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African Media Development Initiative: Mozambique. Research Findings and Conclusions

Fernando Andre

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 71 pp.

"While acknowledging that the situation is not entirely ideal, most of the interviewees believed a lot has been achieved in terms of the development of the media in Mozambique over the past five years. This was mainly due to relatively stable political conditions, underpinned by a liberal constituti ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Ghana. Research Findings and Conclusions

Samuel Kafewo

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 66 pp.

"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 ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Angola. Research Findings and Conclusions

Cândido Mendes, Barnaby Smith

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 55 pp.

"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 ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: South Africa. Research Findings and Conclusions

Claire Milne, Anne Taylor

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 116 pp.

"Overall, South Africa has a relatively vibrant and developing media environment. The 15 interviewees were involved in 37 media development initiatives between them. These development initiatives comprise the following: 12 training initiatives; nine advocacy initiatives; five research initiatives; t ... more

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African Media Development Initiative: Senegal. Research Findings and Conclusions

Ibrahima Seck

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 77 pp.

"The changes are mostly of a quantitative nature: proliferation of newspaper publications, an increase in the number of frequencies attributed to radio stations (commercial and community stations). Greater superficiality in the editorial lines of most newspaper publications has also been noted. The ... more

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Open Media and Transitioning Societies in the Arab Middle East: Implications for US Security Policy

Michael Kraig, Kathy Gockel

Muscatine, IA: Stanley Foundation (2006), 32 pp.

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Televisual Pluralism in West Africa: State of Affairs

Mactar Silla

Dakar: Panos West Africa (2006), 192 pp.

"Instead of limiting ourselves to an enumeration of the obstacles to pluralism, we tried to push the analysis further, proposing draft solutions to problems raised, in a realistic way. The democratic debate today can not be limited to the political arena only, by turning up one’s nose at the debat ... more

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Restructuring Radio Broadcasting in Arab Countries: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Egypt

Olfa Lamloum

Paris: Panos Paris (2006), 54 pp.

"The reorganisation of radio broadcasting in the five Arab countries we have looked at is a slow, unequal, up-and-down and unfinished process. It is unfinished in that some states (Egypt and Syria), still have not published the conditions for awarding broadcasting licenses, even though some independ ... ent stations have received authorisation. The beneficiary stations thus have no real legal status, but are private businesses broadcasting music, and refraining from broadcasting news. The stations seem to be of most benefit to businessmen close to the authorities, and are more a part of the process of State privatisation than media democratisation. There is a general lack of transparency, and very little information is available about these radio stations. Journalists know little about the shareholders, working conditions in the stations and how they are organised. The legal vacuum will no doubt eventually be filled in these two countries. But, for the time being, radio broadcasting in Egypt and Syria remains totally under the control of the authorities. Lebanon is a special case. By allowing radio and television stations to be privately owned, Lebanon has essentially brought an existing state of affairs within the law, since these independent stations did not wait for the 1996 law to be passed before going on the air. Nevertheless, the various attempts to prevent religious interests from controlling the media have so far failed, and the political stations are a direct mirror of the country’s religious polarities. Every political/religious party has its own radio station (and television channel), which it uses to support its political choices. And the only non-religious station, Sawt Al-Shab, is close to the Lebanese Communist Party. Despite their vulnerability, the Palestinian and Jordanian experiments are without doubt the most promising. The legal framework is restrictive, in these two countries, but the privatelyowned stations are pushing back the boundaries of news broadcasting, are helping to render the media more autonomous, and introducing a relative degree of democracy in the field of information. But these experiments remain dependent on the unstable political context and resulting legal restrictions. The new legislation is more favourable to entertainment stations and benefits businessmen close to the authorities, leaving little space for civil society radio projects to develop." (Conclusion, page 42) more

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African Media Development Initiative: Democratic Republic of Congo. Research Findings and Conclusions

Dominique Mweze

London: BBC World Service Trust (2006), 84 pp.

"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 ... more

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Supporting the Media in Togo: A Review of the Media Landscape for the Post-Electoral Transition Period

Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); International Media Support (IMS); Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA); Media Rights Agenda (MRA) (2006), 26 pp.

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Making News: Handbook of Media in Contemporary India

Uday Sahay (ed.)

New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2006), xxii, 282 pp.

"This book is a collection of articles based on first-hand experiences in news media by eminent Indian media personalities. It is a comprehensive collection, exploring different kinds of news reporting across TV, print, and radio as also across different genres like sports, business, entertainment, ... more

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Timor-Leste Media Assessment

Shanthi Kalathil

USAID Timor-Leste (2006), 17 pp.

"After interviewing numerous media experts and reviewing all available information, the media assessment team recommends additional donor support for media as part of an overall approach to promoting democracy and governance. The team recommends a comprehensive media assistance program that focuses ... more

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Media Sustainability Index 2005: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2006), xix, 231 pp.

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Medienhandbuch Deutschland: Fernsehen, Radio, Presse, Multimedia, Film

Gerd Kopper

Jörg Stricker (collab.)

Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag (2006), 490 pp.

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Newspapers and periodicals from Afghanistan: A snapshot from May 2006

Andreas Drechsler, Mohammed Faried Parvanta, Eckart Schiewek

Bamberg: University Library of Bamberg (2006), 68 pp.

"At a stay in Afghanistan in May 2006 my father-in-law Mohammed Faried Parvanta in a laborious effort acquired Persian lists of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations from the Ministry of Information and Youth. These lists give an excellent quantitative overview on the current lands ... more

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Television in the Russian Federation: Organisational Structure, Programme Production and Audience

Anna Kachkaeva, Ilya Kiriya, Grigory Libergal

European Audiovisual Observatory; Internews Russia (2006), 128 pp.

"This report will describe changes in the TV industry in Russia between 2002 and 2005.1 According to the request of the European Audiovisual Observatory, in conformity with its statute, this report describes the organisation and market evolutions of the Russian television system and does not have th ... more

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Arab Media in the Information Age

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (2006), xvi, 709 pp.

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The Iraq Press: The Heritage of the Past and the Challenges of the Future

Zuhair Al-Jezairy

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2006), 22 pp.

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Radiografía del sistema chileno de medios: Estudio sobre medios de comunicación, opinión pública y autoridades

Santiago de Chile: Secretaría de Comunicación y Cultura Departamento de Estudios Ministerio Secretaría General del Gobierno Gobierno de Chile (2006), 57 pp.

"Los datos indican que el mercado de los medios ha alcanzado gran dinamismo en los últimos años. A la fecha de cierre del Directorio se registran 1.180 medios de comunicación (sin contar los digitales), de los cuales 44,3% fue creado a partir de la década de los ’90. Es así como 264 correspon ... more

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Media and Journalism in Romania

Mihai Coman, Peter Gross

Berlin: Vistas (2006), 149 pp.

"This books is the first standard introduction into the situation of the mass media and journalism in Romania [...] The mass media system of Romania is shown in its essential elements: the legal framework, the economy of the media, the institutional structure of the printed press and of the audio-vi ... more