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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Christian Communication
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Cultural Identity
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Rural Communication for Development
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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Educational Television
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Media Didactics, Media Use in Education
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Gaming, Video Games
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Television Fiction
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Values
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Theoretical Approaches
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Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
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History of the Press
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Foreign Countries: Reporting & Media Representation
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International News Flow
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Glocalization of Media
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Satellite Television
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Journalists
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News
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Political Reporting
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African Languages
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Rhetorics, Public Speaking, Speeches
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'Comparing Media Systems' (Hallin/Mancini, 2004)
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Human Rights
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Music
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Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
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McLuhan, Marshall (1911-1980)
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Gatekeeping Function of Media
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Media Reception
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Attitudes, Attitude Formation & Change
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Perception, Cognition & Comprehension
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Television Reception & Effects
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Third-Person Effects
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Islam and Communication
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Social Conflicts, Social Problems
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Social Development
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Technological Change, Technological Developments, Technological Progress
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Philosophies of Communication & Media
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Information Selection
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Advertising Ethics
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Empowerment
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Agricultural Cooperatives
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Agricultural Information & Extension
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Land Property, Land Grabbing, Land Reforms
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Audience Research
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Media Use: Youth
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Television Use: Youth
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Mobile Phone Use
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Books
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Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Election Campaigns
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Catholic Church
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Catholic Church: Communication Education & Training
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Ecclesia in America
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Aetatis Novae (Pastoral Instruction, 1992)
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History of Communication: Catholic Church
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John Paul II (Pope)
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Popes & Papacy: Media Representation & Communication Strategies
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Children and Media
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Child Protection, Protection of Minors
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Children & Childhood
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Christian Ethics
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Christianity: Media Representation & Reporting
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Inculturation
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Liturgy, Liturgical Communication
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Television Programme & Format Trade
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Community Television
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Group Media
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Participatory Communication
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Terrorism
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Violence in the Media
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Violence in the Media: Video Games
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Coding
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Decoding
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Hermeneutics
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Meaning
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Radio Language & Moderation
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Media Ethnography
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Theatre for Development
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Collective Memory & Media, Media Representation of History
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Cultural Change
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Hybrid Cultures, Hybridization
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National Character
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Religion and Culture
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Development Assistance
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Developing Countries
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Development Planning
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Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
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Media Assistance Projects & Programs: Case Studies
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Development Studies, Development Research
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Communication for Social Change
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Convergence of Media
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Digital & Social Media Effects
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History of Internet & Digital Media
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Social Media
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Online Learning, E-Learning
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ICTs and Development
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Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Media
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Documentation Systems
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Distribution of Media
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Political Economy of Media
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Industrialized Countries
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Neoliberalism
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Audiobooks & Audio Cassettes
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Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) (India, 1975-1976)
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Schools
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Correspondence Courses
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Media Literacy: Gaming
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Sports Reporting
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Pfarrer Braun (Television Crime Series, Germany)
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Tatort (Televison Crime Series, Germany)
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Television Serials
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Codes of Journalistic Ethics
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Morals
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Social Norms
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Evaluation
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Women's Radio Programmes
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Gender Relations
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Sexuality
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Feedback
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Practical Approach
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Addiction Reporting, Media Representation & Prevention
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Food, Food Security, Nutrition
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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History (General)
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History of Journalism
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History of Printing
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History of Radio
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Indigenous Issues Reporting & Media Representation
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Foreign Correspondents
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Foreign Press, Foreign Language Press
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Foreign Television Programmes
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Image Abroad
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Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS)
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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World Information and Communication Order
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Media in the Global South / Developing Countries
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Transnational Television, International Television
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Transnational & Comparative Communication Research
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Dependence
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Foreign Policies
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Diplomacy
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UNESCO & IPDC Media Assistance
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education & Training
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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News Values, News Selection Criteria
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Television News
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Risk Communication
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Language
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Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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Language Policies
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance
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Communication Channels
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Communication Networks
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Diffusion of Innovations
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Presentation of Information
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Nonverbal Communication, Body Language, Gestures
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Stereotypes in Media & Communication
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Media Literacy: Photography
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Television Landscapes
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Television Law & Regulation
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Leadership, Leadership Development
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Organisational Development & Capacity Building
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Organisational & Governing Structures of Media
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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CIESPAL (Communication Research & Training Center, Quito, Ecuador)
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Instituto de Ciencias da Informaçao (Icinform) (Research Center at Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil)
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Instituto de Investigaciones de la Comunicación (ININCO) (Caracas, Venezuela)
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Donati, Pierpaolo (1947-)
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Kaplún, Mario
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Martín-Barbero, Jesús
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Mattelart, Armand
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Photography
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Capitalism
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Political Systems
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Political Communication
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Political Transition and Media
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Political Opinion-Forming
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Alternative Public Spheres
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Magazines
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Media Production
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Television Production
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Persuasive Communication
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Priming Effects
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Psychology (General)
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Attention
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Everyday Life
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Mental Stress
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Opinion, Opinion Formation, Opinion Change
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Opinion Change
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Personality
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Social Integration: Role of Media
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Uses-And-Gratifications Approach
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Islamism
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Religion in Entertainment Programmes (Religiotainment)
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Taoism
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World Religions
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Communication & Media Research Centres
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Television Studies & Research
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Comparative Approaches & Methods in Communication Research
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Empirical Studies
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Ethnographic Research
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Interviewing (Journalistic Genre)
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Researchers
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Violence
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Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Minorities
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Social Anthropology
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Social Movements
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Networks & Networking
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Adults
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Theories of Change
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Social Control
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Telecommunications
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Regional Television
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Television Channels
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Television Talk Shows
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"Neste volume trabalhamos com Reflexividade, hermenêutica e Fake News adentrando em questões específicas do contexto social, político e cultural vivenciadas na contemporaneidade. Com um olhar atento para as teorias da comunicação, este volume adentra as peculiaridades das distintas regiões br ... more
"Articulando pesquisas de campo e investigações mais teóricas, os oito capítulos presentes no vol. 5 dedicam-se a aprofundar conceitos que problematizam situações evidenciadas na contemporaneidade e que passam a fazer parte da agenda permanente das Teorias da Comunicação e do Jornalismo. Ent ... more
"Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a soph ... more

