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The Routledge International Handbook of Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding
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Sara Clarke-Habibi, Cordula Reimann (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2026), 550 pp.
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Media Parenting: Theory and Research on Parent, Child, and Media Interactions

Eric E. Rasmussen
New York: Bloomsbury Publishing (2026), 296 pp.
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Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method

Tarik Sabry, Winston Mano, Andrea Medrado (eds.)
London: Routledge (2026), xvii, 334 pp.
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Reportage in the Chinese-Speaking World

Charles A. Laughlin, Li Guo (eds.)
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2026), xiii, 292 pp.
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Handbook of Global Oral History
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Mark Cave, Selma Leydesdorff (eds.)
Leiden: Brill (2026), x, 699 pp.
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Oral Histories of Genocide in Bosnia, Indonesia, and Rwanda: Symbolic Violence and Social Death

Erin Jessee, Annie Pohlman
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2026), 408 pp.
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Amplifying voices, fostering resilience: The radio listener clubs and Rohingya refugee adolescents in Cox’s Bazar

Hakan Ergül
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 23, issue 1 (2025), pp. 3-23
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Media Diversity Institute (2025), 18 pp.
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Volker Gehrau, Helena Bilandzic, Holger Schramm, Carsten Wünsch (eds.)
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Social Media and Ordinary Life: Affect, Ethics, and Aspiration in Contemporary China

Cara Wallis
New York: New York University Press (2025), viii, 285 pp.
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How Afghan women amplify their voices through digital activism: A study of global engagement and local cultural resistance

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Digital Indigenous Cultural Heritage

Inker-Anni Linkola-Aikio, Pigga Keskitalo, Rosa Maria Ballardini, Melanie Sarantou (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xxiii, 373 pp.
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The Information Animal

Alicia Wanless
La Vergne: C. Hurst and Company (2025), 314 pp.
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Exploring news gratifications across age groups: A European study in 23 countries

Mónica Recalde, Alfonso Vara-Miguel, Jorge del Río Pérez, Cristina Sánchez-Blanco
European Journal of Communication, volume 40, issue 1 (2025), pp. 70-86
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Exploring Mental Health and Digital Technologies Among Young People in Rural Areas

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Hopelab (2025), 19 pp.
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Communication, Entertainment, and Messages of Social Justice

Richard West, Christina S. Beck
Abingdon: Routledge (2025), xix, 323 pp.
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Pakistani Women Journalists: Occupational Hazards in Their Intersectionalities of Gender, Culture and Profession

Haroon ur Rasheed Baloch, Amira Firdaus, Iffat Ali Aksar, Farrah Dina Yusop, Jiankun Gong, Humaira Sharif
Journalism Practice, volume 19, issue 9 (2025), pp. 1986-2002
"Grounded in the intersections of culture, gender and occupation, this paper explores the challenges and barriers faced by “elite” Pakistani women working in a journalistic profession steeped in male dominance shaped by patriarchal values. One-on-one in-depth interviews were conducted with nine ... more
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Transformative Archive: Ansätze und Perspektiven für die (historisch-)politische Bildung

Iris Rajanayagam, Ohiniko Mawussé Toffa (eds.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2025), 211 pp.
"Inwieweit kann das Dokumentieren, Archivieren und Bereitstellen von marginalisiertem (Geschichts-)Wissen Räume eröffnen, in denen Neues gedacht werden kann und dekoloniale Optionen in der erinnerungspolitischen Landschaft Deutschlands und darüber hinaus besprechbar werden können? Welche Formen ... more