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Media in Process: Transformation and Democratic Transition
Milton Park; New York: Routledge (2017), viii, 184 pp.
"The integration of traditionally isolated Central/ Eastern Europe into larger, worldwide trends has fundamentally changed the way we look at the media in this region. This volume proposes to address the transition of the media and communication industries in the contemporary period. The contributio
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In the Service of Power: Media Capture and the Threat to Democracy
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 162 pp.
"In this volume of essays edited by Anya Schiffrin, media capture is shown to be a growing phenomenon linked both to the resurgence of authoritarian governments as well as to the structural weaknesses presently afflicting media markets. In this environment, political figures and economic elites are
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Strengthening Accountability Through Media in Afghanistan: Final Evaluation
London: BBC Media Action (2017), 59 pp.
"In 2012 the opportunity for ordinary Afghans to communicate with political authorities or hold them to account was extremely limited. To help address this BBC Media Action worked with state broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) and the BBC Afghan Service to co-produce the TV and radio nati
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The Role of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Staffers in Mediating Malawi's Ideological Nation-Building Project: The Case of 'Speak Out'
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 2 (2017), pp. 141-158
"The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) was established as Malawi's first national radio station when the country gained independence from Britain in 1964, partly with an ideological function of mobilising Malawians for the task of nation building. Since its inception, the broadcaster has been ac
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Diversidad e industria audiovisual: El desafío cultural del siglo XXI
México, DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) (2017), 331 pp.
Arab Women and the Media in Changing Landscapes
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxv, 277 pp.
"Maestri and Profanter highlight that the methodological approaches adopted in this volume are both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. Focusing on the changing relationship between the dynamics of Arab communication spaces and the role of Arab women both in and through the media, the introduct
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Comunicación y democracia en México: Los pasos dados
Zacatecas; México, DF: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas; Colofón (2017), 212 pp.
Doing Debate Differently: Media and Accountability
London: BBC Media Action (2017), 34 pp.
"This paper discusses a number of ways in which media plays a part in increasing accountability. It draws on quantitative and qualitative data from BBC Media Action’s work in nine countries. It finds that: media can influence accountability by empowering people, creating opportunities for construc
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Can the Internet Strengthen Democracy?
Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity (2017), viii, 142 pp.
"In this short book, internationally renowned scholar of political communication, Stephen Coleman, argues that the best way to strengthen democracy is to re-invent it for the twenty-first century. Governments and global institutions have failed to seize the opportunity to democratise their ways of o
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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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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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Fridays of Rage: Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam
New York: Oxford University Press (2017), xxii, 309 pp.
"This book gives readers a glimpse into how Al Jazeera has strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece and advocate of the Arab public. In addition to heralding a new era of Arab democracy, Al Jazeera has become a major infl
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Transparency is More Than Dollars and Cents: An Examination of Informational Needs for Aid Spending in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Oxford: Oxfam (2017), 25 pp.
"This research looks at the information needed by in-country development stakeholders with an emphasis on accountability actors including civil society organizations, charities, government workers, and the media. To collect this information, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Sierra Leone
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"Alarmingly, the research reveals that fake news is a pervasive problem surrounding the Kenyan elections with 90% of respondents having seen false or inaccurate information and 87% viewing this information as being deliberately false. Why does this matter? An informed citizenry is vital to Kenya’s
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La couverture médiatique des élections: Le cadre légal en Europe
Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2017), 135 pp.
Nacionalismo y colonaje: Su expresión histórica en la prensa de Bolivia
La Paz: Biblioteca del Bicentenario de Bolivia, 4th ed. (2016), 248 pp.
"En 1943, con 40 años a cuestas, Carlos Montenegro escribió un ensayo que fue publicado con el sugestivo título de Nacionalismo y coloniaje: Su expresión histórica en la prensa de Bolivia, una obra fundamental para la configuración del discurso del nacionalismo revolucionario que se forjó des
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Comunicación y marketing político: Guía práctica para ser elegido y gobernar con excelente reputación
Key Guides
Bogotá: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Centro de Análisis y Entrenamiento Político (CAEP), 7nd ed. (2016), 334 pp.
"Desde su primera edición en el año 2005, la presente obra ha servido como guía práctica para acompañar a los candidatos y sus asesores durante todo el proceso electoral y hoy en día sigue ofreciendo valiosas herramientas tanto tradicionales como también relacionadas con las nuevas tecnologí
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