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"Le difficoltà di Télé Lumière consistono, a nostro parere: in un livello tecnico sì buono, ma ancora migliorabile; nella preparazione di coloro che interagiscono direttamente con il pubblico, che potrebbe essere più qualificata. Inoltre si è constata: la mancanza d’autosufficienza (sopratt ... more

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Where Are You Africa? Church and Society in the Mobile Phone Age

Castor M. Goliama

Mankon, Bamenda (CM): Langaa (2010), xxii, 240 pp.

"On the basis of a thorough review of the growing literature on the mobile phone and the cultures it inspires, Goliama highlights the ambivalent nature of mobile cultures for the Roman Catholic Church's evangelization mission in Africa. He argues not only for the continued merits of face-to-face com ... more

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Islam meets cyberspace: Geographies of the Muslim Internet

Barney Warf

Arab World Geographer, volume 13, issue 3-4 (2010), pp. 217-233

"About 200 million people in Muslim-majority countries used the Internet in 2010, forming oneninth of the world’s population of netizens. Literature on the Muslim Internet tends to focus disproportionately on radical fundamentalism, overlooking the large numbers of ordinary Muslims for whom the In ... more

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Midiatização da Religião: Processos midiáticos e a construção de novas comunidades de pertencimento. Estudo sobre a recepção da TV Canção Nova

Paulo Roque Gasparetto

UNISINOS (2010), 15 pp.

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Journalistic Ethics and Responsibility in Relation to Freedom of Expression: An Islamic Perspective

Ali Mohamed

In: Media Ethics Beyond Borders: A Global Perspective

Stephen J. A. Ward; Herman Wasserman (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2010), pp. 142-156

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L'Église Catholique en Afrique = The Catholic Church in Africa = A Igreja Católica em África

Paris: Oeuvres Pontificales Missionaires (OPM);Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), 24th ed. (2010), 775 pp.

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Media Parenting and the Construction of Media Identities in Northern Nigerian Muslim Hausa Video Films

Abdalla Uba Adamu

In: Media and Identity in Africa

Kimani Njogu; John Middleton (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), pp. 171-184

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Initiatives of TV Ethics Control by Religions in Russia: Challenges for Implementation

Victor M. Khroul

Religion in Eastern Europe, volume 30, issue 2 (2010), pp. 1-9

"The diversity of attitudes of Russian society towards television coupled with many plots and subplots emerged in the public arena providing us with an opportunity to consider them as an indicators of the maturity of civil society in Russia. It is also an indicator of the level of influence that rel ... more

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Catholic Media in Russia: Self-Silencing After Rapid Development

Victor M. Khroul

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Religion and the Media: Reflections on Their Position and Relationship in Southern Africa

Muhammed Haron

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 4, issue 1 (2010), pp. 28-50

"In this essay an attempt is made to reflect upon, and to provide, a general overview of the position of the media and religion and the relationship between these two sectors in Southern Africa. Instead of covering the vast Southern African region, it will confine itself to reviewing the position an ... more

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MDG-Trendmonitor Religiöse Kommunikation 2010. Kommentarband 1: Erkenntnisse zur Situation von Kirche und Glaube sowie zur Nutzung medialer und personaler Informations- und Kommunikationsangebote der Kirche im Überblick

Rüdiger Schulz, Steffen de Sombre, Marc Calmbach

München: Medien-Dienstleistung GmbH (MDG);Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach;Sinus Sociovision (2010), 206 pp.

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Religion Stylebook

Religion Newswriters Foundation (2010)

"The Religion Stylebook is an easy-to-use, authoritative guide created for journalists who report on religion in the mainstream media. This is a service of Religion Newswriters Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Religion Newswriters Association. RNA is the only global association for professional jour ... more

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When Religion Meets New Media

Heidi A. Campbell

London; New York: Routledge (2010), vii, 219 pp.

"This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. Heidi Campbell suggests a me ... more

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Internetnutzung islamistischer Terror- und Insurgentengruppen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von medialen Geiselnahmen im Irak, Afghanistan, Pakistan und Saudi-Arabien

Judith Tinnes

Saarbrücken: Universität des Saarlandes, Doctoral Thesis (2010), xvii, 846 pp.

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Hilfe in Lebens- und Gewissensfragen: Impulse des Ratgeberjournalismus für die Seelsorge

Daniel Meier

Communicatio Socialis, volume 43, issue 4 (2010), pp. 418-430

"Dass Religion und Massenmedien gemeinsame Funktionen wie Sinnstiftung und Wertevermittlung besitzen, darüber besteht weitgehend Einigkeit. Nur selten erstreckt sich ein solcher funktionaler Vergleich jedoch auf die beiden zentralen beruflichen Repräsentanten der entsprechenden Systeme: Pfarrer un ... more

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Parish Policy for External Communications

Naperville, IL: St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic Church (2010), 8 pp.

"1. The purpose of church communications is to relay information about the parish to a broad or specific audience. 2. St. Thomas communications staff and pastoral staff have sole responsibility for editorial policies governing church communications. 3. Church communications may not be used for parti ... more

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Authoritarian Regimes, Muslims' Religious Rights in Central Asia, and Lack of Foreign Press Coverage of Rights Violations

Eric Freedman

Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 11, issue 1 (2010), pp. 146-158

"Today, extended geographical links are the most important yet far from the only factor that makes Central Eurasia highly significant for China's conceptualization of its security. The Soviet Union's disintegration, which created newly independent states, also generated favorable conditions for Chin ... more

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Crónicas: Premio Nacional de Paz

Marta Ruiz (ed.)

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung en Colombia (FESCOL) (2010), x, 214 pp.

"Justamente el Premio Nacional de Paz surge como un reconocimiento a la paz y la reconciliación que se construyen desde la base, en lo local, y no a la paz maximalista, tan esquiva como errática en el país. Hay que reconocer que muchos de estos proyectos han estado animados, abiertamente o tras e ... more