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The Media Map project: Cambodia. Case study on donor support to independent media, 1990-2010
Washington, DC:
Internews; World Bank Institute
(2012), 66 pp., illustr., abbrev. p.4-5, bibliogr. p.41-44
"Donor funded media development is a relatively new phenomenon, resulting in minimal impact. Modest gains have been made: technical improvements in television production, some better skilled journalists, development of journalists’ associations and a code of ethics, and greater citizen engagement....
Internationalising a media studies degree in Arab higher education: a case study arising from an agreement between New Zealand and Oman
In: Arab cultural studies: mapping the field
Tarik Sabry (ed.)
London; New York:
Tauris
(2012), pp. 297-313
"For a project of its size, duration and complexity, the reversioning of the New Zealand media studies degree of Oman has been remarkably successful. Given the inherent problems in developing curricula for 'others', the writing team has been extremely productive and constantly inventive ... it has a...
The Media Map project: Ukraine. Case study on donor support to independent media, 1990-2010
Washington, DC:
Internews; World Bank Institute
(2012), 61 pp.
"Western donor interventions to establish and develop an independent media landscape in Ukraine have been successful overall. Multiple Western donors have helped to support the development of civil society in Ukraine and the development of its independent media system. The political landscape, speci...
Elections and the media in postconflict Africa: votes and voices for peace?
London; New York:
Zed Books
(2011), xiv, 289 pp., abbrev. p.ix-xi, bibliogr. 276-279, index
ISBN 978-1-78032-019-9 (hbk); 978-1-78032-018-2 (pbk)
"In democracies with adjectives, the freedom of press also comes with adjectives." If the political regime is situated between a pure democracy and despotism, the freedom of press is also stuck in an in-between-situation. This statement sums up the results of Marie Soleil Frères empirical analysis ...
Designs, devices and development: audience research as creative resource in the making of an Afghan radio drama
Participations, volume 8, issue 1 (2011), pp. 132-153
"This essay analyses the role of audience research as a change agent in media development interventions in Afghanistan. It analyses how audience research in transnational contexts involves a complex set of intercultural negotiations and translations that contribute to the enduring relevance and sust...
Ann Kite yo pale: let them speak. Best practice and lessons learned in communication with disaster affected communities: Haiti 2010
BBC World Service Trust; Internews Europe
(2011), 88 pp., abbrev. p.86, bibliogr. p.87
"This publication is an important contribution to literature on disaster and humanitarian crisis communication. It analyses in detail the response to two major but very different emergencies in Haiti: the 2010 earthquake and, later that year, the outbreak of cholera. While humanitarian agencies stil...
China in Africa: a new approach to media development?
Oxford; London:
Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) University of Oxford; Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research
(2010), 21 pp., bibliogr. p.21
"In the past few years China has rapidly become an important player in the media sector in many African countries in at least three ways. First, its economic success and the impressive growth of media outlets and users within China have quietly promoted an example of how the media can be deployed wi...
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...
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...
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)
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...
Media in Sudan at a crossroads: assessment and outline of a strategy for media support
Copenhagen:
Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS); Article 19; International Media Support (IMS)
(2007), 78 pp., abbrev. p.5, bibliogr. p.61-63, direct. p.64-76
"This assessment describes and contextualises a series of challenges for an environment conducive to freedom of expression brought about by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in 2005 and the changes to the political framework in Sudan. The aim is to establish a comprehensive overview of ...
Media law assistance: establishing an enabling environment for free and independent media to flourish
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2007), 23 pp.
"The working group considered how international media development programs—particularly those that are U.S.-supported—have succeeded or failed, discussed best practices, and made recommendations. Journalist Ann McFeatters served as the rapporteur for the meeting. The discussion focused on severa...
The media and the Rwanda genocide
Contributor(s): Kofi Annan Statement by
London; Kampala; Ottawa:
Pluto Press; Fountain Publishers; International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
(2007), xvi, 463 pp., index, bibliogr. p.447-454
ISBN 978-0-7453-2625-2 (pbk); 978-0-7453-2626-9 (hbk)
"This book examines the crucial role the media played in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, bringing together local reporters and commentators from Rwanda, Western journalists, and media theorists. Part One (eight articles) describes and analyzes "Hate Media in Rwanda", mainly, but not exclusively, focusing ...
Crafting the Arab media for peace-building: donors, dialogue and disasters
In: Arab media and political renewal: community, legitimacy and public life
Naomi Sakr (ed.)
London; New York:
Tauris
(2007), pp. 135-153
"From small beginnings in the 1960s, Western governments and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) are today spending huge sums on media intervention in Arab countries, to the point where such intervention has become an industry. Among the plethora of media projects aimed at moulding ...
African Media Development Initiative: Angola. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 55 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-01-X
"Relevant changes in Angolan media were noticed in the press. Newspapers grew the most radios grew some, but TV did not grow at all. There are few new media development initiatives known in Angola. The greatest initiative, though still not in effect, is the new Media Law. The growth of the Sindicato...
African Media Development Initiative: Democratic Republic of Congo. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 84 pp., abbrev.
ISBN 1-906086-04-4
"On the whole, interviewees report both a positive quantitative and qualitative change in terms of the number and content of media messages. Liberalisation and more stable political climate has facilitated the opening up of the telecommunications sector, and has led to a diversification of the media...
African Media Development Initiative: Ethiopia. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 82 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-05-2
"The following changes have taken place over the past five years: media laws have been enacted; a legal framework is in place with the Press Law and Broadcast Law, and the creation of a favourable environment for media development; the Ethiopian Broadcast Authority has been established to issue lice...
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...
African Media Development Initiative: Ghana. Research findings and conclusions
London:
BBC World Service Trust
(2006), 66 pp.
ISBN 1-906086-06-0
"The media sector in Ghana has witnessed some dramatic, positive changes over the past few years, made possible by the promulgation of the 1992 democratic Constitution and the election in 2000 of President Kufuor’s government. All interviewees agreed that democratisation and the repeal of the Crim...
