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Toward a Theory of African Communication

Joseph Oládèjo Fáníran
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 146-159
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Moskau fest im Blick: Die deutschen Medien und die Ukraine

Gemma Pörzgen
Osteuropa, volume 64, issue 5-6 (2014), pp. 295-310
"Vor dem Herbst 2013 spielte die Ukraine in deutschen Medien kaum eine Rolle. Die repressive Politik des Janukovyc-Regimes und die wachsende Unzufriedenheit in der Bevölkerung interessierten nur wenige Redaktionen. Auch die Verhandlungen der EU mit der Ukraine über das Assoziierungsabkommen wurden ... more
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Citizen Engagement and Public Services in the Arab World: The Potential of Social Media

Fadi Salem, Racha Mourtada, Sarah Al-Shaer
Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 6 (2014), 51 pp.
"The survey administered for this issue measures public attitudes and perceptions towards the adoption of social media by Arab governments for the purpose of public service delivery. Respondents were asked about their usage of government social media pages, their perceptions of benefits and risks in ... more
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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know

P. W. Singer, Allan Friedman
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2014), viii, 306 pp.
"Given the Internet’s potential for full-spectrum surveillance and information disruption, the marshaling of computer networks represents the next stage of cyberwar. Indeed, it is upon us already. The recent Stuxnet episode, in which Israel fed a malignant computer virus into Iran’s nuclear faci ... more
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Salam from Pesantren: Santri’s Experience in Managing Media for Peace

Nor Ismah
Jakarta: Search for Common Ground (2014), 62 pp.
"The following stories come from ten pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia that participated in Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia’s project to promote peace and tolerance in pesantren across Indonesia [...] Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia implemented this two-year pro ... more
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Press Censorship in Turkey: Networks of State Power, Commercial Pressures, and Self-Censorship

Bilge Yesil
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 7, issue 2 (2014), pp. 154-173
"This article explores the suppression of press freedoms in Turkey under the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government in the late 2000s. Drawing upon analyses of laws and legislation, surveys, reports, and interviews with journalists, it demonstrates how press censorship in Turkey has been act ... more
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Belarus: Time for Media Reform. Policy Paper on Media Freedom in Belarus

Andrei Aliaksandrau, Andrei Bastunets
Index on Censorship; Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) (2014), 27 pp.
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Theorizing About Communication in India: Sadharanikaran, Rasa, and Other Tradtions in Rhetorics and Aesthetics

Keval J. Kumar
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 160-178
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Media, Participation and Constitution-Making in Ethiopia

Nicole Stremlau
Journal of African Law, volume 58, issue 2 (2014), pp. 231-249
"In the early 1990s, Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), drafted one of Africa’s most ambitious constitutions, allowing for ethnic federalism, decentralization and democratic reforms. The constitution has been highly controversial and many of ... more
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Situación del derecho a la libertad de expresión y concentración de propiedad de medios de comunicación en Perú: Audiencia pública ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. 150° periodo de sesiones, Washington, DC, 24 de marzo del 2014

Lima: Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL); Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (2014), 52 pp.
"Consideramos que la adquisición en propiedad del grupo “Epensa” por parte del grupo empresarial “El Comercio”, en virtud de la cual este último grupo concentra ahora el 78% de la lectoría (tiraje) de los medios de comunicación escritos en el Perú, afecta seriamente la libertad de expre ... more
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Prosecuted Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws

London: Amnesty International (2014), 50 pp.
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Social Media and E-Democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Glen Finau, Acklesh Prasad, Romitesh Kant, Jope Tarai, Sarah Logan, John Cox
Savannah, Ga.: Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (2014), 9 pp.
"This paper examines the extent social media is enabling e-democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The study conducts an interpretative case study approach interviewing active social media users, political actors, civil servants, civilians, civil society actors and tertiary students. The stu ... more
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Medien, Migration, Partizipation: Eine Studie am Beispiel iranischer Fernsehproduktion im Offenen Kanal

Christine Horz
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2014), 481 pp.
"Die Rolle der Medien für die Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten wird in kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Studien oft thematisiert. Doch welche Möglichkeiten haben sie in Deutschland überhaupt, aktiv an der Medienproduktion zu partizipieren? Christine Horz untersucht am Beispiel deutsch-i ... more
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Telling Stories of War Through the Screen: Participatory Video Approaches and Practice for Peace in Conflict-Affected Contexts

Valentina Baú
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 13, issue 1 (2014), pp. 1-9
"By bringing together literatures of Communication for Development and Conflict Transformation, this paper provides a theoretical illustration of the impact of participatory video as a tool for overcoming hostility among groups, as well as for healing and re-connecting communities that have endured ... more
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Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process

Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor, Kehbuma Langmia (eds.)
Lanham et al.: University Press of America (2014), xix, 229 pp.
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Business Journalism Thrives - Even Under Repressive Regimes

Don Podesta
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 8 pp.
"Even as a growing number of authoritarian regimes crack down on the political press, business news is thriving. And the coverage is more vigorous than might be expected. Enterprising journalists are exposing mismanagement and unearthing shady business deals, and — even at times exposing official ... more
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Expansion of International Broadcasting: The Growing Global Reach of China Central Television

Si Si
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2014), 28 pp.
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A Clash Between Journalistic and Capitalist Values? How Advertisers Meddle in Journalists’ Decisions at the Nation Media Group in Kenya

Jacinta Mwende Maweu
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 1 (2014), pp. 27-42
"Grounded in the critical political economy of the media tradition, it is argued in the article that, in the highly commercialized media environment in Kenya today, market forces pose the greatest threat to media freedom and responsibility. Through in-depth qualitative interviews of twenty journalis ... more
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The Influence of International Media Development Organizations on Journalism Education in the Current Transition Period in Myanmar

Abdul Hai Ahm
Bonn: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Master Thesis (2014), ix, 223 pp.
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The Internet and Democracy

Helen Margetts
In: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies
William H. Dutton (ed.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), pp. 421-437
"To conclude, it is helpful to consider the work reviewed here under the headings provided by Beetham (2002)'s definition of democracy: popular control, and political equality. With respect to popular control, it seems to be the case that the Internet facilitates a "way in" for citizens in a democra ... more