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Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media
Deep Insights
Sterling: Kumarian Press (2008), xiv, 335 pp.
"This book takes a unique and comprehensive look at how the international community, led by the US, responded to ten humanitarian crises of the last decade and how major media outlets played a role in influencing (or failing to influence) action. Crises examined include Liberia, East Timor, Somalia,
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Media Sustainability Index 2006/2007: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2008), xix, 385 pp.
Media in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Strategies
Bonn: Deutsche Welle Media Services; Bonn Network (2007), 169, 21 pp.
African Media Development Initiative: Somalia. Research Findings and Conclusions
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 86 pp.
"The lack of a consolidated government since the fall of Siyad Barre’s regime in 1991 has led to a proliferation in the number and variety of media sources in Somalia. However, inter-factional violence and conflict has since torn the country apart, creating a difficult environment for media practi
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African Media Development Initiative: Research Summary Report
Deep Insights
London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 137 pp.
"This research initiative assessed the key media changes and developments in seventeen African countries over the past five years and aimed at recommending intervention strategies for strengthening an independent, professional media sector. The summary report presents the main findings regarding med
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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
Deep Insights
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
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The State of the Arab Media 2004
London: Arab Press Freedom Watch (APFW) (2005), 260 pp.
Handbuch Afrika. Band 3: Nord- und Ostafrika
Frankfurt am Main; Wien: Brandes & Apsel; Südwind (2004), 400 pp.
Beitrag der Medien zur Krisenprävention und Konfliktbearbeitung: Eine Analyse der internationalen Diskussion und Implementierungsmöglichkeiten mit Empfehlungen für die Technische Zusammenarbeit
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2002), 71 pp.
"Kurze Darstellung und "lessons learned" von 7 Fallbeispielen, v.a. Radiosendern. Der Autor stellt u.a. fest: "Medienprojekte werden von westlichen NGOs erst dann gestartet, wenn ein gewaltsamer Konflikt vorbei ist. Medienprojekte mit ausgesprochenem Präventionscharakter sind nahezu unbekannt, auch
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Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death
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
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From Massacres to Genocide: The Media, Public Policy, and Humanitarian Crises
Cambridge: World Peace Foundation (1996), x, 203 pp.
Somalia, Rwanda, and beyond: The role of the international media in wars and humanitarian crises
Geneva: Crosslines Global Report; Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University (1995), 218 pp.
"Based on a forum, "War and peace in Somalia", held at Columbia University on February 16, 1994, this is an expanded and updated perspective with essays and first-person accounts by some of the original participants." (https://search.worldcat.org)
Listening for a Change: Oral Testimony and Development
London: Panos (1993), viii, 167 pp.
"The focus throughout is on "listening" to people, in order to learn from experiences. Oral testimony is considered in terms of oral history and oral artistry. The importance of listening is illustrated by a large number of entertaining case studies, drawn from both developed and developing countrie
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The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
London: Hans Zell Publishers, 4th ed. (1989), xxi, 306 pp.
"Annotated listings of over 4,600 libraries, publishers, booksellers, magazines and periodicals, and major newspapers throughout Africa." (commbox)
L'information dans le monde: 206 pays au microscope
Paris: Éditions du Seuil (1989), 628 pp.
The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
London: Hans Zell Publishers, 3rd ed. (1983), xx, 284 pp.
"The editors attempt to provide "comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information, in both English and French, on libraries, publishers and the retail book trade, research institutions with publishing programs, book industry and literary associations, major periodicals and newspapers, government a
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The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
London: Hans Zell Publishers, 2nd ed. (1980), xxiv, 244 pp.
The African Book World and Press: A Directory = Répertoire du livre et de la presse en Afrique
Oxford: Hans Zell Publishers (1977), xxvi, 296 pp.
Broadcasting in Africa: A Continental Survey of Radio and Television
Deep Insights
Philadelphia: Temple University Press (1974), 453 pp.
"Head's knowledge of the structure of television worldwide is monumental, as is his ability to organize it into books. In Broadcasting in Africa 35 authors, including Head himself, have contributed essays which give a comprehensive picture of African broadcasting country by country, and the role whi
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La radio et la presse en Somalie
Interstages (Bruxelles), issue 45 (1968), pp. 1-3
"Importance de la radio somalienne (pas d'écriture somali) — L'agence officielle S.O.N.N.A. — Le service audio-visuel — Les journaux officiels — La presse indépendante. Aussi: Le Journaliste démocratique, Prague, n° 9, pp. 187-188." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of m
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