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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"independent media"”.
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"Mobilizing ""Asian American"": rhetoric and ethnography of Asian American media organizations"
… or if so negatively, in the mainstream media and not through their own accord. As a result, popular images of emasculated or villainous Asian American males, submissive or sexually threatening Asian American females prevail as the most salient representations. However, Asian American …
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MEDIA DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MEDIA INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
For nearly 30 years now, media development (or media assistance as it is also called) has been a cornerstone of foreign aid designed to support transitions to (Western) democracy and governance. The impact and the legacy of all the support that has gone to supporting democratic media transitions is …
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Diversifying the Media Landscape: Case Study of Two Alternative Russian Media
The Russian government tends to control most media outlets in the country either directly, through state-owned companies or through a so-called political elite. This, along with existence of various restrictive laws and their usage, forms a barrier to the flourishing of ethical, unbiased, and …
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An Assessment of Post-Taliban Media Development in Afghanistan (2002-2017)
… of the growth and development of the Afghan media sector post-2001. The assessment utilizes the United Nations Media Development Indicators (MDIs) for this specific purpose.In doing so, this thesis project tests the assumption that despite pressures from both the government, the Taliban-led …
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The spirit of networks: new media and the changing role of religion in American public life
… of Networks examines the implications of new media for the future of American religious politics. I argue that we are at a critical juncture in both media and religion, similar to the early days of radio broadcasting. The outcome of that earlier juncture involved an increase in media …
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Contestational design : innovation for political activism
… case study is Dialup Radio, a telephone-based independent media system that I developed with a civil society organization in Zimbabwe. It was intended to disseminate activist information, particularly to Zimbabwe's rural poor. Despite limited infrastructure and government restrictions, several …
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Democracy, Citizens' Media, and Resistance: A Study of the New River Free Press
A central concern of media scholars such as Ben Bagdikian and Robert McChesney is the undemocratic potential of the U.S. mainstream media system, dominated by a small number of highly consolidated, multinational, corporate media firms. In this context, other scholars, including Chris Atton, John …
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Homebrew and the social construction of gaming : community, creativity, and legal context of amateur Game Boy Advance development
… intersection of game studies and amateur media studies, challenging the focus of game studies on commercial production. The GBA homebrew community is studied from the personal motivational level to the social dynamics of the group. The analysis considers the blend of technological and …
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Characterization of the Effects of bFGF and GSK3β Inhibitors on Embryoid Bodies Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
… they are derived from hPSCs maintained in feeder independent media such as mTeSR1. To promote cell survival, EBs generated from mTeSR1-adapted hPSCs are sometimes cultured in a medium that contains basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), a trophic factor often used in hPSC cultures to maintain …
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Model Interventions: The Evolution of Media Development Strategies in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia from 2000 to 2007
… organizations, has sponsored the development of independent media as a major component of both conflict interventions and democratization programs, and more recently as part of nation building efforts. This study explores the evolution and export of those dominant democratic media models and …
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Computers and video : coincidental in architectural design
… the proposed tool. a designer can use numerous media simultaneously; for our purposes digital video and an object-oriented graphics editor. The video environment acts as an analysis tool for exploring existing archetypes. In search of inherent themes. The graphics editor is a tool for …
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Public private partnership contract management failure in information technology service delivery: a qualitative inquiry into the South African Department of Labour ERP implementation project
… analysis methodology to interrogate the media discourse concerning the failure of the DOL-SIS ERP Implementation failure. Content analysis with the use of ATLAS/TI and automated tool was used to analyse all the relevant documents for the different studies. The general contribution of this …
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MOOD: A Zine Exploring the Value of Youth-Oriented Media
<p>Media is a constant, persistent force in human lives that informs and influences through published, broadcasted, and digitally mediated formats. Mass media industries produce and distribute content consumed by diverse audiences, though the facilitators represent only a fraction of the …
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A Family Affair: The Political Economy of Media Ownership in the Republic of Korea (1998-2012)
… dissertation investigates the nature of Korean media giants among members of Asian media conglomerates in the era of media marketization. Since the 1980s, each state in Asia has adopted neoliberal media laws and policies that have made its media systems more market-driven. This neoliberal media …
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Online diasporic political spheres: inside the emerging spaces for Zimbabweans
The study investigates how online media are contributing to democracy in Africa. It is interested in the growing online media spaces and their democratic promise. The case study is on diasporic media by citizens from troubled Zimbabwe, whose mass media environment remained a subject of much debate. …
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Enhancing democratic communication? Television and partisan politics in Palestine
… this thesis focuses on the most important media in the Palestinian context, television, which has the widest reach and influence among Palestinians. The main aim of the thesis is to investigate the question of how far, in the perceptions of Palestinians, the two television channels – …
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The Changing State for Women : Political and Social Mobilisation for Iraqi Women Members of Parliament Post-2003
… (symbolic representation). In the absence of an independent media environment, true symbolic representation for women remains lacking.
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The Changing State for Women : Political and Social Mobilisation for Iraqi Women Members of Parliament Post-2003
… (symbolic representation). In the absence of an independent media environment, true symbolic representation for women remains lacking.
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A Critical Examination of Zambia's Democratic Performance since 1991
A qualitative research approach and the reliance to a large extent on existing literature are used in this study to demonstrate Zambia's stagnant position in becoming a true democracy. While the country is seen as a beacon of peace in Africa, reflected in the peaceful transfer of power after …
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