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The Cinematic Imagination: Indian Popular Films as Social History

Jyotika Virdi
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (2003), xvi, 258 pp.
"India produces more films than any other country in the world, and these works are avidly consumed by non-Western cultures in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and by the Indian communities in Australia, Britain, the Caribbean Islands, and North America. Jyotika Virdi focuses on how this dom ... more
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Obstacles to the Professionalization of Mass Media in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Case Study of Uzbekistan

Richard Shafer, Eric Freedman
Journalism Studies, volume 4, issue 1 (2003), pp. 91-103
"Uzbekistan is the most populous and economically significant of the five Central Asian republics of the former USSR. Although authoritarian, its government appears to recognize the need to train journalists in Western journalistic theory and practice. The observations and experiences of the authors ... more
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Wh@t's Next? The Future of the Information Society: A Youth Perspective

Maike Sippel, Jakob Schoof (eds.)
Stuttgart: YOIS (2003), 272 pp.
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Media Violence: Media, Violence and Challenges Facing Modern Societies

Sucharita Eashwar (ed.)
Kuala Lumpur: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD); UNESCO (2003), 230 pp.
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Spreading the Word on the Internet: 16 Answers to 4 Questions. Reflections on Freedom of the Media and the Internet. Amsterdam Conference, June 2003

Christiane Hardy, Christian Möller (eds.)
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 224 pp.
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The Power of the Media: A Handbook for Peacebuilders
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Ross Howard, Francis Rolt, Hans van de Veen, Juliette Verhoeven (eds.)
Utrecht: European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP); European Centre for Common Ground; Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) (2003), 245 pp.
"Presents case studies from 12 countries and lists 69 organisations working with media as conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding tool." (commbox)
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Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives

Patrick D. Murphy, Marwan M. Kraidy (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2003), xiii, 313 pp.
"Global Media Studies explores the theoretical and methodological threats that are defining global media studies as a discipline. Emphasizing the connection of globalization to local culture, this collection considers the diversity of modes of reception, reception contexts, uses of media content, an ... more
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Participatory Video: Images That Transform and Empower

Shirley A. White (ed.)
New Delhi: Sage (2003), 412 pp.
"This book examines the importance of participatory video as a catalyst for development. It shows how powerful video images have been used to promote changes in attitudes and social behaviour, helping communities identify development solutions that are within their reach. Video has been used to reac ... more
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Irak: Les médias en guerre

Olfa Lamloum (ed.)
Alain Gresh (preface)
Paris: Actes Sud; Panos Paris (2003), 238 pp.
"La 'guerre préventive' contre l'Irak, dans le sillage des attentats du 11 septembre 2001, est sans conteste l'un des faits les plus médiatisés de l'histoire de l'humanité. Jamais les préparatifs d'une guerre n'ont été aussi abondamment décrits et jamais son déroulement n'a été ainsi tran ... more
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Planet TV: A Global Television Reader

Lisa Parks, Shanti Kumar (eds.)
New York: New York University Press (2003), ix, 470 pp.
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Human Rights in Sri Lanka: Church Endeavours for Peace and Human Dignity

Annette Meuthrath
Aachen: Pontifical Mission Society, Human Rights Office (Missio) (2003), 40 pp.
"This study of Human Rights in Sri Lanka. Church Endeavours for Peace and Human Dignity focuses on two human rights issues, civil war and sex tourism, both of which are characteristic features of life in Sri Lanka and matters of pressing concern to the country. They are also the topics that German r ... more
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Globalisation, Mass Media and Indian Cultural Values

Michael Traber (ed.)
Delhi: ISPCK (2003), 200 pp.
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Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

New York: United Nations (2003), xi, 152 pp.
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Building Solidarities: A Case of Community Radio in Jharkhand

Vinod Pavarala
Economic and Political Weekly, volume 38, issue 22 (2003), pp. 2188-2197
"Even as the government is dithering over legislation to facilitate the functioning of community radio in India, a few community-based organisations have initiated radio projects that seek to deploy communication technologies for development and community empowerment. This paper is based on a study ... more
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Becoming a Global Audience: Longing and Belonging in Indian Music Television

Vamsee Juluri
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2003), 155 pp.
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Rhetoric and Reality: The Internet Challenge for Democracy in Asia

Indrajit Banerjee (ed.)
Singapore: Eastern Universities Press (EUP); Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University (2003), ix, 325 pp.
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Télévision, mémoire et identités nationales

Paris: L'Harmattan; Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (2003), 198 pp.
"Dans quelle mesure la télévision a-t-elle contribué, et contribue-t-elle encore, à forger la mémoire nationale et l'identité nationale dans chaque pays ? Y a-t-il eu une politique volontariste en ce domaine ? Quels sont les effets du statut des chaînes de télévision, privées ou publiques ... more
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Policy Review of the Georgian Book Sector

Grzegorz Boguta
Council of Europe, Cultural Policy and Action Department, Directorate General IV (2003), 29 pp.
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Media-Mediated AIDS

Linda K. Fuller (ed.)
Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2003), viii, 356 pp.
"This book, containing 17 chapters from health communication scholars both in the U.S. and abroad, is expressly concerned with media-related aspects of AIDS. Whether that media is print, electronic, and/or visual, they lie at the heart of understanding the messages we have, or perhaps have not, rece ... more
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Communication and Natural Resource Management: Experience - Theory
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Rome: FAO (2003), ix, 98 pp.
"This book has been written as a tool for people involved or interested in communication and natural resource management who seek a better understanding of how different theories and strategic change principles relate to actual practise. It is not, however, a book of theory nor is it an argument for ... more