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The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2023), 158 pp.
"Young people in the West are more likely to encounter religion in videogames than in places of worship like churches, mosques or temples. Lars de Wildt interviews developers and players of games such as Assassin’s Creed to find out how and why the Pop Theology of Videogames is so appealing to mod
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Wikipedia: Die rationale Seite der Digitalisierung? Entwurf einer Theorie
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2023), 414 pp.
"Die Wikipedia präsentiert das Wissen der Welt im digitalen Zeitalter. Damit stellt sie sich in eine Linie mit den Aufklärern des 18. Jahrhunderts - und quer zu den irrationalen Exzessen digitaler Filterblasen. Aber wie sehen die Produktionsbedingungen dieses Wissens in der Praxis aus und nach wel
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Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19
London; New York, NY: Routledge (2023), xx, 299 pp.
"Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the Covid-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals. The responses of some populist leaders have received much publ
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Small Cinemas of the Andes: New Aesthetics, Practices and Platforms
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xix, 378 pp.
"This book examines the emergence of small cinemas of the Andes, covering digital peripheries in Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. The volume critically assesses heterogeneous audiovisual practices and subaltern agents, elucidating existing tensions, contradictions and resistances with respect to
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Sonic Engagement: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Community Engaged Audio Practice
New York; London: Routledge (2023), xiv, 332 pp.
"This edited collection investigates the use of sound and audio production in community engaged participatory arts practice and research. The popularity of podcast and audio drama, combined with the accessibility and portability of affordable field recording and home studio equipment, makes audio a
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Fictional Practices of Spirituality I: Interactive Media
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2023), 476 pp.
"Fictional Practices of Spirituality" provides critical insight into the implementation of belief, mysticism, religion, and spirituality into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive. This first volume focuses on interactive, virtual worlds - may that be the digital realms of video ga
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Does Internet development affect urban-rural income gap in China? An empirical investigation at provincial level
Information Development, volume 39, issue 1 (2023), pp. 107-122
"This study aims to examine the impact of Internet development on the urban-rural income gap in China. By using a provincial level panel dataset comprising 31 of China’s provinces, it analyzes and compares the effects of the eastern, central, and western regions over the period of 2005–2016. The
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Counter Recruiting in the Online Gaming Community
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2023), 9 pp.
"Organisations ranging from violent extremist groups to the US Army have used online gaming, a popular form of entertainment among the world’s youth, for recruiting purposes. To date, efforts to curtail online recruiting have been siloed to reduce recruitment of certain groups, such as violent ext
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Social Media Marketing for Book Publishers
London: Routledge (2023), xv, 184 pp.
"Providing a concise toolbox for publishing professionals and students of publishing, this book explores the skills needed to master the key elements of social media marketing and therefore stay relevant in this ever-competitive industry. Taking a hands-on, practical approach, Social Media Marketing
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CIESPAL and the Development of Education and Research in Communication in Latin America
Studies in Communication Sciences, volume 23, issue 1 (2023), pp. 105-120
"As a regional international organization focused on education and research, the Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL) played a key role in institutionalizing the field of communication studies in the so-called “Third World” countries. Founde
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A telenovela e o futuro da televisão brasileira
Rio de Janeiro: Cobogó (2023), 243 pp.
"Em popularidade, as telenovelas são o equivalente, na cultura brasileira, aos blockbusters de Hollywood, aos livros best-sellers mundiais, às músicas ouvidas por milhões ao redor do planeta e aos megashows que lotam estádios. Mas, com a consolidação do streaming e das novas mídias digitais,
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Transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting
Geneva: ITU (2023), 239 pp.
"The purpose of this Report is to help the countries that are in the process of migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting. The Report examines the reasons why this is happening and the technologies involved. It provides an overview of digital terrestrial sound and television broadc
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Transnational Turkish Television Production and Consumption
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 3-4 (2023), pp. 193-344
2023 Synthesis of UNESCO Evaluations
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 69 pp.
"The 2023 Synthesis of UNESCO evaluations draws on information contained in 36 evaluations – five corporate and 31 decentralized evaluations. The analysis shows that the Organization is making good progress in a range of areas including demonstrating a sharper focus on SDGs, developing fast as an
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Transnational Convergence of East Asian Pop Culture
London; New York: Routledge (2023), 238 pp.
"This book observes and analyses transnational interactions of East Asian pop culture and current cultural practices, comparing them to the production and consumption of Western popular culture and providing a theoretical discussion regarding the specific paradigm of East Asian pop culture. Drawing
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Can Telenovelas be Cult TV? An Audience Perspective
Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (2023), pp. 76-98
"This article applies the concept of cult TV to Brazilian telenovelas. The term cult TV is used to refer to products that were perceived to be different from mainstream popular culture. However, theoretical contexts have started to embrace the notion of a mainstream cult. With the concept of a mains
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Francisco José Virtuoso y la crisis de la democracia en Venezuela
Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB); ABediciones; Fundación Centro Gumilla (2023), 279 pp.
"Hay que agradecer al profesor Andrés Cañizález el esfuerzo de haber hecho una selección y curaduría de un conjunto de textos del pensamiento del rector Francisco José Virtuoso, SJ, sobre el proceso político vivido en Venezuela desde finales de la década de los 80 hasta alcanzar el período
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