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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 1: Forms

Lina Khatib (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2012), xi, 208 pp.
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The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad

Anjali Gera Roy (ed.)
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xviii, 334 pp.
"This anthology aims to portray the “soft” power of Bollywood, which makes it a unique and powerful disseminator of Indian culture and values abroad. The essays in the book examine Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations and diplomacy ... more
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Landraub: Reisen ins Reich des neuen Kolonialismus

Stefano Liberti
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Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 254 pp.
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L'état de la liberte de la presse en Afrique centrale francophone. RD Congo: Sous pretexte de la guerre. Rapport 2012

Kinshasa: Journaliste en Danger (JED) (2012), 100 pp.
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Mapping with Mobiles: Lessons Learnt from the Use of Smartphones for Fast Humanitarian Surveys in Zimbabwe

Harare; Copenhagen: Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre (HIFC); International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 10 pp.
"SMS services have become a very efficient tool to warn people of health threats such as epidemics or water pollution, but smartphones can also be utilised to stream information in the opposite direction when they are used as tools for snap surveys. In both emergency settings and well-planned nation ... more
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A Story a Day...: The Media as a Preventive Tool in Public Health. A Legacy Assessment of Internews' Health Journalism Program in Kenya and its Impact on the Media, the Public Health Sector and the Audience

Callie Long
Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2012), 69 pp.
"Guided by two overarching questions – do people want or need health news, and are they satisfied with the health news available to them – Internews used a mixed methods approach, conducting surveys, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, as well as mining years of project data and rep ... more
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The Wanakonnect Pilot Project: Using Mobile Money to Create a Revenue System for Local Radio Stations in Kenya

Angela Crandall, Leonida Mutuku
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 66 pp.
"The community radio stations participating in the pilot project offer special dedication and greeting programs that allow community members to send greetings to friends and family on air. The main objective of this pilot was to understand whether these generally underfunded radio stations could mon ... more
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Global Nollywood: The Nigerian Movie Industry and Alternative Global Networks in Production and Distribution

Jade Miller
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 2 (2012), pp. 117-134
"While Nollywood, Nigeria’s video industry, is largely separate from dominant global cultural industry networks of production inputs and distribution, it is an industry that is still globally linked in a number of ways. In this article, I investigate the nature and layout of these connections via ... more
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Models of and Approaches to the Station Management of Six African Community Radio Broadcasters

Linje Manyozo, Goretti Nassanga Linda, Claudia Lopes
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, volume 28, issue 52 (2012), pp. 7-27
"This article is a political economy critique that contributes to current scholarship on community radio and development by examining the question of the management of six networks from Mali, Mozambique and Uganda. This discussion argues that understanding the models and functions of management comm ... more
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Revisiting the Media Freedom Debate at Uganda's Independence Golden Jubileee

Michael Kakooza
Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Uganda Media Development Foundation (2012), 96 pp.
"The history of Uganda from the days of Colonial Rule, when modern mass media was introduced was revisited. The thesis of this study was that the substance of the political governance model inherited from Uganda’s colonial past continues in the postindependence period to define the relationship be ... more
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Report on Training Needs for South Sudanese Journalists

Johan Romare, Lars Tallert
Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2012), 30 pp.
"During a two days workshop at AMDISS Media Development Institute (MDI), 31 journalists, editors and managers from 21 South Sudanese media houses and media organisations from seven States met to define the long term training needs within the South Sudanese media sector. The Fojo training needs asses ... more
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Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.
"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr ... more
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Factually True, Legally Untrue: Political Media Ownership in Kenya

Othieno Nyanjom
Internews (2012), 83 pp.
"This report finds that while media ownership is sometimes obvious, media owners often use their spouse, parents or trusted friends to register their media outlets, making it difficult to obtain clear data on media ownership. For instance, the researcher notes that the connection of presidential can ... more
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Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015: Arab Media Exposure and Transition. Forecasts and Analysis of Traditional and Digital Media in the Arab World

Dubai: Dubai Press Club, 4th ed. (2012), 247 pp.
"The Arab Media Outlook is the most comprehensive publication on the Arab Media Industry and represents one of the key knowledge development initiatives of the Dubai Press Club. The report serves as a reference point of the media industry in the region highlighting media trends across 17 markets and ... more
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Final Reflections: Integrating Local Media and ICTs Into Humanitarian Response in the Central African Republic

Patrick Vinck, Jean-Pierre Dushime
Internews; Humanitarian Innovation Fund (2012), 8 pp.
Internews' project Integrating Local Media and Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) into Humanitarian Response in the Central African Republic (CAR) was an project aimed at improving emergency response, community participation and community resilience. This report presents the final refl ... more
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Facilitating Dialog About Development Through Digital Photography: Seeing Through the Eyes of Maasai Women

Benson P. Fraser, William J. Brown, Corey Wright, Steven L. Kiruswa
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-42
"In recent decades the Maasai of East Africa have undergone substantive cultural change in response to national development efforts. This study uses participant observation, in-depth interviews, and digital photography to better understand the lived experience and development perspectives of Maasai ... more
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Women and the Web: Bridging the Internet Gap and Creating New Global Opportunities in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Yana Watson Kakar, Vicky Hausman, Andria Thomas, Chris Denny-Brown
Santa Clara, Calif.; New York: Intel; Dalberg Global Development Advisors (2012), 100 pp.
"This report [is] the first compilation of the global data on how women in developing countries access and use the Internet. I am convinced this report provides key insights for policy makers, the development community and industry. Based on interviews and surveys of 2,200 women in developing countr ... more
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Medias et démocratie au Burkina Faso

Serge Théophile Balima, Augustin Loada, Nestorine Sangaré
Dakar; Leiden: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA); African Studies Centre (2012), 108 pp.
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Kongo, Krieg und unsere Handys

Friedel Hütz-Adams
Aachen: Missio (2012), 8 pp.
"missio setzt sich im Rahmen der Aktion Schutzengel „Für Familien in Not. Weltweit“ mit einer Unterschriftenaktion für saubere Handys dafür ein, dass führende Handyhersteller sicherstellen, dass ihre Handys kein Coltan aus Konfliktregionen der Demokratischen Republik Kongo verwenden, mit dem ... more
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African Media Barometer: Kenya 2012

Windhoek; Nairobi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 58 pp.