitioners’ Reflexions from an Interactive Roundtable at the World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD)
Montreal; Paris; Berne: AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters; UNESCO; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2006), 77 pp.
Community Media: A Global Introduction
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2006), 215 pp.
