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Ratlose Ratgeber? Prämissen, Probleme und Perspektiven journalistischer Lebenshilfe
Communicatio socialis, volume 42, issue 1 (2009), pp. 3-20
"Im Folgenden gehe ich zunächst kurz auf die Geschichte des Ratgeberjournalismus ein, bevor ich mich mit seiner stark gewachsenen Bedeutung in der Gegenwart beschäftige. Im Anschluss an einen Definitionsversuch werden verschiedene Konzepte des Ratgeberjournalismus und ihre Konsequenzen für die Re...
Funding for media development by major donors outside the United States
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2009), 64 pp., tables, abbrev. p.4-5, bibliogr. p.53-55
"This publication describes the main media assistance funders outside the USA in an alphabetical fashion from 'Arab States' to 'United Kingdom', complemented by data on the European Commission (EC), UNESCO and UNDP. The EC is likely to be the biggest single funder of media development projects besid...
NGOs and 'modernization' and 'democratization' of media
Global media and communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2009), pp. 9-33
"Western-supported media assistance in transition and developing countries has a long history. Building independent media, preferably through the nongovernmental sector, is seen as an important aspect of achieving mondernization and democratization. This article questions the idealized assumptions u...
Alarming reports: communicating conflict in the daily news
New York; Oxford:
Berghahn
(2009), vii, 208 pp., bibliogr. p.191-202, index
ISBN 978-1-845455798
"News stories provide an essential confirmation of our ideas about who we are, what we have to fear, and what to do about it: a marketplace of ideas, shopped by rational citizen decision makers but also a shared resource for grounding our contested narratives of identity in objective reality. News a...
The politics of corruption and the media in Africa
Journal of African media studies, volume 1, issue 1 (2009), pp. 155-171
"This paper explores the linkages between debates about corruption and the role of the media in Africa. It advances arguments about how citizens in Africa encounter corruption – both grand and petty – and how they perceive it, as well as factors that may contribute to the development of corrupt ...
Best practices of journalism in Asia
Singapore:
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
(2009), xvi, 172 pp., illustr.
"The book’s narrative structure intentionally uses minimal theoretical academic abstractions. Instead, it adopts a pragmatic approach – journalistic to an extent – to speculate what works best for journalists in Asia given the political constraints and resource limitations that many are compel...
Measuring change and results in voice and accountability work
London; Glasgow:
Department for International Development (DFID)
(2009), v, 72 pp.
"This Working Paper from DFID’s Evaluation Department offers a menu of Voice & Accountability (V&A) indicators, and suggests steps for building monitoring and evaluation frameworks for V&A interventions. It provides a check list of management issues, and some ideas for data collection. It does not...
Global crisis reporting: journalism in the global age
Maidenhead:
Open University Press
(2009), xiv, 199 pp., illustr., glossary p.172-177, bibliogr. p.178-191, index
ISBN 978 0335 22138 7 (pbk); 978 0335 22139 4 (hbk)
"Global Crisis Reporting: Journalism in the Global Age sets out to better understand the media’s role in the circulation and communication of these global challenges to humanity as well as the conflicts and contentions that surround them. Concerned as we are with crises that transcend national bor...
Qualitätssicherung in der Weiterbildung internationaler Journalisten: Studie zum konzeptionellen und strategischen Vorgehen für PM+E-Maßnahmen
Berlin; Dortmund:
Internationales Institut für Journalismus (IIJ) Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (InWEnt); Erich-Brost-Institut
(2009), 43 pp., illustr., tables, bibliogr. p.34-37
"Ziel der hier vorgelegten Studie ist es,– analog der Vorgaben des PriME-Handbuchs 2008 von InWEnt,– gemäß der Kriterien für Evaluation von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit nach OECD-DAC,– unter Rückgriff auf angelsächsische Modelle für PM+E im Bereich der Medienentwicklungszusamme...
Radio journalism
Los Angeles; London:
Sage
(2009), 173 pp., bibliogr. p.160-167, index
ISBN 978-1-4129-3014-7; 978-1-4129-3015-4
"'Radio Journalism' combines an awareness of theory and practice in order to explore what makes radio reporting distinctive, and demonstrates its continuing importance in the news landscape." (Publisher)
L’état de la liberté de la presse en Afrique centrale. Rapport annuel 2009
Kinshasa:
Journaliste en Danger (JED)
(2009), 110 pp.
China in the African mediascape
Rhodes journalism review, volume , issue 29 (2009), pp. 52-53
"Chinese assistance to African media is not new. What is different now is that it is being administered in the post-Cold War era with a greater degree of openness." (p.52)
Topic guide on conflict
Birmingham:
University of Birmingham Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC)
(2009), 156 pp.
"Violent conflict is the subject of this topic guide. The guide provides an overview of key topics ranging from the causes, dynamics and impacts of conflict to options for interventions to prevent, manage and respond to conflict ... The guide highlights key issues and debates for each topic covered ...
Digging deeper: a guide for investigative journalists in the Balkans
teswt, volume 0 (2009), tyest
"This handbook offers an insight into a set of investigative practices that will make your first steps into this exciting and demanding discipline, easier. You will find the elements that we consider to be the most important aspects of investigative journalistic work, along with numerous examples an...
Historical dictionary of journalism
Lanham, Md:
Scarecrow Press
(2009), xliii, 387p., chronol. p.xii-xliii, bibliogr. p.307-385
ISBN 978-0-8108-6289-0 (ebook); 0-8108-6075-9 (hbk)
"This Historical Dictionary of Journalism shows both sides of the picture. The dictionary presents entries on some of the finest newspapers as well as those of lesser repute, many exceptional journalists as well as others the profession would rather forget, major advances such as investigative repor...
SkillCity master trainers manual on investigative journalism with a focus on accountability and transparency in Afghanistan
Kabul:
Saba Media Organisation
(2009), 143 pp.
"This guide, compiled with the most updated sources at the time of going to press in early 2009, will take you step by step towards becoming an effective investigative journalist, gaining and practicing the necessary skills and thus gaining the self-confidence required to do a job that is both effec...
Media training trends and practices in Nepal: a status report
Kathmandu:
Martin Chautari
(2009), vii, 62 pp., abbrev. p.iv-v
"Martin Chautari (MC) has been researching various aspects of Nepali media for almost a decade now. In this study, MC’s focus is on one of the major components of the media sector in Nepal, namely, media training, a subject which has so far been neglected by academics and other researchers. In thi...
Guidelines for broadcasting regulation
Paris; London:
UNESCO; Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
(2008) 2nd rev. ed., 89 pp., bibliogr.
ISBN 978-0-9561429-0-0
"Amidst the fast-changing broadcast media landscape, the present book examined many “balancing acts” which stake-holders both in government and private sector have to undertake to establish and maintain an effective and credible broadcast regulation mechanism. For example, it requires a balancin...
Power, politics and the identity in South African media
Cape Town:
HSRC Press
(2008), vii, 403 pp., abbrev. p.vii
ISBN 978-0-7969-22202-1
"South Africa offers a rich context for the study of the interrelationship between the media and identity. The essays collected here explore the many diverse elements of this interconnection, and give fresh focus to topics that scholarship has tended to overlook, such as the pervasive impact of tabl...
The economic contribution of copyright-based industries in Ukraine
Geneva:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
(2008), 103 pp., many tables
ISBN 978-92-805-1908-2
"The study showed that, in 2005, the contribution of the copyright-based industries (CIs) to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine amounted to 2.85 per cent or 12,583.54 million UAH. At the same time the total contribution of the core CIs constituted 1.54 per cent or 6,815.61 million UAH. The ...