Marshall McLuhan Today: His Predictions on the Media in a Digital Age According to Robert K. Logan, Paul Levinson and Paul Grosswiler

Rome: Salesian Pontifical University, Faculty of Sciences of Social Communication, Doctoral Thesis (2018), 248 pp.
"The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one begins with the biography of the principal author of our study, Marshall McLuhan. It discusses those who influenced him and presents his methodology of writing. Chapter two consist of two parts. The first part explains his key concepts while the ... more

La comunicazione secondo il pensiero di Pierpaolo Donati: Una prospettiva relazionale nell’analisi del processo della comunicazione umana

Roma: Università Pontificia Salesiana, Facoltà di Scienze della Comunicazione Sociale, Dissertazione per il Dottorato (2018), 268 pp.
"In sintesi, ogni azione comunicativa è preceduta da una relazione sociale, che la rende esplicita, che può influire su di essa e, a sua volta, può modificare quella relazione e farne emergere un’altra, si sia coscienti o meno. Da ciò si comprende che in una società come quella contemporanea, ... more
"Since their origins in the late 1950s, Latin American communication studies have become increasingly institutionalized and thematically diverse. This evolution, however, has circulated to a limited extent beyond borders, as noted by North American scholars in the 1990s. Attentive to this problem, t ... more
"Theories on mediatization have been developed in Latin America in parallel to those flourishing in the Global North. This article analyzes the former while keeping an eye on the more available theoretical production in English-speaking publications. The main part of the article covers Eliseo Verón ... more

