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The Right to Know: The Challenge of Public Information and Accountability in Aceh and Sri Lanka

Imogen Wall
United Nations, Office of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery (2006), 52 pp.
"This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information chann ... more
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Native on the Net: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples in the Virtual Age

Kyra Landzelius (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2006), xi, 338 pp.
"From the Taino Indians of the Caribbean, the U’wa of the Amazon rainforest, and the Tunomans and Assyrians of Iraq, to the Tingas and Zapatistas, Native on the Net is a lively and intriguing exploration of how new technologies have enabled these previously isolated peoples to reach new levels of ... more
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Traditional Media and Development Communication

K. Madhusudan (ed.)
New Dehli: Kanishka (2006), viii, 131 pp.
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Place et rôle de la communication dans le développement international

Jean-Paul Lafrance, Anne-Marie Laulan, Carmen Rico de Sotelo (eds.)
Québec: Presse de l'Université du Québec (2006), xx, 168 pp.
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Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development from the Global Forum for Media Development
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Mark Harvey (ed.)
Paris: Internews Europe; Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2006), 222 pp.
"Draws together thinking and analysis that covers the breadth and depth of the media development landscape. The opening section, 'Why Media Matters: Global Perspectives' gathers the work of several thought leaders on major trends that cut across both the communications and development policy arenas; ... more
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Making News: Handbook of Media in Contemporary India

Uday Sahay (ed.)
New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2006), xxii, 282 pp.
"This book is a collection of articles based on first-hand experiences in news media by eminent Indian media personalities. It is a comprehensive collection, exploring different kinds of news reporting across TV, print, and radio as also across different genres like sports, business, entertainment, ... more
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Communications Media, Globalization and Empire

Oliver Boyd-Barrett (ed.)
Eastleigh: John Libbey (2006), xii, 248 pp.
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Newspapers and periodicals from Afghanistan: A snapshot from May 2006

Andreas Drechsler, Mohammed Faried Parvanta, Eckart Schiewek
Bamberg: University Library of Bamberg (2006), 68 pp.
"At a stay in Afghanistan in May 2006 my father-in-law Mohammed Faried Parvanta in a laborious effort acquired Persian lists of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations from the Ministry of Information and Youth. These lists give an excellent quantitative overview on the current lands ... more
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Arab Media in the Information Age

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (2006), xvi, 709 pp.
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Water and Indigenous Peoples

Rutgerd Boelens, Moe Chiba, Douglas Nakashima, Vanessa Retana (eds.)
Paris: UNESCO; Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) (2006), 179 pp.
"Indigenous peoples from all corners of the globe continue to struggle for acknowledgement and recognition of their unique visions of water, both at home and in national, regional and international forums. But almost without exception, their voices remain obscured by a mainstream discourse rooted in ... more
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Whatever the Weather: Media Attitudes to Reporting Climate Change

Rob Harbinson
London: Panos London (2006), 16 pp.
"The media play an important role in stimulating discussion in developing countries. Yet journalists asked by Panos say that the media have a poor understanding of the climate change debate and express little interest in it. Public discussion of the policies and issues involved is urgently needed. T ... more
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Catholic Communications India: Findings of a Nation-Wide Survey 2005
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Henry D'Souza, Valerian Rodrigues (eds.)
New Delhi: Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), Commission for Social Communications (2006), 384 pp.
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Gender in the Information Society: Emerging Issues

Anita Gurumurthy, Parminder Jeet Singh, Anu Mundkur, Mridula Swami (eds.)
Bangkok; New Delhi: UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP); Elsevier (2006), xi, 142 pp.
"This publication features a series of papers that represent an early exploration of the challenges and opportunities for actors committed to gender equality in the information society. It is meant to open up the debates that can pave the way for a sustained engagement of gender activists with one o ... more
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Kabul, Teheran 1979ff: Filmlandschaften, Städte unter Stress und Migration

Sandra Schäfer, Jochen Becker, Madeleine Bernstorff
Berlin: b_books (2006), 395 pp.
"1979: Im Iran wird der Schah gestürzt, die islamische Republik entsteht; parallel eskaliert mit dem sowjetischen Einmarsch der Bürgerkrieg in Afghanistan. Bilder über Afghanistan waren seither zumeist Bilder der Zerstörung. Diesen Außenansichten setzt ›Kabul/ Teheran 1979 ff‹ Perspektiven ... more
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Al-Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World

Hugh Miles
London: Abacus (2006), xii, 452 pp.
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Media and the British Empire

Chandrika Kaul (ed.)
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), 266 pp.
"'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonis ... more
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Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order

Derek Bose
New Delhi: Sage (2006), 226 pp.
"Based on original research, this book draws on the author's personal observations and extensive discussions with film makers, media professionals and market players. It is backed by data from a variety of surveys, audit studies and annual reports. Derek Bose uses these sources to arrive at conclusi ... more
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Cinémas engagés

Manière de Voir (Le Monde Diplomatique), issue 88 (2006), 98 pp.
"Un panorama du « cinéma engagé » sous deux de ses aspects : en première partie, onze auteurs examinent la façon dont le cinéma, dans différents pays et à différents moments de son histoire, aborde le plus chargé de tous les thèmes sociaux, celui de la guerre. La seconde partie entrepren ... more
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Exploring New Modalities: Experiences with Information and Communications Technology Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review and Analysis of the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme

Michael Dougherty
Bangkok; New Delhi: Elsevier (2006), x, 155 pp.
"This book is a review of 56 projects funded by the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2005. The aim of this book is to examine trends within these particular information and communications technology (ICT) projects in order to determine factors for success, and, common cha ... more
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Indisches Kino: Eine Retrospektive = Indian Cinema: A Retrospective. 1. Okober 2006 - 31. März 2007

Deepa Gahlot
Frankfurt am Main: National Book Trust India; Frankfurt Book Fair; Deutsches Filmmuseum; Deutsches Filminstitut (2006), 60 pp.