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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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Media Development in Bosnia: A Longitudinal Analysis of Citizen Perceptions of News Media Realism, Importance and Credibility

Maureen Taylor, Philip M. Napoli

International Communication Gazette, volume 65, issue 6 (2003), pp. 473-492

"This article examines public perceptions of the news and information sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since the signing of the Dayton Peace Accord in late 1995, the international community has donated millions of dollars to foster free and fair media. This research explores the media transition in Bos ... more

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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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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

Digital Opportunities for Development: A Sourcebook on Access and Application

Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED) (2003), 384 pp.

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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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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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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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Freedom of the Press Throughout the World

Paris: Reporters Sans Frontières (2002), 671 pp.

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The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan and Russia

Adam Jones

Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2002), 524 pp.

"The press in transition" chronicles and evaluates the experiences of six press institutions in four markedly different media systems. The book adopts a comparative framing to explore press functioning worldwide, and to draw preliminary conclusions about the press in transition. At the heart of the ... more

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The Power and Limits of NGO's: A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Sarah E. Mendelson, John K. Glenn (eds.)

New York: Columbia University Press (2002), xiii, 264 pp.

"Since the end of the Cold War, a virtual army of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the United States, Britain, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe have flocked to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. These NGOs are working on such diverse tasks as helping to establish competitive political ... more

Reporting Diversity Manual

David Tuller

London: Media Diversity Institute (2002), 146 pp.

Global Corruption Report 2003. Special Focus: Access to Information

Transparency International (2002), 326 pp.

Role of the Media and the Internet as Tools for Creating Accountability to Poor and Disadvantaged Groups

Katharina Subasic

UNDP (2002), 43 pp.

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

Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas
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Mary Myers

Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2002), 134 pp.

"Taking 14 radio serial dramas from around the world shows that many aspects of the way they are organised are not replicable: what works in one context would just not work in another. This is because of the very nature of pro-social media projects: they depend so much on the personal contacts of th ... more

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