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"Der vorliegende Band nähert sich dem Wandel der Familien im Spiegel von aktuellen Film- und Fernsehproduktionen. Zum einen geht es darum, wie Filme von «realistischen» Familien erzählen – im Alltag, aber auch in Extremsituationen, Krisen und Konflikten, zum anderen werden in den Figuren auch ... more

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Youth-Led Communication for Social Change: Empowerment, Citizen Media, and Cultures of Governance in Northern Ghana

Lise Grauenkaer, Thomas Tufte

Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 400-413

"This article critically assesses the possibilities and limitations of strategic communication initiatives to enhance cultures of governance among youth in Northern Ghana. The analysis is embedded within contemporary debates about communication and social change, with particular focus upon dynamics ... more

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The Language Lesson: What We've Learned About Communicating with Rohingya Refugees

Translators Without Borders (2018), 32 pp.

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Women's Media in Humanitarian Media: No Surprises

Jo-Hannah Lavey

Humanitarian Advisory Group (2018), 7 pp.

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Physical Fences and Digital Divides: A Global Detention Project Investigation Into the Role of Social Media in the Context of Migration Control. Part I: Exposing the "Crisis"

Tom Rollins

Geneva: Global Detention Project (2018), 29 pp.

"This Global Detention Project Special Report is aimed at improving our understanding of how people use social media during their migration journeys, with a special emphasis on their use in the context of detention and migration control in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Part I, “Exposing the ... more

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Comunicación sobre las migraciones

Oxfam Intermón (2018), 16 pp.

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Who Speaks for the Past? Social Media, Social Memory, and the Production of Historical Knowledge in Contemporary China

Jun Liu

International Journal of Communication, volume 12 (2018), pp. 1675-1695

"This study explores the influence of social media on the (re)formation of social memory and the production of historical knowledge in society. It takes several contested debates over historical events and figures on Weibo, one of the most widely used social media, as the case to investigate how soc ... more

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When Facts Don't Matter: How to Communicate More Effectively About Immigration's Costs and Benefits

Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan

Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (2018), 25 pp.

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Women and TV Culture in Pakistan: Gender, Islam and National Identity

Munira Cheema

London: Tauris (2018), xii, 228 pp.

"The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002. The President, General Pervez Musharraf, introduced a policy of liberalisation that enabled controversial issues such as honour killings, adultery, stoning to death, domestic violence, marriage after divorce and homos ... more

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Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, Innovate

Paris: OECD (2018), 150 pp.

"The road ahead is uphill: today worldwide some 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet. Women are under-represented in ICT jobs, top management and academic careers and, as shown in this report, men are four times more likely than women to be ICT specia ... lists. At 15 years of age, on average, only 0.5% of girls wish to become ICT professionals, compared to 5% of boys. Women-owned start-ups receive 23% less funding and are 30% less likely to have a positive exit compared to male-owned businesses. This report explores a range of factors that underpin the digital gender divide, bolsters the evidence base for policy making and provides policy directions for consideration by all G20 governments. It has been prepared by the OECD at the request of the Australian Government to support advancement of the 2017 G20 Roadmap for Digitalisation: Policies for a Digital Future, in particular its aim to support the equitable participation of women in the digital economy. It complements the initiative of the 2018 Argentinian G20 Presidency to share policies, actions and national practices that have had a significant and measurable impact in bridging the digital gender divide, while supporting Argentina’s mainstreaming of gender across the G20 agenda. The report finds that hurdles to access, affordability, lack of education as well as inherent biases and sociocultural norms curtail women and girls’ ability to benefit from the opportunities offered by the digital transformation. In addition, girls’ relatively lower educational enrolment in disciplines that would allow them to perform well in a digital world – such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as information and communication technologies – coupled with women’s and girls’ more limited use of digital tools could lead to widening gaps and greater inequality. Acting now to reverse these trends can pay off: the reports finds that greater inclusion of women in the digital economy and increased diversity bring value, both social and economic. For instance, inventions arising out of mixed teams are more economically valuable and have higher impact than those in which only men are involved. Co-ordinated policy action can help narrow the digital gender gap. This requires raising a wareness and tackling gender stereotypes; enabling enhanced, safer and more affordable access to digital tools; and stronger cooperation across stakeholders to remove barriers to girls and women’s full participation in the digital world." (Foreword, page 5) more

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Mobile Phone Communication in the Mobile Margins of Africa: The ‘Communication Revolution’ Evaluated from Below

Mirjam de Bruijn, Inge Brinkman

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 225-241

"In this chapter we have offered an interpretation of the first twenty years of mobile telephony in marginal zones in Africa. With case-studies from central Mali, anglophone Cameroon and south-east Angola, we focused on the changes in both communication and mobility patterns, specifically in connect ... more

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Familias y niños: El negocio de los canales de los niños youtubers

Esther Martínez Pastor, Ricardo Vizcaíno-Laorga, Miguel Ángel Nicolás Ojeda et al.

Fundación BBVA (2018), 87 pp.

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20 Questions about Youth and the Media

Nancy A. Jennings, Sharon R. Mazzarella (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang, 2nd, revised ed. (2018), xiv, 260 pp.

"The revised edition of 20 Questions about Youth and the Media is an updated and comprehensive guide to today's most compelling issues in the study of children, tweens, teens and the media. The editors bring together leading experts to answer the kinds of questions an undergraduate student might ask ... more

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Media Coverage of Child Rights Issues in Uganda: The Case of 'The New Vision'

Ivan Ashaba, Marlon Agaba

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 2 (2018), pp. 149-168

"Despite having a robust child protection framework and a burgeoning media, child rights abuse still occurs in Uganda. This takes the form of child neglect, defilement, torture, trafficking. The researchers set out to investigate media coverage of child rights issues in Uganda. A triangulation of me ... more

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ISolezwe’s Coverage of the May 2008 Xenophobic Riots: An Irresolute Start and an Ambivalent End

Simphiwe Ngwane

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 10, issue 3 (2018), pp. 297-315

"IsiZulu is one of South Africa’s Lingua francas and has two successful news publications, iLanga and iSolezwe, both written in isiZulu but vastly different in how they convey, craft and package news. This article aims to examine how iSolezwe, an isiZulu-language tabloid, used two editorials to sh ... more

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Dealing with the Past: Aspects of Trauma and Healing

Alice Murage, Ali Al-Nasani, Dara Bramson (eds.)

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cambodia (2018), 82 pp.

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El arte desde el pasado fracturado peruano

Cynthia E. Milton (ed.)

Lima: IEP Ediciones (2018), 343 pp.

"La Comisión de Verdad y Reconciliación no solo documentó la violencia política de las décadas del ochenta y noventa, sino que también le dio a los peruanos una oportunidad única para examinar las causas y la naturaleza de esa violencia. En El arte después de un pasado fracturado peruano, ac ... more

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Mapping of Media Information Literacy in Jordan

Amman: UNESCO;Networks of Mediterranean Youth Project (Net Med Youth) (2018), 63 pp.