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Peacekeeping and Public Information: Caught in the Crossfire

Ingrid A. Lehmann
London: Frank Cass (1999), 175 pp.
"This is an important and brave book. It is important because it is fresh, analytical and identifies the grave shortcomings in the handling of information and the media by the UN in conflicts and emergencies. It is brave because it is written by an insider who knows the deficiencies and wants organi ... more
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"Leave None to Tell the Story": Genocide in Rwanda

Alison Des Forges
New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (1999), 525 pp.
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Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death

Susan D. Moeller
New York; London: Routledge (1999), 390 pp.
"From outbreaks of the flesh eating viruses Ebola and Strep A, to death camps in Bosnia and massacres in Rwanda, the media seem to careen from one trauma to another, in a breathless tour of poverty, disease and death. First we're horrified, but each time they turn up the pitch, show us one image mor ... more
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Actes du séminaire international: Centres, maisons et observatoires de la presse en Afrique

Ouagadougou: Centre National de Presse Norbert Zongo (CNP-NZ) (1999), 137 pp.
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The Media of Conflict: War Reporting and Representations of Ethnic Violence

Tim Allen, Jean Seaton
New York: Zed Books (1999), 312 pp.
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Research and Evaluation Report: Conflict Mapping and Media Programs Assessment. The Case of Liberia's Talking Drum Studio

Amr Abdalla, Nancy Torrey
Search for Common Ground (1999), 76 pp.
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Toward Literate Societies: Publishing in Local Languages

Ingrid Jung
In: Educational Publishing in Global Perspective: Capacity Building and Trends
Shobhana Sosale (ed.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (1999), pp. 24-33
"An analysis of publishing in African languages in four countries of francophone Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal), where the Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (German Foundation for International Development, now part of GIZ), in cooperation with other agencies, has be ... more
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L'espoir et l'illusion: Actions positives et effets pervers des médias en Afrique subsaharienne

André-Jean Tudesq
Talence: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine (1998), 257 pp.
"L'Afrique subsaharienne est un ensemble hétérogène, tant du point de vue culturel, historique que géographique. La place prise par les médias est récente, inégale et toujours liée à des influences extra-continentales. Parce qu'ils sont inséparables des sociétés dans lesquelles ils fonct ... more
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Les femmes dans les medias Ghaneens: La sous-representation et son effet sur leur progression collective

Accra: Panos (1998), 42 pp.
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Communicating Democracy: The Media and Political Transitions

Patrick H. O'Neil (ed.)
Boulder, Colo.: Rienner (1998), 226 pp.
"Communicating Democracy presents the first comprehensive comparative investigation of the role of the media in the move toward democracy in developing and post-communist countries. Recognizing the central role of an independent press in the formulation of stable democracies, Patrick H. O'Neil and a ... more
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Frauen, Medien und Emanzipation: Pakistan, Guinea-Bissau und Kap Verde im Kulturvergleich

Gertrud Achinger
Frankfurt am Main: IKO Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation (1998), 177 pp.
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Buchlandschaften: Das BuchMarktBuch 2

Gerlinde Hinterhölzl, Johannes Seymann (eds.)
Wien: Buchkultur Verlagsgesellschaft (1998), 197 pp.
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African Theatre for Development: Art for Self-Determination

Kamal Salhi (ed.)
Bristol: intellect (1998), iv, 188 pp.
"This collection • reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries through changes in both influences and audiences; • shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical; • exam ... more
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The Role of Radio in the Rwandan Genocide

C. L. Kellow, H. Leslie Steeves
Journal of Communication, volume 48, issue 3 (1998), pp. 107-128
"We examine and interpret the role of the government-controlled Radio-Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which involved mass killings both of and by civilians. We consider the historical and political context of the genocide and analyze excerpts from RTLM radio ... more
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Knowledge Shared: Participatory Evaluation in Development Cooperation

Edward T. Jackson, Yusuf Kassam (eds.)
Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Kumarian Press (1998), xi, 252 pp.
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La radio au service du monde rural des pays ACP: Répertoire 1998

Wageningen: Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale (CTA) (1998), 319 pp.
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Internationales Handbuch für Hörfunk und Fernsehen 1998/1999

Hans-Bredow-Institut
Baden-Baden: Nomos (1998), 830 pp.
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Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (1998), 83 pp.
Includes articles on: tracking change together; monitoring and evaluating in the Nepal-UK Community Forest Project; participatory self-evaluation on World Neighbours, Burkina Faso; institutional issues for monitoring local development in Ecuador; growing from the grassroots: building participatory p ... more
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The Emergent Independent Press in Benin and Côte D'Ivoire: From Voice of the State to Advocate of Democracy

Joe Campbell
Westport: Praeger (1998), 138 pp.
"The author presents material from interviews with journalists in Benin and Cote d'Ivoire that defy the belief of some observers that the press in Africa is newly emerging without any traditions [...] Campbell, a former wire service reporter in Europe and Africa, said [at the National Press Club in ... more
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Whose Voice? Participatory Research and Policy Change

Jeremy Holland, James Blackburn (eds.)
London: Intermediate Technology Publications (1998), ix, 254 pp.
"With the increasing use of PRA methods and practices by NGOs, governments and multinational agencies, the potential impact for poor people is phenomenal. The book demonstrates the far-reaching implications of such approaches for the development sector. It is presented in an easily readable three pa ... more