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Donati, Pierpaolo (1947-)
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"Since its publication in 2004, Hallin and Mancini's model has become a pioneer in understanding the dynamics of media systems in different national contexts. Many studies related to politics that identify the patterns, trends, and variations used by communication systems in different countries and ... more
"The year 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Comparing Media Systems (2004), by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, a book that established three major media models in the Western world. Subsequently, the same authors published Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World (201 ... more
"An overview of the Armenian media system is presented from the perspective of media professionals. Interference with the media system by the political system is analysed and the health of the Armenian media system is explored in the context of its transition from a Soviet republic towards a liberal ... more
"This article attempts to explain the current situation of the Turkish media system through the media systems approach as a case study with special attention to the concept of media capture. We propose that the Turkish media system's shift is heavily influenced by media capture. We associate four of ... more
"When Hallin and Mancini (2004) produced their watershed three models theory, South Africa was a new democracy barely a decade old. Even then, along with other countries of the Global South, the experience of a young democracy posed certain critical challenges to Hallin and Mancini's understanding o ... more
"This article endeavors to delve into the recent transformation of the Romanian media landscape, aiming to offer a nuanced comprehension of the cultural and political dynamics that have influenced journalistic practices. The Romanian media environment has undergone swift changes, transitioning from ... more
"This study explores TV in Romania and Bulgaria, both considered "emerging" media systems in post-communist studies (Sparks, 1995). It uses Hallin and Mancini's (2004) framework to analyze the central aspects regarding the configuration of commercial TV. The study offers an institutional perspective ... more

Mediatización(es): Conversaciones teóricas entre Europa y América Latina

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Programa de medios y comunicación para América Latina y el Caribe (2024), 229 pp.
"This contributed volume explores theories of media and communication and focuses on providing African perspectives on global conversations. Using broad cases relating to media and communication theories, this book explores socio-cultural issues affecting most modern African societies, providing a c ... more
"This book explores the nature of technology—participatory media in particular—and its effects on our friendships and our fundamental sense of togetherness. Situating the notion of friendship in the modern era, the author examines the possibilities and challenges of technology on our friendships ... more
"Con el número 150 que presentamos en esta ocasión celebramos sus 50 años, con un monográfico especial sobre la veta del pensamiento crítico latinoamericano, que lleva el título de "Diálogos críticos y perspectivas actuales de investigación y pensamiento sobre comunicación en Latinoaméric ... more
"Das Social Media Handbuch begleitet langfristige Entwicklungen im sich ständig wandelnden Social Media Bereich und erklärt grundsätzliche Zusammenhänge. Es beschreibt ein Strategiemodell für die Entwicklung eigener Lösungen, fasst Theorien, Methoden und Modelle führender Autoren zusammen und ... more

Love and Communication

Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2021), v, 125 pp.
"Love and Communication is an intriguing philosophical and religious inquiry into the meaning of "talk" - and ultimately the meaning of "being human." Taking an historical approach, Paddy Scannell argues that the fundamental media of communication are (and always have been) talk and writing. Far fro ... more
"Os conteúdos hipertextuais e multimediáticos ocupam grande parte da nossa vida cotidiana, em especial com a criação das chamadas redes sociais. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp e Youtube, entre outras, passam a fazer parte da dinâmica da comunicação mediática, mas também das corpora ... more
"As análise-reflexões feitas desde as experiências das pesquisas teóricas e empíricas concretizam-se nos capítulos aqui apresentados como uma contribuição para os debates e construção de conhecimentos que o desenvolvimento do campo da comunicação e a prática jornalística nos exigem, so ... more
"O livro que o leitor tem em mãos é um esforço coletivo empreendido por vários pesquisadores do campo comunicacional de pelo menos quatro importantes instituições de ensino superior: a Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Universidade Federal do Tocantin ... more

McQuail's Media & Mass Communication Theory

Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 7th ed. (2020), ix, 672 pp.
"Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to define the field of media and mass communication theory and research. It is a uniquely comprehensive and balanced guide to the world of pervasive, ubiquitous, mobile, social and always-online media that we live in today. New to this editio ... more

The Latin American 'lo Popular' as a Theory of Communication: Ways of Seeing Communication Practices

In: Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges
Hilde C. Stephansen; Emiliano Treré (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), pp. 42-56
"Latin America's proposal for thinking about media practices is focused on popular subjects and communities; on what people do with the media; on the expressive and political use of media resources to gain visibility and public voice; on the intercultural dialogues always present in the negotiation ... more
"La idea de este libro surgió durante el evento conmemorativo de los 30 años de la publicación de: De los Medios a las Mediaciones (1987), realizado a finales de noviembre de 2017, en el ámbito del Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/ Brasil ... more