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"This article aims at understanding the popularity and cultural and social significance of the highly prominent Chinese television show Super Girls’ Voice (the 2005 season), a talent contest largely modeled upon “reality shows” such as American Idol in the United States and Pop Idol in the Uni ... more

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Access to Africa’s Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value

Eve Gray

African Journal of Information and Communication, issue 10 (2010), pp. 4-19

"This paper reviews, critically, the discourse of research publication policy and the directives of the regional and global organisations that advise African countries with respect to their relevance to African scholarly communication. What emerges is a readiness to use the concepts and language of ... more

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Basics of Social Communication

Louis Kumpiluvelil

New Delhi; Mumbai: Don Bosco Communications (2010), 210 pp.

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Translation, Language and Fiction Publishing in Africa: The Case of Uganda

Bob Lapajian

Utrecht University, Master Thesis (2010), 132 pp.

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Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union

Germann Avocaats

Brussels: European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies (2010), 103 pp.

"This study provides a summary of the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of 2005. Focusing on fields in which the EU is expected to provide leadership or coordination, it is intended to provide ideas and long-term ... more

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Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution

Mahir Saul, Ralph A. Austen (eds.)

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (2010), vii, 248 pp.

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Advertising Media Planning

Jack Z. Sissors, Roger B. Baron

New York: McGraw-Hill, 7th ed. (2010), xiv, 480 pp.

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Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle

Frederick Luis Aldama (ed.)

Austin: University of Texas Press (2010), xi, 257 pp.

"Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling sto ... more

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Diarios del Paraguay

Juan Crichigno

Asunción: [author] (2010), 459 pp.

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Advancing New Media Research

Sean Aday, Henry Farrell, Marc Lynch, John Sides

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 8 pp.

"New media are powerful but have mixed effects on political organizations. To identify these consequences, we need to continue devising new frameworks of analysis. Knowing more about how new media relate to each other and to traditional media is critical. Being sensitive to the differences between, ... more

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Shaping Cultural Diversity: Recommendations for Action from Civil Society for the Implementation in and by Germany of the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)

Bonn: German Commission for UNESCO (DUK) (2010), 32 pp.

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African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Computing

Don Osborn

Cape Town; Ottawa: HSRC Press;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), xvi, 150 pp.

"This book is the result of several years of observation, analysis, consultation and synthesis of the adaptation of ict s to local languages in Africa. The goal of the Pan Africa Localization project led by Don Osborn was to closely track the progress of ict s in African languages and clearly identi ... more

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Advertising: A Very Short Introduction

Winston Fletcher

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), 140 pp.

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In Need of Connection: Reflections on Youth and the Translation of Film in Tanzania

Birgit Englert

Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, issue 18 (2010), pp. 137-159

"The translation of films from languages such as English, Hindi/Urdu or Chinese into Swahili is a phenomenon that has quickly grown into a successful business in Tanzania in the last couple of years. The films are mainly products of the USA, of India and China, but also of countries such as Thailand ... more

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Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life

Marwan Kraidy

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2010), xvi, 252 pp.

"Based on a wealth of primary data collected during five years, Reality Television and Arab Politics analyzes how reality television stirred an explosive mix of religion, politics, and sexuality, fueling heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the ... more

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Research Makes the News: Strengthening Media Engagement with Research to Influence Policy

London: Panos (2010), 16 pp.

"The media have the capacity to speak to policymakers, civil society and the general public, and therefore have an important role to play in keeping debate and awareness of particular issues in the public domain. Research that supports existing debates can also bring evidence and corroborated facts ... more

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ACCU Experts Meeting on Book Development and Reading Promotion in Asia and the Pacific: ACCU’s Achievement Inherited by Asia and the Pacific Towards the Future of Books and Reading

Tokyo: Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) (2010), 52 pp.

"As ACCU decided to conclude its programmes in book development in the fiscal year of 2009, “ACCU Experts Meeting on Book Development and Reading promotion in Asia and the Pacific” was held from 8 to 10 December 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. 20 experts and officials from the field of book development an ... more

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Telenovelas und kulturelle Zäsur: Intermediale Gattungspassagen in Lateinamerika
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Joachim Michael

Bielefeld: transcript (2010), 400 pp.

"Jenseits von Kulturkritik und Rechtfertigungsrhetorik untersucht Joachim Michael die Telenovela als Ergebnis des medialen Umbruchs der lateinamerikanischen Kulturen. Er zeigt, dass die Telenovela mehr als nur ein Format ist – sie markiert eine spezifische Kultur, deren eigentümliche Faszination ... more

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Promoviendo Industrias Creativas: La experiencia de Trinidad y Tobago

Suzanne Burke

Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) (2010), 36 pp.

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