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Reporting Health Research: Connecting Journalists and TB Researchers in Zambia

Ingrid Yngstrom

London: Panos London (2001), 16 pp.

"This case study shares recommendations and details the lessons learned during a communications project to improve media reporting on tuberculosis (TB) in Zambia. Project partners Relay and the health research consortium TARGETS, brought together journalists and TB researchers in Zambia to explore s ... more

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Regional Media in Conflict: Case Studies in Local War Reporting

Alan Davis (ed.)

London: Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) (2001), 128 pp.

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Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice
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Hans M. Zell

Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2001), xv, 366 pp.

"This book fills a gap in book marketing literature, as it focuses on marketing books in developing countries. It is, indeed, "a handbook on good practice". How much should you spend for your marketing budget? How to write effective copy? How much time does it take before the first book reviews appe ... more

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Soul City 4: Evaluation Results. Integrated Summary Report

Esca Scheepers (ed.)

Soul City, Institute for Health and Development Communication (2001), 101, ix, xix pp.

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DTR Radio Listening Clubs, Zambia: Impact Evaluation Report

Kitty Warnock

Panos Southern Africa (2001), 17 pp.

"The project ran from November 98 to May 2001, involving 13 rural women’s clubs in the Mpika district of Zambia, 600 km north of Lusaka. The clubs recorded their discussions of development issues or requests for development support; the tapes were sent to a radio producer in Lusaka, who recorded a ... response from a relevant service-provider or politician. The discussion and response were edited into one programme and broadcast as a regular weekly programme by the national broadcaster, ZNBC. The clubs listened to the programmes and discussed them at their weekly meetings. This evaluation assessed the development impact of the project, principally by talking to members of the clubs and others in their communities. An audience survey was also carried out, in three different areas. The main findings of the evaluation were: The project has brought substantial material benefits and new information to the communities. To some extent the clubs and communities have been empowered to access development inputs themselves, though the mediation of the radio programme producer has also been an important factor; The success in achieving material benefits for the communities was probably a strong force in building community support for the clubs in the early months of the project, but now their role in providing information and stimulating discussion is equally appreciated; The Clubs have not achieved material benefits specifically for their own incomegenerating activities, which was the original aim of the project, and which they see (on a video) happening in Zimbabwe. Income-generating is still the clubs’ main purpose, so the project should seek to help them strengthen their income-generating activities; The project has stimulated intense discussions, in the clubs and the communities, about social issues. The clubs’ ability to discuss and present issues clearly is greatly appreciated by men and young people in the communities; There is an emerging perception of a role for the clubs as educators for their communities. They are confidently passing on their own experience, and information from outside sources, as well as “hosting” outside experts in their radio programmes; The programmes are widely listened to and appreciated all over Zambia." (Summary) more

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First Footprints of the African Renaissance: An Evaluation of Training Provision in the Community Radio Sector in South Africa 1997-2001

Marian Nell, Janet Shapiro

Johannesburg: British Council; Communication Assistance Foundation (CAF); Heinrich Böll Stiftung; Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA); Open Society Foundation for South Africa (2001), x, 104 pp.

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Voices from the Mountain: Oral Testimonies from the Lesotho Highlands

London: Panos (2001), 49 pp.

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Women, Media and Violence: A WACC Women's Programme Production

London: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2001), 34 pp.

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A Country ICT Survey for Mozambique: Final Report

Philip Esselaar, Olof Hesselmark, Tina James, Jonathan Miller

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2001), 76 pp.

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Media Training Needs Assessment for Southern Africa

Colleen Lowe Morna, Zohra Khan

Amsterdam; Johannesburg: Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA); Gender Links Associates (2001), 100 pp.

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Young People’s Reading in South Africa: A Pilot Project

Myrna Machet, Sll Olën, A. Chamberlain (eds.)

Pretoria: University of South Africa, Faculty of Arts, Department of Information Science (2001), 165 pp.

"This survey and report is the result of a pilot project and survey of the reading interests and information use of South African children and young adults. It was carried out in primary and secondary schools in Pretoria, and provides insight into children and young adult's reading interests and inf ... more

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Media, Democracy and Renewal in Southern Africa

Keyan Tomaselli, Hopeton Dunn (eds.)

Colorado Springs: International Academic Publishers (2001), 309 pp.

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New Insights Into Communication and Media

Gary Mersham, Chris Skinner

Sandown: Heinemann (2001), vii, 232 pp.

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Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa

Tony Read, Carmelle Denning, Vincent Bontoux

London: Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2001), xx, 252 pp.

"This study is currently the most comprehensive survey of textbook distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. If offers a detailed survey and analysis of the key policy issues affecting book distribution in Africa today. The study was organized and co-ordinated by International Book Development Ltd. in Lon ... don, and Danaé-Sciences, a Paris-based consultancy company specialising in editorial support, training and written communication. It draws on a series of major case studies carried out in Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda, together with mini case studies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo, undertaken by book practitioners in these countries, most from the private sector. All of the case studies cover some common elements, including, for example, information on the national education system (including basic education statistics), and a discussion of the main players and mechanisms in the book distribution chain; they also review regional trade in books, and most case studies comment upon the impact of funding, agency investment, and government policies affecting national book development. In addition to the case studies, a useful feature is the inclusion of a fold-out chart “Critical issues on upgrading book distribution in Africa – A decision tree for policy-makers”, which shows the key options that policy makers need to consider in developing a national framework for textbook delivery. An extensive glossary of common terms and acronyms used in education, development and the book trade, completes the volume. The survey concludes “there is already a policy change underway among a number of governments and funding agencies in their approaches toward national textbook distribution. This change is more apparent in Anglophone than in Francophone countries and is by no means universal even in Anglophone countries. But the reaction against the inefficiencies, the lack of a service culture and the typically high cost operations of state centralist policies is now almost ten years old.” It also notes that times are changing, and that senior government officials in many countries now openly acknowledge and welcome the increasing involvement of the private sector in educational book provision activity." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1515) more

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Community Radio: Its Management and Organisation in Zambia

Francis P. Kasoma

Lusaka: Zambia Independent Media Association (ZIMA) (2001), xviii, 331 pp.

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Educommunication: Around the World in 50 Stories

Brussels: UNDA (2001), 97 pp.

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Newspapers in Zimbabwe

N. C. G. Mathema, Cheela Chilala (ed.)

Lusaka: Multimedia Publications (2001), 61 pp.

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Pluralismo de informação nos PALOP

Sophie Nick (coord.)

Fafali Kokou Koudawo; Fernando Lima; João Carlos; Vladimir Monteiro (contrib.)

S. João do Estoril; Paris: Principia; Panos Paris (2000), 190 pp.

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Financing Textbooks and Teacher Training Materials

Adelino Jaime da Cruz, Theophilus Ayodele George, Firmin Zaddy Gnahore et al.

Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), Working Group on Books and Learning Materials (2000), viii, 120 pp.

"Through four case studies, this book examines some of the key issues in funding provision of textbooks and training materials in Africa. The case studies, contributed by experts in textbook production and distribution, offer individual country perspectives from The Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique and C ... more

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A Quick Guide to Laws and Practices That Inhibit Freedom of Expression in Botswana

Tachilisa Balule, Bugalo Maripe

Gaborone: Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (2000), 62 pp.

Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice Key Guides

Book Marketing and Promotion: A Handbook of Good Practice
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