Thoughts on a Critical Theory of Rural Communication

Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) (2017), 27 pp.
"[The author] underscores how important an analytical category the rural is: rather than a dismissed backwater of a normative urban, the rural emerges here as a vibrant space, a pregnant category, a pressing concern. The elements of a critical theory of the rural presented here underscore how comple ... more

Non-Western Theories of Communication: Indigenous Ideas and Insights

In: Intercultural Communication
Ling Chen (ed.)
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton (2017), pp. 67-98
"This chapter presents an overview of non-Western communication theories for cross-cultural and intercultural research. The chapter specifically focuses on selected Afrocentric and Asiacentric theories of communication because they represent communication theories whose ideas and insights spring fro ... more
"La Comunicación pensada desde América Latina (1960-2009) aborda las contribuciones a la constitución moderna del campo conceptual de la comunicación durante el periodo 1960-2009, así como los límites del pensamiento teórico comunicacional latinoamericano expresado en libros, artículos y tex ... more
"In Latin America in the twenty-first century, journalists face daily professional and societal constraints and pressures when attempting to fulfill their role to inform the public. Concerns include a lack of press freedom, robust and growing social movements critical of the news media, and personal ... more
"Kathrin Nieder-Steinheuer hat ein Modell entwickelt, mit dem sich die kommunikative Verfasstheit der Kategorie des Christlichen im Unterhaltungsformat analysieren lässt. Grundlegend dafür ist der in den untersuchten Formaten festgestellte Zusammenhang zwischen kirchlichen Räumen und geographisch ... more

The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication

Malden, Mass.: Wiley (2015), 673 pp.
"This concise volume presents key concepts and entries from the twelve-volume ICA International Encyclopedia of Communication (2008), condensing leading scholarship into a practical and valuable single volume. Jointly published with the International Communication Association (ICA), the leading acad ... more

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies

London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 9th ed. (2015), xxvi, 373 pp.
"The Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies has provided students and the general public alike with a gateway into the study of intercultural communication, public relations and marketing communications since 1984. In this 9th edition, James Watson and Anne Hill provide a detailed compendium ... more
"Este trabalho delineia trilhas da pesquisa em Mídia e Religião, focalizando a aproximação desses estudos com a área de Comunicação. A pesquisa focaliza os livros sobre o tema publicados entre 1980 e 2013. São delineados três momentos, não isentos de mesclas e sobreposições: (a) investig ... more
"As 75 percent of the world’s mobile subscriptions are in developing countries, studies of use patterns are essential to broader understanding. However, scholars should engage with existing theory and literature in order to operate within a framework and expand readership. Rigorous and ethical res ... more

Handbuch Medienwissenschaft

Stuttgart; Weimar: Metzler (2014), vi, 571 pp.
"Von Geld über Brief und Comic bis Radio, Video und mobile Medien welchen Platz nehmen diese Themen in den Medienwissenschaften ein? Das Handbuch stellt Begriffe und Theorien vor, darunter systemtheoretische Theorien, die Medienarchäologie und die Akteur-Medien-Theorie. Es verknüpft die einzelnen ... more

Theories of the Information Society

London: Routledge, 4th ed. (2014), xii, 404 pp.
"Coping in an era of information flows, of virtual relationships and breakneck change poses challenges to one and all. In Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster makes sense of the information explosion, taking a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they refer to the 'Information Soci ... more

Communication and Cultural Settings: An Islamic Perspective

In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
Molefi Kete Asante; Yoshitaka Miike; Jing Yin (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 237-247
"In this chaper, Hamid Mowlana elucidates four cardinal concepts of the Islamic worldview that may serve as the fundamental principles of ethical communication in Muslim societies: (1) tawhid (unity, coherence, and harmony of all in the universe), (2) amr bi al-ma'ruf wa nahy'an al munkar (commandin ... more