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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide

Amanda C. Quick (ed.)

Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.

"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat ... more

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Planet TV: A Global Television Reader

Lisa Parks, Shanti Kumar (eds.)

New York: New York University Press (2003), ix, 470 pp.

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Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East-Central Europe

Miklós Sükösd, Péter Bajomi-Lázár (eds.)

Budapest: Central European University Press (2003), 273 pp.

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Freedom of the Press Throughout the World: 2003 Report

Paris: Reporters Sans Frontières (2003), 587 pp.

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Medienentwicklung und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: Beiträge zu einer theoretischen und empirischen Herausforderung

Markus Behmer, Friedrich Krotz, Rudolf Stöber, Carsten Winter (eds.)

Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag (2003), 277 pp.

"Gesellschaftswandel kann - egal, ob er Politik, Wirtschaft oder Kultur betrifft - ohne die Berücksichtigung von Medien und ihrer Rolle in der Geschichte kaum mehr angemessen verstanden werden [...] Die Publikation gibt einen Überblick über Voraussetzungen der Erforschung der Rolle der Medien im ... more

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The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional Journalism

Johannes von Dohnanyi, Christian Möller

Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 207 pp.

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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 1, A-E

Donald H. Johnston (ed.)

New York: Academic Press (2003), 25, 618 pp.

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Medienwelten - Information und Macht

Der Überblick, issue 4 (2003), 149 pp.

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Reaching Audiences Worldwide: Perspectives of International Broadcasting and Audience Research 2001/2002

Oliver Zöllner (ed.)

Bonn: Conference of International Boradcasters' Audience Research Services (CIBAR);Paragon Verlag (2003), 131 pp.

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Handbuch interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kooperation. Band 2: Länder, Kulturen und interkulturelle Berufstätigkeit

Alexander Thomas, Stefan Kammhuber, Schroll-Machl (eds.)

Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (2003), 399 pp.

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Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World

Nick Couldry, James Curran (eds.)

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2003), x, 319 pp.

"Media scholars and political scientists develop a broad comparative framework for analyzing alternative media in Australia, Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics include independent media centers, gay online networks and a ... more

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Global Corruption Report 2003. Special Focus: Access to Information

Transparency International (2002), 326 pp.

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The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development
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Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), ix, 322 pp.

"Clearly as important providers of information, the media are more likely to promote better economic performance when they are more likely to satisfy three conditions: the media are independent, provide good-quality information, and have a broad reach. That is, when they reduce the natural asymmetry ... more

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Media education in 12 European countries. A comparative study of teaching media in mother tongue education in secondary schools

Andrew Hart, Daniel Süss

Zürich: E-Collection of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (2002), 158 pp.

The Global and the National: Media and Communications in Post-Communist Russia

Terhi Rantanen

Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2002), viii, 159 pp.

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Internationales Handbuch Medien 2002/2003

Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos, 26th ed. (2002), 1056 pp.

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An Essential Link with Audiences Worldwide: Research for International Broadcasting

Oliver Zöllner (ed.)

Berlin: Vistas;Deutsche Welle (2002), 234 pp.

"This book documents the 16th conference of the international audience research association CIBAR that was held at the Deutsche Welle headquarters. Experienced experts give first-hand accounts of their work and show perspectives for the future." (Back cover)

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Macht und Ohnmacht der "Vierten Gewalt": Die Rolle der Massenmedien im russischen Transitionsprozeß

Sabine Alexandra Gladkov

Münster: Lit (2002), 400 pp.

"Die russischen Medien haben sich in der Krise eingerichtet: Leere Kassen, mauernde Bürokraten und Gewalt gegen Journalisten prägen den Redaktionsalltag zwischen Petersburg und Wladiwostok. Fast vergessen ist die glorreiche Glasnost-Zeit, als die Presse unversehens vom passiven Chronisten zum mach ... more

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Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements

John D. H. Downing

Tamara V. Ford; Genève Gil; Laura Stein (contrib.)

London et al.: Sage, 2nd, compl. revised ed. (2002), 426 pp.

"This is an entirely new edition of the author’s 1984 study (originally published by South End Press) of radical media and movements. The first and second sections are original to this new edition. The first section explores social and cultural theory in order to argue that radical media should be ... more

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