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'Comparing Media Systems' (Hallin/Mancini, 2004)
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Cultural Studies
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Agenda Setting
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Philosophies of Communication & Media
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Development Communication Theories
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Economics of Media
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History of Media & Communication
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International Communication
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Framing
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Public Opinion
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Radio
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Third-Person Effects
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Public Relations
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Culture (General)
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Ethics in Media & Communication
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Intercultural Communication, Intercultural Competencies
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Martín-Barbero, Jesús
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McLuhan, Marshall (1911-1980)
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Gatekeeping Function of Media
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Television
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Audiences & Users
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Cinema
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Information Society
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Indigenous Issues Reporting & Media Representation
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Journalism Education & Training
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News
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Communication Systems
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Information
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Media Governance
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Public Spheres
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Priming Effects
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Religion and Communication
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Mass Society
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Signs, Signals, Semiotics
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Audience Research
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Catholic Media Organizations
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Children and Media
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Christian Media
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Inculturation
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Theologies of Communication
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Film Studies & Research
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Films
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Self-Censorship
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Communication Strategies
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Traditional Communication
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Storytelling
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Contents of Media
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Hermeneutics
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Collective Identities & Media
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Cultural Change
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Hybrid Cultures, Hybridization
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Mass Cultures
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Media Cultures
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Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Communication for Social Change
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Development and Media
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Convergence of Media
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Digital & Social Media Effects
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Internet
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Online Communication
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Social Media
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WhatsApp
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Media Industries
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Industrialized Countries
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Educational Radio Programmes
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Gaming, Video Games
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Sports Reporting
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Gender Relations
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Theoretical Approaches
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Health Communication
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History of the Press
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Indigenous Communication
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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Globalisation of Media
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World Information and Communication Order
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Media in the Global South / Developing Countries
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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Dependence
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Journalists
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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News Values, News Selection Criteria
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Drug Trafficking Reporting & Media Representation
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Political Reporting
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Risk Communication
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Rhetorics, Public Speaking, Speeches
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Local Communication & Media
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Media & Communication General
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Communication Channels
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Communication Processes
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Diffusion of Innovations
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Mindfulness, Mindful Communication
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Oral Communication
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Social Communication
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Media & Communication Policies
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Television Landscapes
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Leadership, Leadership Development
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Organisational & Governing Structures of Media
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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Donati, Pierpaolo (1947-)
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Politics
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Capitalism
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Political Transition and Media
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Press
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Cultivation Theories
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Media Reception
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Friendship
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Ideologies
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Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
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Spiral of Silence Theory
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Asian Religions
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Buddhism and Communication
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Hinduism and Communication
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Islamism
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Islam and Communication
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Taoism
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Television Studies & Research
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Ethnographic Research
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Researchers
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Violence
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Society
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Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Social Change
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Social Control
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Sociology
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Technologies, Information & Communication Technologies
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Computers
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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Technological Change, Technological Developments, Technological Progress
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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"In Latin America in the twenty-first century, journalists face daily professional and societal constraints and pressures when attempting to fulfill their role to inform the public. Concerns include a lack of press freedom, robust and growing social movements critical of the news media, and personal ... more

The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication

Malden, Mass.: Wiley (2015), 673 pp.
"This concise volume presents key concepts and entries from the twelve-volume ICA International Encyclopedia of Communication (2008), condensing leading scholarship into a practical and valuable single volume. Jointly published with the International Communication Association (ICA), the leading acad ... more

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies

London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 9th ed. (2015), xxvi, 373 pp.
"The Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies has provided students and the general public alike with a gateway into the study of intercultural communication, public relations and marketing communications since 1984. In this 9th edition, James Watson and Anne Hill provide a detailed compendium ... more

Theories of the Information Society

London: Routledge, 4th ed. (2014), xii, 404 pp.
"Coping in an era of information flows, of virtual relationships and breakneck change poses challenges to one and all. In Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster makes sense of the information explosion, taking a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they refer to the 'Information Soci ... more

Theorizing About Communication in India: Sadharanikaran, Rasa, and Other Tradtions in Rhetorics and Aesthetics

In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians; Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 160-178

Handbuch Medienwissenschaft

Stuttgart; Weimar: Metzler (2014), vi, 571 pp.
"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 ... more

Theorizing Development, Communication, and Social Change

In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians; Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 213-227
"This chapter will focus on the theorizing of communication and social change. It will argue that theory must enable people to know the world. It will also argue the limits to token participation and the unsustainability of "behavioral change communication'' that is theorized outside of structures, ... more

Toward a Theory of African Communication

In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians; Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 146-159

Key Concepts in Media and Communications

Los Angeles: Sage (2011), xiii, 256 pp.

Filosofias da comunicação

Covilhã: Livros LabCom (2011), ii, 329 pp.
"While the scholarship on communication theory has evolved over many years in Africa it is still work in progress. This discourse has been anchored in society's cultural milieu. The import of this is that the debate has evolved without incorporating the realities of Africa. Consequently, theories of ... more

Theorising Media and Practice

New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2010), xii, 351 pp.
"Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the per ... more

Media Studies: Media History, Media and the Society

Cape Town: Juta, 2nd ed. (2007), xxviii, 436 pp.

Manual da teoria da comunicação

Beira: Universidade da Beira Interior (2007), 203 pp.