"Esta guía instruccional está diseñada para el uso de periodistas, facilitadores, académicos y estudiantes con el fin de contextualizar la crisis de las ‘noticias falsas’ del siglo 21. Por medio de algunos casos relevantes y un cronograma, los usuarios podrán informarse de manera más efect
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iva sobre las causas y consecuencias del ‘desorden informacional’—desde ataques periodísticos de ‘trolls,’ hasta la manipulación de elecciones y crisis diplomáticas. Aunque históricamente los medios también se han visto involucrados en la desinformación, esto no se considera un legítimo paradigma contemporáneo en los diferentes medios de comunicación. Es por esto que las manifestaciones contemporáneas de la desinformación son más fácilmente vistas en las redes sociales—un fenómeno que pone en riesgo el periodismo auténtico y a las sociedades de manera general." (Página 2)
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" Given the breadth and scope of India's media, there is little meaningful literature available about journalism practices. This book brings together contribution from 21 Indian and global scholars and journalists to write informatively and critically about Indian journalism today. The contributors
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in this volume focus on the changes in journalism practices within the context of India's long journalism history, socio-economic conditions of the Indian state, and minority politics. The volume is divided into four different sections, each addressing one relevant aspect: history and evolving changes, social media, e-journalism, marginalization, pedagogy, ethics, and public sphere. Underlying the chapters is a focus on how to address and analyze the enormity and precipitous changes taking place in Indian journalism, media technology, and global relations." (Publisher description)
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"La historia del diario católico Presencia está íntimamente ligada a la historia de Bolivia, en una época de grandes turbulencias políticas. Nació en un tiempo nuevo, en pleno parto de la Revolución Nacional, y fue testigo de la lucha de los bolivianos por la conquista de la democracia de las
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décadas siguientes. Testigo y protagonista, porque siempre estuvo presente con su voz orientadora en la defensa de los valores democráticos y los derechos humanos, civiles y políticos [...] [El libro] no pretende ser una historia completa y definitiva de ese periódico, sino un esbozo que intenta rescatar del olvido los testimonios de la gente que hizo posible esa maravillosa experiencia. El libro recoge también la visión de los periodistas del convulso medio siglo del que fueron testigos privilegiados –la “historia de una diaria presencia”–, traducida en la cobertura de la época en que Bolivia vivió la “pasión, muerte y resurrección de la democracia”. Al mismo tiempo, quiere ser un homenaje a grandes maestros del periodismo, como Huáscar Cajías Kaufmann y Alberto Bailey Gutiérrez, que convirtieron una modesta redacción en la escuela de periodismo de la que carecía Bolivia, y que hicieron del culto a la verdad, la justicia, la solidaridad y el servicio a los demás, es decir de los grandes principios de la ética periodística, la mejor seña de identidad a la que puede aspirar un medio de comunicación." (Cubierta del libro)
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"The book provides an historical and theoretical context to risk culture and the work of war correspondents, paying particular attention to the changing nature of technology, organisational structures and the role of witnessing. The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are examined to highlight
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how risk and the calculations of risk vary according to the type of conflict. The focus is on the relationship between propaganda, censorship, the sourcing of information and the challenges of reporting war in the digital world. The authors then move on to discuss the arguments around risk in relation to gender and war reporting and the coverage of death on the battlefield." (Back cover)
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"Arranged in chronological order mainly, this book examines the initial development of Chinese journalism in ancient times, which from then manifested strong political attributes. After the Opium War in 1840, missionaries and businessmen from the West started to set up newspapers and periodicals in
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China, which brought about the birth of China’s modern journalism industry. Then China’s private newspapers and political party’s press are studied, which are closely linked with political revolutions and have a far-reaching impact on modern Chinese society. What happened to Chinese journalism and communication after the founding of People’s Republic of China in 1949? This book reviews the newspaper reforms, and studies the great negative impacts brought by “Cultural Revolution”. Noteworthy news phenomena after the reform and opening-up are also covered." (Publisher description)
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"This learning module designed to be used by journalists, journalism trainers and educators (along with their students) provides historical context for the analysis of the 21st century ‘fake news’ crisis. Relevant case studies and a timeline are designed to better inform users about the causes a
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nd consequences of ‘information disorder’– from harassment of journalists by ‘troll armies’ to the manipulation of elections and diplomatic crises. While news media have historically been caught up in disinformation and misinformation, including through news hoaxes, this is not regarded as legitimate in the dominant contemporary paradigm across different news media. This explains in part why contemporary manifestations of disinformation and misinformation are mainly evident in social media systems – with grave risks to authentic journalism and to open societies more broadly." (Page 2)
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"Habría muchas razones para suponer una relación natural entre el periodismo y la democracia, desde la difusión de información y la socialización de debates relevantes para el interés público, hasta la vigilancia contra el abuso de poder. En México, sin embargo, el periodismo no ha sido plen
