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Global Street Papers and Homeless [Counter] Publics: Rethinking the Technologies of Community Publishing

Eric Anderson

Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, volume 10, issue 1 (2010), pp. 76-103

"This article argues that community publishing initiatives might extend the scope and impact of their work by critically examining the ways in which technology influences the production and circulation of their [counter]public discourse. Building upon the work of Paula Mathieu, the author analyzes t ... more

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Gender Assessment of ICT Access and Usage in Africa

Alison Gillwald, Anne Milek, Christoph Stork

Cape Town: Research ICT Africa;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 39 pp.

"What is clear from the Research ICT Africa (RIA) Household and Individual Access and Usage Survey is that the diffusion of ICT is highly uneven concentrating in urban areas and leaving some rural areas almost untouched. Access to these technologies is constrained by income as is usage, and as they ... more

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God Texting: Filipino Youth Response to Religious SMS

Anthony G. Roman

Religion and Social Communication, volume 8, issue 1-2 (2010), pp. 43-82

"Religious forwarded messages take the form of points for reflection and reminders of religious feasts. In other cases, the messages ask recipients to pray and re-send the same messages in exchange for Divine favor. This study explores the youth's first response to these messages. It aims to learn u ... more

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Gedächtnis und Erinnerung: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch

Christian Gudehus, Ariane Eichenberg, Harald Welzer (eds.)

Stuttgart; Weimar: Metzler (2010), ix, 364 pp.

"Die gesamte Bandbreite der Gedächtnisforschung. Ausgehend von den neurologischen und psychologischen Grundlagen betrachtet das Handbuch die vielfältigen Formen des Gedächtnisses darunter das autobiografische, das kollektive, das kommunikative und das soziale Gedächtnis. Einen weiteren Schwerpun ... more

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Writing Change: Affirmative Action as a Tool for Newspaper Transformation at the Durban Post

Miriam Leshin

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 4, issue 1 (2010), pp. 51-72

"This study explores the use of affirmative action as a tool for transformation in the mainstream English-language press in South Africa through a case study at The Durban Post. It seeks to understand the extent to which the newspaper has transformed its staff, coverage and readership in the eyes of ... more

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Scholarly Publishing in Africa: Opportunities & Impediments

Solani Ngobeni (ed.)

Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (2010), xxv, 378 pp.

"The proceedings of a conference held at the Africa Institute of South Africa in 2009, this is a major new collection of essays on the state of scholarly publishing in Africa, with a strong emphasis on the situation in South Africa. The conference was convened, and the papers published, in an attemp ... t to influence “policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in developing an enabling environment for scholarly publishing to thrive.” Containing a total of 26 papers – all of them, usefully, preceded by abstracts – content is arranged under seven sections: (i) The State of Research Publishing in Africa, (ii) The State of Scholarly Publishing in Africa, (iii) The Challenges of Book Distribution, (iv) The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Scholarly Publishing, (v) Alternative Publishing Models, (vi) The Politics of Peer Review in Scholarly Publishing, and (vii) Scholarly Publishing and Intellectual Property Development in Africa. While the majority of the contributors are from South Africa, other contributors include Kenyan veteran publisher Henry Chakava, James Currey of James Currey Publishers, Mary Jay, Chief Executive of the Oxford-based African Books Collective, and a number of academics from the West African region. The book is particularly strong in overviews of scholarly publishing in South Africa, covering both book and journal publishing. It offers some interesting discussions and fresh insights about alternative publishing and distribution models, with articles reporting about new initiatives and strategy approaches, and also including papers on the politics and practise of the peer review process, and on South African intellectual property rights. One or two papers, by academics from other regions of Africa, unfortunately are weak and poorly informed about the current state of scholarly publishing in Africa, for example citing literature that goes back to books and articles published in the 1970s and 1980s. However, the book can be seen as a useful companion to ‘African Scholarly Publishing Essays’, edited by Alois Mlambo, and published by African Books Collective in 2006." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2581) more

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Voces del sistema de radiodifusoras culturales indigenistas: Audiencia y programación en cinco emisoras

José del Val, Juan Mario Pérez Martinéz, José Manuel Ramos Rodríguez (eds.)

México, DF; Puebla: Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas;Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM);Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2010), 88 pp.

