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Comunica's newest project. Impacto 2.0 explores how and in what
circumstances Web 2.0 technologies can be used to effectively link
policy, research and advocacy in Latin America. >>>> |
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 NRA Websites: Benchmarking National Telecom Regulatory Authority
Websites is the title of a report just published by LIRNE.NET. The
report takes a detailed look at the state of regulatory authority
websites in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and North America
and identifies benchmarking indicators for evaluating them. >>>> |
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 Published
by Comunica, Diversifying
Participation in Network Development is the final report of the World
Dialogue on Regulation
(WDR) 3rd research cycle. Edited by Amy Mahan and William H. Melody,
this most recent collection of the network’s research and case studies
elaborates on inclusive and propoor strategies for extending network
development. Get more
information, download the book for free or purchase a print copy. >>>>
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 Radio
2.0
is Comunica's blog on local & community broadcasting and new
ICTs. The blog is a space for practitioners and researchers to share
experiences and ideas about combining radio and other information and
communication technologies in what we call Radio 2.0. >>>>
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media management resources - This blog has links to a large collection
of free and online resources for community media managers. It includes
resources on financial management, fundraising, strategic planning, evaluation
and more. >>>>
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 Government
and media is
the cover theme of issue number 98 of Chasqui: La revista latinoamericana de comunicación
now available online. The issue includes articles about relations between
media and goverment in Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela and a number of diverse essays on
other media and communication
related topics. Chasqui is the quarterly journal of CIESPAL
(International Centre for Higher Studies in Communication for Latin America)
in Quito, Ecuador. The online version of Chasqui has been hosted by Comunica
since 1997.
In Spanish. >>>>
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 The report
Community-based Networks and Innovative Technologies: New models to serve and empower the poor
considers how the combination of community-driven enterprises and the
new wave of wireless and related technologies may have the potential to
extend networks and offer new services to poor communities and to
empower them to develop solutions that are more focused on their own
development needs. Witten by Seán Ó Siochrú and Bruce Girard and
published by UNDP. >>>> |
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 LIBRO
DIGITAL
Secreto
a Voces: Radio, NTICs e interactividad
El
tema principal de este libro es la combinación de Internet y la radio,
que ofrece un rango potencial y nuevo de posibilidades para los
proyectos de comunicación para el desarrollo. Sus 17 capítulos examinan
varios proyectos que incorporan radio e Internet.
>>descargar el libro>>
The One to Watch: Radio, New ICTs and Interactivity
"Sometimes
looked down upon as the "poor relation" of television, and certainly
considered old-fashioned compared to the Internet, radio today has
become the one to watch... Still the most portable communication
medium, the most widespread and the most economical, radio is now
proving itself versatile enough to go hand-in-hand with the Web." >>more>>
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 AlterPresse, an independent Haitian news agency and a
partner of Comunica, offers news
from Haiti (in French and Creole) as well as numerous reportages photo
at AlterPresse/Zoom
photos website.
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La
Ond@ Rural: Radio, NTICs y Desarrollo Rural en
 América Latina
Organizado por la FAO, en colaboración con ALER, AMARC y Comunica, el
taller latinoamericano La Ond@ Rural tuvo lugar en Quito, Ecuador del 20 al 22 de abril
2004.
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La Ond@ Rural: Radio, new
ICTs and rural development - Organized by the FAO in cooperation with
AMARC, ALER and Comunica, La Ond@ Rural was a Latin American regional
workshop on radio, new ICTs and rural development. >>Information
in English>>
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 New
book: How to Build Open Information Societies: A collection of best practices and know-how
(Edited by Amy Mahan & Yuri Misnikov)
presents a collection of knowledge-based best practices accumulated by
UNDP in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Case
studies and examples from 19 countries illustrate different
e-governance programmes and applications – from a diverse range of
initiatives including support for policy formulation, customs reform,
youth sexual education, rural deployment of ICTs and training, country
database building, and others.
Available from the UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre.
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 Communicating
in the Information Society
Edited by Bruce Girard and Seán
Ó
Siochrú of the CRIS
campaign and published by UNRISD,
Communicating in the Information Society
was launched at the World Summit on the Information Society. Paper copies are
available from UNRISD.
Download
the book
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C-News
Subscribe
to C-News, Comunica's e-info service
C-News is
an occasional electronic bulletin
with news of developments related to independent broadcasting and the
Internet, information about Comunica's other activities and announcements of
important changes and additions to our site. >>Subscribe>>
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 Report:
The
potential for community radio in Afghanistan
The
past quarter of a century has been difficult for Afghan society. Invasions,
civil wars, drought and famine, repressive governments, oppression of women
and the systematic violation of human rights have had significant social and
cultural consequences. The country is isolated, its communications
infrastructures virtually non-existent, and its education system devastated.
This report of a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan looks at the potential for community radio in this difficult
environment. >>more>> |
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Book - Global Media Governance
Seán Ó Siochrú and Bruce
Girard with Amy Mahan
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This
book is about media and communication governance at
a global level and its key influencing forces, organizations and
elements. Questions addressed here include: Why do we regulate the
media? What are the major forms of global regulation, and how do they
work? Who participates in, and who benefits from, media governance
structures? What are the trends? >>more>>
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RadioApasionad@s
22 experiencias de la radio
comunitaria en el mundo "Escrito
por personas activamente - y apasionadamente - involucrados en el
medio, este libro presenta 22 experiencias de radios alternativas en
países de todos los continentes del mundo."
La edición
digital en español
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A Passion for
Radio
Radio Waves and Community
"Written
by people actively - and passionately - involved in the medium, this
book presents 22 alternative radio experiences from countries on every
continent of the globe."
Download the digital
edition in English
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| Comunica organised two international seminars on
broadcasting and the internet. Documentation from both conferences
is available for consultation on this website.
Mixed Media / Medios Enteros
- La radiodifusión e Internet en América Latina y el Caribe - Tampa, Florida,
EEUU, septiembre 2000
Mixed Media / Medios Enteros -
Broadcasting and the Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean - Tampa,
Florida, USA, September 2000
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Broadcasting and the Internet in Developing Countries - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
September 1999 |
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© 1996-2010 Bruce Girard, Comunica
last update:15/04/2010
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