"Since the mid-1990s, the influence of satellite television broadcasting in the Middle East has become central to the shaping of public attitudes in the region and beyond. While many of the main influential mainstream satellite channels are news-focused, entertainment and religious broadcasting are
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also significant. Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East offers a synopsis of a conference held at Cambridge in January 2010. It focuses on the discourses of a selection of Islamic, Christian and Jewish religious broadcasting channels, as well as the wider factors and structures that sustain them." (Back cover)
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"The diversity of attitudes of Russian society towards television coupled with many plots and subplots emerged in the public arena providing us with an opportunity to consider them as an indicators of the maturity of civil society in Russia. It is also an indicator of the level of influence that rel
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igions have in the public sphere and the content of TV programs. I will base my judgment on public declarations by authorities of the idea that Russia strives to build a civil society, rather than examining in details the discussion whether the existence of a civil society in Russia is a fact. The current situation on Russian TV is a permanent source of concern for many people in Russia. Heated public debate about the necessity of social control over Russian TV programs was raised first by religious organizations and then supported by various groups of civil society. The current public debate over the moral control of TV has its roots in perestroika, a time when freedom of media was not accompanied by proper understanding of media responsibility in Russia." (Introduction)
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"Audience research should be an essential part of every broadcasting venture. However, many non-Commercial radio stations hardly do audience research. Often this is due to a lack of human resources and to a large extent also a lack of understanding and awareness of the nature, benefit, and role of a
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udience research. By taking into consideration the special nature of non-Commercial Christian local radio stations in Norway, this research shows how these radio stations can simplify and adapt some of the available research methods to their needs and budget. After discussing, evaluating, and adapting surveys, panel studies, focus groups, and in-depth interviews, two of the methods are tested in two different radio stations. At the end of the discussion, a research toolbox is presented, which provides the stations with a plan for audience research over a three-year period." (Back cover)
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"On the basis of a thorough review of the growing literature on the mobile phone and the cultures it inspires, Goliama highlights the ambivalent nature of mobile cultures for the Roman Catholic Church's evangelization mission in Africa. He argues not only for the continued merits of face-to-face com
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munication for the Church's pastoral approach in the African context. He points to how this could be enriched by a creative appropriation of the mobile phone as a tool for theological engagement, in its capacity to shape cultures in ways amenable to the construction of a Cell phone Ecclesiology. Such emergent mobile cultural values include the tendency of mobile users to transcend social divides, to promote social interconnectedness, and to privilege the question 'where are you?" (Publisher description)
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"I have primarily looked at how Radio Selam, an Ethiopian peace radio programme run by the local Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), might have been constrained by four spheres of influence. The spheres I looked at encapsulated certain organizational, individual, economic and politica
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l influences. Given my number of corroborating sources and the similarities to research presented in the theory chapter, I feel I have shown that it is plausible that all four spheres generally influence and also constrain the project." (Conclusion, page 110)
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"In dem folgenden Artikel soll es exemplarisch um den Aufstieg und Niedergang des westafrikanischen Pastors Dr. Martin Tsala Essomba gehen, dessen beispielhafter Karriereverlauf in nicht unerheblichem Maße durch die populären Medien Buch und Internet beeinflusst wurde. Die als Taschebuchformat ers
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chienene Konversionsgeschichte des Pastors, „Va, et raconte ce que j'ai fait pour toi ! Comment Jésus-Christ m'a arraché à ma double vie d'homme démon", beschreibt seine Transformation vom Hexer zu einem born again Christen. Er nutzte sein Buch als wirksames Medium zur Rekrutierung, Missionierung und Anbindung von Anhängern für seine neu gegründete Kirche. Außerdem unterstützte seine Geschichte die Popularität seiner Person, half bei der Verbreitung seiner religiösen Vorstellungen und diente der Werbung für seine religiösen Kompetenzen. Das Buch wurde im World Wide Web (u. a. bei Amazone UK) zum Verkauf, aber auch zum kostenlosen download angeboten. Daneben richtete er auch eine persönliche Website ein und warb mit seiner Konversion, spirituellen Seminaren und dem globalen Evangelisationsziel." (Seite 129-130)
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"Communication rights and the ever more urgent need to construct a culture of peace are central to a vision of a world in which universal human values displace the accumulated weight of history’s tyrannies. Michael Traber, to whom this book is dedicated, believed that there is only one way of over
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coming the political, economic, social, and cultural inequalities and violence that have marred and obstructed justice for all – and that is genuine communication. Building a culture of peace means building a culture of communication in solidarity with those whose freedom has been taken away, or seriously diminished, rendering them less than human." (Publisher description)
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"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
