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Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World

Pippa Norris, Ronald Inglehart

New York: Cambridge University Press (2009), xv, 429 pp.

"We have argued throughout this book that the various versions of the cultural convergence thesis are deeply flawed, whether one has in mind the ‘media imperialism’ argument that was fashionable during the 1970s, the ‘Coca-colonization’ claim that was popular during the 1990s, or contemporar ... more

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Radio Journalism

Guy Starkey, Andrew Crisell

Los Angeles; London: Sage (2009), 173 pp.

"'Radio Journalism' combines an awareness of theory and practice in order to explore what makes radio reporting distinctive, and demonstrates its continuing importance in the news landscape." (Publisher description)

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Throwing the Switch: Challenges in the Conversion to Digital Broadcasting

John Burgess

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 34 pp.

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Development Communication: The State of Research in an Era of ICTs and Globalization

Christine L. Ogan, Manaf Bashir, Lindita Camaj, Yunjuan Luo, Brian Gaddie, Rosemary Pennington, Mohammed Salih

International Communication Gazette, volume 71, issue 8 (2009), pp. 655-670

"Through the technique of meta-analysis, this study investigates the scholarly articles appearing in peer-reviewed online and offline journals that address the topic of communication and development from 1998 to 2007 to determine publication trends in the field. The research was prompted by the sens ... more

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Diccionario de estudios culturales latinoamericanos

Mónica Szurmuk, Robert McKee Irwin (eds.)

México, DF: Siglo XXI Editores;Instituto Mora (2009), 332 pp.

"En la selección de términos para incluir en este proyecto, privilegiamos aquellos que tienen una presencia importante en el campo de estudios culturales latinoamericanos y que funcionan como referentes en más de una disciplina. Quedaron afuera una docena de términos que aun si eran importantes ... more

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Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue

Paris: UNESCO (2009), xiii, 402 pp.

"There is a need to encourage cultural sensitivity in the production and consumption of communication and information contents, thereby facilitating access, empowerment and participation. To this end, action should be taken to: a. Support the production and distribution of innovative and diversified ... more

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Publishing in Africa: Where Are We Now? Part Two: Accomplishments and Failures

Hans M. Zell

Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 20, issue 1-4 (2009), pp. 79-90

"Reviews the activities and achievements of a number of African book trade and book promotional organizations, thereafter examines the progress that has been achieved in some areas affecting the book sector, and discusses issues such as the World Bank as a major player in African publishing, digital ... more

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Livres en mouvement: Mettre en place une bibliothèque movile

Sylvia Dorance

Paris: UNESCO (2009), 43 pp.

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Action Research and New Media: Concepts, Methods and Cases

Greg Hearn, Jo Tacchi, Marcus Foth, June Lennie

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2009), xviii, 273 pp.

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Advertising

Iain MacRury

London: Routledge (2009), xvii, 318 pp.

"Advertising, once seen as 'the official art of capitalist society' is an increasingly commonplace component of a characteristically promotional culture. Iain MacRury's Advertising offers the means to explore and evaluate this transition with an introduction to advertising for the contemporary reade ... more

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Writing National Cinema: Film Journals and Film Culture in Peru

Jeffrey Middents

Hanover, NH; London: Dartmouth College Press;University Press of New England (2009), viii, 276 pp.

"Writing National Cinema traces the twenty-year history of the Peruvian film journal Hablemos de cine alongside that of Peruvian filmmaking and film culture. Similar to the influential French journal Cahiers du cinéma, Hablemos de cine began with a group of young critics interested in claiming the ... more

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L'audience

Régine Chaniac (ed.)

Paris: CNRS Editions (2009), 184 pp.

"La mesure d'audience est au centre de la télévision, au cœur de la relation entre le public et l'offre de programmes. Pour certains, elle constitue un puissant système de consultation du public, exprimant sa demande, sa satisfaction ; pour d'autres, elle n'est qu'un opérateur du marché public ... more

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Catholics in the Movies

Colleen McDannell (ed.)

Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press (2008), xiv, 362 pp.

"Rather than being marginal to American popular culture, Catholic people, places, and rituals are all central to the world of the movie. Catholics in the Movies begins with an introductory essay that orients readers to the ways that films appear in culture and describes the broad trends that can be ... more

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Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma and Memory

Nurith Gertz, George Khleifi

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2008), vii, 224 pp.

"One of the best sources for understanding Palestinian culture is the cinema, which has strived to delineate Palestinian history and to portray the daily lives of Palestinian men, women, and children. Here, an Israeli and a Palestinian scholar, in a rare and welcome collaboration, follow the develop ... more

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Telenovela: Um olhar do cinema

José Roberto Sadek

São Paulo: Summus Editorial (2008), 151 pp.

"Neste livro, José Roberto Sadek mostra que as telenovelas são uma maneira moderna de contar histórias. O autor baseia-se em estudos consagrados sobre as narrativas do cinema clássico e os aplica às telenovelas, mostrando ângulos pouco conhecidos. Na primeira parte do livro, traça um breve hi ... more

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O campo da comunicação no Brasil
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José Marques de Melo (ed.)

Petrópolis: Vozes (2008), 207 pp.

"Estudantes, professores e profissionais da comunicação têm se perguntado e refletido sobre quais seriam as tendências do saber legitimado sobre o campo da comunicação no Brasil. A fim de debater sobre esta questão, a Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação mobiliz ... more

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Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry

Selvaraj Velayutham (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2008), xvi, 201 pp.

"Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It o ... more

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Teaching Holocaust Literature and Film

Barry Langford, Robert Eaglestone (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2008), xi, 170 pp.

"The representation of the Holocaust in literature and film has confronted lecturers and students with some challenging questions. Does this unique and disturbing subject demand alternative pedagogic strategies? What is the role of ethics in the classroom encounter with the Holocaust? " (Publisher d ... more

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