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The Literature of the Book: Publishing Development

Ian Montagnes
Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community, volume 15, issue 2 (2005), pp. 92-94
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"Der Band „Mediensoziologie" präsentiert Überblicksbeiträge, die wichtige Grundbegriffe der Soziologie in Verbindung mit dem Medien-Begriff (und das heißt: als unabhängige, abhängige oder intervenierende Größe) erörtern. Die Einbindung von Medien in eine soziologische Perspektive erfolgt ... more
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Handbook of Visual Communication: Theory, Methods, and Media

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Editer dans l’espace francophone: Législation, diffusion, distribution et commercialisation du livre
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El impacto económico de la cultura en Perú

José Antonio Carbonell Blanco (ed.)
Lima; Bogotá: Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Escuela Profesional de Turismo y Hotelería; Convenio Andrés Bello (2005), 265 pp.
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Der Bilderkrieg: Inszenierungen, Bilder und Perspektiven der "Operation Irakische Freiheit"

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Wallposter Comics: A Great Campaign Tool for NGOs

Leif Packalén
Vantaa (FI): World Comics (2005), 24 pp.
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Julia Helmke, Hans Hodel, Karsten Visarius (eds.)
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A Practical Guide to Bookselling
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Oluronke Orimalade, Bridget Impey (eds.)
Oxford; Wageningen: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP); Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2005), 108 pp.
"Although the retail book trade in Africa face problems and obstacles of equal magnitude as their publishing colleagues, bookselling in Africa has perhaps received less attention and support than the more “glamorous” area of publishing, but as is rightly pointed out in the foreword of this guide ... more
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Puppetry in Education and Therapy: Unlocking Doors to the Mind and Heart

Matthew Bernier, Judith O'Hare (eds.)
Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse (2005), xvi,, 212 pp.
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Book Donations for Development
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Mauro Rosi
Gwyneth Evans (ed.)
Paris; Ottawa: UNESCO; CODE Canada (2005), 72 pp.
"As a component of international cultural cooperation, the donation of second-hand books is a current practice that is both common and controversial. The practice arose from the realization that bibliographic and documentary resources were unevenly distributed in the world. Book donation programmes ... more
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Mass Media and Society

James Curran, Michael Gurevitch (eds.)
London: Hodder Arnold, 4th ed. (2005), 400 pp.
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Vulgariser, produire, diffuser! Fiches à l'intention des chercheurs sur le terrain

Jacques Gauthier
Ottawa: Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International (2005), 62 pp.
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Handbuch Journalismus und Medien

Siegfried Weischenberg, Hans J. Kleinsteuber, Bernhard Pörksen (eds.)
Konstanz: UVK (2005), 500 pp.
"Ein Fachlexikon zum Journalismus, den Medien sowie den jeweiligen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und theoretischen Ansätzen legen die 3 an der Universität Hamburg arbeitenden Medienwissenschaftler zusammen mit 100 weiteren namhaften Autoren in 114 Beiträgen vor, die weitgehend nach bewährtem ... more
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The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture

Kelton Cobb
Malden, Mass.: Blackwell (2005), ix, 354 pp.
"The Blackwell Guide to Theology of Popular Culture outlines various general theories of popular culture, identifies theologians and theological concepts that are conducive to analyzing popular culture, and explores religious themes that are asserting themselves through popular movies, novels, music ... more
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Globalisierung gestalten: Weltökonomie und soziale Standards

Thomas Greven, Christoph Scherrer
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2005), 166 pp.
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Shooting the Family: Transnational Media and Intercultural Values

Patricia Pisters, Wim Staat (eds.)
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2005), 224 pp.
"In Shooting the Family, twelve authors investigate the transfigured role of the family in a transnational world in which intercultural values are negotiated through mass media like film and television, as well as through particularistic media like home movies and videos. "Shooting the Family" has a ... more