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Musikindustrie in Afrika: Fette Beats, magere Tantiemen

Monika Hoegen
welt-sichten, 24. Januar (2024)
"Musik ist weltweit ein Riesengeschäft. Verwertungsgesellschaften sollen dafür sorgen, dass Musikerinnen und Musiker einen fairen Anteil der Gewinne kriegen. In Afrika funktioniert das noch nicht so richtig; engagierte Künstler und Produzenten wollen das ändern." (Einleitung)
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Parler de la société à la société avec les proverbes, les contes, les chansons et les tambours: Une approche socio-anthropologique de la communication sociale en Afrique traditionnelle

Benoît Kouakou Oi Kouakou
Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 264 pp.
"Les proverbes, les contes, les chansons et les tambours-parleurs sont, dans les sociétés traditionnelles africaines, l’espace où se tient le discours sur la vie sociale, ou plus exactement, le discours de la vie sociale, c’est-à-dire le discours que produit la société elle-même à ses in ... more
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Qualitative Methods in Communication and Media

Sandra L. Faulkner, Joshua D. Atkinson
New York: Oxford University Press (2024), xi, 217 pp.
"Qualitative Methods in Media and Communication offers a learning-centered guide to designing, conducting, and evaluating qualitative communication and media research methods. Drawing upon years of teaching qualitative research methods, Sandra L. Faulkner and Joshua D. Atkinson introduce and unpack ... more
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Mujeres de la comunicación Chile

Ana María Castillo, Paula Flores-Aguilar, Isabel Pavez (eds.)
Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Programa de medios y comunicación para América Latina y el Caribe (2024), 353 pp.
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Random access memories or clichéd representations? Exploring historical photographs of the troubles on Instagram

Paul Reilly
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 17 pp.
"Social media provide unprecedented opportunities for the distribution of photographs capturing experiences of conflict. Instagram in particular renders conflict photography searchable, whilst also aggregating the memories of traumatised communities. This paper adds to the nascent literature in this ... more
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Restaging Afghanistan: Trapped in the Cycle of Conflict Photographies

Simon Popple
Journal of War & Culture Studies, volume 17, issue 1 (2024), pp. 50-69
"Western, especially British interventions in Afghanistan, parallel the long history of photography. This article examines the resulting archive and considers its ongoing influence on the traditions of conflict photography through the concept of the ‘Feedback Loop’ coined by photographer Tim Het ... more
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How InkubaLM is Revolutionizing Locally-Led Development in Africa

Wayan Vota
ICTworks, September 26 (2024)
"Language diversity on the African continent is both a cultural strength and a technological challenge. With over 2,000 spoken languages, mainstream artificial intelligence tools have largely ignored the vast majority of African languages, creating a significant barrier to the full participation of ... more
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JMM, 80 anos: Memórias e legado no campo da comunicação no Brasil

Ivanise Hilbig de Andrade, Nara Lya Cabral Scabin, Genio Nascimento (eds.)
São Paulo: Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (2024), 227 pp.
"Em 2023, o professor José Marques de Melo, se estivesse vivo, completaria 80 anos de idade. Com certeza, ainda estaria organizando algum evento científico ou escrevendo um novo livro. Em sua trajetória, marcada por um trabalho pioneiro de pesquisa e de ensino da Comunicação no Brasil, Marques ... more
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Photography and everyday peacebuilding. Examining the impact of photographing everyday peace in Colombia

Tiffany Fairey, Edwin Cubillos, Manuela Muñoz
Peacebuilding, volume 12, issue 1 (2024), pp. 24-44
"Arts-based peacebuilding has gained attention, but evidence and research of its impact is fragmented and, in particular, the relationship between photography and peace is underexplored. This article examines photovoice as a tool for supporting everyday and community peace in conflict-affected commu ... more
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Media Literacy and Media Education Research Methods: A Handbook

