"Diese Veröffentlichung umfasst einen Vergleich der Meinungs-, Presse- und Informationsfreiheit in 169 Staaten der Welt. Dem normativen Teil liegt eine systematische Dokumentation von Verfassungstexten und anderen Rechtsquellen zugrunde, dem empirischen eine Fallsammlung von Verstößen gegen die K
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ommunikationsfreiheiten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The drive towards homogeneity is not irresistible. These challenging essays by journalists, independent producers and researchers describe indigenous television in Brazil, in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Aboriginal networks in Australia and the Deep Dish Satellite Network's alternative cover
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age in America of the Gulf War. Against the odds, local initiatives around the world are creating new opportunities for national, regional and ethnic identities to find expression through the medium of television." (Publisher description)
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"Does minority media contribute to ethnic cohesion and cultural maintenance? Or does an ethnic media encourage assimilation into the dominant culture by espousing that culture's products, images, and values? Ethnic Minority Media explores these issues by providing a broad sampling of case studies th
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at span a variety of ethnic minorities and countries. Each case study presents the different cultural, political, and economic conditions that figure prominently in the media's role in ethnic survival or demise. The contributors, many of them internationally regarded journalists, primarily study the print and broadcast media that minorities have established for their communities. They focus on previously neglected minority media in the United States (Hispanic and Native), Great Britain (Welsh), Ireland (Irish), Canada (Native), Australia (Aboriginal), Israel (Romanian), France (Occitan and Basque), Greenland (Inuit), Chile (Native), and Algeria (Berber). They analyze this phenomena on many levels, defining crucial terms, considering different audiences, and contrasting ethnic and mainstream media." (Publisher description)
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"Nearly 200 countries are surveyed in this alphabetical, international guide to print and broadcast media. Each country profile contains a brief historical and political overview and sections focusing on news sources, the press, broadcasting, and a directory of major newspapers, broadcast organizati
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ons, agencies, and press associations. Most entries are two to four pages in length, although a few (Japan, United Kingdom, United States) are ten pages or longer. Drost passively states in his spare one-page introduction that: "A few words should perhaps be said on terminology: "owned by" is used loosely to cover a maze of ownership patterns; "independent" is used as a description of ownership, not political or editorial stance; a "daily" is published on at least four days per week; and "tabloid" refers to paper size not content." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 129)
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"After twenty-five years of priesthood and twenty years in the mass media ministry, I took a sabbatical year, Easter '88 to Easter '89, to learn how the church in other countries and cultures was using communications to evangelize. I wanted to visit Catholic communicators worldwide; to learn from th
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eir successes and slips, to peek over their shoulders without getting on their backs [...] Invitations to conduct training woprkshops arrived from India, Africa, Europe [...] To make it possible for me to travel for 53 weeks to 47 countries - almost 3 times around the world with cutbacks and criss-crosses - many generous sources contributed finances ..." (Pages i-ii)
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