"La selección de términos que recogemos en el Diccionario de conceptos y términos audiovisuales, necesariamente sesgada y parcial, se articula en torno a una serie de perspectivas conceptuales diferenciadas, aunque complementarias entre sí: conceptos y términos relacionados con las teorías del
...
cine y las metodologías de análisis del texto filmico; conceptos y expresiones relativos a las corrientes estéticas, movimientos cinematográficos y a la historia del medio filmico; conceptos y términos relacionados con el estudio del cine desde el punto de vista industrial y de la economía del cine, lo que se conoce como el negocio del cine; conceptos y términos relacionados con la producción cinematográfica, incluyendo aspectos como los oficios del cine y la organización de la producción; conceptos y términos relacionados con el campo de la tecnología del cine, del vídeo y del sonido, considerando que el medio cinematográfico se encuentra subsumido actualmente en el mundo del vídeo digital; conceptos y términos relacionados con la enunciación filmica, que permiten asociar la práctica fílmica a sus bases de conocimiento; conceptos y términos relativos a los recursos expresivos y narrativos ligados al lenguaje audiovisual y al lenguaje filmico, desde el tratamiento del profílmico y los elementos filmográficos hasta la cadena sintagmática, esto es, el montaje y el espacio y tiempo fílmicos; finalmente, conceptos y términos relacionados con las hibridaciones y transmutaciones del cine por la imagen digital, siempre relacionados de forma directa e indirecta con el medio fílmico, desde el punto de vista de las relaciones entre el cine y la televisión, entre el cine y la publicidad, y entre el cine, los videojuegos e Internet. Por razones prácticas, todas las entradas del diccionario, más allá de la perspectiva conceptual de que se trate, están ordenadas alfabéticamente, y su extensión varía entre 500 y 1.500 palabras, aproximadamente. Buen número de estas entradas hacen referencia a otros términos cuya relevancia es menor, y que hemos definido como "secundarios" con entradas de breve definición." (Introducción, página 12-13)
more
"I have scrutinised five volumes of three media journals which all have ‘African’ in their title, in order to uncover the tendencies in their cultural and geographical orientation. The three journals are scholarly related, although they vary from a specific focus on journalism (Ecquid Novi: Afri
...
can Journalism Studies, henceforth ENAJS), to media studies (Journal of African Media Studies, JAMS), to communication in general (African Communication Research, ACR). The data generate new knowledge about the degree of African alignment on the part of the three reputed local journals, along with a longitudinal perspective on the present journal, ENAJS, where all articles over the past 30 years were surveyed. On this basis, I conclude by arguing for the importance of maintaining an African focus in journalism and media scholarship on the continent." (Page 57)
more
"Internet Studies has been one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields to emerge over the last decade. The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies has been designed to provide a resource in this area, bringing together scholarly perspectives on how the Internet has been studie
...
d and how the research agenda should be pursued in the future. The book aims to focus on Internet Studies as an emerging field, each chapter seeking to provide a synthesis and critical assessment of the research in a particular area. Topics covered include social perspectives on the technology of the Internet; the Internet's role in everyday life and work; implications for communication, power, and influence; and the governance and regulation of the Internet. The book aims not only to help to strengthen research on the key questions, but also to shape research, policy, and practice across many disciplines that are finding the Internet and its political, economic, cultural, and other societal implications increasingly central to their own key areas of inquiry." (Publisher description)
more
"This article uses interdisciplinary insights and a critical review of relevant literature to identify research opportunities that stand to advance mobile political communication theory. Contributions and limitations of studies focused on ICTs and political participation are reviewed and discussed.
...
Analysis of studies focused on the political participation outcomes of mobile media use is synthesized with theory from user-focused mobile communication literature to highlight the unique qualities that distinguish mobile media and the implications of those distinguishing features for studying political participation. Recommendations are made for research directions that would further investigate the association of mobile media's distinctive features with online and offline forms of political participation. This analysis indicates opportunities for scholars to unpack mobile media's unique features in ways that potentially redefine political participation, and, accordingly, further the development of research questions and theories that investigate the relationship of mobile media and political participation. It is concluded that research is needed that explains mobile media use in finer detail, accounts for shifting conceptualizations of political participation, and contributes to the development of cross-cultural comparative frameworks." (Abstract)
more
"The paper synthesises findings from quantitative and qualitative data from across African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The second section draws on baseline data from Bangladesh, Burma, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories and Sierra Leone to explore the media and governance contex
...
