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Informe de la evaluación del programa Centroamérica en Sintonía (CAESI)

Andrés Geerts, Margarita Herrera

Free Voice (2006), 38 pp.

"El programa CAESI ha sido el primer intento de trabajar un programa en conjunto entre ALER y AMARC, dos redes con mucha historia y momentos de rivalidad. Fue la primera vez en la historia que se hizo un proyecto de estas características. Se hizo en una región muy problemática, históricamente po ... more

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El horizonte de las radios comunitarias

Etcétera, issue 68 (2006), 104 pp.

Propuesta de indicadores para un periodismo de calidad en México

México, DF: Universidad Iberoamericana (2006), 150 pp.

Periodistas y magnates: Estructura y concentración de las industrias culturales en América Latina

Guillermo Mastrini, Martín Becerra (dir.)

Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros;Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) (2006), 330 pp.

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Los teleapóstoles guatemaltecos: Apuntes históricos y propuestas para la investigación

Dennis A. Smith

San Juan, Puerto Rico: Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association (2006), 9 pp.

"¿Por qué hay tantos teleapóstoles en Guatemala? Me conformo con presentar siete líneas de investigación que nos ayudarán a responder esta pregunta. Para responder adecuadamente, también habría que contrastar la experiencia guatemalteca con otras experiencias latinoamericanas, especialmente ... more

El consumo cultural en América Latina: Construcción teórica y líneas de investigación

Guillermo Sunkel (doord.)

Bogotá: Convenio Andrés Bello, 2a ed. ampliada y revisada (2006), 535 pp.

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Transparency and Silence: A Survey of Access to Information Laws and Practices in Fourteen Countries
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Helen Darbishire, Thomas Carson

New York: Open Society Institute (2006), 188 pp.

"This report records and analyzes the results of a study in which partners of the Justice Initiative in 14 countries filed a total of 1,926 requests for information. In each country, seven different requesters twice submitted up to 70 questions to 18 public institutions. Requesters included NGOs, jo ... more

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Promoting Democracy in Postconflict Societies

Jeroen de Zeeuw, Krishna Kumar (eds.)

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner;Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations (2006), xii, 331 pp.

"This study critically evaluates international democratization assistance in postconflict societies to discern what has worked, what has not, and how aid programs can be designed to have a more positive impact. The authors offer a unique recipient perspective as they explore three dimensions of demo ... more

¿Y la recepción? Balance crítico de los estudios sobre el público

Florencia Saintout, Natalia Ferrante (eds.)

Buenos Aires: La Crujía (2006), 311 pp.

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Promoting Independent Media: Strategies for Democracy Assistance
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Krishna Kumar

Boulder, Colo.; London: Rienner (2006), 189 pp.

"This book represents one step in explaining international efforts to promote independent media. It attempts to examine the nature and significance of media assistance, discussing the evolution of the field, the focus of various programming approaches, and the possible impact of such efforts. It pre ... sents case studies of media assistance programs in different countries.The book concludes with a set of recommendations for expanding and deepening media assistance for the international community. This book project grew out of a multi-country study that I directed in 2002–2004 to examine media assistance programs funded by the US Agency for International Development. The overall purpose of the study was to assess the nature and effectiveness of USAID programs and make policy and programmatic recommendations for the future. In writing this book I have mostly drawn from the massive information collected during two years of research and analysis. The book is based primarily on three sources of information. First are reviews of literature covering scholarly writings, project and program documents, and articles in popular magazines and newspapers on media assistance. Such reviews were country specific as well as global in nature. Because the academic literature is extremely limited and media assistance is hardly covered in magazines and newspapers except in high-profile cases such as Bosnia and Serbia, reviews largely relied on program documentation. I had the unique advantage of perusing thousands of documents that are not available to the public. Although mostly descriptive and often self-serving, they identified critical gaps in our knowledge and illuminated the challenges and achievements of international media endeavors. Second, my colleagues and I undertook extensive fieldwork in seven countries/regions—Afghanistan, Bosnia, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. In each of these cases, research teams conducted extensive discussions with international donor agencies, officials of host countries, project staff and contractors, and local media experts and journalists. Every possible effort was made to interview all those experts and managers who had intimate knowledge of the ongoing media assistance programs. Teams also examined locally available documents and reports and used translators to translate documents into English when necessary. In the absence of hard quantitative data, they largely relied on available documentation, indepth interviews, and their own knowledge of the media scene for their findings and conclusions. Finally, I organized a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., to discuss the findings of the country studies and explore new directions for media assistance programs. Such meetings helped to identify many problems and challenges facing media assistance programs and helped in formulating a set of recommendation for policymakers." (Chapter 1, page 10-11) more

Kommunikation

DED-Brief, issue 3 (2005), pp. 4-53

Communication for Development Roundtable Report: Focus on Sustainable Development. 9th United Nations Roundtable on Communication for Development

Rome: FAO (2005), 96 pp.

Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development

Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)

Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);Nordicom (2005), 493 pp.

Con permiso: La radio comunitaria en México

Aleida Calleja, Beatriz Solís

México, DF: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2005), 247 pp.

Community Television for the Poor: A Scoping Study. Final Technical Report

S. Batchelor, N. Scott, G. Eastwick

Reading; London: Gamos;Department for International Development (DFID) (2005), 90 pp.

"The research was informed by desk research, two technical reviews and a stakeholder consultation in four countries – Honduras, South Africa, Tanzania and Ghana. It proved very timely as it contributed significantly to ongoing consultations in South Africa and Tanzania. In South Africa ICASA annou ... more

Facts & Figures 2004: Culture Sector

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2005), 42 pp.

A Developing Connection: Bridging the Policy Gap Between the Information Society and Sustainable Development

Terry Willard, Maja Andjelkovic (eds.)

Winnipeg, Manitoba: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (2005), 210 pp.

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The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism

Clifford Bob

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2005), xiv, 237 pp.

Del medio de comunicación a la comunidad de producción: Importancia de las empresas productoras externas para la oferta de programación periodística de la televisión latinoamericana

Lima: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Programa Medios de Comunicación y Democracia en América Latina;Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) (2005), 122 pp.