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Promoting Independent Media : Strategies for Democracy Assistance / Krishna Kumar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626370111
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23
LOC classification:
  • P95.8
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 International Media Assistance -- 2 Programming Approaches to Independent Media Building -- 3 Journalism Training and Institution Building in Central America -- 4 Promoting Independent Regional Television Stations in Russia -- 5 Media Assistance and Regime Change in Serbia -- 6 Building the Open Broadcast Network in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- 7 Supporting Independent Radio Stations in Indonesia -- 8 Establishing Community Radio Stations in Afghanistan -- 9 The Talking Drum Studio in Sierra Leone -- 10 Recommendations to the International Community -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Krishna Kumar surveys the nature and significance of international aid designed to build and strengthen independent news media in support of democratization and development. Providing the first comprehensive coverage of media assistance programs, Kumar discusses the evolution, focus, and overall impact of a range of intervention strategies. He also presents seven in-depth case studies based on extensive USAID-sponsored fieldwork; here he examines the context, accomplishments, and failures of efforts in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. A concluding chapter summarizes the findings of the study and suggests their important implications for international media assistance.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 International Media Assistance -- 2 Programming Approaches to Independent Media Building -- 3 Journalism Training and Institution Building in Central America -- 4 Promoting Independent Regional Television Stations in Russia -- 5 Media Assistance and Regime Change in Serbia -- 6 Building the Open Broadcast Network in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- 7 Supporting Independent Radio Stations in Indonesia -- 8 Establishing Community Radio Stations in Afghanistan -- 9 The Talking Drum Studio in Sierra Leone -- 10 Recommendations to the International Community -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Krishna Kumar surveys the nature and significance of international aid designed to build and strengthen independent news media in support of democratization and development. Providing the first comprehensive coverage of media assistance programs, Kumar discusses the evolution, focus, and overall impact of a range of intervention strategies. He also presents seven in-depth case studies based on extensive USAID-sponsored fieldwork; here he examines the context, accomplishments, and failures of efforts in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Central America, Indonesia, Russia, Serbia, and Sierra Leone. A concluding chapter summarizes the findings of the study and suggests their important implications for international media assistance.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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