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History of Media: Colonial Period
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History of Television
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History of Book Publishing
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National Cinemas, National Film Production
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History of Media: 20th Century
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Press Landscapes
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Decolonisation & Independence (General)
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History of Communication: Catholic Church
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Media & Communication Policies
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History of Media: 19th Century
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Politics and Media
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Television
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Colonial Legacies
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Journalism
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Media Law & Regulation
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Press
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Radio
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History of Communication: Christian Churches
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Missionary Communication, Media & Evangelisation
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Journalists
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Media, Mass Media
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Christian Book Publishing
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African Cinema
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Censorship
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History of Public Service Broadcasting
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History of Transnational Communication
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News Agencies
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Radio Landscapes
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Propaganda
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Newspapers
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Audiences & Users
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Book Publishing
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Catholic Press
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Christian Press: Evangelical / Protestant & Others
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Latin American Cinema
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Literature
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History of Internet & Digital Media
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Colonial Period
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International Radio Broadcasting, Foreign Radio Broadcasting
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Television Landscapes
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Public & State Radios
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Research in Media & Communication
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Cinema
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Transition and Media
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Public & State Television
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Commercial Television
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Advertising
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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Muslim Book Publishing
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Catholic Church & Cinema
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Catholic Films
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Film Industries
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History of Communication: Islam
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Indigenous Language Press
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Print Journalism
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Networks & Networking
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Television Advertising
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
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Books
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Catholic Book Publishing
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Catholic Church and Communication
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Church Documents on Communication
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Comics, Cartoons, Caricatures
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Communication Pastoral, Media Pastoral
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Asian Cinema
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Film and Religion, Religion in Motion Pictures
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Silent Films
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Public Relations
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Community Radios
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War Reporting
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Cultural & Literary Journalism
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Culture (General)
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Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Internet
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Racism in Communication & Media
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Economics of Media
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Television Industries
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Economy
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Entertainment and Media / Communication
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Television Entertainment, Television Entertainment Programmes
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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History of Communication: Religion
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History of War Reporting
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Nazism
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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Globalisation of Media
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Language
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Music
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Politics
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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Internal Politics
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Political Communication
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Magazines
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Periodicals
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Radio Ñandutí (Asunción, Paraguay)
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Media Effects
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Religion and Communication
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Civil Society
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Apartheid
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Social Change
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Digital Radio
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Short Wave Radio (SW)
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Technological Change, Technological Developments, Technological Progress
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Television Engineering & Technologies
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Television Channels
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Illustrations, Pictures, Images
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Advertising Agencies
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History of Advertising
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Advocacy & Political Films
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Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
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Audience Research
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Television Use: Children
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Skills
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Cinema in Authoritarian Regimes
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Book Markets & Industries
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Book Trade & Distribution
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Indigenous Language Book Publishing
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Presencia (Newspaper, Bolivia)
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Catholic Radios
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Radio Cáritas (Asunción, Paraguay)
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Radio Sutatenza (ACPO) (Colombia)
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Catholic Media Organizations
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OCIC - Office Catholique International du Cinéma (1928-2001)
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UCIP - Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse
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Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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Animated Cartoons, Animated Films
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Children's Television Programmes
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Political Cartoons & Comics
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Christian Communication
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Bible, Biblical Theology
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Christian Press
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Mission History
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Pentecostal Churches & Communication
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Aesthetics in Film & Visual Communication
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Religious Films
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Film Festivals
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Film Genres
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Black & White Films
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Hollywood
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Film Language
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Film Markets
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Film Editing
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Films
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Public Film Policies, Film Legislation, Public Film Funding
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Screenwriting, Film Scriptwriting, TV Scriptwriting