ts in the countries where we work. The third part then summarises what we are learning about who is being reached by BBC Media Action interventions. The fourth section, firstly, reports regression analysis conducted on baseline data from Sierra Leone and midline data from Kenya to build up evidence on the impact of debate and discussion programmes on audiences’ political knowledge and participation. Then findings are presented from a qualitative study assessing how Nigerian drama Story Story is promoting dialogue as a means of reducing conflict. Comparing findings across countries is helping us to learn more about the governance and media contexts in which we work and inform programming. A first glance at key governance outcomes across countries attests to the centrality of country context in shaping how political knowledge, discursive participation, political participation and interest in politics relate to each other. Disaggregating these outcomes by demographic variables underlines the importance of gender in structuring them, with women reporting lower levels of political knowledge and interest in politics, and discussing and participating in politics less than men. However, disaggregating political participation by income reveals less consistent results: in Nigeria and Bangladesh, those with more resources are more likely to participate, whereas in Kenya and Sierra Leone, those with more resources and less likely to participate." (Executive summary)
more
"In the late 1990s and 2000s, a number of calls were made by scholars to "internationalize" or "dewesternize" the field of media and communication studies. I argue that these approaches have indirectly silenced a much longer disciplinary history outside "the West" that has not only produced empirica
...
l knowledge but has also actively challenged Western epistemologies. This article seeks to reinscribe the epistemological and historical foundations of media and communication studies in Africa. By framing the research of African media and communication scholars within the changing nature of knowledge production, shifting power relations between African nations, and the evolving role of African universities, I demonstrate how academic knowledge production is frequently driven and constrained by particular dominant social, political, and economic interests." (Abstract)
more
"Von Geld über Brief und Comic bis Radio, Video und mobile Medien welchen Platz nehmen diese Themen in den Medienwissenschaften ein? Das Handbuch stellt Begriffe und Theorien vor, darunter systemtheoretische Theorien, die Medienarchäologie und die Akteur-Medien-Theorie. Es verknüpft die einzelnen
...
Medien mit der Theorie und macht die vielfältigen Bezüge deutlich. Es zeigt auch die Schnittstellen zu anderen Disziplinen, wie z. B. zur Theater- und Musikwissenschaft oder zu Medienrecht, -psychologie und -pädagogik." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
more
"The goal of this special issue is to revisit the terms of the debate about the "de-westernization" of communication studies and related issues such as the globalization, internationalization, cosmopolitanism, and indigenization of academic knowledge." (Abstract)
"This short article introduces the new Arab-European Association for Media and Communication Researchers (AREACORE) as the manifestation of the necessity to strengthen area expertise in communication studies. The reasons for founding this association fit into the broader framework of de-westernizati
...
on attempts, while also allowing for dialogue to take place on an equal footing. The authors invite all interested communication researchers to join the network and build up an Arab-European network of communication studies expertise." (Abstract)
more
"In this chapter, Maulana Karenga explores ancient and ongoing African traditions of communicative practice in understanding African American rhetoric. For Karenga, African rhetoric is essentially the communicative practice that is oriented to building community and bringing good into the world, whi
...
ch is in stark contrast to the utilitarian inclination of contemporary Western rhetoric that accentuates persuasiveness without sufficient consideration of the ethical dimension. From a Kawaida vantage point, he argues that African rhetoric is a rhetoric of community, resistance, reaffirmation, and possibility." (Page 211)
more
"This article looks critically at the systems approaches in comparative media studies when applied to studying the relationship between media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It introduces a concept of methodological systematization consisting of four different components: (1) the r
...
elationship between a political and a media system (methodological politicization); (2) the relationship between democracy and a media system (methodological democratization); (3) the relationship between a nation-state and a media system (methodological nationalism); and (4) the relationship between culture and a media system (methodological structuralism). The article concludes that these system approaches should not be taken as a naturalized starting point for comparative research when studying media and politics in CEE." (Abstract)
more
"This article offers some self-reflexive comments on Communication and media studies in South Africa. The discipline in South Africa, presents a very exciting and intriguing posture for the simple fact that it allows for diversity– observable in the variety of labels, emphases and curricula. Equal
...
ly enviable is the currency of some aspects of the programmes offered in the country and the strong theoretical foundation of research publications. Yet some deficiencies observed in a number of the curricula provoke a call for standardization of programmes offered by the various universities. The lack of regulation could be held responsible for some lapses noticeable in the structure of the various programmes." (Abstract)
more