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The Political Economy of Climate Change Reporting in Nigeria
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 40-65
"While scholarly inquiries into the coverage of climate change in Africa are growing, there appears to be a dearth of studies focusing on how the political economy shapes the coverage. This qualitative study addresses this gap by exploring how vested interests, corruption and declining advertising r
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Intermediality of Images: A Semiotic Analysis of the ‘Occupy Nigeria Protest’ Images on Social Media
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 33-48
"The protests that took place in Nigeria due to removal of fuel subsidy by the Jonathan administration in January 2012, tagged ‘Occupy Nigeria Protest’, have been labelled the social media revolution by the conventional media commentators in the country. For the first time in the history of the
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"The Monitor assesses the risks to media pluralism based on a set of twenty indicators covering a broad notion of media pluralism that encompasses political, cultural, geographical, structural and content related dimensions. All types of media are covered: public service, commercial, community media
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Politisches Framing: Wie eine Nation sich ihr Denken einredet - und daraus Politik macht
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 222 pp.
"Elisabeth Wehling zeigt anhand zahlreicher Erkenntnisse der modernen Neuro- und Kognitionsforschung, wie über Sprache und die jeweils adressierten Frames Assoziationen geweckt, Meinungen gelenkt und Handlungen bestimmt werden können: So müssen beispielsweise im geläufigen Jargon Steuern aufgebr
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Politicizing Digital Space: Theory, the Internet, and Renewing Democracy
London: University of Westminster Press (2017), 154 pp.
"The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subje
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Mit spitzer Feder: Karikaturen zu zehn Themenfeldern
Politik und Unterricht, volume 43, issue 3-4 (2017), pp. 1-55
"Sie ist witzig, ironisch, bissig. Sie versucht, mit wenigen Strichen Dinge auf den Punkt zu bringen. Sie ist oftmals einseitig und parteiisch, in aller Regel löst sie sowohl Zustimmung als auch Widerspruch aus. Sie kann (und will) Tabus brechen, indem sie oftmals stillschweigend praktizierte gesel
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Ukraine's Post-Communist Mass Media: Between Capture and Commercialization
Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2017), 174 pp.
"In the period after the fall of communism, peculiar new obstacles to media independence have arisen. They include the telltale structure of media ownership, with news reporting being concentrated in the hands of politically engaged business tycoons, the fuzzy and contradictory legislation of the me
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Medienpraktiken der ägyptischen Muslimbruderschaft: Anpassungen an politische und mediale Entwicklungen
Communicatio Socialis, volume 50, issue 3 (2017), pp. 406-417
"Die ägyptische Muslimbruderschaft hat in den fast 90 Jahren ihres Bestehens immer wieder neue Kommunikationstechnologien adaptiert und Medienpraktiken inkorporiert, um ihre Außenkommunikation zu professionalisieren. Der Beitrag zeigt unter Rückgriff auf Ansätze der Sozialen-Bewegungs-Forschung
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The Instrumentalisation of Mass Media in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Russia's Presidential Election Campaigns of 2000 and 2008
Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2017), viii, 283 pp.
"Which instruments and approaches do incumbent elites employ to skew media coverage in favour of their preferred candidate in a presidential election? What effects do these strategies have on news content? Based on two case studies of the presidential election campaigns in Russia in 2000 and in 2008
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Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2017), vii, 176 pp.
"The media play a key role in post-apartheid South Africa and is often positioned at the centre of debates around politics, identity and culture. Media, such as radio, are often said to also play a role in deepening democracy, while simultaneously holding the power to frame political events, shape p
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Manuel d'observation des médias pendant la période électorale: Un guide d'observation à l'attention des médias et des missions d'observation électorales
Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2017), 131 pp.
"Ce manuel a pour but d’accompagner les missions d’observation électorale dans leur mission de surveillance des contenus médiatiques et des discours politiques, la qualité du discours des acteurs politiques et le comportement des médias dans une période clé de la vie démocratique. Il donn
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Digital Resistance in the Middle East: New Media Activism in Everyday Life
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2017), xi, 194 pp.
"This book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens’ lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred. Using ethnographic evidence and taking a comparative perspective, it presents a grass roots look at how new media use f
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Formation of Citizenship Through Radio Talk Participation in Kenya
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 1 (2017), pp. 181-194
"This article aims at investigating the relationship between the concept of mediated citizenship and participation through radio talk deliberation. It intends to offer an analysis of the content mediated through public discourses by determining the way in which participants draw their identities thr
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Political Communication in Africa
Cham: Springer (2017), xv, 246 pp.
"This book offers a comprehensive account of the nature and development of political communication in Africa. In light of the growing number of African states now turning towards democratic rule, as well as the growing utilization of information technologies in Africa, the contributors examine topic
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5th Conference on Media Development in Myanmar: Inclusive Independent Media in a New Democracy, 7–8 November 2016
Yangoon: UNESCO (2017), 32 pp.
"Under the heading “Inclusive, independent media in a new democracy”, the 5th annual Myanmar Media Development Conference took place 7 – 8 November 2016 in Yangon, the first to be held under the new democratically elected government. The conference featured government representatives, media ow
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Political Communication and Mobilisation: The Hindi Media in India
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), xv, 234 pp.
"This book provides a fresh perspective on the importance of the Hindi media in India's political, social and economic transformation with evidence from the countryside and the cities. Accessed by more than forty percent of the public, it continues to play an important role in building political awa
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