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The Trauma Graphic Novel

Andrés Romero-Jódar

New York; London: Routledge (2017), x, 179 pp.

"The end of the twentieth century and the turn of the new millennium witnessed an unprecedented flood of traumatic narratives and testimonies of suffering in literature and the arts. Graphic novels, free at last from long decades of stern censorship, helped explore these topics by developing a new s ... more

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Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora

Radha Sarma Hegde, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2017), xix, 393 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora introduces readers to the contexts and histories that constitute the Indian diaspora. It brings together scholars from different parts of the globe, representing various disciplines, and covers extensive spatial and temporal terrain. Contributors draw f ... more

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Media Reporting of Migrants and Migration

William Allen, Scott Blinder, Robert McNeil

In: World Migration Report 2018

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2017), 27 pp.

"In this chapter, we aim to address four key questions: What do media around the world say about migration and migrants? What impacts does this coverage have on what members of the public, policymakers and migrants themselves think and do? How does the practice of journalism itself contribute to cov ... more

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Safety concerns in the Nigerian media: What gender dynamics?

Lilian Ngusuur Unaegbu

In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression

Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 171-184

"This chapter focuses on gender dynamics in media safety in Nigeria. It critically examines the safety challenges journalists in Nigeria face in executing their duties in a country that has experienced different forms of conflicts, ranging from political instability, organized crime, terrorism, and ... more

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Smart(phone) travelling: Understanding the use and impact of mobile technology on irregular migration journeys

Judith Zijlstra, Ilse van Lempt

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, volume 3, issue 2/3 (2017), pp. 174-191

"This article analyses how mobile technology impacts on irregular migrants’ journeys. It is based on trajectory ethnography with 11 Afghan, Iranian and Syrian migrants whom the first author met in Turkey and Greece in the spring of 2015. These migrants were followed (partly digitally) to Serbia, H ... more

Acoso escolar: Bullying y ciberbullying

José Antonio Martínez Rodríguez

Barcelona: Bosch Editor (2017), 193 pp.

"En este estudio se analiza el acoso escolar y las graves consecuencias que está provocando a las víctimas de esta agresiva violencia en los centros educativos, que destruye la autoestima y la confianza de los menores acosados. En este trabajo de investigación también se abordael acoso escolar p ... more

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The Dignity of the Gypsies

Christine Turnauer

Karl-Markus Gauß; Siva Prasad; Franz Salm; Georg Sporschill (Contrib.)

Berlin: Hatje Cantz (2017), 273 pp.

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Critical Thinking Meets Selective Exposure: An Examination of the Media Literacy of Iraqi Media Users

Anke Fiedler, Anja Wollenberg

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2017), 25 pp.

"This study shows that the use of media in Iraq is only partly based on ethno-sectarian patterns, and that the majority of media users are not naively susceptible to the views of individual media offerings. There are broadcasters that explicitly appeal to ethno-denominational target groups, and ther ... more

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How We Remember and Forget Via Facebook: The Mediatization of Memento and Deletion Practices

Jacopo Villanacci

London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2017), 44 pp.

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Adjusting the Lens: Community and Collaborative Video in Mexico

Freya Schiwy, Byrt Wammack Weber

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (2017), 273 pp.

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Arab Women and the Media in Changing Landscapes

Elena Maestri, Annemarie Profanter (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxv, 277 pp.

"Maestri and Profanter highlight that the methodological approaches adopted in this volume are both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. Focusing on the changing relationship between the dynamics of Arab communication spaces and the role of Arab women both in and through the media, the introduct ... more

Sauti za Wananchi formative study: Understanding the Kenyan public opinion polling landscape

Kampala: Twaweza East Africa (2017), 6 pp.

Media's Gender Gap: Investigating Relationships Between Women's News Production and Consumption

Alyssa Zeisler

USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project (2017), 13 pp.

"Women are underrepresented in newsrooms and are less likely to read political and international news. Preliminary data shows that news organizations with a higher share of women writing the news and in leadership positions also have a higher share of women in their audience. A number of academic st ... more

Young and Online: Children’s Perspectives on Life in the Digital Age. The State of the World’s Children 2017 Companion Report

Amanda Third, Delphine Bellerose, Juliano Diniz De Oliveira, Girish Lala, Georgina Theakstone

Sydney: Western Sydney University (2017), 91 pp.

"In June 2017, 490 children aged 10–18, from 26 different countries and speaking 24 official languages, participated in workshops held by UNICEF Country Offices and National Committees to share their views on how and why they use digital technologies in their everyday lives, as well as their aspir ... more

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Social Media and Elderly People: Research Trends

Mayela Coto, Fulvio Lizano et al.

In: SCSM 2017: Social Computing and Social Media. Applications and Analytics. Part II, LNCS 10283

G. Meiselwitz (ed.)

Cham: Springer (2017), pp. 65-81

"This paper reports the result of a systematic literature review in the field of social media and the elderly. Our study included 36 research papers, selected after an iterative process. Elders are the fastest growing population around the world and any effort oriented to improve their quality of li ... more

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Haunting Hands: Mobile Media Practices and Loss

Kathleen M. Cumiskey, Larissa Hjorth

New York: Oxford University Press (2017), xii, 228 pp.

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International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
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Belinha S. De Abreu, Paul Mihailidis, Alice Y. L. Lee, Jad Melki, Julian McDougall (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2017), xiii, 415 pp.

"At the forefront in its field, this Handbook examines the theoretical, conceptual, pedagogical and methodological development of media literacy education and research around the world. Building on traditional media literacy frameworks in critical analysis, evaluation, and assessment, it incorporate ... more

Women's Pathways to the Digital Sector: Stories of Opportunities and Challenges

Panoply Digital

Bonn: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (2017), 51 pp.