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Digital Ethnography: Anthropology, Narrative, and New Media
Austin: University of Texas Press (2013), x, 117 pp.
"Integrating insights from cultural anthropology, folklore, digital humanities, and digital heritage studies, this work brims with case studies that provide in-depth discussions of applied projects. Web links to multimedia examples are included as well, including projects, design documents, and othe
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Digital News Report 2013: Tracking the Future of News
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 108 pp.
This is the second of the annual Reuters Institute Digital News surveys published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at Oxford University. You Gov online polls commissioned by RISJ were conducted with 11,000 online users in the UK, US, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Bra
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The Global Social Network Landscape: A Country-By-Country Guide to Social Network Usage
eMarketer (2013), 40 pp.
"Though Facebook’s near-ubiquitous lead might indicate that the global social network landscape is simplifying, it quickly becomes clear this is not the case. This report aims to help marketers assess the social network landscape in 27 countries by briefly examining four key factors: top social ne
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Discovering the Libyan Youth Movement’s Identity Through Facebook
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 12, issue 1 (2013), 15 pp.
"This study demonstrates that critical discourse analysis can be used to quickly discern the identity of a political actor and make accurate predictions about that actor’s intentions and goals, even in the context of a revolution. This study’s authors used critical discourse analysis to empirica
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Side@Ways: Mobile Margins and the Dynamics of Communication in Africa
Bamenda (CM); Leiden: Langaa; African Studies Centre (2013), 202 pp.
"This book is about the workings of networks of the mobile in Africa, a continent usually associated with the ‘global shadows’ of the world. How do changes in the possibilities for communication, with the recent hype of mobile technology, influence the social and economic dynamics in Africa’s
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The Arab World Online: Trends in Internet Usage in the Arab Region
Dubai: Dubai School of Government (DSG), Governance and Innovation Program; bayt.com (2013), 23 pp.
"With more than 125 million individuals using the Internet in the Arab region, and more than 53 million actively using social networking technologies, the DSG Governance and Innovation Program in partnership with Bayt.com conducted a regional survey to examine internet usage trends in the Arab regio
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Media Use in the Middle East: An Eight-Nation Survey
Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar; Harris Interactive (2013), 97 pp.
"In assessing attitudes toward the media, one notable finding was a vote of confidence for improved quality of news media reporting between 2011 and 2013 with a majority of adults agreeing that it has improved in six of the eight countries surveyed. This optimism is also reflected in overall percept
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Social Media and Elections in Asia-Pacific: The Growing Power of the Youth Vote
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), 164 pp.
"Undoubtedly, politicians have awoken to the political power of social media and it will be increasingly adopted as a mainstream means of information distribution and communications as voters and young people are becoming more politically active in a number of the jurisdictions surveyed in this book
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Youth Culture and Mobiles
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 1, issue 1 (2013), pp. 83-88
"The category of youth has been a strategically important focus in the development of mobile communication and media research. This paper reviews the themes and findings of the first phase of youth and mobile phone research, followed by a phase of new work just underway on youth and mobile media and
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Special Issue on Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia
International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 3 (2013), pp. 249-337
"The articles collected in this special issue share a common focus: young adults’ use of new media for civic engagement in South and Southeast Asia. Youth engagement problems are evident when established democracies witness a decline in youth participation in traditional civic activities (e.g., vo
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Internet und soziale Netzwerke in Russland
Russland-Analysen, issue 264 (2013), pp. 2-17
Wirklichkeit 2.0: Medienkultur im digitalen Zeitalter
Stuttgart: Reclam (2012), 288 pp.
"Das Internet setzt sich mehr und mehr als neues Leitmedium durch. Die Digitalisierung erfasst alle privaten und gesellschaftlichen Lebensbereiche. Welche Vorteile und welche Risiken ergeben sich daraus? Müssen die Vorstellungen von Identität, Freundschaft und politischer Partizipation neu definie
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Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana
Cambridge, Mass; London: MIT Press (2012), xi, 235 pp.
Geração net: Relacionamento, espiritualidad, vida profissional
São Paulo: Paulinas (2012), 72 pp.
"Este livro se propõe lançar luzes sobre o nosso entendimento quanto ao universo da denominada Geração Net, que nasceu no contexto da cultura midiática e foge dos parâmetros que imprimimos às nossas análises. Tem ainda como objetivo tentar estabelecer, entre os membros das diferentes geraç
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Digital Drama: Teaching and Learning Art and Media in Tanzania
New York: Routledge (2012), xvi, 255 pp.
"The aim of this book is to explore digital media and intercultural interaction at an arts college in Tanzania through innovative forms of ethnographic representation. The book and the series website weave together visual and aural narratives, interviews and observations, life stories and video docu
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Communitys bei Zwölf- bis 29-Jährigen: Private Kommunikation und öffentliche Interaktion. Einen Analyse am Beispiel ausgewählter Medienangebote
Media Perspektiven, issue 9 (2012), pp. 433-444
"Die Nutzung von Communitys hat längst Einzug in den Alltag Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener gefunden. 85 Prozent der Zwölf- bis 29-Jährigen nutzen zumindest gelegentlich die Angebote von Social Networks, 51 Prozent tun dies täglich. Dies belegen die Ergebnisse der JIM-Studie (Jugend, Informa
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What’s it For? Expectations of Internet Value and Usefulness in Central Asia
Information Technologies & International Development, volume 8, issue 3 (2012), pp. 69-84
"Research on Internet usage in developing regions typically focuses on user demographics or challenges to usage. However, few studies explore the needs and desires of users in developing regions—that is, what users want from the Internet—and even fewer connect those needs with the skills require
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