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"Narrative is essential for public engagement with global poverty. Stand Up Planet, a documentary about global development, was produced to evaluate the effects of a little-utilized nonfiction comedy narrative. Using a pretest–posttest experimental design, this study examines shifts in U.S. audien ... more

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Conflict, Trauma and the Media: A Collection of Essays

Guy Hodgson (ed.)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2017), vi, 168 pp.

"This collection of essays explores the complicated relationship between the messengers bringing news of catastrophic upheaval and the recipients of that message. It concentrates on the journalists, photographers and film-makers, reflecting not only the motivations behind their work, but also the ps ... more

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Late Capitalism, Urbanisation, and Cultures of Economic “survivalism” in the BBC’s 'Welcome to Lagos'

Aghogho Akpome

Africa Spectrum, volume 52, issue 1 (2017), pp. 101-113

"This article examines the depiction of three impoverished Lagosian slums in the controversial British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary, Welcome to Lagos, which highlights the negative impacts of globalised capitalism on urban culture in Nigeria’s commercial centre and biggest city. In r ... more

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Die „Flüchtlingskrise“ in den Medien: Tagesaktueller Journalismus zwischen Meinung und Information

Michael Haller

Frankfurt am Main: Otto Brenner Stiftung (2017), 176 pp.

"Unsere Rekonstruktion der komplexen Ereignisabläufe in den zwölf Monaten Untersuchungszeit führte zur Identifikation von zehn Großereignissen. Wir gehen davon aus, dass jedes dieser Ereignisse wegen seines Neuigkeitswertes und seiner disruptiven Bedeutung das Potenzial besaß, meinungsbildende ... more

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Diaspora Journalism and Conflicts in Transnational Media Circuits

Ayo Oyeleye

In: Media, Diaspora and Conflict

Ola Ogunyemi (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), pp. 19-36

"This chapter has focussed attention on recognising the specifc category of diaspora journalism as one of the key dimensions of diaspora formations and their ability to intervene in international politics in general and in conficts relating to their countries of origin in particular. We contend that ... more

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Diamonds Are Forever? Press Coverage of African Conflicts and the Westphalian Filter of Resource Wars

Christopher R. Cook

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 109-126

"This article argues that when it comes to reporting conflicts in the developing world the western press ignores the private sphere of economic activity because it privileges a narrative of people fighting over the nation state, as well as political ideologies and territory gained and lost. This cho ... more

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Assessing Russia’s Influence in its Periphery

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2016), 40 slides

"Russian speakers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania rank Kremlin-backed media as the least trustworthy among international, Russian Federation and domestic news sources, according to research presented by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. In addition, only those survey respondents who considered R ... more

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Die Deutsche Welle und die Politik: Deutscher Auslandsrundfunk 1953-2013

Anke Hagedorn

Konstanz; München: UVK (2016), 554 pp.

"Der erste Teil geht auf die Anfänge des Auslandsrundfunks in Europa Ende der 1920er-Jahre sowie auf seine Rolle während des Zweiten Weltkriegs ein. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird anschließend die komplexe Gründungsgeschichte der DW nach 1945 dargestellt. Der zweite Teil des Buches beschäftigt sic ... more

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Chinese War Correspondents: Covering Wars and Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century

Shixin Ivy Zhang

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 204 pp.

"(1) How do Chinese journalists perceive their roles and practices in conflict zones outside China? (2) How do they cover armed conflicts overseas? (3) Who are the actors, and how do they influence Chinese war correspondence? (4) Do the Chinese news media practice peace or war journalism? To answer ... more

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Intersections Between Public Diplomacy and International Development: Case Studies in Converging Fields

James Pamment (ed.)

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press;USC Center on Public Diplomacy (2016), 178 pp.

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Representation of China and the United States in Africa in Online Global News

Chris Paterson, Toussaint Nothias

Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 9, issue 1 (2016), pp. 107-125

"This article examines global representation of the primary continental imperialisms reshaping contemporary Africa: the parallel expansionist exercises of China (centering on commercial expansion) and of the United States (centering on military expansion). Our analysis assesses the current state of ... more

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Von kriminell bis willkommen: Wie die Herkunft über das mediale Framing von Einwanderern entscheidet

Maheba Nuria Goedeke Tort, Lars Guenther, Georg Ruhrmann

Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, issue 4 (2016), pp. 497-517

"Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob Einwanderer in der Berichterstattung je nach Herkunft unterschiedlich dargestellt werden. Dazu wurden Artikel der Tageszeitungen Welt, FAZ, SZ und taz aus dem Jahr 2014 inhaltsanalytisch untersucht. Mittels hierarchischer Clusteranalyse auf Akteursebene (n = 596) ... more

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Digital Crossroads: Civic Media and Migration

Paul Mihailidis, Liat Racin, Eric Gordon

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2016), 60 pp.

"This report examines the uses of digital media among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with migrants and refugees primarily in Europe. Based on interviews with leaders at over 20 NGOs, this report documents how organizations are thinking about digital and media literacies for combating ... more

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Exit and Voice in a Digital Age: Iran's Exiled Activists and the Authoritarian State

Marcus Michaelsen

Globalizations, volume 13 (2016), pp. 1-17

"This paper shows how digital communication technologies enable new and influence established tactics of state repression beyond borders. Based on interviews with Iranian activists and journalists who were forced to leave the country after the controversial elections of 2009, I analyze mechanisms an ... more

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Afrikanisch-Europäische Medienbeziehungen

Medien & Zeit, volume 31, issue 2 (2016), pp. 2-57

"In your text, treat Africa as if it were one country“ (Wainaina, 2012) – was der kenianische Autor und Gründer des Literaturmagazins Kwani Binyavanga Wainaina in seiner satirischen Gebrauchsanweisung How to Write about Africa SchriftstellerInnen empfiehlt, wird in Medienbeiträgen zu Afrika be ... more

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Geopolitics of Search: Google Versus China?

Shin Joung Yeo

Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 4 (2016), pp. 591-605

"This article focuses on the case of Google, the newly emerged US Internet industry and global geographical market expansion. Google's struggles in China, where Chinese domestic Internet firm, Baidu, controls the market, have been commonly presented in the Western mainstream media in terms of a stru ... more

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China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions
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Xiaoling Zhang, Herman Wasserman, Winston Mano (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 237 pp.

"This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines and nations to examine and assess the effectiveness of China's soft power initiatives in Africa. It throws light not only on China's engagement with Africa but also on how China's increasing influence is received in the African media." ... more

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