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Secreto a Voces: Radio, NTICs E Interactividad
Deep Insights

Bruce Girard (ed.)
Rome: FAO; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2004), 250 pp.
"El tema principal de este libro es la combinación de Internet y la radio, que ofrece un rango potencial y nuevo de posibilidades para los proyectos de comunicación para el desarrollo. Sus 17 capítulos examinan algunos proyectos que incorporan radio e Internet y los agrupan en tres amplias catego ... more
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Hautnah: Berührungen mit Menschen im Herzen Afrikas

Jürgen Escher, Christian Frevel
Herford: Sparkasse Herford (2004), 128 pp.
"Die eindringlichen Porträts dieses Bandes entstanden in der Republik Kongo, in Uganda, Burundi und Ruanda, in Staaten also, die wir überwiegend aus betrüblichen Weltnachrichten kennen. Über einzelne Menschen, ihr ganz persönliches Leben und Schicksal, ihre Hoffnungen und Aussichten erfahren wi ... more
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The Pulse of Africa: How Africans View Their Lives, Their Countries, Their Continent, Their Future, the World

London: BBC World Service (2004), 22 pp.
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New Frontiers in International Communication Theory

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Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2004), 306 pp.
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Media for Sustainable Development. Content Survey: A Baseline Study Report on Sustainable Development Content/Themes for Community Radio Stations in Africa and Central America

AMARC Africa, Panos Southern Africa, Pronatura
Open Society Foundation (2004), 117 pp.
"The summary of findings for this study is drawn from extensive research conducted in the form of questionnaires and focus groups. The aim of the study was to assess the level at which community radio stations in Africa are involved in programming of content on sustainable development themes/ topics ... more
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A Rural ICT Toolkit for Africa

Andrew Dymond, Sonja Oestmann
African Connection (AC) (2004), iv, 67 pp. + annexes
"The Rural ICT Toolkit concentrates on the “how to” of implementing rural ICT programs and projects. It is aimed at providing state of the art knowledge and best practice on rural ICT development, basic recommended standards and tools for rural ICT initiatives. Among other things, it summarises ... more
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Les moyens de communication a Madagascar: Enquete d'audience 2004

UNICEF; Repoblikan'i Madagasikara (2004), 131 pp.
"L'enquête sur l'audience 2003 – 2004 fait suite aux précédentes enquêtes, menées en 1997 et en 1998 dans le cadre du programme de coopération Madagascar– UNICEF. Elle consiste à mettre à jour les données issues des précédentes enquêtes, mais également à identifier les canaux de co ... more
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The Media and Elections: A Handbook and Comparative Study

Bernd-Peter Lange, David Ward (eds.)
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2004), xvi, 264 pp.
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Freedom of the Press 2004: A Global Survey of Media Independence

Karin Deutsch Karlekar (ed.)
Lanham; New York: Rowman & Littlefield; Freedom House (2004), xii, 197 pp.
"Freedom House's annual press freedom survey has tracked trends in media freedom worldwide since 1980. Covering 192 countries and one territory, Freedom of the Press 2004 provides comparative rankings and examines the legal environment for the media, political pressures that influence reporting, and ... more
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Media Wise: Children Make a Difference. The Children's Participatory Process

Bharti Daya, Bronwyn Vreenegoor, Gemma Harries, William Bird, Glynis Clacherty
Johannesburg: Media Monitoring Project (2004), 38 pp.
"The children’s participatory process is an exciting and key component of the Empowering Children & Media (ECM) project, which aims to improve the representation of children and children’s rights in the news media. The report focuses exclusively on the methodology used for the children’s parti ... more
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The State of Democracy and Media Freedom in Southern Africa: Country Analyses

Chris Armstrong, Hendrik Bussiek, Jeanette Minnie, Rene Roemersma
Amsterdam: Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA) (2004), 130 pp.
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The Affordability of School Textbooks in Kenya: Consumer Experiences in the Transformation to a Liberalising Economy

Daniel Chebutuk Rotich
Nordic Journal of African Studies, volume 13, issue 2 (2004), pp. 175-187
"The growth of educational publishing in Kenya depends heavily on the disposable income of its customers. This article looks at the incomes of both actual and potential customers, and how they prioritize their spending. The findings are based on extensive research carried out by the author between 1 ... more
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Educational and Developmental Radio for Rural Women: Understanding Broadcasters and Listeners in a Case Study of Eritrea

Mary Myers
Reading: University of Reading, Doctoral Thesis (2004), 323 pp.
"Rural African women’s disadvantaged position in relation to accessing developmental information and participating in education is well-known. It has been posited that radio broadcasting is potentially a tool which could help overcome some of their disadvantages. Through an empirical case-study of ... more
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Techno-Hype or Info-Hope? Southern African Civil Society Tackles the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Chris Armstrong
Amsterdam: Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA) (2004), 89 pp.
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The Quiet Struggle: Libraries and Information for Africa

Paul Sturges, Richard Neill
London: Mansell Publishing, 2nd ed. (2004), 238 pp.
"This new electronic edition reproduces the thoroughly revised second edition which contained much new material including two completely new chapters – on information needs and existing responses in African communities, and on ideas and experiments for new information services to the whole communi ... more
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Handbuch Afrika. Band 3: Nord- und Ostafrika

Walter Schicho
Frankfurt am Main; Wien: Brandes & Apsel; Südwind (2004), 400 pp.
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BCC Network for HIV/AIDS: First Regional Meeting for East, Central and Southern Africa. Renewed Emphasis on Behaviour Change Communication for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

Kampala: Family Health International (FHI) (2004), 101 pp.
"The concept of a Regional BCC Network for HIV/AIDS for East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) grew out of a common interest and understanding among a number of BCC practitioners dealing with HIV/AIDS in the region that something needed to be done to help address common challenges and needs, impro ... more
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Children: Dying to Make the News. Empowering Children and Media

Parklands: Media Monitoring Project; Save the Children; UNICEF (2004), 85 pp.
"This report presents the results and findings of the Empowering Children & Media project, in which the MMP monitored the representation of children in the news media over a three-month period in 2003. It also aims to form part of a larger project to improve the representation of children in the med ... more
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Digital Publishing and Open Access for Social Science Research Dissemination: A Case Study

Eve Horwitz Gray, Francois van Schalkwyk, Karen Bruns
Cape Town: Eve Gray & Associates (2004), 25 pp.
"Charts the planning and implementation of a digital publishing programme over a three-year period at the Human Sciences Research Council, a large South African social science research body. The case study is contextualised in the need to overcome the digital divide to give African scholars a real v ... more
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Ethics and the Internet in West Africa: Toward an Ethical Model of Integration

Patrick J. Brunet, Oumarou Tiemtoré, Marie-Claude Vettraino-Soulard
Ottawa; Asmara (ER): International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Africa World Press (2004), 148 pp.