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"Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the per ... more

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Imágenes y estereotipos

Dolors Reig, Rafael Grasa

Barcelona: Linguapax;Unescocat (2010), 67 pp.

"Esta unidad Linguapax es una colección de ejercicios y actividades relacionados principalmente con los ámbitos de lenguas y ciencias sociales, pensados para que el alumnado reflexione, opine y cuestione cuáles son los estereotipos que predominan en nuestra sociedad y cuál es la mejor manera de ... more

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La perspectiva de género en las cuñas televisivas sobre VIH

Cristina Torres Parodi, Alejandra Hurtado et al.

Washington, DC: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2010), xi, 35 pp.

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Media Guidelines for the Portrayal of Disability

Jeannette Sanchez (ed.)

Geneva: International Labour Organization (ILO) (2010), 35 pp.

"These Guidelines are intended to provide practical advice to media on how to promote positive, inclusive images of women and men with disabilities and stimulate a climate of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for disabled persons at all levels of the economy and society. They are intended for ... more

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Children Accused of Witchcraft: An Anthropological Study of Contemporary Practices in Africa

Aleksandra Cimpric

Dakar: UNICEF (2010), 55 pp.

"This study addresses the issue of children who are victims of violence and mistreatment due to local beliefs, representations and practices, in particular, relating to witchcraft. While the harmful consequences of these beliefs have been publicised internationally, their origins often remain unclea ... more

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Mass Media in Zambia: Demand-Side Measures of Access, Use and Reach

Gayatri Murthy, Muzammil M. Hussain

Washington, DC: InterMedia (2010), 50 pp.

"The data presented in this report are based on a survey conducted in April and May 2010 among Zambian adults age 15 and above. Using the 2000 Zambian National Census as the sampling frame and a stratified random sampling design, a nationally representative probability sample of 2,000 respondents wa ... more

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Toolbox Journalism Training, Discrimination & Diversity

Carole Recih, Reynald Blion (eds.)

Council of Europe (2010), 93 pp.

"The guiding principle behind the development of this tool has been to produce a ‘user-friendly’ resource for journalism educators who want to include what we might term as ‘anti-discrimination or human rights awareness’ dimension into their teaching. To that end practical exercises which ar ... more

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A Practical Guide for Journalists: Equal Treatment, the Media and Roma Community

Madrid: Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) (2010), 93 pp.

"In this guide we will take a close look at the fundamental right of equality, the exercise of that right by the Roma community and the responsibility that the media have in this respect. Specifically we will address the following questions: Is the Roma Community the victim of discrimination? To wha ... more

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Indígenas no Brasil: Demandas dos povos e percepções da opiniao pública. Módulo II – Survey nacional

Fundação Perseu Abramo (FPA);Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2010), 182 slides

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Guía práctica para periodistas: Igualdad de trato, medios de comunicación y comunidad gitana

Madrid: Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) (2010), 93 pp.

"A lo largo de esta guía vamos a profundizar en el estudio de un derecho fundamental como es la igualdad, su disfrute por parte de la comunidad gitana y la responsabilidad que los medios de comunicación tienen al respecto. Concretamente daremos respuestas a las siguientes preguntas: ¿la comunidad ... more

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Industrias culturales en Español: Estados Unidos - España

Luis A. Albornoz

Madrid: Fundación Alternativas;Fundación Santillana (2010), 48 pp.

"Este documento presenta un panorama general de la presencia "latina" o "hispana" y del mercado medático en español en los Estados Unidos. Además introduce brevementa a la presencia cultural de España en Estados Unidos y los resultados de dos Foros de Industrias Culturales Latinas." (commbox)

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Medien - Krieg - Geschlecht: Affirmationen und Irritationen sozialer Ordnungen

Martina Thiele, Tanja Thomas, Fabian Virchow (eds.)

Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010), 363 pp.

"Die Bedeutung von Medien für den Krieg und das Gendering des Militärischen sind zwei seit langem kontrovers diskutierte Themen in den Medien-, Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Weisen etablierte stereotype Bilder von friedfertigen Frauen und kriegerischen Männern in gegenwärtigen medialen Texte ... more

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Harnessing the Power of Videos: A Video Storytelling Training Toolkit for Organizations Working with Adolescent Girls

Washington, DC: Global Fund for Children;Communicating for Change (2010), 87 pp.

"Harnessing the Power of Videos is a training toolkit for community-based organizations on how they and the adolescent girls they serve can use visual media and technology to tell their stories and those of their communities; to be heard; and, in the process, to be empowered through increased skills ... more

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Versatzstücke einer Kommunikationsgeschichte der Armut

Medien & Zeit, volume 25, issue 1 (2010), pp. 3-50

"Wie Armut in Medien ein Gesicht gegeben wurde, durch welche manifesten Kommunikationsinhalte sich auf gesellschaftliche Armutsverhältnisse rückschließen lässt, welche Rollen Medien und deren Konsum im Leben von Armutsbetroffenen einnehmen und wie es den medialen Mittlern von Armut ergeht: Diese ... more

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¿Cómo dices? Guía para una comunicación con equidad de género

Mugarik Gabe (2010), 51 pp.

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Jeunes, communication et médias

Tunis: Institut de Presse et des Sciences de l’Information;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 117 pp.

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Gender Matters: Female Perspectives in ICT4D Research

Ann Light, Ilda Ladeira, Jahmeilah Roberson, Nicola J. Bidwell, Nimmi Rangaswamy et al.

[authors] (2010), 11 pp.

"We present our experience of gender as female ICT4D researchers. We highlight our field experiences and comment on our perceptions of how being a woman and performing our female identity has influenced our own ICT4D research. We discuss how gender tensions are further compounded by the researcher� ... more

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Trauma and Media: Theories, Histories, and Images

Allen Meek

New York et al.: Routledge (2010), 224 pp.

"This book provides the first comprehensive account of trauma as a critical concept in the study of modern visual media, from Freud to the present day, explaining how contemporary trauma studies emerged from research on Holocaust representation in which the audiovisual testimony of survivors was pos ... more

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Gefängnisfilm: Ein enzyklopädischer Eintrag

Marcus Stiglegger

Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, Institut für Germanistik (2010), 10 pp.

"Der Gefängnisfilm ist letztlich ein Gangsterfilm, der seinen Haupthandlungsschauplatz in die Haftanstalt verlegt hat und dort entweder von der Läuterung des Gangsters, von dem Schicksal eines zu Unrecht Verurteilten oder einem Gefängnisaufstand erzählt. Gerade der amerikanische Gefängnisfilm n ... more