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Hunger for Books

Urvashi Butalia
Africa Quarterly (New Delhi), volume 46, issue 1 (2006), pp. 28-29
"Indian books have increasingly begun to find a market in Africa and Indian publishers now find it both lucrative and important to attend book fairs in different African countries. One of the advantages that Indian publishers have is in terms of prices. They are able to produce good quality books at ... more
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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors (eds.)
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.
"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film ... more
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Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw, Krishna Kumar (eds.)
Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner; Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations (2006), xii, 331 pp.
"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo ... more
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Women in Newspapers in South Asia: Changes and Challenges

Kavitha Shetty (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2006), 188 pp.
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Das Bollywood-Fanbuch

Louis Saul
Augsburg: Weltbild, 2nd ed. (2006), 224 pp.
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Innovative Practices of Youth Participation in Media: A Research Study on Twelve Initiatives from Around the Developing and Underdeveloped Regions of the World
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Sanjay Asthana
Paris: UNESCO (2006), 76 pp.
"Young people, working with a range of media materials, produce innovative content through dialogue and discussions says this publication. On the basis of case studies in Ghana, Haiti, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Vietnam, and Zambia, the study examines how ... more
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IFJ Research Findings on Reporting HIV/AIDS in Six Countries in Africa and Asia

Chansok Lay, Arul Selvan, Tunde Aremu et al.
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2006), 81 pp.
"Media monitoring found a low incidence of HIV/AIDS stories across most media in the six countries. Researchers variously described the incidence of HIV stories during the media monitoring as “small” (Cambodia and the Philippines), “miniscule” (South Africa), and “infrequent” (India). In ... more
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Support to Media in Sri Lanka: An Overview of Activities and Proposals for the Future

Yasha Lange, Shastri Ramachandaran
Amsterdam; Chandigarh: International Media Support (IMS) (2006), 34 pp.
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Journalists as Power Brokers: Review of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the Free Media Foundation (FMF)

Alf Skjeseth, Masood Hayat, Cyril Raphael
[Islamabad]: Royal Norwegian Embassy (2006), 25 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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Medienpolitik in Post-Konfliktstaaten: Beiträge zum politischen Wiederaufbau am Beispiel von Afghanistan

Mariam Tutakhel
Duisburg: Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (2006), 44 pp.
"Die Annahme, dass eine kontrollierte Presse das Ziel einer Förderung demokratischer Strukturen immer ad absurdum führe, darf vor dem Hintergrund einer politischen Ausnahmesituation nach einem bewaffneten Konflikt durchaus hinterfragt werden. Die in diesem Zusammenhang geführte Diskussion über M ... 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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Conflict, Terrorism and the Media in Asia

Benjamin Cole (ed.)
London: Routledge (2006), ix, 149 pp.
"There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed as part of the global terrorist threat, to be dealt with by the War on Terror. This major new study examines a wide range of such confl ... more
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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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Democratization: A Central Task of Media Development Cooperation

Jörgen Klußmann (ed.)
Bonn: Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland (2006), 139 pp.
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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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Perceptions and Practice: An Anthology of Impact Assessment Experience

Kay Sayce, Patricia Norrish
Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2006), 186 pp.
"Contains 11 studies, mainly on information projects, each with between four and eight stories told by people involved in those studies. Each set of stories is prefaced by a summary of the study." (commbox)
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Corruption in Emergencies: What Role(s) for Media? Report from U4 Working Meeting 30 May, 2006

Gemma Mortensen (ed.)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI); Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (U4) (2006), 32 pp.
"As part of a broader analysis of corruption in emergencies, the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre initiated a dialogue on the role(s) of the media. On 30 May 2006, a working meeting held at NORAD offices in Oslo brought together donors, NGOs and journalists, including media practitioners from Sri ... more
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Terrorismus: Der unerklärte Krieg

Bruce Hoffman
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 596 pp.
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News Around the World: Content, Practitioners, and the Public

Pamela J. Shoemaker, Akiba A. Cohen
New York: Routledge (2006), 409 pp.