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Babel to Babri Masjid and Beyond: Pastoral Communication and Media Involvement in the Indian Catholic Church

Jacob Srampickal, Leela Joseph
Delhi: Media House (2003), 271 pp.
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Obstacles to the Professionalization of Mass Media in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Case Study of Uzbekistan

Richard Shafer, Eric Freedman
Journalism Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2003), pp. 91-103
"Uzbekistan is the most populous and economically significant of the five Central Asian republics of the former USSR. Although authoritarian, its government appears to recognize the need to train journalists in Western journalistic theory and practice. The observations and experiences of the authors ... more
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Medienwelten - Information und Macht

Der Überblick, issue 4 (2003), 149 pp.
"Viele autoritäre Regime fürchten den unkontrollierten Informationsfluss, gerade weil er gemeinsames Handeln ermöglicht und ihre Herrschaft gefährden könnte. Auch manche Kulturkritiker würden gerne Informationen kanalisieren, um einen Kulturimperialismus abzuwehren, bei dem sich ihrer Ansicht ... more
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Handbuch interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kooperation. Band 2: Länder, Kulturen und interkulturelle Berufstätigkeit

Alexander Thomas, Stefan Kammhuber, Schroll-Machl (eds.)
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (2003), 399 pp.
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Low Cost Access and Connectivity: Local Solutions

Catherine J. Steele (ed.)
UN ICT Task Force (2003), 103 pp.
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Attacks on the Press in 2002: A Worldwide Survey

Susan Ellingwood (ed.)
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2003), xii, 428 pp.
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Digital Opportunities for Development: A Sourcebook on Access and Application

Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED) (2003), 384 pp.
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Human Rights in Sri Lanka: Church Endeavours for Peace and Human Dignity

Annette Meuthrath
Aachen: Pontifical Mission Society, Human Rights Office (Missio) (2003), 40 pp.
"This study of Human Rights in Sri Lanka. Church Endeavours for Peace and Human Dignity focuses on two human rights issues, civil war and sex tourism, both of which are characteristic features of life in Sri Lanka and matters of pressing concern to the country. They are also the topics that German r ... more
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Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic Media in Afghanistan

London: Article 19; Global Campaign for Free Expression (2002), 22 pp.
"On 5 September 2002, an International Seminar bringing together representatives of the Afghan government, local civil society and the international community adopted a Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic Media in Afghanistan (‘the Declaration’). This Declaration, together wi ... more
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The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development
Deep Insights

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), ix, 322 pp.
"Clearly as important providers of information, the media are more likely to promote better economic performance when they are more likely to satisfy three conditions: the media are independent, provide good-quality information, and have a broad reach. That is, when they reduce the natural asymmetry ... more
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The Media Situation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: Five Country Reports

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2002), 130, 150 pp.
"These five country reports: on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, provide a general overview of the current state of media affairs in the country concerned, focus on media legislation and cases of harassment of journalists and provide country-specific recommendations t ... more
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Journalism Training and Research in Sri Lanka: A Report on How Sida Can Support Improvement of Media Quality

Stig Arne Nohrstedt, Sunil Bastian, Jöran Hök
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2002), 36 pp.
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Information and Communication Technologies for Development: Present Situation, Perspectives and Potential Areas for German Technical Cooperation in Peru, Lao P.D.R., Tanzania and Uganda

Eschborn; Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Division 43; Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) (2002), 101 pp.
"The overall objective of this study was to provide a starting point for the involvement of development assistance in the promotion of ICTs for development. In the form of country studies we first tried to give insights into the ICT sectors along with stakeholders’ and other ICT-related activities ... more
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Telecentros comunitarios: Análisis de experiencias en países en desarrollo

Moisés López Colomer
[Madrid]: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (2002), 319 pp.
"A lo largo de este documento, se describirá el panorama mundial de los telecentros en los países del Sur, su evolución y su desarrollo. Esta revisión del “estado del arte” se hará tanto por regiones geográficas, analizando las experiencias que se están llevando a cabo en América, Asia y ... more
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Massenmedien: Literaturnachweise aus der Datenbank des IZEP 1995-2002

Bonn: Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE), Informationszentrum Entwicklungspolitik (2002), 26 pp.
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Access to Information in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Sven Hamrell, Niclas Hällström, Olle Nordberg (eds.)
Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation), issue 1 (2002), pp. 3-116
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Information Campaign for the Prevention of Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings from Georgia: Project Report

Marc Hulst (coord.)
Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2002), 24 pp.
"The information campaign that IOM Tbilisi is implementing in Georgia during the year 2002 aims at preventing irregular migration and trafficking in human beings from Georgia. IOM will seek to raise the awareness of potential irregular migrants of the pitfalls of irregular migration and to alert the ... more
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Puppets with a Purpose: Folk Arts, Cultural Communication, and Development in India

Eric Lee Littlepage
University of Virginia, Department of Anthropology, Thesis (2002), 66 pp.
"The use of folk arts in rural development clearly has limitations as to the role that it can play in changing people’s behavior, but it is an effective tool for communication in most cases. The greatest strength of this type of informal education lies in its ability to capture the audience’s at ... more
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Reading: Essential Nourishment for Children

Asian/Pacific Book Development (ABD), volume 32, issue 4 (2002), pp. 3-11
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Publishing in Cambodia

Helen Jarvis, Peter Arfanis
Phnom Penh: Publishing in Cambodia Project, preliminary ed. (2002), 173 pp.