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Engaging Development: Environment and Content of Radio Broadcasting in Nigeria

Ayobami Ojebode, Tunde Adegbola
Lagos; Dakar: Institute for Media and Society (IMS); Panos West Africa (2007), vi, 72 pp.
"Given the prevailing environment, radio cannot better engage development, and this is in spite of the qualities of radio that endear it to development agencies and governments elsewhere. As Ojebode (forthcoming b) suggests, for radio to realise its potentials as a development medium in Nigeria, som ... more
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Peace, Democratization and Reconciliation in Textbooks and Educational Media: Ninth International Conference on Textbooks and Educational Media

Mike Horsley, Jim McCall (eds.)
International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media (IARTEM) (2007), 277 pp.
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Media and Religion

Anthony McNicholas (ed.)
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 4, issue 1 (2007), pp. 1-102
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Media in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Strategies

Shira Loewenberg, Bent Nørby Bonde (eds.)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle Media Services; Bonn Network (2007), 169, 21 pp.
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Reloaded – Internationaler Dokumentarfilm

iz3w, issue 302 (2007), pp. 16-37
"Dokumentarfilme boomen: In den vergangenen Jahren schafften es nicht nur viele ins Kino, auch die FilmtheoretikerInnen brachten ihnen eine erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit entgegen. Dies ist vor allem darauf zurückzuführen, dass Dokumentarfilme das starre Korsett, Repräsentationen der Wirklichkeit zu sei ... more
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Radio Progress - 'Our Voice': The Benefit Community Radio Can Bring for the Development of its Audience in the Ghanaian Upper West Region

Kersti Ruth Wissenbach
Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, International Development Studies (IDS), Master Thesis (2007), x, 109 pp.
"Some recommendations can be made to Radio Progress and its community. The station seems to provide the Upper West people with what they needed – a voice to make themselves heard and to communicate with each other. Since the research showed that most limitations are due to the restraints in financ ... more
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Church and Civil Society: The Role of Christian Churches in the Emerging Countries of Argentina, Mexico, Nigeria and South Africa

Gerhard Kruip, Helmut Reifeld (eds.)
Sankt Augustin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2007), 153 pp.
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From a Glorious Past to the Lands of Origin: Media Consumption and Changing Narratives of Cultural Belonging in Mali

In: Reclaiming Heritage: Alternative Imaginaries of Memory in West Africa
Ferdinand de Jong, Michael Rolands (eds.)
Walnut Creek, Calif.: Left Coast Press (2007), pp. 185-213
"This article explored the particular version of ‘national culture’ that emerged in Mali’s post-independent history at the interface of a governmental politics of culture and communication, media technologies, and people’s media engagement. I argued that the dialectical production of ‘the ... more
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Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment

London; Buenos Aires: Article 19; Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) (2007), 36 pp.
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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Die deutsche ITK-Wirtschaft

Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM); Auswärtiges Amt (2006), 498 pp.
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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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From the Margins to Mainstream: African ICT Reporting Comes of Ages

Guy Berger
Grahamstown: Highway Africa (2006), 110 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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Trends in Audiovisual Markets: Regional Perspectives from the South

Guiomar Alonso Cano (ed.)
[Paris]: UNESCO (2006), 364 pp.
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African Media Development Initiative: Nigeria. Research Findings and Conclusions

Akeem M. Adeyanju, Jenkeri Zakari Okwori
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.
"Nine of the 15 interviewees said the most important change in the media sector in the last five years has been the mix of deregulation/liberalisation/privatisation. Four interviewees said the newly democratic environment has been the key change. All interviewees agreed that media development in the ... more
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Kommunikation über HIV/AIDS: Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zur Prävention im subsaharischen Afrika

Martina Drescher, Sabine Klaeger (eds.)
Münster: Lit (2006), 336 pp.
"Die Beiträge dieses Bandes thematisieren Fragen der HIV/Aids-Prävention in Afrika - dem nach wie vor am stärksten von der Pandemie betroffenen Kontinent. Im Zentrum jeglicher Präventionsarbeit steht die Wissensvermittlung mit dem Ziel, Menschen durch Aufklärung und entsprechende Informationen ... more
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Improving Teaching Quality in Guinea with Interactive Radio Instruction

Mary Burns
infoDev Information for Development Program (2006), 15 pp.
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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Guy Bessette (ed.)
London; Ottawa: Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp.
"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N ... more
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Nigeria Publishing Market Profile 2006

Kern Roberts, Chris Nott
London: Publishers Association; British Council (2006), 56 pp.
"An analysis of the book markets in Nigeria, providing general background, details of the education system, together with overviews of the general, academic and professional, and school book markets, and supported by a wide range of appendices and tables." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading ... more
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Democratization: A Central Task of Media Development Cooperation

Jörgen Klußmann (ed.)
Bonn: Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland (2006), 139 pp.