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Culturas emergentes en el mundo hispano de Estados Unidos

George Yúdice

Madrid: Fundación Alternativas (2009), 75 pp.

"El propósito de este estudio es ofrecer un estado de la cuestión de los medios e industrias culturales en español para los latinos estadounidenses. Usaré las categorías “latino” e “hispano” intercambiablemente, si bien los inmigrantes latinoamericanos y sus descendientes continúan aut ... more

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Deference, Dissent, and Dispute Resolution: An Experimental Intervention Using Mass Media to Change Norms and Behavior in Rwanda

Elisabeth Paluck Levy

American Political Science Review, volume 103, issue 4 (2009), pp. 622-644

"Deference and dissent strike a delicate balance in any polity. Insufficient deference to authority may incapacitate government, whereas too much may allow leaders to orchestrate mass violence. Although cross-national and cross-temporal variation in deference to authority and willingness to express ... more

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Electronic dreaming tracks: Indigenous community broadcasting in Australia

Michael Meadows

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 516-524

"A wide range of audiences now accesses Indigenous community radio and television across Australia. This article draws from the first-ever audience study of the sector, ‘Community Media Matters’, completed in 2007. It reveals that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media offer an essential se ... more

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Memorias chipayas

Manuel Chaparro Escudero

iMEDEA (2009), 101 pp.

"En 1953, el cineasta boliviano Jorge Ruiz realizó el documental 'Vuelve Sebastiana' con la ayuda de Augusto Roca, Chovel, conocido como 'Pajarito' y el guión de Luis Ramiro Beltrán. Este libro es un homenaje a aquella aventura y especialmente a Sebastiana Kespi, su protagonista, y al admirado y ... more

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Questionnaire Surveys in Media Research

Elirea Bornman

In: Media Studies: Media Content and Media Audiences, Vol. 3

Pieter J. Fourie (ed.)

Cape Town: Juta (2009), pp. 421-483

"This chapter gives an overview of the theory and practices associated with questionnaire surveys as a quantitative methodology, with specific reference to the ways in which surveys are used in media research. An application of how questionnaire surveys are used in audience research is illustrated b ... more

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Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals

Geneva: ITU (2009), 114 pp.

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Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Strategies in Latin American Empirical Research on Television Audiences 1992-2007

José-Carlos Lozano, Lorena Frankenberg

Global Media and Communication, volume 5, issue 2 (2009), pp. 149-176

"This article reports the findings of a review and methodological critique of 96 Latin American empirical studies on television reception published between 1992 and 2007 in the most important journals of the region. The analysis compares the studies according to their theoretical approach, the resea ... more

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Internet und Migration: Theoretische Zugänge und empirische Befunde

Uwe Hunger, Kathrin Kissau (eds.)

Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2009), 342 pp.

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Media Literacy: Empowering Youth Worldwide

Paul Mihailidis

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 30 pp.

"Government agencies, NGOs, foundations, and private developers looking to support civic and democratic endeavors in the developing world should be made aware of media literacy as a key educational component for developing stable democratic discourse. This report explores support and development of ... more

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Rights, Childhood and the Public Agenda: A Comparative Analysis of Latin American Press Coverage 2005-2007

Veet Vivarta (coord.)

Brasília: ANDI Latin America Network (2009), 63 pp.

"[...] This setting directly underscores the challenge Latin America confronts as the most unequal continent on earth. It also reinforces the regional news media’s critical role in monitoring government action and fostering debate on public policies aimed at guaranteeing and promoting the rights o ... more

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A Digital Shift: Youth and ICT for Development. Best Practices

New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs;Global Alliance for ICT and Development;Taking ITGlobal (2009), 40 pp.

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Indianizing Film: Decolonization, the Andes and the Question of Technology

Freya Schiwy

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press (2009), ix, 282 pp.

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Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa escrita uruguaya: Monitoreo de medios. Informe de resultados 2008

Paula Baleato (ed.)

Montevideo: Voz y Vos;UNICEF (2009), 92 pp.

"En 2008 las noticias relacionadas con la niñez y la adolescencia disminuyeron cerca de un 15% en relación al año anterior. El tema más tratado continuó siendo Educación en el marco de la extensa y polémica aprobación de la Ley General de Educación en el Parlamento nacional. El cambio más ... more