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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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Cyberactivism in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions: Potentials, Limitations, Overlaps and Divergences
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 69-86
"This article discusses the role of ‘cyberactivism’ or the role played by new media in paving the way for political transformation, in both the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions of 2011. It starts with a discussion of the potentials of cyberactivism in both of these revolutions, especially how t
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State Aid for Newspapers: Theories, Cases, Actions
Heidelberg et al.: Springer (2013), xii, 402 pp.
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the print news media’s struggle for survival. It presents current practices concerning government subsidies to newspapers for political, economic, and socio-cultural purposes against the background of declining readersh
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The Media Landscape in 54 Countries: Country Profiles from the 2011 and 2012 UIS Pilot Surveys
Paris: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), 155 pp.
"The current UIS Questionnaire on Media Statistics provides information for three UNESCO frameworks, namely the Media and Information Literacy Framework, the Media Development Indicators Framework and the Framework for Cultural Statistics. The questionnaire collects data for reporting global progres
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Mediensysteme im internationalen Vergleich
Konstanz: UVK, 2nd ed. (2013), 378 pp.
"Das in zweiter Auflage überarbeitete Lehrbuch führt konsistent und verständlich in Theorie, Methodik und Gegenstandsbereiche der international vergleichenden Mediensystemforschung ein. Es macht mit deren Fragestellungen vertraut und arbeitet die für den Vergleich relevanten Strukturelemente her
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Assessing the Potential of Channel NewsAsia as the Next ‘Al Jazeera’: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Channel NewsAsia and the BBC
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 2 (2013), pp. 83-99
"The Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, has emerged as a prime example of a global media contra-flow that has been able to give its region a voice in the international news arena. At a time when developments like the global economic crisis have called for greater checks and balances on Western governm
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Access to Information in Africa: Examining Progress Since the APAI Declaration
Windhoek: African Platform on Access to Information (APAI); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 91 pp.
"Out of the twelve countries surveyed, only four have specific access to information laws. These countries are: Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe. However, a significant indication of the shifting tide on the continent is that six of the countries surveyed have some form of specific access to
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"The media sector in West Africa has seen significant region-wide improvements, attributable not just to improvements in isolated cases but to general improvements in all countries. Nevertheless, despite general improvement, aspects of the media sector lag behind others, including: 1) government har
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Mexican journalists and journalists covering war: A comparison of psychological wellbeing
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 77-85
"Purpose: War journalists confront many dangers, leaving them at risk for mental health problems. They are, however, able to take breaks from the hazards of frontline work by periodically leaving conflict zones for the safety of home. This respite is not afforded local journalists who cover conflict
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Derecho a la comunicación: Realidad y desafíos en América Latina. Pueblos indígenas y políticas públicas de radiodifusión
Lima: Servicios en Comunicación Intercultural (SERVINDI) (2013), 429 pp.
"La finalidad de este libro es ofrecer al movimiento indígena del Perú y de América Latina un marco de referencia comparativo regional de las políticas públicas referidas al ejercicio del derecho a la comunicación de los pueblos indígenas que facilite articular propuestas para la agenda indí
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Handbook on International Standards and Media Law in the Arab World
Halifax; Brussels: Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD); International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2013), 64 pp.
"International law provides robust general protection for freedom of expression, including freedom of the media, and this has been subject to detailed elaboration by international human rights courts and other official bodies tasked with promoting human rights globally and regionally. For the media,
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Media Sustainability Index 2012: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2013), xix, 455 pp.
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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Ibero-American Television Fiction Observatory Obitel 2013: Social Memory and Television Fiction in Ibero-American Countries
Porto Alegre: Sulina; Globo Comunicação e Participações (2013), 523 pp.
"The first part, “Fiction in the Ibero-American Space”, presents a comparative synthesis of fiction in the Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that allows to observe the development of fiction in each country, highlighting their main producti
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The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective
London: Routledge (2013), 324 pp.
"This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines “the digital divide” as the unequal access and utility of internet communic
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The World Internet Project: International Report
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Center for the Digital Future, 5th ed. (2013), 87 pp.
Shades of Expression: Online Political Journalism in the Post-Colour Revolution Nations
Chester: University of Chester Press (2013), xi, 188 pp.
"This book captures a snapshot of the contemporary role of online journalism in rapidly evolving post-Soviet, post-Colour Revolution political environments, exploring the wider journalistic and political context alongside the use and influence of online news sites. In particular, it aims to fill a g
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