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Democracy Report 2022: Autocratization Changing Nature?

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Nicolas Gaspers, Torsten Caeners, Matthias Keidel (eds.)
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Can African Scholars Speak? Situating African Voices in International Communication Scholarship

Gregory Gondwe
Media, Culture & Society, volume 44, issue 4 (2022), pp. 848-859
"This article seeks to contribute and engage with debates pertaining to epistemology, knowledge production, and positionality of ‘International Communication Studies’ (ICS) in sub-Saharan Africa. The study operates on the assumption that International Communication studies in most Sub-Saharan Af ... more
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Engendering Democracy in Africa: Women, Politics and Development

Niamh Gaynor
London, New York: Routledge (2022), xii, 190 pp.
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Enduring Blindspots & Infinite Opportunities: Digital Creative Industries in Uganda

Bobina Zulfa et al.
Kampala: Pollicy (2022), 49 pp.
"This study aims to understand the experiences of digital creatives in Kampala, Uganda, through a gendered lens. There is a large gap in the availability of data and knowledge on the digital creative industry in Uganda and this paper aims to address some of these blindspots. To understand these expe ... more
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War in Film: Semiotics and Conflict Related Sign Constructions on the Screen

Frank Jacob (ed.)
Marburg: Büchner-Verlag (2022), 229 pp.
"Wars in films are […] always more than just the staging or presentation of a historical event; they offer an interpretation of these events that usually corresponds with other aspects, e. g. society's evaluation of war per se, or wishes about how specific events related to war should be commemora ... more
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The Business of Digital Publishing: An Introduction to the Digital Book and Journal Industries

Frania Hall
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2022), xi, 260 pp.
"Offering a fundamental overview of the main technological developments that have influenced the growth of digital publishing, the author introduces students to the key terms and concepts that make digital publishing possible. The four key publishing sectors (professional reference, academic, educat ... more
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From Research to Action: The Practice of Decolonizing ICT4D

Caroline Khene, Silvia Masiero
Information Technology for Development, volume 28, issue 3 (2022), pp. 443-450
"The production of knowledge in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) research has been characterized by an ongoing shift from dominantly Western-based to Indigenous theory formulations. This editorial puts forward core concepts in the decolonization of ICT4D, arguing that ... more
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Measuring the Impact of Science Journalism: The Pulitzer Center's Connected Coastlines Initiative

Erica L. Rosenthal, Veronica Jauriqui, Shawn Van Valkenburgh, Eun J. Jung, Dana Weinstein, Erica Watson-Currie, Ksenia Korobkova, Johanna Blakley, Adam Rogers
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project; National Domestic Workers Alliance (2022), 34 pp.
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Vom Sound zur Markenwelt: Die emotionale Macht des Radios. Qualitative und quantitative Analyse eines Funkspot-Experiments

Cornelia Krebs, Markus Küppers
Media Perspektiven, issue 6 (2022), pp. 288-294
"Radio kann mit Gestaltungselementen wie Stimme, Geräuschen und Musik Marken schaffen und profilieren. In einem Experiment wurden drei Radiospots für einen fiktiven Schokoriegel mit gleichem Text, aber unterschiedlicher Emotionalität produziert. Die drei Spots („Der Verführer“, „Der Animat ... more
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Critical Gaps and Implications of Risk Communication in the Global Agreements SFDRR, SDGs, and UNFCCC: 3 Select Case Studies from Urban Areas of Tropics in South Asia

Shabana Khan, Jyoti Mishra
Natural Hazards, issue 111 (2022), pp. 2559-2577
"There has been a consistent rise in urban disasters, particularly in developing countries located in tropical areas. Among various challenges of disaster risk management and climate change impacts, it is noted that most residents are poorly informed about their risk exposure or apposite response. T ... more
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Qualitative Research Using Social Media

Gwen Bouvier, Joel Rasmussen
London; New York: Routledge (2022), viii, 203 pp.
"[This book] guides the reader in what different kinds of qualitative research can be applied to social media data. It introduces students, as well as those who are new to the field, to developing and carrying out concrete research projects. The book takes the reader through the stages of choosing d ... more