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"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

Communication and Cultural Settings: An Islamic Perspective

In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
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

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

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
"Este trabajo busca discutir las relaciones que se han establecido en la sociedad paraguaya entre el Estado, la sociedad civil y los medios de comunicación como expresión de diversos intereses sociales, políticos y económicos. Al mismo tiempo, también se propone hurgar y desvendar por un lado, ... more
"While the scholarship on communication theory has evolved over many years in Africa it is still work in progress. This discourse has been anchored in society's cultural milieu. The import of this is that the debate has evolved without incorporating the realities of Africa. Consequently, theories of ... more
"Este libro ambiciona explicar la naturaleza compleja de la comunicación iberoamericana, reconociendo que sus contornos geopolíticos y sus origenes etnoreligiosos constituyen variables fundamentales para entender el tejido multicultural de su identidad mestiza. Tomamos como referencia el método c ... more
"El libro parte de la socialidad inherente a la Comunicación y pretende situar a sus expresiones teóricas en los procesos económico-políticos que nutren los contenidos del pensamiento y el saber oficiales. Ofrece una sinopsis de los temas, las orientaciones y los autores de cada uno de los enfoq ... more
"Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the per ... more
"[...] Fortunately, in the last decade in particular, much progress has been made on incorporating social science theory into both campaign design and evaluation, primarily in the health field. Indeed, evaluators are being encouraged to engage in theory testing and/or logic model development. Findin ... more
"This is the latest edition of the textbook especially written for seminary and religious communication formation. It is also published in India and has translations in Italian and Bahasa Indonesia. A Spanish translation is underway. New ideas are infused in a chapter “New media communication.” ... more