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Commerce in Culture: States and Markets in the World Film Trade
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xv, 229 pp.
"Commerce in Culture is an innovative study of how states have responded to the globalization of the film sector. Concerned with more than film content or substance, the book exposes the ongoing political and economic struggles that shape cultural production and trade in the world. The historical fo
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50 ans de journalism: Les médias africains depuis l'independance du Ghana
Johannesburg: African Editor's Forum (2007), 209 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2007: Focus on Participation
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 215 pp.
"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter
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Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria
Zurich: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) (2007), 168 pp.
"Underperformance of the Arabic book translation industry is attributable to (among other factors) severe coordination failures. This is a state of affairs in which the inability of the different agents (translators, book publishers, suppliers, customers, and supporting organizations, state, and so
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(Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World
Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International (2007), 164 pp.
The Cinema of Small Nations
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2007), vi, 250 pp.
50 Years of Journalism: African Media Since Ghana's Independence
Johannesburg: African Editor's Forum (2007), 195 pp.
The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and Beyond
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2007), xxii, 175 pp.
"The internet in the Arab World: Egypt and beyond is the first book to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the status of the internet and its uses and effects in Egypt and the Arab world. Tackling the issue in a systematic, scientific manner, this book also examines Islamic online communic
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Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives
Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.
"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program
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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
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Exotische Typen: Buchdruck im Orient - Orient im Buchdruck
Berlin: Staatsbibliothek (2006), 215 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2005: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2006), xix, 231 pp.
Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media
Amsterdam; Leiden: Amsterdam University Press; International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) (2006), 20 pp.
"After the events of 9/11, media representations of Muslims in the West—never known for their accuracy—became even more stereotypically negative. Few of us realize, however, the profusion of similar sentiments that existed within Arab Muslim media outlets ten or even fifteen years earlier. Lila
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Restructuring Radio Broadcasting in Arab Countries: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Egypt
Paris: Panos Paris (2006), 54 pp.
"The reorganisation of radio broadcasting in the five Arab countries we have looked at is a slow, unequal, up-and-down and unfinished process. It is unfinished in that some states (Egypt and Syria), still have not published the conditions for awarding broadcasting licenses, even though some independ
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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere
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
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African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara
Deep Insights
Edinburgh; Bloomington: Edinburgh University Press; Indiana University Press (2006), xv, 224 pp.
The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics
New York: Columbia University Press (2006), xiii, 270 pp.
"An essential aspect of what is now called the Islamic Revival, the cassette sermon has become omnipresent in most Middle Eastern cities, punctuating the daily routines of many men and women. Hirschkind shows how sermon tapes have provided one of the means by which Islamic ethical traditions have be
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