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Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

Adam Clayton Powell

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 36 pp.

"As Africa becomes increasingly urban, the reach and use of mobile telephones and other portable digital devices inevitably are becoming a mass medium. This shift creates new opportunities for existing broadcasters and publishers. And it creates new opportunities for a much larger number of new inde ... more

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South-North Conversations: International Association of Media and Communication Research Conference 2012 South Africa

Durban: University of Kwazulu-Natal;International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) (2012), 91 pp.

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Description and Analysis of Advertising Used in Argentinean Radio Prime Time

María José Müller, María del Pilar Martínez-Costa

In: Radio Evolution: Conference Proceedings

Madalena Oliveira; Pedro Portela; Luís António Santos (eds.)

Braga: University of Minho, Communication and Society Research Centre (2012), pp. 319-328

"Radio advertising in Argentina has been adapted to the changing needs of radio. This paper aims to describe and analyze the advertisement formats used in the four leading prime time programs in Argentina. The methodology is a content analysis that is applied to a sample of four programs each one wi ... more

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Digital Radio in Brazil: Analysis of an Unfinished Debate

Carlos Eduardo Esch, Nélia del Bianco

In: Radio Evolution: Conference Proceedings. September, 14-16, 2011

Madalena Oliveira; Pedro Portela; Luís António Santos (eds.)

Braga: University of Minho, Communication and Society Research Centre (2012), pp. 141-154

"Government and radio broadcasting stations have been debating the model of digital transmission to be adopted in Brazil, without having come to a consensus. The impasse is related to the technological characteristics of the available systems (HD Radio, DRM, and DAB) that are not integrally adaptabl ... more

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El periodismo cultural en los medios ecuatorianos

Pamela J. Cruz, Santiago Rosero

Quito: CIESPAL (2012), 288 pp.

"A diario, los medios de comunicación difunden una parte de la multiplicidad de prácticas, experiencias y expresiones artísticas, urbanas, populares, rurales y masivas de la sociedad. De esa manera, se reafirman como una "institución paradigmática" (Thompson, 1998), con poder para construir una ... more

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Ni premio ni castigo: Inversión, mecanismos y procedimientos de asignación de la publicidad oficial en Uruguay

Gustavo Buquet, Edison Lanza, David Rabinovich

Montevideo: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 34 pp.

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Middle East Media Research: Problems and Approaches

Dina Matar, Ehab Bessaiso

In: The Handbook of Global Media Research

Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 195-211

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Radio Programmes for Small Businesses: Using Media for Local Economic Development in Ghana

Kofi Owusu, Griet Newiger-Addy

Accra: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Programme for Sustainable Economic Development (PSED) (2012), iv, 32 pp.

"This publication has four main purposes. First, it informs local authorities and business associations in Ghana about the benefits of setting up industrial zones in their localities. Second, decision makers will learn about what has been achieved so far through the support to industrial areas in va ... more

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Grenzüberschreitende Medienkommunikation: Konturen eines Forschungsfeldes im Prozess der Konsolidierung

Hartmut Wessler, Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz

In: Grenzüberschreitende Medienkommunikation

Hartmut Wessler; Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz (eds.)

Baden-Baden: Nomos (2012), pp. 5-18

"Der Beitrag zeichnet die Konsolidierung des Forschungsfeldes der grenzüberschreitenden Medienkommunikation im deutschsprachigen Raum nach. Die Gastherausgeber unterscheiden vier zentrale Zugangsweisen zum Thema: (a) die Erweiterung des Ländervergleichs um intersystemische Einflüsse, (b) die endo ... more

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Verlagslandschaft und Lesekultur

Erika Glassen

In: Länderbericht Türkei

Udo Steinbach (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 497-501

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Comunicación para una ciudadanía integral e intercultural: Memoria de los seminarios

La Paz: UNIR;Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM) (2012), 321 pp.

"El primer capítulo, 'Interculturalidad y comunicación intercultural', aborda fundamentos teóricos y debates contemporáneos sobre el tema; el segundo, 'Comunicación intercultural en Bolivia hoy', trata sobre la construcción pendiente - no extenta de contradicciones - sobre la interculturalidad ... more

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The Future of State Aid

IRIS Plus (European Audiovisual Observatory), issue 3 (2012), 43 pp.

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Survey on the Publishing Sector in Selected Sub-Saharan Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda

Bernadette Böcker

Johannesburg: Goethe-Institut;Frankfurt Book Fair (2012), 81 pp.

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Shooting War or Peace Photographs? An Examination of Newswires’ Coverage of the Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)

Shahira Fahmy, Rico Neumann

American Behavioral Scientist, volume 56, issue 2 (2012), pp. NP1-NP26

"According to Galtung, a peace journalism frame is one that highlights peace initiatives and tones down differences by promoting conflict resolution. A war journalism frame, in his view, is one that highlights differences between opposing parties, urging violence as means to a resolution. Thus, base ... more

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Dialogue Through Film: A Handbook

London: Conciliation Resources (2012), 58 pp.

"Dialogue Through Film is a unique initiative bringing together young Armenians from Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijanis to make short films about the conflict that divides them. Over 30 young film-makers have taken part, and thousands of Armenians and Azeris have watched their films. This handbook of ... more

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Der Film als Seismograph der Gesellschaft: Themen und Tendenzen im aktuellen türkischen Kino

Rüdiger Suchsland

In: Länderbericht Türkei

Udo Steinbach (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 521-530

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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis

Geoffrey Batchen, Mick Gidley, Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

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Digital Media Preservation: Why Media Organizations Can’t Archive (and What They Can Do Instead)

Anthony Bouch

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 40 pp.

"This study focuses on digital archive management and will review the current “state of play” in archive management for content creators. It includes both academic and industry research, as well as the results of site visits to nine media organizations located in Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and ... more

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Using Social Media to Gauge Iranian Public Opinion and Mood After the 2009 Election

Sara Beth Elson, Douglas Yeung, Parisa Roshan, S. R. Bohandy, Alireza Nader

Santa Monica, Calif. et al.: RAND Corporation (2012), xxi, 86 pp.

"This report presents an analysis of Iranian public opinion and mood as expressed over Twitter in the nine months following the election. The research represents an initial case study of a novel methodology developed to analyze politically oriented social media content. In addition to policy-relevan ... more

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Sources of Donated Books for Schools and Libraries

Washington, DC: Peace Corps (2012), 30 pp.

"[This publication] is intended to help Peace Corps Volunteers and their counterparts identify organizations that might provide books and other educational materials for schools and libraries in their communities. The services described for each organization listed in Section A apply specifically to ... more