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Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives

Juliet McCaffery, Juliet Merrifield, Juliet Millican

Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.

"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program ... more

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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

Tom Vick

New York: Collins (2007), xiv, 274 pp.

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Other Voices: The Struggle for Community Radio in India

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik

New Dehli et al.: Sage (2007), 319 pp.

"This book not only offers a historical account of the struggle for community radio in India, but also provides a documentation of the efforts of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and rural communities to realise the Brechtian mandate to use radio as a tool to build a robust civil society in the ... more

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The Internet and Governance in Asia: A Critical Reader

Indrajit Banerjee (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2007), 380 pp.

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The Indian Media: Illusion, Delusion and Reality. Essays in Honour of Prem Bhatia

Asha Rani Mathur (ed.)

Prem Bhatia (honoured person)

New Delhi: Rupa (2007), xv, 320 pp.

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Communication and Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-1930

Dwayne Roy Winseck, Robert M. Pike

Durham: Duke University Press (2007), xx, 429 pp.

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Images and icons: Harnessing the power of the media to reduce sex-selective abortion in India

Yvonne MacPherson

Gender & Development, volume 15, issue 3 (2007), pp. 413-423

"Sex-selective abortion is an increasing problem in India. Previous awareness-raising efforts on the issue have focused largely on the act of abortion, without substantively addressing the context that creates a demand for sex selection. The BBC World Service Trust conducted a research study on how ... more

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Social Marketing: Marketing Moral, Human, Social and Cultural Values

Magimai Pragasam (ed.)

Kuala Lumpur: Signis Asia (2007), 104 pp.

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People's Communications for Development: How Intermediary Groups Use Communication Tools for Grassroots Women's Empowerment

Tesa Casal de Vela, Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo

Manila: Isis International (2007), 608 pp.

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Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media
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Kalinga Seneviratne (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2007), vi, 273 pp.

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The Bible and the Technologies of the Word

Joseph Palakeel (ed.)

Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation (2007), 310 pp.

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Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow

Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)

Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2007), 267 pp.

"Media on the Move provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. This comes at a time when the political, economic and technological contexts within which media organisations operate are becoming increasingly global. The surge in transnational traffic in ... more

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Community Media: Local is Focal

Nitin Paranjape

Community Development Journal, volume 42, issue 4 (2007), pp. 459-469

"Given the limited nature of global media with its emphasis on ‘infotainment’ driven by commerce, it has very little role in community development. We see the alarming and growing impact of the global media on the socio-cultural life of different communities in India. The rampaging growth of cen ... more

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Media and the British Empire

Chandrika Kaul (ed.)

Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), 266 pp.

"'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonis ... more

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Breaking Barriers: The Potential of Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Human Development. A Compilation of Case Studies from Across the World

Nah Soo Hoe

Bangkok; New Delhi: UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP);International Development Research Centre (IDRC);UNESCO;Elsevier (2006), 115 pp.

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Exotische Typen: Buchdruck im Orient - Orient im Buchdruck

Meliné Pehlivanian, Siegfried Schmitt et al.

Berlin: Staatsbibliothek (2006), 215 pp.

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Evaluation Reports on Selected Projects

Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 147 pp.

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Journalists as Power Brokers: Review of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and the Free Media Foundation (FMF)

Alf Skjeseth, Masood Hayat, Cyril Raphael

[Islamabad]: Royal Norwegian Embassy (2006), 25 pp.

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Cinémas engagés

Manière de Voir , issue 88 (2006), 98 pp.

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Perceptions and Practice: An Anthology of Impact Assessment Experience

Kay Sayce, Patricia Norrish

Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2006), 186 pp.

"Contains 11 studies, mainly on information projects, each with between four and eight stories told by people involved in those studies. Each set of stories is prefaced by a summary of the study." (commbox)

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