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Television, Power and the Public in Russia

Ellen Mickiewicz

New York: Cambridge University Press (2008), viii, 212 pp.

"The Russian media are widely seen to be increasingly controlled by the government. Leaders buy up dissenting television channels and pour money in as fast as it haemorrhages out. As a result, TV news has become narrower in scope and in the range of viewpoints which it reflects: leaders demand assim ... more

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An Evaluation of Alhurra Television Programming

Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Center on Public Diplomacy (2008), 74 pp.

"Based primarily on the content analysis, with secondary reinforcement from the discussion group proceedings, the research team sees the principal issues affecting Alhurra as being those related to the fundamentals of journalism, not the exigencies of politics. This is not an esoteric matter related ... to an idealized journalism, but rather goes directly to the issue of Alhurra's fulfillment of its legislative mandate and its responsibilities deriving from the Middle East Broadcast Network Journalistic Code of Ethics. Section 303 of the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (as amended) calls for, among other provisions, United States international broadcasting to “be conducted in accordance with the highest professional standards of broadcast journalism” and “to be designed so as to effectively reach a significant audience.” These broad requirements coincide with the more specific standards prescribed by the MBN code of ethics. Within this framework, the challenges facing Alhurra as it seeks to attain excellence in carrying out its mandate are those that must be addressed by all news organizations: Ensuring comprehensiveness of coverage; providing the breadth that the audience expects; • Imposing discipline in producing the news product to protect against personal and institutional biases that can infect a news product; • Offering diverse viewpoints about important issues from sources whose backgrounds and expertise contribute to a balanced news product; • Avoiding rumor and other unsubstantiated material; • Thoughtfully and thoroughly addressing the topics of greatest interest to the target audience, such as religion and local democratization efforts. Add to these Alhurra's additional duty to reflect and promote U.S. policies and it is clear that the task for this news organization is exceptionally difficult. For each of these duties, our diagnosis is that Alhurra is not performing at the level that it needs to reach to be successful. To fulfill Alhurra's mission requires being able to compete effectively in the Arab news marketplace. That will require expanded and more proficient coverage, and to reach this higher level will necessitate a significant budget expansion to enable broader reporting and more professional management. It will also require grappling with political issues involving journalistic independence and the realities of establishing the credibility needed to gain and keep an Arab audience." (Executive summary) more

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Los canales en cuestión: ¿Cómo trabajan unitel y Canal 7?

Raúl Peñaranda, Karina Herrera

La Paz: Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) (2008), 276 pp.

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Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

Nalin Mehta (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2008), ix, 170 pp.

"This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which cam ... more

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Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life
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Naomi Sakr (ed.)

London: Tauris (2007), 208 pp.

"[...] This authoritative book answers key questions about the connections between media and political change in the Arab world. Using research into, for example, practices of Internet users, journalists, demonstrators and producers of reality TV, it explores the interface between public interaction ... more

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El reportero en acción: Noticia, reportaje y documental en televisión

Jaume Vilalta i Casas

Barcelona: Universitad de Barcelona (2007), 245 pp.

"Uno de los reporteros con más experiencia de España cuenta todos sus trucos y recursos para hacer noticias y documentales en televisión. Desde la selección del material hasta la nota de prensa final, "El reportero en acción" cubre todas las fases del proceso de realización. Si el anterior tí ... more

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Viewing the South: How Globalisation and Western Television Distort Representations of the Developing World

Emma Miller

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2007), xi, 284 pp.

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Al-Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World

Hugh Miles

London: Abacus (2006), xii, 452 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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Practical Journalism: How to Write News

Helen Sissons

London; Thousand Oaks; New Delhi: Sage (2006), xv, 318 pp.

"Easy to read, the book draws on interviews with dozens of working journalists. They share their thoughts on the profession and we watch them work – selecting stories, carrying out interviews, and writing scripts. There are chapters on interviewing, research techniques, and news writing. Further c ... more

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Media and Minorities: The Politics of Race in News and Entertainment

Stephanie Greco Larson

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2006), 363 pp.

El conflicto armado en pantalla: Noticieros, agendas y visibilidades

Camilo Andrés Tamayo, Jorge Iván Bonilla

Controversia , issue 185 (2005), pp. 22-49

Al-Dschasira: Ein arabischer Nachrichtensender fordert den Westen heraus

Hugh Miles

Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt (2005), 335 pp.

"Die aufgeklärte Öffentlichkeit im Westen hat neue Helden: die Journalisten und Macher des arabischen Nachrichtensenders Al-Dschasira. Ganz offensichtlich lassen sie sich weder von Anzeigenboykotten aus der arabischen Welt noch von Anfeindungen der amerkanischen Führung davon abbringen, ihnen zug ... more

Arabisches Satelliten-Nachrichtenfernsehen: Entwicklungsgeschichte, Strukturen und Folgen für die Konfliktberichterstattung aus dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten

Oliver Hahn

Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 53, issue 2-3 (2005), pp. 241-260

"Dieser Beitrag liefert einen Überblick über die Entwicklungsgeschichte und Strukturen der arabischen Satelliten-Nachrichtenfernsehsender Al-Jazeera, Abu Dhabi TV und Al-Arabiya sowie des arabischsprachigen US-Auslandsfernsehens Al-Hurra und fragt nach ihren Folgen für die Konfliktberichterstattu ... more

La infancia y la calidad periodística en el cubrimiento informativo del conflicto armado en Colombia

Bogotá: Proyecto Antonio Nariño (2005), 63 pp.

"En el 2005, el Proyecto Antonio Nariño realizó un monitoreo de las informaciones periodísticas sobre el conflicto armado en Colombia, en las emisiones de 10 noticieros de televisión correspondientes a tres canales nacionales (RCN, Caracol y Canal Uno), tres canales regionales (Tele Antioquia, T ... more

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Media, Audiences, Effects: An Introduction to the Study of Media Content and Audience Analysis
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Paul J. Traudt

Boston et al.: Pearson (2005), xvi, 208 pp.

"Media, Audiences, Effects teaches students how to evaluate media effects research and better understand the role media play in our everyday lives. This text introduces readers to more than 300 contemporary research studies focusing on twelve important topic areas, including television violence, gen ... more

La televisión del conflicto: La representación del conflicto armado colombiano en los noticieros de televisión

Bogotá: Proyecto Antonio Nariño (2005), 104 pp.

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Audiences and Publics: When Cultural Engagement Matters for the Public Sphere

Sonia Livingstone (ed.)

Bristol: intellect (2005), 244 pp.

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Comunicación y política en una democracia ética por construir

Rosa María Alfaro Moreno

Lima: Veeduría Ciudadana (2005), 328 pp.