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Transnational Film Co-Productions
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Videos
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Freedom of Expression
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Media / Communication Control
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Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
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Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
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Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
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State News Agencies, Government News Agencies
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Alternative Press
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Community Television
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Media Assistance: Community Radios
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Terrorism
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Iraq War (2003)
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Conflicts and Media
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Contents of Media
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Aesthetics in Media & Communication
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Discourse & Discourse Analysis
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Media Criticism
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Theatre
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Visual Arts, Painting
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Cultural Policies
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Written Tradition
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Cultural Role & Influence of Media
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Culture and Politics
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Poetry
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Manuscripts, Scripture, Calligraphy
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Mass Cultures
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Development and Media
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Development Communication Theories
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Radio for Development
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Convergence of Media
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Interactive Media
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Multimedia Products & Production
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Podcasts
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YouTube
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Artificial Intelligence
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Postal Services, Letters & Parcels, Stamps
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German-Language Media Abroad
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Commercial Broadcasting
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Media Industries
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Music Industries & Markets
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Printing Industries
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Media Markets
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Transnational Media Markets, International Media Markets
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Media Ownership
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Consumption, Consumer Behaviour, Consumerism
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Electronic Industries
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Radio Schools
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Educational Television
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Humour, Parody, Satire
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Sports Reporting
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Objectivity & Veracity of Reporting
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Gender and Radio
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Women's Magazines, Women's Press
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19th century
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20th century
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Cold War (1947-1991)
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History of Photography
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History of Printing
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History of Telecommunication
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Precolonial Period
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Indigenous Communication
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Indigenous Television Broadcasting
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International Communication
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Foreign Correspondents
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Foreign News, International News
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Foreign Press, Foreign Language Press
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Image Abroad
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Influence of Media on Foreign & International Policies
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Transnational Television, International Television
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USA: International Broadcasting & Public Diplomacy
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International Relations
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UNESCO
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Investigative Journalism
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Journalistic Genres
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Journalistic Style & Language
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News
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Television News
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Photojournalism
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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Portuguese Language
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Writing Systems & Letters
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France: Media Assistance
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Communication Networks
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Television Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Socialist Media Systems
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Press Law & Regulation
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Marketing & Branding
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Broadcasting Companies
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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BBC
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Deutsche Welle
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Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS)
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Radio Free Europe
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Voice of America
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Radio Music
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Camus, Mwissa (1931- )
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Ricci, Matteo (1552-1610)
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Photography
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Governance
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Political Doctrines
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Capitalism
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Imperialism
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Populism
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Socialism
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Political Influence
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Democracy
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Democratization
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State
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Election Campaigns: Social Media
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Political Role & Influence of Radio, Radio & Democratization
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Public Media, State Media
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Radio Documentaries
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Radio Stations
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Radio Liberty
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Radio Programas del Perú (RPP) (Radio Network, Peru)
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Satellite Radios
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Urban Radios
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Radio Engineering & Technologies
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Ideologies
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Hinduism and Communication
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Interreligious Dialogue
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Islam and Communication
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World Religions
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Society
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Mass Society
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Social Aspects
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Revolutions
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Social Development
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Social Structure
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Social Classes
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Informatics
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Computers
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Paper & Paper Production
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Printing, Print Production, Print Technologies
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Binding
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Printers, Printing Houses, Printing Presses
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Telecommunications
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Telephone
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Televisa (Television Channel, Mexico)
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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User-Generated Contents
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"This article examines the changing ways in which intelligence about the BBC’s international audiences has been gathered and used since the advent of the Empire Service in 1932. It is written from the perspective of a former Head of Audience Research (1982-96) at the BBC World Service. In BBC dome ... more

