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Documenting Catholic Media Activities All Over the World: The Signis, OCIC and UNDA Archives (1928-1998)

Guido Convents, Tom Van Beeck

Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, volume 29, issue 1 (2009), pp. 113-121

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Radio Kwizera: Empowerment in a Fragile Region

Damas Missanga

In: Media on the Move: Migrants and Minorities and the Media. 4th Symposium Forum Medien Und Entwicklung (FoME)

Christoph Dietz; Petra Stammen (eds.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), pp. 18-24

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Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims

Elizabeth Poole

London: Tauris, reprint (2009), xi, 298 pp.

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Buddhist Moral Ethics: Intend no Harm, Intend to be of Benefit

S. Holly Stocking

In: The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics

Lee Wilkins; Clifford G. Christians (eds.)

New York; Abingdon: Routledge (2009), pp. 291-304

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The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film

William L. Blizek (ed.)

London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.

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India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes

Karline McLain

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), 240 pp.

"Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the A ... more

Les radios chrétiennes en Afrique: Pour une mission ad intra et ad extra

Etienne Lakétienkoa Damome

Perspectives Missionnaires, issue 57 (2009), pp. 34-48

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Transforming Public Space: A Local Radio's Work in a Poor Urban Community

Dora Navarro

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 621-629

"Among processes towards democratisation, it has been asserted that alternative radio has a central role in the citizen making of the poor. However, it is important to analyse in detail what possibilities an alternative or citizens' radio has to strengthen ideas of citizenship and transform the publ ... more

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iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
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Gary R. Bunt

London: Hurst (2009), 358 pp.

"The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. While these electronic interfaces appear new and innovative in terms of how the media is applied, much of their content has a basis in cla ... more

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Dschihadismus: Materialien

Rüdiger Lohlker

Wien: Facultas wuv (2009), 248 pp.

"Eine Auswahl bestimmter dschihadistischer Dokumente, hier erstmals ins Deutsche übersetzt und wissenschaftlich kommentiert, geben einen Einblick in den Diskurs der dschihadistischen Bewegungen. Es werden Diskussionen aus Onlineforen wiedergegeben, Gedichte bzw. anaschid (agitatorische Lieder), die ... more

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Breath, Technology, and the Making of Community: Canção Nova in Brazil

In: Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses

Birgit Meyer (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), pp. 161-182

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Fernsehprediger, Online-Counselling und Fatwa-Hotlines: Zur Medialisierung des Islam

Carola Richter

In: Religion und Massenmedien

Maud E. Sieprath (ed.)

Berlin: Weißensee-Verlag (2009), pp. 99-128

"Der Mainstream-Islam, der sich heute im arabischen Fernsehen und Internet präsentiert, hat [...] eine besondere Charakteristik: er hat eine moralische Botschaft, ist aber nicht vordergründig politisch und wird damit geduldet von den autoritären Regimes, die in populär-religiösen Formaten zumei ... more

Die Globalisierung religiöser Gewalt: Von christlichen Milizen bis al-Qaida

Mark Juergensmeyer

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2009), 485 pp.

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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film

John Lyden (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2009), xiv, 503 pp.

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‘We Need to Open Up the Country’: Development and the Christian Key Scenario in the Social Space of Kinshasa’s Teleserials

Katrien Pype

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 1, issue 1 (2009), pp. 101-116

"This article discusses discourses on development in the social space of Kinshasa’s post-Mobutu teleserials. The producers (dramatic artists and born-again Christian leaders; some are both) contend that their work will transform society, counter the social and political crisis and improve the nati ... more

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Communicator for a Cyber Age in Africa: A Training Manual in Media and Social Communication

Tom Kunnel (ed.)

Karen (KE): Bosco Eastern Africa Multimedia Services (2009), x, 439 pp.

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Identidade e formas de participação: XI assembléia da UNDA Brasil, V assembléia da RCR. Curitiba - 20 a 23 de novembro de 2007

Tatiana Simões Dias, Helena Corazza (ed.)

São Paulo: UNDA Brasil;Rede Católica de Radio (RCR) (2009), 120 pp.