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The KAS Democracy Report 2008: Media and Democracy, Vol. 2

Karsten Grabow, Christian E. Rieck (eds.)
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 228 pp.
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Ten Years for Media Freedom: An OSCE Anniversary

Arnaud Amouroux (ed.)
Vienna: Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (2008), 176 pp.
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Television, Power and the Public in Russia

Ellen Mickiewicz
New York: Cambridge University Press (2008), viii, 212 pp.
"The Russian media are widely seen to be increasingly controlled by the government. Leaders buy up dissenting television channels and pour money in as fast as it haemorrhages out. As a result, TV news has become narrower in scope and in the range of viewpoints which it reflects: leaders demand assim ... more
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Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia

Stephen White (ed.)
Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2008), xiii, 248 pp.
"An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country aft ... more
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Medienhilfe als Instrument der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik: Ziele, Motive und Implementierungswege internationaler Akteure in Bosnien-Herzegowina und Kosovo

Friederike von Franqué
Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin (wvb) (2008), 363 pp.
"In der Debatte um die politische Wirkung von Medien wird häufig übersehen, dass internationale Akteure schon längst auf ausländische Kommunikationsräume Einfluss nehmen. Thema dieser Arbeit ist das Instrument der externen Medienhilfe, bei der mit finanzieller, materieller und beratender Unters ... more
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Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics

Pamela Wilson, Michelle Stewart (eds.)
Durham: Duke University Press (2008), ix, 362 pp.
"Whether discussing Maori cinema in New Zealand or activist community radio in Colombia, the contributors describe how native peoples use both traditional and new media to combat discrimination, advocate for resources and rights, and preserve their cultures, languages, and aesthetic traditions. By r ... more
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Freedom of Information: A Comparative Legal Survey
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Toby Mendel
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2008), 156 pp.
"This book is meant to present the basics of freedom of information or right to information, defined as the universal right to access information held by public bodies. It presents in an easy-to-understand and non-technical fashion the basic principles of freedom of information, such as maximum disc ... more
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New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Vanderwerff
Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.
"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine ... more
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Public Service Television in the Digital Age: Strategies and Opportunities in Five South-East European Countries

Miklós Sükösd, Adla Isanovic (eds.)
Sarajevo: Mediacentar (2008), 324 pp.
"The two main questions of the research were as follows. To what degree are PSBs in the five selected Southeast European countries ready to meet the new challenges? What actions and policies are needed to ensure the existence and development of public service TV programming in a digital environment? ... more
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Kosovo Media Assistance Program: Final Evaluation Report

Frances Chetwynd, Jehona Gjurgjeala, David Smith
Bethesda, MD: Democracy International; USAID (2008), 44, 32 pp.
"This evaluation of USAID’s Kosovo Media Assistance Project (KMAP) took place close to the end of the three-year project, and addressed two main issues: (1) what has been the impact of KMAP? and (2) based on findings related to KMAP, what recommendations can be made to guide possible future USAID ... more
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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

Paula Chakravartty, Yuezhi Zhao (ed.)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2008), xi, 359 pp.
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Television Across Europe: More Channels, Less Independence. Follow-up Reports 2008
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Budapest: Open Society Institute (OSI), EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP) (2008), 456 pp.
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Alternative Media and the Politics of Resistance: Perspectives and Challenges

Mojca Pajnik, John Downing (eds.)
Ljubljana: Peace Institute (2008), 173 pp.
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Dealing with the Past in Israel-Palestine and in the Western Balkans. Story-telling in Conflict: Developing Practice and Research

Veronique Dudouet, Martina Fischer, Beatrix Schmelzle
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflicts Management (2008), 20 pp.
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Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)
Bristol: intellect (2008), 301 pp.
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Russian Television Today: Primetime Drama and Comedy

David MacFadyen
London: Routledge (2008), 244 pp.
"Examining the role of dramatized narratives in Russian television, this book stresses the ways in which the Russian government under Putin use primetime television to express a new understanding of what it means to be Russian, answering key questions of national identity for modern Russians in deal ... more
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Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice

Sina Odugbemi, Thomas Jacobson (eds.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxi, 525 pp.
"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful ... more
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Introduction to Media and Politics

Sarah Oates
London: Sage (2008), ix, 230 pp.
"This highly accessible text compares media institutions and political experiences in countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, to enable students to think critically about the central questions in the study of media and politics. The book balances cont ... more
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Divided They Fall: Public Service Broadcasting in Multiethnic States

Sandra Basic-Hrvatin, Mark Thompson, Tarik Jusic (eds.)
Kanita Halilovic (transl.)
Sarajevo: Mediacentar (2008), 205 pp.
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Kaukasus

Bernhard Chiari (ed.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2008), 288 pp.
"Die Bergregion zwischen Russland, Iran und Türkei ist von größtem geostrategischem Interesse, nicht zuletzt wegen ihrer Ölvorkommen. Seit dem Ende der Sowjetunion beschäftigen deshalb die Konflikte im Kaukasus, der Heimat uralter christlicher und islamischer Kulturen, die Welt. Tschetschenien ... more