Who this handbook is for -- Understanding media development: a key part of governance reform -- Grasping the fundamentals: the building blocks of an independent media sector -- Getting from assessment to program concept: a tool for political economy analysis -- Getting from concept to design:...

"Mapping BRICS Media brings together distinguished scholars from the BRICS nations to assess the effects of the exponential growth in media in some of the world's fastest growing major economies and examine how the emergence will impact on global media and communication.Transnational in scope...