The Historic "Core Curriculum" and the Book Market in Islamic West Africa

In: The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
Bruce S. Hall; Charles C. Stewart (eds.)
Brill (2011), pp. 109-174
"Much work has been done to map out the contours of Islamic intellectual production in West Africa before the twentieth century. However, we still do not understand very well the process by which ideas and texts circulated in the region. Lists of specific books imported by West Africans during the n ... more
"This is the first monograph on the history of film culture ever for lusophone Africa. It consists of three parts: the colonial period (1896-1974), the first years of independence (1975-1991) and the years of the liberalization of the media (1992-2010). In these three periods attention is given to t ... more

The Fourth Enemy: Journalism and Power in the Making of Peronist Argentina, 1930-1955

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press (2011), xiii, 312 pp.
"The rise of Juan Perón to power in Argentina in the 1940s is one of the most studied subjects in Argentine history. But no book before this has examined the role the Peronists' struggle with the major commercial newspaper media played in the movement's evolution, or what the resulting transformati ... more
El presente libro está constituido por diecisiete ponencias y/o artículos que se presentaron en el coloquio "El cine que fue: 100 años de cine chileno".

Traum und Exzess: Die Kulturgeschichte des frühen Kinos

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2011), 414 pp.

Valor y símbolo: Dos siglos de industrias culturales en la Argentina

Buenos Aires: Presidencia de la Nación, Secretaría de Cultura;Sistema de Información Cultural de la Argentina (SInCA) (2010), 189 pp.
"Este texto está dividido en seis capítulos que indagan, en el tiempo, los campos culturales de los diarios y revistas, los libros, los discos, las películas, la radio y la televisión. Es una obra colectiva que incluye investigaciones, estadísticas y cartografías generadas por el Sistema de In ... more

Comunicación multicultural en Iberoamérica: Historia contextual y teoría comparada

São Paulo: CONFIBERCOM;ALAIC;SOCICOM;Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação;Cátedra UNESCO-UMESP de Comunicação (2010), 137 pp.
"Este libro ambiciona explicar la naturaleza compleja de la comunicación iberoamericana, reconociendo que sus contornos geopolíticos y sus origenes etnoreligiosos constituyen variables fundamentales para entender el tejido multicultural de su identidad mestiza. Tomamos como referencia el método c ... more

Diarios del Paraguay

Asunción: [author] (2010), 459 pp.

Apuntes para una historia del video en Chile

Santiago de Chile: Ocho Libros Editores (2010), 244 pp.
"Durante el siglo XIX se desarrollaron en Argentina distintos proyectos periodísticos. La prensa fue trinchera de opinión política, provisión de imágenes para una sociedad en transformación, representación de intereses particulares y de culturas regionales. En el año 2007 la Biblioteca Nacio ... more

Historical Dictionary of Journalism

Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press (2009), xliii, 387 pp.
"This Historical Dictionary of Journalism shows both sides of the picture. The dictionary presents entries on some of the finest newspapers as well as those of lesser repute, many exceptional journalists as well as others the profession would rather forget, major advances such as investigative repor ... more
"Les Rwandais et les Burundais ont une culture cinématographique et audiovisuelle captivante et centenaire. Elle a été introduite pendant l’époque coloniale allemande et est ensuite tombée dans les mains des Belges qui l’ont développée après. Au Rwanda/Burundi, ils produisaient des films ... more

Politics and Book Publishing in the Pacific Islands

Wollongong: University of Wollongong, Doctoral Thesis (2008), xii, 407 pp.
"This dissertation discusses interactions between politics and book publishing by missions and colonial governments in areas of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia over approximately 200 years [...] From its inception, book publishing in the Pacific Islands has been a significant instrument of ideo ... more
"The author believes that, in many respects, the history of the book remains ‘terra incognita’, despite the work that has been done in the field, and here presents a brief survey of the research that has been conducted on this topic in Germany, France and Tunisia, and the literature that is avai ... more

Periodismo y nación: Paraguay a inicios del siglo XX

Asunción: Arandurã Editorial (2008), 375 pp.

Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today

Jefferson: McFarland (2008), vii, 488 pp.
"The heart of the book is a detailed, year-by-year account of the shortwave bands in each year from 1945 to 2008. It reviews what American listeners were hearing on the international and domestic shortwave bands, describes the arrivals and departures of stations, and recounts important events. The b ... more