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The Economic Contribution of Copyright-Based Industries in Ukraine

Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2008), 103 pp.

"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 ... more

Comparing Media Systems in Central Europe: Between Commercialization and Politicization

Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Michal Glowacki

Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego (2008), 244 pp.

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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

Paula Chakravartty, Yuezhi Zhao (ed.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2008), xi, 359 pp.

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"Worldmedia Inc.": Vision oder bereits Geschichte?

Josef Trappel

Media Perspektiven, issue 3 (2008), pp. 138-147

"Im Fazit lassen sich zwei Befunde festhalten: Erstens erweist sich die Medienkonzentration weiterhin als zentrale Bewegungsenergie für die Internationalisierung der Massenmedien. Sie wird nicht nur im klassischen Medienbereich von Fernsehen, Radio und Printmedien vorangetrieben, sondern erfährt e ... more

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Russian Television Today: Primetime Drama and Comedy

David MacFadyen

London: Routledge (2008), 244 pp.

"Examining the role of dramatized narratives in Russian television, this book stresses the ways in which the Russian government under Putin use primetime television to express a new understanding of what it means to be Russian, answering key questions of national identity for modern Russians in deal ... more

Regional Overview on Child Sexual Abuse Images Through the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine

Bangkok: ECPAT International (2008), 95 pp.

Communications Strategy for Russia's Development Assistance: A Review of Other Donors' Experience

Christopher Neal, Svetlana Markova

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), 55 pp.

"This paper reviews the public positioning of official development assistance (ODA) pr ograms of selected donor countries, as well as that of multilateral development institutions. It compares and contrasts their communications objectives, messages, strategies, practices and products. It also discus ... more

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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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Introduction to Media and Politics

Sarah Oates

London: Sage (2008), ix, 230 pp.

"This highly accessible text compares media institutions and political experiences in countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, to enable students to think critically about the central questions in the study of media and politics. The book balances cont ... more

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Kaukasus

Bernhard Chiari (ed.)

Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2008), 288 pp.

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The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

Jesper Strömbäck, Lynda Lee Kaid (eds.)

New York; Abingdon: Routledge (2008), xix, 450 pp.

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Medienoligarchen: Chancen und Grenzen für die Pressefreiheit in der Ukraine. Eine Fallstudie

Marina Sverdel

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2008), 263 pp.

"Der als Revolution in Orange bezeichnete Widerstand Ende 2004 bot auch die Chance für eine einschneidende Veränderung der staatlichen Strukturen in der Ukraine. Eine Entwicklung hin zu einer demokratischen Gesellschaftsordnung, die mit konsolidierten Demokratien Ostmitteleuropas vergleichbar wär ... more

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Television Across Europe: More Channels, Less Independence. Follow-up Reports 2008
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Budapest: Open Society Institute (OSI), EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP) (2008), 456 pp.

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Die Meinungsmacher: Journalistische Kultur und Pressefreiheit in Russland

Erik Albrecht

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2008), 121 pp.

"Journalistenmorde und Maulkorb für die Medien: Nachrichten über die russische Presse handeln meist von äußeren Angriffen auf ihre Freiheit. Doch wie die ticken die Journalisten selbst? Wie verstehen sie ihre gesellschaftliche Aufgabe? Fast im gesamten Verlauf seiner Geschichte wurde der russisc ... more

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Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics

Pamela Wilson, Michelle Stewart (eds.)

Durham: Duke University Press (2008), ix, 362 pp.

"Whether discussing Maori cinema in New Zealand or activist community radio in Colombia, the contributors describe how native peoples use both traditional and new media to combat discrimination, advocate for resources and rights, and preserve their cultures, languages, and aesthetic traditions. By r ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy

Nancy Snow, Philip M. Taylor (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2008), xx, 382 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of public diplomacy and national image and perception management, from the efforts to foster pro-West sentiment during the Cold War to the post-9/11 campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of the Muslim world. Editors Nancy ... more

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Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)

Bristol: intellect (2008), 301 pp.

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Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies

Isaac A. Blankson, Patrick D. Murphy (eds.)

New York: State University of New York Press (2007), xi, 285 pp.

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An Imperative to Innovate: Sustainable Journalism Training in Central and Eastern Europe. Final Report to the Knight Foundation

Aaron Presnall (ed.)

Washington, DC: Jefferson Institute (2007), 52 pp.

"Our analysis will proceed along the following lines. First, it will show how media development promotes market-based democracy. Second, it examines the particular role of Central and East European journalist training centers in media development. Third, we broaden the scope beyond fixed training ce ... more