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logical power [...] Far from portraying a unidirectional flow, wherein only foreigners have published information and instructed Pacific Islanders, this dissertation argues that some islanders have sought to participate in book publishing so as to express their views and/or those of their associates or communities, and this in turn has contributed to persuading and influencing other people, sometimes even across the Pacific. The organization of mission societies around publications, for example in biblical material, schoolbooks, or laws, often reinforced indigenous power, but it also eased the imposition of colonial rule. Ironically, command of text culture assisted islanders to negotiate with new and sometimes stronger political forces. The colonial era has reinforced the role of text culture in the organization of society, and published reiteration of particular languages, customs, and geographical boundaries has helped to shape and reshape polities that have endured well into the age of independent nation-states." (Abstract)
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"This study is the result of archival research, hundreds of interviews, and listening to hundreds of programs as broadcast from 20-26 September 2004. It focuses on the question of how the broadcasts of the Protestants in the Arab World are a witness to the Christian gospel. The main question asked,
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is to what extent these programs are indigenous and contextually suitable for the audiences which the producers and broadcasters hope to reach." (https://www.cme.stir.ac.uk/publications/2008/strengholt-jos-m-gospel-in-the-air)
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"Ob "Herr der Ringe", "Das Leben der Anderen" oder "Bruce Allmächtig" - in vielen populären Kino-Filmen werden Gott, die Bibel und aktuelle ethische Fragen thematisiert. Doch wie findet man den passenden Film zum jeweiligen religiös-ethischen Thema? Der Autor liefert auf kompakte Art und Weise ei
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nen Überblick über geeignete Filme aus den letzten Jahren bis zur Gegenwart. Neben erfolgreichen Blockbustern überraschen auch einige Independent-Produktionen. Die abwechslungsreiche Filmliste beinhaltet alle Genres und lädt ein, bekannte und noch unbekannte Filme kennen zu lernen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"It is my hypothesis that church-based radio stations can contribute to community development. A total of 50 respondents out of 60 confirm that they listen to and understand community-development programmes through these stations. The messages are either fully understood, or partially in cases where
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the language transfer from Tok Pisin to Melpa is confusing for those who speak only Melpa. The languages used by both stations were, according to the majority of respondents, easily understood and the messages were clearly presented. There is a consensus among respondents that non-faith-based stations do not target their programmes towards community issues. Mainstream radio stations disseminate information that seeks to address national issues, paying little attention to issues being faced by small communities. Apart from promoting the Christian faith, church-based radio stations communicated information vital to grassroots lifestyles. The churches have tapped into a system within the PNG media that enables “any person” to initiate a media organisation that is aimed at information dissemination in the country (Melham and Aloi, 2003: 3). Churches such as the Catholic Church and the Baptist Church have initiated radio stations that disseminate information that comply with their respective mission statements, which promote religiously oriented aims and visions. Baibel FM and Triniti FM, as shown in the results of the survey, have the potential to disseminate community development programmes aimed at improving people’s livelihoods, sustaining development and alleviating poverty. The moralistic component of their programming is an attractive feature for listeners." (Pages 215-216)
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"Examina-se aspectos do funcionamento da midiatização do telediscurso religioso no Brasil, a partir de sua apropriação por telefiéis (católicos e evangélicos), mediante estratégias discursivas. Chama-se atenção para novas formas de relações entre atores sociais e práticas midiáticas, d
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estacando-se operações, texto e representações que estes sujeitos realizam para construir seus vínculos com o funcionamento de uma nova modalidade de fazer religião, no contexto da midiatização das práticas sociais." (Resumo)
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"Die Filmindustrie »ist nur religiös, wenn sie einen Markt dafür sieht. Die produziert nur die Kekse, die auch gegessen werden« (Regisseur Paul Verhoeven). Auch Gott und Religion sind solche »Kekse«! Offenkundig handelt es sich bei Unterhaltungsfilmen mit religiösen Motiven um Produkte, die d
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as große Publikum interessieren. Sie haben den unschätzbaren Vorteil, dass Gott und die Fragen nach dem »greater mystery out there« (Star Wars-Regisseur George Lucas) auf unterhaltsame und verständliche Weise präsentiert werden. Dies macht sich der vorliegende Band zu nutze, indem er die Filme zum Ausgangspunkt nimmt, um zentrale theologische Inhalte aufzubereiten. In der erweiterten und aktualisierten Auflage werden auch neue Filme wie etwa »Illuminati« und »Avatar« theologisch aufgearbeitet." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Dieses umfassende Nachschlagewerk erschließt einen Zentralbereich des christlichen Glaubens, die Spiritualität. Sie kennzeichnet Frömmigkeitsformen des gelebten, des existentiellen Glaubens in der Liturgie, in klösterlichen Gemeinschaften, bei Gebets- und Andachtsformen, aber auch in der direkt
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en alltäglichen Erfahrung. Wie sehr dieser Bereich die Religion zunehmend prägt, lässt sich am Interesse für fernöstliche Weisheitslehren, aber auch für mystische und spirituelle Traditionen des Christentums gut ablesen. Die Spiritualität umfasst nicht-rationale, emotionale Zugänge zum Glauben und Ritus, sie ist insbesondere bei der individuellen Glaubenserfahrung von großer Bedeutung. Diese existentielle Dimension erschließt das Lexikon durch rund 1000 Artikel, in denen geistliche Werke, zentrale Persönlichkeiten und geistliche Gemeinschaften erläutert werden. Auch die aktuellen Entwicklungen und neue Formen der Spiritualität werden berücksichtigt." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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