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Picture yourself creating video games
Boston:
Course Technology
(2008), 233 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.199-205, index
ISBN 978-1-59863-551-5 (print); 1-59863-705-3 (ebook)
"This book is for people who are interested in creating their own computer games for the Windows platform. Using the easy but powerful The Games Factory 2 software, you will be able to make games quicker and easier than ever before, without any programming knowledge. Game creation is a lot of fun an...
The economic contribution of copyright-based industries in Colombia
Geneva:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
(2008), 87 pp., 46 tables, bibliogr. p.86-87
ISBN 978-92-805-1908-2
"The total value added of the copyright-based industries in Colombia reached Col$9.5 millions of millions in 2005 (approximately 4,800 million US dollars) from Col$5.7 millions of millions in 2000. As a percentage of GDP, the CBI represented an average of 3.3 per cent throughout the period. In real ...
Language in South Asia
Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
(2008), xxiv, 608p., many tables, figures, maps, bibliogr. p.534-587, index
ISBN 978-0-511-61906-9 (ebook); 978-0-521-78141-1 (print); 978-0-521-78653-9 (online)
"Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teachin...
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...
El precio del silencio: abuso de publicidad oficial y otras formas de censura indirecta en América Latina
Buenos Aires; New York:
Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC); Open Society Institute
(2008), 191 pp.
ISBN 978-987-23559-1-3
Other Editions: also published in English
"El precio del silencio' revela una tendencia creciente en varios países de América Latina: la interferencia “tras bambalinas” que ejercen los gobiernos sobre los medios de comunicación y la independencia editorial. Esta “censura sutil” y sus continuos efectos inhibitorios aún no han rec...
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 ...
Community emergency radio networks
[author]
(2007), vii, 106 pp., illustr., tables, bibliogr. and web direct. p.105-106
ISBN 978-1-60145-145-3
"[This book] gives you ideas for building an emergency radio network (ERN) for your community. An ERN uses small Family Radio Service (FRS) radios or combined FRS/General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) radios for members of the community. The community relay station can be (1) a basic or "fancy" ham st...
Open Access: Chancen und Herausforderungen. Ein Handbuch
Bonn:
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission
(2007), 136 pp.
ISBN 3-927907-96-0
CC BY-NC
Arab television today
New York:
Tauris
(2007), x, 262 pp., bibliogr. p.239-248, index
ISBN 978-1-84511-563-0 (hbk); 978-1-84511-564-7 (pbk); 978-0-75561-007-5 (online)
"There is a great deal at stake for everyone in the future of Arab television. Political and social upheavals in this central but unsettled region are increasingly played out on television screens and in the tussles over programming that take place behind them. Al-Jazeera is of course only one playe...
Interkulturelle Kommunikation mit Foto und Video: Ergebnisse des EU-Projektes CHICAM "Children in Communication about Migration". Mit einem Methodenteil für mediengestützte Forschungsprojekte von Studierenden
München:
kopaed
(2007), 135 pp., illustr., filmogr. p.110-115, bibliogr. p.117-122
"Der Band fasst wesentliche Ergebnisse aus dem EU-Praxisforschungsprojekt CHICAM (Children in Communication about Migration) zusammen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Erfahrungswerte aus der medienpädagogischen Praxis mit Kindern und Jugendlichen aus sechs europäischen Ländern (UK, Schweden, Italien, G...
Promoting democracy in postconflict societies
Boulder, Colo.; London:
Rienner
(2006), xii, 331 pp., tables, abbrev. p.291-298, bibliogr. p.299-309, index
"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo...
Getting into the kitchen: media strategies for research
London:
Panos London
(2006), 13 pp., illustr., tables
"In the words of a South African researcher, the media can help research become linked to policy processes by “getting you into the kitchen, being part of the soup-making”. This paper explores the roles the media play and looks at the linkages between policy, research and media. It considers som...
Handbuch Journalismus und Medien
Konstanz:
UVK
(2005), 500 pp.
ISBN 3-89669-429-4
"Ein Fachlexikon zum Journalismus, den Medien sowie den jeweiligen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und theoretischen Ansätzen legen die 3 an der Universität Hamburg arbeitenden Medienwissenschaftler zusammen mit 100 weiteren namhaften Autoren in 114 Beiträgen vor, die weitgehend nach bewährtem ...
Puppetry and puppets: an illustrated world survey
London:
Thames & Hudson
(2005), 271 pp., many illustr., bibliogr. p.256-262, index
ISBN 978-0-500-51226-5
"Eileen Blumenthal provides a comprehensive overview of the history and technique of puppetry and examines in depth and detail the unique nature and abilities of puppets and the countless roles they have played in human societies across the globe for thousands of years. Blumenthal draws examples fro...
Postcolonial images: studies in North African film
Bloomington:
Indiana University Press
(2005), xv, 278 pp., many illustr., abbrev. p.xiii-xv, bibliogr. p.255-265, index
" ... Roy Armes examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. Since the birth of cinema, North Africa has been the site of countless European and U.S. film productions. This book, however, focuses on the postcolonial period, when indigen...
Voices in the sky: radio debates
New York:
International Debate Education Association
(2005), xii, 190 pp., glossary p.161-174, bibliogr. p.177-178
ISBN 978-1-61770-032-3 (ebook); 978-1-932716-09-2 (print)
"This book offers readers a one-stop guide to debating on the radio, the benefits of using the format and the procedures necessary to conduct successful debates." (Publisher)
Open access publishing and scholary societies: a guide
New York:
Open Society Institute
(2005), 34 pp., index
"This guide has a limited scope. It is meant to help scholarly societies – and small publishers – assess the options available to them for the future of their journal publishing programmes. Though the option of keeping the status quo of subscription-based journals is discussed, the focus is on c...
Transnational television worldwide: towards a new media order
London et al.:
Tauris
(2005), viii, 264 pp., tables, index
"This book is the first to offer a global perspective on the unique contemporary media phenomenon of transnational television channels. It is also the first to compare their impact in different regions of the globe. Revealing great richness and diversity across some of the world’s main geocultural...
Science and technology communication for development
PLoS Biology, volume 2, issue 1 (2004), pp. 28-29
" ... it is important that the practice of science communication reflects the fact that it takes place in social context. In other words, it is not just a question of conveying information, but also of engaging the potential users of that information. The need is to encourage dialogue and eventually...
Indigene Völker in Lateinamerika und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Eschborn:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
(2004), 230 pp., abbrev. p.225-227
ISBN 3-925064-39-7
"Das BMZ hat bereits zu Beginn der von den Vereinten Nationen ausgerufenen indigenen Dekade (1994 – 2004) ein Konzept zur Zusammenarbeit mit indianischen Bevölkerungsgruppen erarbeitet, das für die GTZ und KFW Entwicklungsbank verbindlichen und für NROs orientierenden Charakter hat. Dieses Konz...
