SECTION 1 WHY MEDIA MATTERS: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESIntegrating approaches to good governance and press freedom in nation-building . . . . . . . . . . .8
Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General for Communication and Public Information, United Nations
Media, Governance, and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Daniel Kaufmann, Director, Global Programs, World Bank Institute
The role of the Public Sphere and media independence in Deliberative Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Jürgen Habermas Professor Emeritus, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt, Germany
Why the media matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
James Deane, Managing Director, Communication for Social Change Consortium
Who makes the news ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Margaret Gallagher, The Global Media Monitoring Project
Community Radio Perspectives on Media Reach and Audience Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Marcelo Solervicens, Secretary General, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
Access to the lectromagnetic Spectrum is a Foundation for Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Christian Sandvig University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SECTION 2Overview of the evidence base : research on impacts of media on economic,social and political development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Susan Abbott, Senior Research Coordinator, Programme for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
Moving Media : the case for media as a core strategy in meeting the MDGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Warren Feek , Director , The Communications Initiative
A Road Map for Monitoring & Evaluation in the Media Development Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Alan Davis, Director of Strategy & Assessment, Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)
What do available indicators and integrative approaches to M&E on media and communications tell us?63
Anthnio Lambiino, Phd Candidate, Programme for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
SECTION 3Interventions in media development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Anne Huddock, DPhil, Assistant Representative, The Asia Foundation, Vietnam
Financial Independence Sasa Vucinic, Media Development Loan Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
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