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Frühling im chilenischen Winter: Eine Einordnung der studentischen Proteste sowie der Rolle der Medien in Chile
Communicatio Socialis, volume 45, issue 3 (2012), pp. 226-233
"Die Medien des heutigen Chile zeichnen sich durch eine zunehmende Kommerzialisierung und inhaltliche Entpolitisierung aus. Sie sind durch eine starke Zentralisierung gekennzeichnet, die sowohl politisch, wirtschaftlich als auch territorial gefestigt ist. Zudem sind sie von einer starken ideologisch
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Cyber-Hindutva: Hindu Nationalism, the Diaspora and the Web
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 27 pp.
"Hindu nationalists defend the advent of a Hindu state in India, while projecting the universal appeal of their ideology. Their very territorialised yet universal claims have been finding particular resonance among migrant populations, particularly in North America. This study strives to go beyond c
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Konzentration, Selbstverständnis und innere Demokratie: Nachrichtenmedien und ihr Beitrag zur Demokratie im internationalen Vergleich
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 60, issue 4 (2012), pp. 501-519
"Der hier vorgestellte Ansatz untersucht die empirischen Leistungen der Medien für die demokratische Freiheit in Gesellschaften mit Hilfe einer Reihe von demokratietheoretisch abgeleiteten Indikatoren. Diese betreffen sowohl die gesamtgesellschaftlichen Medienstrukturen, als auch die konkreten Leis
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Social Media in the Arab World: Influencing Societal and Cultural Change?
Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 2, issue 1 (2012), 29 pp.
"In this fourth issue of the report, we focus on exploring the societal and cultural transformations taking place in the Arab region, influenced by the continuing exponential growth of social media. In this edition of the report we provide regional statistics on more social networking platforms, in
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The Role of Crowdsourcing for Better Governance in International Development
Praxis: The Fletcher Journal of Human Security, volume 27 (2012), pp. 47-70
"This paper, originally produced in longer format for the World Bank Group, is meant to be a primer on crowdsourcing as an informational resource for development, crisis response, and post-conflict recovery. Inherent in the theoretical approach is that broader, unencumbered participation in governan
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu
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„The Whole Idea is to Entertain Them": Musik im indischen Wahlkampf
Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2012), 93 pp.
"Music is an omnipresent part of the often so-called great Indian election circus and much more than a mere by-product of what is the greatest democratic exercise worldwide. Songs and tunes are an integral part of political communication, strategically used by political actors which are confronted w
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"This paper documents the effect of Serbian public radio on the voting behavior and nationalistic anti-Serbian sentiment of Croats in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem, a post-conflict region of modern Croatia on the border with Serbia. We find that the exposure to the Serbian public radi
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Film als Mittel der Befreiung und der Einheit Afrikas
In: 50 Jahre afrikanische Un-Abhängigkeiten: eine (selbst)-kritische Bilanz
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 170-179
Los medios masivos de información en el Perú, 1980-2012
Conexión (Departamento de Comunicaciones de la PUCP, Lima), volume 1, issue 1 (2012), pp. 11-31
"Revisar cuarenta años de historia de los medios masivos de información en tan breve espacio es sin duda insuficiente, pero lo hacemos considerando que cada vez más alumnos —y en especial tesistas— requieren de información histórica básica para sus trabajos. El propósito de este texto es,
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Radio Progreso: Historias cabales, picantes y catrachas
El Progreso (HN): Editorial Guaymuras; Radio Progreso (2012), 84 pp.
"De Honduras se habla poco, salvo cuando hay huracanes o golpes de Estado. Y de las emisoras populares hondureñas se habla menos, se conoce nada. Por eso, cuando las compañeras y compañeros de Radio Progreso me invitaron a relatar lo que vivieron aquel trágico 28 de junio 2009, no dudé en acept
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A Buzz in Cyberspace, But no Net-Revolution: The Role of the Internet in Singapore’s 2011 Elections
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"The May 2011 general election has been the most contested and most discussed in Singapore’s history. Prior to the polls, the government relaxed the rules on election campaigning in the Internet. For the first time in the highly wired city-state with its tech-savvy population of 5 million people,
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The New Media, Society & Politics in the Philippines
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 56 pp.
"The Philippines is a palimpsest where traditional, modern and postmodern influences manifest themselves contemporaneously. Its politics is traditional, its culture modern and its media postmodern. Understanding the role of new technologies, such as digital media, under these circumstances requires
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Social Media, Social Movements and the Diffusion of Ideas in the Arab Uprisings
Journal of International Communication, volume 18, issue 1 (2012), pp. 97-111
"This article studies the 2011 Arab uprisings as social movements for political reform and regime change. Social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, are perceived to be playing a central role in these events, which have even been described as ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter revolutions’. Using
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Medios privados y nuevos gobiernos en Ecuador y Argentina
Quito: FLACSO, Sede Ecuador (2012), 224 pp.
Tackling Ideological Clashes: Positional Cultural Identification in Political Commentaries by Chinese Overseas Online Commentators
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 6 (2012), pp. 540-555
"This investigation is about how Chinese overseas online commentators (COOCs) respond to political discourses on China. COOCs present the ideological heterogeneity of Chinese overseas. Their diverse responses to different ideological debates show patterns that manifest how the Chinese diaspora enact
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Using ICT to Promote Governance
DANIDA (2012), 40 pp.
"In the fall of 2011, Danida commissioned a study with the objective of examining strategic opportunities for using ICT for promoting governance and democratization efforts within development assistance; and exploring opportunities for ICT in the present Danish portfolio of development programs and
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