"The Argentinian Law 26.522 on Audiovisual Communication Services (currently under reform) aimed at democratizing the media arena by recognizing multiple actors such as community broadcasters, school and indigenous media, among others. According to the legal classification, community broadcasters we
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re regulated as private non-profit media, despite having specific objectives, programming, organizational logic and economic conditions. Conversely, school and indigenous media merged into the public sector, even if they may act as community media. The article compares results arising from two research projects carried out in Northern Argentina through in-depth interviews with key informants from two indigenous radio stations and two school radio stations. The theoretical framework mainly draws on literature about community, alternative and popular communication. Results show that communities participate in such media foundation or management and that media content deals with cultural and political issues related to their interests or needs. Indeed, emerging features allow considering such broadcasters as community media." (Abstract)
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"There is no accessible media in the Rohingya language, leaving the Rohingya population of well over a million, now spread between Myanmar and Bangladesh, reliant on information only available in languages other than their own [...] This assessment, conducted in the Cox’s Bazar region of Banglades
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h in late October 2017, examines the information ecosystem facing the area’s crisis affected population (introduction). According to the executive summary (page 10), "mobile phones were one of the main sources to send and receive information prior to arrival in the camps, which indicates a high household’s ownership of mobile phone sets (64%). Within newly arrived families, smart phones are mainly used by adult men between age 15 to 24; many of them have taken an active role to mingle with others, access to Facebook and YouTube, and bring information back to the households. Some of the young boys with smart phones have said to spend major amount of credit on data rather than voice connectivity. Also, young men find places to gather, such as shops, where they can charge phones and share information with others of the same age. The lack of access to information and communication channels should perhaps not be surprising, given the enormous challenges presented by the information landscape. 71% of the affected population has had no formal education of any kind, and 77% of the refugee population is illiterate in any language. The Rohingya dialect, the main language spoken by 96% of the refugee population, has no agreed written script. It is technically illegal for refugees to purchase SIM cards. Access to radio sets is limited, and the signal is weak in many areas. What mass media that is available, is in Bangla or Chittigonian. 81% of refugees do not currently listen to the radio."
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"Youth in Palestine have been framed as disengaged from politics, in comparison with their spectacular activism during the two intifadas, and as unaccomplished citizens, as a result of their political circumstances. This article addresses a rethinking of the notion of citizenship, in the context of
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Palestinian youth, towards a more nuanced conceptualization. My investigation departs from a participatory photography exercise carried out in 2014, with a group of five young Palestinians living in the city of Nablus. Through the use of visual methods, which offer an alternative way of seeing their experiences, I discuss young people’s ordinary practices and everyday encounters with the notion of citizenship and consider how a micro-sociological approach based on the concept of lived citizenship may allow us to move beyond passive/engaged and personal/political binaries, typical in citizenship studies." (Abstract)
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"Die „Grundbegriffe Medienpädagogik“ haben seit ihrer ersten Auflage (1981) mehrere Neubearbeitungen und Auflagen erlebt. Nimmt man die verschiedenen Bände zur Hand, so wird deutlich, wie sehr sich unsere Lebenswelten unter den Bedingungen der fortschreitenden Mediatisierung verändert haben.
