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Community Media: Local is Focal

Nitin Paranjape
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 ... more
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Grassroots Comics: A Development Communication Tool
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Leif Packalén, Sharad Sharma
Helsinki: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2007), 162 pp.
"The use of comics as a campaigning tool for grassroots organisations is a relatively new phenomenon and has been tested so far only in India, some other South Asian countries and in a few countries in Africa. This manual on the creation of comics as a medium for communication of development ideas s ... more
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E-Governance in Africa: From Theory to Action. A Handbook on ICTs for Local Governance

Gianluca C. Misuraca
Asmara; Ottawa: Africa World Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), 313 pp.
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Radio Elshinta: No Music, Just News and Stories as the People See it

Moch Nunung Kurniawan, Eric Loo
Media Asia, volume 34, issue 2 (2007), pp. 96-104
"Long before the descriptor “citizen journalism” became a topic of research interest in academia, Indonesia’s Radio Elshinta (www.elshinta.com) in Jakarta had already opened its airwaves for listeners, most with no formal journalism training, to call in their stories. This paper contextualises ... more
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Empowering Radio: Good Practices in Development and Operation of Community Radio
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Bruce Girard (Coord.)
Amparo Cadavid; Martin Faye; Raghu Mainali; Carlos Rivadeneyra; Nkopane Maphiri (contrib.)
Washington, DC: World Bank Institute (WBIST), Program on Civic Engagement, Empowerment & Respect for Diversity (CEERD) (2007), 249 pp. [60 pp. + 5 annexes]
"This report is one of the first studies comparing systematically different aspects of community radio practice in developing countries. Based on five country surveys - Colombia, Mali, Nepal, Peru and South Africa - it provides descriptions and analyses of: participatory processes and volunteerism; ... more
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Development On-Air: Women's Radio Production in Afghanistan

Sarah Kamal
Gender & Development, volume 15, issue 3 (2007), pp. 399-411
"This case study investigates the launch of a women’s radio station in Herat, Afghanistan, in October 2003. It follows four women journalists’ struggles in balancing the demands of a highly conservative culture on the one hand, and the objectives of their Canadian journalism trainers on the othe ... more
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Press Freedom: Safety of Journalists and Impunity

Paris: UNESCO (2007), 87 pp.
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The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in the Philippines - Lessons for Africa

Shawn Mendes, Erwin Alampay, Edwin Soriano, Cheryll Soriano
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2007), 60 pp.
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Initiating and Managing Schoolnets

Ellie Meleisea (ed.)
Bangkok: UNESCO (2007), 70 pp.
"This volume provides an overall summary of the lessons learned during the implementation of the UNESCO SchoolNet project, “Strengthening the Use of ICT in Schools and SchoolNet in the ASEAN Context”, which was funded by Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) and the ASEAN Foundation. The UNESCO SchoolN ... more
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Das Medienopfersyndrom

Mario Gmür
München; Basel: Ernst Reinhardt Verlag (2007), 157 pp.
"Viele Menschen genießen es, im Rampenlicht zu stehen und die Aufmerksamkeit der Medien auf sich zu ziehen. Manchmal macht Öffentlichkeit aber auch krank: Dann spricht man vom sog. Medienopfersyndrom, das sich u.a. in Angstzuständen, Selbstwertverlust, Hilflosigkeit, Isolation oder Fluchtfantasie ... more
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Guidebook on Sustainability
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Bill Siemering, Jean Fairbairn
Washington, DC: Developing Radio Partners (2007), 90 pp.
"The authors present six local and independent radio stations from Africa - community radio stations, and commercial and NGO run radio stations with strong community participation - showcasing good practices for sustainability, defined as "ability of a radio station to maintain a good quality develo ... more
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Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies

Isaac A. Blankson, Patrick D. Murphy (eds.)
New York: State University of New York Press (2007), xi, 285 pp.
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Bildkorrekturen: Die Rolle der Medien in Krisengebieten. Journalistenseminar 13.-15. Dezember 2007 im Internationalen InWEnt Bildungszentrum Starnberger See in Feldafing

Kayode Salau (ed.)
Bonn: Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (InWEnt) (2007), 59 pp.
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I Collaborate, E-Collaborate, We Collaborate: A Collection of Stories About E-Collaboration Experiences

Sibrenne Wagenaar, Joitske Hulsebosch (eds.)
The Hague: PSO Capacity Building in Developing Countries; International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2007), 50 pp.
"This booklet describes 14 stories of organisations using e-collaboration in some way, varying from using Moodle as an online learning platform to Teamspeak as a software tool for having an online meeting with partners located all over the globe. We hope to inspire you with these experiences, stimul ... more
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El peso de las palabras: Procesos judiciales y libertad de expresión en Venezuela 2002-2006

Carlos Correa, Débora Calderón (eds.)
Caracas: Espacio Público (2007), 139 pp.
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Los usos de internet: Comunicación y sociedad. Tomo 2

Consuelo Albornoz T., Valeria Cabrera J., Karina Palacios, Jacques P. Ramírez G., Dante Villafuerte Q.
Quito; Ottawa: FLACSO; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), 317 pp.
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Media and Religion

Anthony McNicholas (ed.)
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 4, issue 1 (2007), pp. 1-102
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Forging Innovations: Community Multimedia Centres in Nepal

Karma Tshering Bhutia, Kirsty Martin
New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 54 pp.
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Children, Media and Consumption: On the Front Edge

Karin M. Ekström, Birgitte Tufte (eds.)
Göteborg: UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom (2007), 356 pp.
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The Internet and Governance in Asia: A Critical Reader

Indrajit Banerjee (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2007), 380 pp.