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El periodismo cultural en los medios ecuatorianos

Pamela J. Cruz, Santiago Rosero
Quito: CIESPAL (2012), 288 pp.
"A diario, los medios de comunicación difunden una parte de la multiplicidad de prácticas, experiencias y expresiones artísticas, urbanas, populares, rurales y masivas de la sociedad. De esa manera, se reafirman como una "institución paradigmática" (Thompson, 1998), con poder para construir una ... more
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Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity

Miriyam Aouragh
London; New York: Tauris, new paperback ed. (2012), xix, 272 pp.
"For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Leban ... more
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After Action Review of INASP’s Communication Capacity Building Initiative for Seven ACACIA Partners

Enrique Mendizabal, Martine Zeuthen
International Development Research Centre (IDRC); International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2012), 22 pp.
"The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) was approached by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in December 2010 to provide research communication support to seven of the IDRC ACACIA programme’s research partners (PANAF, UHIN, GRACE, RIA, P ... more
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Vida digital: La tecnología en el centro de lo cotidiano

Eduardo Villanueva Mansilla
Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2012), 159 pp.
"Este es un ensayo tentativo, exploratorio, que quiere proponer de manera asequible algunas rutas de exploración de las consecuencias que la presencia de la Internet, las distintas tecnologías de información y comunicación y en general las nuevas formas de comunicación, plantean a las personas ... more
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Digital Media Preservation: Why Media Organizations Can’t Archive (and What They Can Do Instead)

Anthony Bouch
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 40 pp.
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This Research does not Influence Policy

Patta Scott Villiers
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 25 -29
"This article concerns a study whose questions, methods and analytical conclusions were the work of a group of Karimojong in Uganda. Its report included text and photographs, plain language, direct voices and faces, and little theorising. When it was disseminated it appealed to local people and to a ... more
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„The Whole Idea is to Entertain Them": Musik im indischen Wahlkampf

Cornelia Günauer
Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2012), 93 pp.
"Music is an omnipresent part of the often so-called great Indian election circus and much more than a mere by-product of what is the greatest democratic exercise worldwide. Songs and tunes are an integral part of political communication, strategically used by political actors which are confronted w ... more
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Der Film als Seismograph der Gesellschaft: Themen und Tendenzen im aktuellen türkischen Kino

Rüdiger Suchsland
In: Länderbericht Türkei
Udo Steinbach (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 521-530
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Studienhandbuch Filmanalyse: Ästhetik und Dramaturgie des Spielfilms

Benjamin Beil, Jürgen Kühnel, Christian Neuhaus
Paderborn: Fink (2012), 345 pp.
"Dieses Studienhandbuch stellt in kompakter Form das komplette Instrumentarium der Filmanalyse vor. Systematisch werden Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und das Zeichensystem des Films erläutert und durch Beispiele aus mehr als 100 Jahren Filmgeschichte veranschaulicht. Dabei werden auch neueste Entwick ... more
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Radio: Eine Einführung

Hans J. Kleinsteuber et al.
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2012), 367 pp.
"Diese Einführung geht von der These aus, dass Radio das Vielfältigste aller Medien darstellt. Dies ist u. a. der Tatsache geschuldet, dass niemand so genau weiß, wo die äußeren Grenzen des Phänomens Radio liegen. Manches nennt sich heute Radio - z. B. Internetradio oder Radio-on-Demand -, da ... more
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Tvmorfosis: La televisión abierta hacia la sociedad de redes

Guillermo Orozco (ed.)
México, DF: Productora de Contenidos Culturales Sagahón Repoll (2012), 247 pp.
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New Perspectives on Strengthening Science Journalism in Developing Countries: Approach and First Results of the ‘SjCOOP’ Mentoring Project

Mbarga Gervais, Jan Lublinski, Jean-Marc Fleury
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 157-172
"Many different educational and training sessions focusing on science journalism have been offered to journalists in Africa in the past decades. However, there is still insufficient quality reporting on health, environment, technology and science. We propose a new, flexible and needs-oriented concep ... more
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Analyzing Taliban Taranas (chants): An Effective Afghan Propaganda Artifact

Thomas H. Johnson, Ahmad Waheed
Small Wars & Insurgencies, volume 22, issue 1 (2011), pp. 3-31
"This article describes and analyzes a little understood Afghan Taliban propaganda tool: chants or taranas. These melodic refrains effectively use historical narratives, symbology, and iconic portraits. The chants are engendered in emotions of sorrow, pride, desperation, hope, and complaints to mobi ... more
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Key Concepts in Media and Communications

Paul Jones, David Holmes
Los Angeles: Sage (2011), xiii, 256 pp.
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"Ugly Betty" and the Emergence of the Latina/o Producers as Cultural Translators

Juan Pinon
Communication Theory, volume 21, issue 4 (2011), pp. 392-412
"A critical examination of Betty's adaptation process sheds light on the disjuncture between global television distribution trends and national television markets' business cultures. The process of bringing the "ugly duckling" format to the English-language mainstream media market can be better unde ... more
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Family Communication

Chris Segrin, Jeanne Flora
New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2011), x, 492 pp.
"Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the-art research and theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting cutting-edge research, it focuses on classic theories and research findings that have influenced and revolutionized the way scholars conceptuali ... more
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Learning Hindu Dharma from Television Cartoons: An Analysis of School Children in the Indian Civilization

Binod C. Agrawal
Religion and Social Communication, volume 9, issue 2 (2011), pp. 113-132
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An Exploratory Investigation Into the Status of Reading Promotion Projects in South Africa

Sabelo Ransome Chizwina
University of Pretoria, Master Thesis (2011), 171 pp.
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Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film: Essays on Belief, Spectacle, Ritual and Imagery

Regina Hansen (ed.)
Jefferson, NC: McFarland (2011), ix, 294 pp.
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Buch und Lesen in der DDR: Ein literatursoziologischer Rückblick

Dietrich Löffler
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2011), 440 pp.