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Als eine Reflexionsform des Pädagogischen, deren Gegenstandsbereich sich aus diesen widerspruchsvollen Bedingungen konstituiert, akzentuieren sich auch die Perspektiven der Medienpädagogik immer wieder neu. Schlagworte wie Mediatisierung, Medienaneignung oder Medienbildung verweisen darauf, dass die Medienpädagogik das ebenso spannungsvolle wie herausfordernde Wechselverhältnis von Subjekt und Medialität theoretisch elaboriert und pädagogisch greifbar macht. Nicht geändert hat sich die Zielsetzung der Grundbegriffe. Ihre Intention liegt weniger in der Vermittlung kanonisierter Wis-sensbestände. Vielmehr möchte sie die Auseinandersetzung mit unterschiedlichen Perspektiven, Herausforderungen und Fragestellungen anregen und damit den kritischen Diskurs sowohl in Wissenschaft als auch der Praxis fördern. Wenn die Grundbegriffe auch weiterhin einen Beitrag dafür leisten, dass sich die Medienpädagogik theoretisch und praktisch fundiert und zugleich weiterentwickelt und dass der nachfolgenden medienpädagogischen Generation eine gehaltvolle und kritische Grundlage der Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer Disziplin zur Verfügung steht, dann hat diese Neuausgabe ihr Ziel erreicht." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This report explores the socio-economic impact of connectivity for refugees in a large, rural camp setting in Tanzania. Nyarugusu is one of three large refugee camps in the Kigoma region. Established in 1996, it now hosts more than 136,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Bu
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rundi. In 2016, Vodacom installed a 3G tower in Nyarugusu camp for the first time, providing an opportunity to assess the impact of mobile connectivity on refugees. Today, Airtel, Halotel and Tigo also provide connectivity to refugees in the camp. Nyarugusu remains the only camp in the Kigoma region with access to 3G. The purpose of this report is to provide robust evidence of the current use, value and impact of connectivity, and the barriers and challenges that refugees face in accessing and using mobile devices. This research provides mobile network operators (MNOs) and humanitarian agencies with key insights on the opportunities and barriers to enhancing the provision of mobile services to refugees." (Executive summary, page 2)
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"Die folgende kleine Bibliographie versammelt Arbeiten, die sich mit den Dramaturgien und Konzeptionen der Altersdarstellung in Film und Fernsehen befassen. Es finden sich keine Untersuchungen zum rezeptivven oder produktiven Mediengebrauch Älterer. Die zahlreichen bis heute vorliegenden Inhaltsana
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lysen kommunikationswissenschaflicher Art habe ich nur in Ausnahmefällen dokumentiert, weil sie zwar Blicke auf Stereotypisierungen, die Präsenz älterer Akteure in Spiel- und Reality-Formaten vor allem des Fernsehens und – allerdings meist nur grobe – Charakteristiken der Altersrollen ermöglichen, für das kulturologische Verständnis der sinnhaften Konstruktion von „Alter“ weder in soziologischer noch psychologischer Hinsicht aber nur selten aufschlussreich sind. Auch die inzwischen mehrfach bearbeitete Phänomenologie der Veränderung der Schauspielstile einzelner Akteure sowie die Entwicklung von Alter-Images von Schauspielern spielen in diesen Untersuchungen so gut wie keine Rolle. Beigeben ist ein Verzeichnis der mir bekannt gewordenen Filmographien zum Alter im Film. Viele der Einträge sind annotiert (meist mithilfe der den Artikeln beigegebenen Abstracts), so dass auch ein erstes Verständnis der Forschungsfragen und Methoden der jeweiligen Untersuchungen möglich ist." (Seite 1)
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"'Half the Sky' is an ambitious humanitarian documentary about the global crises in gender discrimination. Based on Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book (Kristof and WuDunn 2010), the nearly four-hour documentary visits six countries to explore six issues: gender-based violence in Sierra Leone,
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sex trafficking in Cambodia, education in Vietnam, female genital mutilation in Somaliland, intergenerational prostitution in India, and economic empowerment in Kenya. Heather McIntosh explores the role of celebrity in telling these stories. Six American actresses, each of whom visits a country, meet local activists and survivors, and leam about the situation. Drawing on scholarship about documentary representation and celebrity, McIntosh engages critical perspectives that charge that the appearance of notable personalities simplifies complex issues, and overshadows survivors' voices. She evaluates the success of 'Half the Sky' and the film's attempt to cast celebrities as moral agents helping viewers emotionally connect to the issues and the people involved. Ultimately, she questions the film's ability to overcome the tensions between suffering and poverty, and glamour and Western privilege." (Introduction to part 7, page 380-381)
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