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amente capaz de desarrollar estas funciones y las razones tienen que ver, en gran parte, con la forma en que se han desarrollado las relaciones entre los medios –vehículos privilegiados por mucho tiempo para el ejercicio periodístico– y el régimen político. Entre el siglo XX y el XXI hemos transitado de un modelo mediático caracterizado por el peso inhibidor del régimen sobre la labor informativa a otro en el que, de formas distintas, grupos políticos, económicos y del crimen organizado ejercen presión sobre la independencia de esa labor informativa. En este sentido, en la mayor parte de los medios tradicionales tenemos un periodismo colaborador que, en ciudades medianas y pequeñas de provincia se convierte más bien en uno acosado. La buena noticia es que gracias en gran parte a la revolución tecnológica de las últimas décadas, ha comenzado a surgir un periodismo responsivo, distinto en sus temas, tratamiento y método, que está soportado en los principales centros urbanos por mercados publicitarios y públicos cada vez más exigentes con los contenidos mediáticos que consumen. Si bien el panorama sigue siendo de claroscuros, en México ya hay –aunque sea de forma incipiente– una serie de espacios en donde el periodismo tiene oportunidad de desarrollar esas funciones, aun a contracorriente del ambiente dominante." (Resumen, página 9-10)
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"Many individuals were involved in the Belgian Congo's attainment of independence. Born in 1931, Mwissa Camus, the dean of Congolese journalists, is one of them. Even though he was opposed to this idea and struggled to maintain his status as member of a certain ‘elite’, his career sheds light on
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the advancement of his country towards independence in June 1960. By following his professional career in the years preceding independence, we can see how his development illuminates the emergence of journalism in the Congo, the social position of Congolese journalists, and the ambivalence of their position towards the emancipation process. The road taken by Mwissa Camus – as an actor, witness, extra, and somehow instrument of the events that shook his country – helps understand the Congo's move towards independence from a particular perspective. History – that of a hurried independence, blatantly unprepared, on which a small elite failed to agree – is revealed through his words and the unveiling of his ‘world.’ This article is essentially based on interviews with Mwissa Camus and on Congolese newspaper articles from 1959, 1960 and 1961." (Abstract)
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"This study contends that democracy and political change is deeply rooted in the mass media’s ability to become a major agent of political socialization that was capable of mobilizing local populations into changing longstanding African attitudes about politics and election outcome behaviors." (Pu
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"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,
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y por el otro, desarrollar una exégesis, sobre los distintos elementos y momentos históricos, a partir de los cuales se fue conformando, mínimamente, un pensamiento en el campo comunicacional paraguayo. La propuesta atraviesa diversas etapas históricas y se nutre en varios aspectos del desarrollo e impulso de las ciencias sociales paraguayas. Al mismo tiempo, se intenta establecer relaciones entre un pensamiento local, y otro desarrollado fuera del país –o a la inversa–, y que de alguna manera constituyen una propuesta de “rango medio” de lo que puede denominarse el despliegue de unas teorías de la comunicación. Analizando documentos producidos desde el poder durante la Primera República paraguaya (1811-1870), asimismo estudiando cuatro textos sobre el periodismo paraguayo publicados entre los años 1890-1911 (Parodi, Rodríguez Alcalá, Pane y E. Solano López), el presente libro intenta reconstruir y presentar el camino histórico recorrido por aquello que podría ser denominado un “borrador” del pensamiento comunicacional paraguayo." (Contratapa)
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"The book consists of six chapters on Slovenian media history. All the subjects (censorship, political struggles, the economic crisis, the Balkans, folk songs and racism) are as topical today as they were at the time when they were discussed. What has changed then? Obviously, “time” has changed,
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since “space” is more or less consistent. And yet, this is only partly true. Symbolic-geographical space is like an accordion that stretches and shrinks under the pressure of historical change. Furthermore, topicality depends on writing style, among other things: by combining traditional historical analysis and a journalistic-literary style, we have tried to relativize the image of the contemporary media landscape and lend it a historical dimension. To achieve this, we quoted interesting passages from old newspapers whose archaic discourse illustrates the language of Slovenian journalism of the time." (Pages 5-6)
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"This Historical Dictionary of Journalism shows both sides of the picture. The dictionary presents entries on some of the finest newspapers as well as those of lesser repute, many exceptional journalists as well as others the profession would rather forget, major advances such as investigative repor
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ting and more questionable practices such as yellow journalism, and important topics like censorship and the continuing struggle for freedom of the press. It covers a long period of time, from the very first practitioners whose news was often sung to the most recent whose news appears in a computerized format. Last but not least, it traces the history of journalism in a large number of countries in a lengthy chronology and then an introduction, which analyzes individual developments thematically, showing how the discursive practices of journalism have evolved within a larger political, economic, and cultural context." (Editor's foreword)
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"The University for Peace is proud to publish, The Role of the Media in Conflict Prevention and Peace Building, a course description that includes syllabus, teacher's manual, detailed structure and suggested readings. The course described in this book is rich in ideas, theories, examples and case st
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udies, and analyzes the crucial issue of the media s role in conflict and peace. It neither blames the media for starting and fueling wars nor promotes them as potential peacemakers. It simply sees the press as a uniquely powerful echo chamber of competing realities." (Back cover)
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