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Ethics in Media & Communication
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Community Radios
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Traditional Communication
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Communication for Social Change
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History of Media: Colonial Period
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Journalism Education Curricula
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African Cinema
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Diaspora Media
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Gender Media Studies & Feminist Communication Research
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Colonial Period
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Slavery, Slaves
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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
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International Communication
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Globalisation of Media
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Mindfulness, Mindful Communication
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Martín-Barbero, Jesús
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Religion and Communication
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Theologies of Communication
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Cinema
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Cinema in the Global South & Third Cinema
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Film Industries
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Nollywood
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History of Film & Cinema
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Communication Rights
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Storytelling
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War Reporting
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
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Development Assistance
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North South Relations
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Political Economy of Media
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Health Communication
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History of Media & Communication
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Foreign Correspondents
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Foreign News, International News
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Photojournalism
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Election Reporting
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China: Media Assistance
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Communication
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Media System Analyses & Typologies
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Photography
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Colonial Photography
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Hindu Nationalism
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Political Communication
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Radio Studies & Research
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Media Effects
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Hinduism and Communication
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Civil Society
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Al-Jazeera
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Flow of Information
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Experiences
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Indigenous People
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Social Movements: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Interactive Radio: Audience Participation, Interaction & Feedback
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Children's Books & Literature
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Francis (Pope)
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Inculturation
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Liberation Theologies
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Asian Cinema
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Copyright: Films
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Bollywood
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Military: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Aesthetics in Media & Communication
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Mythology & Communication, Media Myths
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Ritual Communication & Media Rituals
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Theatre for Development
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Religion and Development
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Development Communication: Indigenous & Traditional Communication
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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ICT Policies
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Afro-Latin Americans, Afroamerican Population
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Homeless People
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Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
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Humanitarian Aid
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International Humanitarian Crisis Reporting, Foreign Disaster Reporting
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Archives
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Media Industries
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Curricula: School Education
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Gaming, Video Games
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Environmental Communication
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Morals
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Religious Communication Ethics, Religious Media Ethics
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Female Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers
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Feminism (General)
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Women (General)
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History of Photography
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Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
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International Organizations: Media Coverage & Image
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Media Assistance: Journalism Education & Training
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Journalistic Genres
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Journalists
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Drug Trafficking Reporting & Media Representation
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Political Reporting
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Amerindian Languages
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Language Barriers
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Linguistics & Sociolinguistics
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Rhetorics, Public Speaking, Speeches
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Translations & Translating
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Media Assistance: Interaction with Foreign Policies
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Media Assistance: Journalists' Associations, Media Associations
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Media Assistance: Regional Approaches & Experiences
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Family Communication
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Media & Communication Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Media Law & Regulation
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Confidential Sources, Whistleblowing, Protection of Journalists' Sources
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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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Human Rights
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Law, Legislation, Judiciary (General)
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Knowledge Management
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Leadership, Leadership Development
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South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
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Music
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Music as Means of Political Communication
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Beltrán Salmón, Luis Ramiro
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Fals Borda, Orlando
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Gandhi, Mohandas K. (1869-1948)
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Munanga, Kabengele (1942-)
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Politics
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Islamization
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Capitalism
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Democracy
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Public Spheres
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Watchdog Role of the Media
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Kompas (Newspaper, Indonesia)
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Memory, Memorizing
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Asian Religions
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Confucianism
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Fundamentalisms (Religious)
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Islam
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Muslim Media
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Judaism and Communication
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Symbols
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Taoism
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Television Studies & Research
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Research Methods
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Data Collection, Data Collection Methods
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Participatory Research Methods
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Participatory Action Research
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Ethnographic Research
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Interviewing (Qualitative Research Method)
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Researchers
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Rural Areas, Rural Communities, Rural Development
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Science Communication & Research Dissemination
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Countering Discrimination & Racism
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Society
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Transnational Civil Society
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Social Anthropology
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Mass Society
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Social Sciences Research
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Marginality, Marginalized Groups
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Blockchain Technologies
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Mobile Phone Apps
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Television
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Reality Television Programmes & Daily Talks
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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"Moving beyond the U.S.-Eurocentric paradigm of communication theory, this handbook broadens the intellectual horizons of the discipline by highlighting underrepresented, especially non-Western, theorists and theories, and identifies key issues and challenges for future scholarship. Showcasing diver ... more
"This book explores Gandhi's engagement with print news media. It examines how Gandhi, the man and his message, negotiated with the sociopolitical circumstances of his milieu and the methods of communication that he adopted towards this end. It analyses the role that he played in building up alterna ... more
"Ûiiti (‘the treatment’) is an Android phone app created by artist duo Greenman Muleh Mbillo, in Kenya, and Dani Ploeger, in the Netherlands. The work is a high-tech iteration of the 'nzevu', a ritual instrument of the Kenyan Akamba tribe. It transforms a smartphone from a networking technology ... more
"The production of knowledge in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) research has been characterized by an ongoing shift from dominantly Western-based to Indigenous theory formulations. This editorial puts forward core concepts in the decolonization of ICT4D, arguing that ... more

Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War

Oxford University Press (2022), x, 278 pp.
"In an era marked by an unprecedented refugee crisis and ongoing, seemingly unending, borderland conflicts, foreign correspondents could play a pivotal role in helping create a global public sphere that incorporates the perspectives of those who are most effected by ongoing resource-fueled wars—an ... more
"This book advances alternative approaches to understanding media, culture and technology in two vibrant regions of the Global South. Bringing together scholars from Africa and the Caribbean, it traverses the domains of communication theory, digital technology strategy, media practice reforms, and c ... more
"This book examines the afterlife of decolonization in the collective memory of the Netherlands. It offers a new perspective on the cultural history of representing the decolonization of the Dutch East Indies, and maps out how a contested collective memory was shaped. Taking a transdisciplinary appr ... more
"African Communication Systems and the Digital Age contextualizes communication by bringing to the table African contributions to the field, examining the importance of African indigenous forms of communication and the intersection of African communication systems and the digital age. The book cover ... more
"This book brings together twelve contributions that trace the empirical-conceptual evolution of Popular Communication, associating it mainly with the context of inequalities in Latin America and with the creative and collective appropriation of communication and knowledge technologies as a strategy ... more

Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies

Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge (2021), xiv, 286 pp.
"The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans ... more
"Motivated by a 2014 Constitutional Court opinion that under Zimbabwe’s new constitution of 2013, freedom of expression might have to be considered as subordinate to human dignity, the study analyses the implications of this on journalistic practice. The study argues that such a move would undermi ... more
"This study interrogates the conventional understanding of and practice within mediated climate change communication (CCC) as a forum where transformative ideas on sustainability practices are shaped. Besides the dominance of non-African contexts and epistemologies in literature analyzing the media- ... more
"Narratives about Africa are often shaped by deficit discourses that frame “development” as an instrument for advancing the interests of global capitalism. From within this neoliberal view, Africa has to “catch up” to and “be taught” how to emulate and achieve the standards promulgated i ... more
"Today’s discourses on Africa are manifold – as manifold as the images we have of everyday life there. Both are fed by a Western narrative that saddles the “Black Continent” with all kinds of clichés – whether the stuff of dreams or of nightmares. In images that are at times documentary, ... more

Afrotopia

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2020), 175 pp.
"Noch immer wird Afrika mit Stereotypen behaftet, die Unterentwicklung und Armut hervorheben. Und noch immer werden die Perspektiven des Kontinents an westlichen Fortschrittsmaßstäben gemessen, selbst wenn sich diese längst als unbrauchbar, wenn nicht gar zerstörerisch erwiesen haben. Felwine Sa ... more
"This book develops a nuanced decolonial critique that calls for the decolonization of media and communication studies in Africa and the Global South. Last Moyo argues that the academic project in African Media Studies and other non-Western regions continues to be shaped by Western modernity's histo ... more
"Defends the position that, despite the supposed "lessons" that have been learned about the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) after the 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, there remains a need to "decolonize" the rhetorics of Ebola prevention and containment. The author asserts that the failure ... more
"This edited volume gives voice to pluralised avenues from visual communication and cultural studies regarding the Global South and beyond, including examples from China, India, Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico and numerous other countries. Defining visual communication and culture as an umbrella term that ... more

Indigenous Research Methodologies

Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2020), xxiv, 368 pp.
"Author Bagele Chilisa updates her groundbreaking textbook to give a new generation of scholars a crucial foundation in indigenous methods, methodologies, and epistemologies. Addressing the increasing emphasis in the classroom and in the field to sensitize researchers and students to diverse perspec ... more