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The Media and Development
D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29
Comunicación para el cambio social: La participación y el empoderamiento como base para el desarrollo mundial
Barcelona: Icaria Editorial (2015), 255 pp.
"El inicio del siglo XXI ha venido marcado por los debates que, en el plano internacional, están sometiendo a revisión la comunicación para el desarrollo con el fin de proponer otras alternativas como comunicación para el cambio social o comunicación para el empoderamiento ciudadano y ecosocial
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Postcolonial Piracy: Media Distribution and Cultural Production in the Global South
London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), ix, 300 pp.
"Across the global South, new media technologies have brought about new forms of cultural production, distribution and reception. The spread of cassette recorders in the 1970s; the introduction of analogue and digital video formats in the 80s and 90s; the pervasive availability of recycled computer
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Phoning it in: Theory in Mobile Media and Communication in Developing Countries
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 1, issue 1 (2014), pp. 76-82
"As 75 percent of the world’s mobile subscriptions are in developing countries, studies of use patterns are essential to broader understanding. However, scholars should engage with existing theory and literature in order to operate within a framework and expand readership. Rigorous and ethical res
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Ignorance is Bliss! Internet Usage and Perceptions of Corruption in a Panel of Developing Countries
International Journal of Communication, volume 8 (2014), pp. 2561-2577
"In a world of open-ended access to social media, the ability of governments to control information is slipping away. It is plausible in countries with limited Internet access for citizens to remain ignorant of the true amount of corruption. We built a cross-country panel of 124 developing nations t
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Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), xi, 195 pp.
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone
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The Global News Challenge: Market Strategies of International Broadcasting Organizations in Developing Countries
New York; London: Routledge (2013), xv, 188 pp.
"This book employs a global perspective to explore the subject across the whole population and different media platforms in select developing markets of Africa and South Asia. It is unique in providing a theoretical framework by which to analyze demand and usage of and trust in news from internation
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Wireless Networking in the Developing World
[authors], 3rd ed. (2013), 495 pp.
Die Dritte Welt im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Unterrichtsmaterialien zu einem vergessenen Kapitel der Geschichte
Köln: Recherche International, 2nd, corrected and enlarged ed. (2012), 232 pp.
"Millionen Soldaten aus Afrika, Asien und Ozeanien haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg gekämpft, um die Welt vom deutschen und italienischen Faschismus sowie vom japanischen Großmachtwahn zu befreien. Allein Indien stellte 2,5 Millionen Kolonialsoldaten und China hatte mehr Opfer zu beklagen als Deutschlan
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Dial “A” for Agriculture: A Review of Information and Communication Technologies for Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries
Washington, DC: Center for Global Development (2011), 36 pp.
"This article outlines the potential mechanisms through which ICT could facilitate agricultural adoption and the provision of extension services in developing countries. It then reviews existing programs using ICT for agriculture, categorized by the mechanism (voice, text, internet and mobile money
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"The manual and the toolbox seek to address the following question: how to maximise the contribution of the IT industry in developing and emerging countries towards sustainable economic development and poverty reduction? In order to achieve this, the Manual analyses the obstacles impeding the compet
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On Media Monitoring: The Media and Their Contribution to Democracy
New York; Bern et al.: Peter Lang (2011), xii, 306 pp.
Citizen Access to Information: Emerging Trends from the Developing World
intermedia, volume 39, issue 1 (2011), pp. 18-23
"Our approach is based on an understanding of access to information as a composite measure of access to source/s or platform, exposure, evaluation, content and self-reported differences in citizens’ reporting of the impact of their use of Information, Communication and Media (ICM) resources (Power
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Matching the Market and the Model: The Business of Independent News Media
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 34 pp.
"According to this paper, many media businesses lack management skills and experience in developing effective business models. "Compounding this is a lack of media development assistance targeted to media managers, the expansion of economic constraints on media businesses, and a lack of access to in
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Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xxv, 507 pp.
Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union
Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies (2010), 103 pp.
"This study provides a summary of the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of 2005. Focusing on fields in which the EU is expected to provide leadership or coordination, it is intended to provide ideas and long-term
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"The main structure of the document consists of four parts. The first provides the reader with the 'big picture' of ICTs and climate change, based on a review of existing literature and identification of the main phases that have characterized the debate to date (Figure 1). Based on the above, the a
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