Pierre Fastrez, Normand Landry (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2024), x, 332 pp.
"This handbook interrogates the foundations of media literacy and media education research from a methodological standpoint. It provides a detailed, illustrated overview of key methods used in the study of media literacy and media education. Further, it reveals the diversity of this research field a ... more
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Routledge Handbook on Arab Cinema
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Noha Mellor (ed.)
London: Routledge (2024), xix, 440 pp.
"The collection includes contributions from academics and filmmakers from across the Arab region, Europe, and North America, and fills a gap in media studies by examining the entire Arab region, rather than focusing on one country or theme. The Handbook also sheds light on the heterogeneity of Arab ... more
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Baseline study of the digital environment in the music sector in Zimbabwe

Harare: UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa; National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ); Sound Diplomacy (2024), 41 pp.
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The True Size of Africa

Ralf Beil, Markus Messling, Christiane Solte-Gresser (eds.)
München; Völklingen: Hirmer; Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site (2024), 320 pp.
"Our richly illustrated volume takes a multifaceted approach to the giant continent of Africa, transcending prejudices and stereotypes through cultural history and contemporary art, constant shifts in perspective, and artistic diversity: human history encounters the colonial past and the omnipresenc ... more
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Von bierbrauenden Mönchen und kriegerischen Nonnen

Lukas Boch, Anna Klara Falke, Yvonne Püttmann, Sebastian Steinbach (eds.)
Stuttgart: Kohlhammer (2024), 257 pp.
"Spiele sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil populärer (Kirchen-)Geschichtskulturen. Durch die Kombination aus Setting, Material und Regelsystem transportieren sie einer breiten Öffentlichkeit Vorstellungen von historischen Ereignissen, Personen und Epochen. Noch kaum erforscht ist der Umstand, dass vie ... more
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Systematic Prejudices: An Investigation into Bias Against Women and Girls in Large Language Models

Noah Siegel, Jackie Kay
Paris: UNESCO (2024), 20 pp.
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Principes généraux du métier de bibliothécaire

Walaoulou Bilivogui
Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 52 pp.
"Ce petit manuel se veut un guide pratique pour les jeunes qui embrassent la carrière de bibliothécaire, une carrière d’avenir." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Gerechter Krieg" und "Niemandsland": Rechtfertigungsideologien für Kolonisierung und Versklavung durch europäische Mächte c.1500-1800

Christoph Haar, Matthias Kaufmann
Freiburg: wbg Academic (2024), 298 pp.
"Zwischen dem 15. und 18. Jahrhundert erlangten westeuropäische Mächte die Herrschaft über weite Teile der Welt, was mit einem Anstieg des Sklavenhandels in bis dahin unbekannte Dimensionen verbunden war. Dieses Buch verfolgt die Argumentationsfiguren, mit denen man die mit Kolonisierung und Vers ... more
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Promoting Social Cohesion or an Enabler of Tribalism? A Closer Look at Community Radio Language Policies in Post-Apartheid South Africa’s Malamulele FM and Vuwani FM

Freddy Chauke, Prinola Govenden
Communicatio, volume 50, issue 3 (2024), pp. 73-93
"Tribalism is a social phenomenon polarising South Africa along ethnic lines and undermining democratic efforts for social cohesion in the newly reconfigured inclusive territorial zones. Community radio is expected to play a social cohesion role of uniting cohabiting disparate ethnic groups within t ... more
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‘Action Plans’ to Support the African Book Industries: Current Initiatives in Progress, and an Inventory of Earlier Projects

Hans Zell
African Book Publishing Record, volume 50, issue 4 (2024), pp. 312-321
"Over the past eight years or more there have been a wide range of projects to support the African book industries and the book sector generally. This has included a series of ambitious ‘action plans’ that followed a number of high-level conferences held in Africa. This investigation offers a su ... more
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Gaming in Africa

GeoPoll (2024), 30 slides
"GeoPoll’s latest report, “Gaming in Africa,” provides a detailed exploration of the burgeoning gaming scene across Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Drawing from the perspectives of more than 2,500 gamers, this report shines a light on the habits, preferences, and challenges of the Afr ... more