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Making Radio and Podcasts: A Practical Guide to Working in Radio in the Digital Age
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Steve Ahern (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge, 4th ed. (2022), xviii, 319 pp.

"Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved ... more

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Handbuch zur Evaluation: Eine praktische Handlungsanleitung
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Reinhard Stockmann (ed.)

Münster: Waxmann (2022), 516 pp.

"Ziel dieses Buches ist es, kompakt und nutzerfreundlich Grundkenntnisse für die Planung, Durchführung und Anwendung von Evaluationen zu vermitteln. Hierfür greift es auf die inhaltlichen Konzepte und Unterlagen zahlreicher Kurse zur Evaluation im In- und Ausland zurück. Das Buch richtet sich an ... more

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Impact Evaluation in International Development: Theory, Methods and Practice
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Paul Glewwe, Petra Todd

Washington, DC: World Bank (2022), xix, 401 pp.

"This book is written to provide detailed, rigorous guidance on how to conduct impact evaluations of government and nongovernment programs and projects. It covers all the leading quantitative impact evaluation methods, explaining the assumptions required for them to provide unbiased estimates and th ... more

Intercultural Communication in Contexts

Judith N. Martin, Thomas K. Nakayama

New York: McGraw-Hill, 8th ed. (2022), xxxiii, 481, 22 pp.

"In this book, we attempt to integrate three different research approaches: (1) the traditional social-psychological approach that emphasizes cultural differences and how these differences influence communication, (2) the interpretive approach that emphasizes understanding communication in context, ... more

Die Kunst der Drehbuchentwicklung: Über die Zukunft des Geschichtenerzählens

Oliver Schütte

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2022), 246 pp.

"Das neue Zeitalter der Streamingwelt bedeutet nicht nur einen Umbruch der Sehgewohnheiten des Publikums, die Entwicklung der Geschichten hat sich ebenfalls radikal verändert. Serien führen ihre Erzählungen über Stunden aus und sind komplexer und diverser. Filme werden nicht nur für den nationa ... more

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Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities

Duncan McCue

Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press (2022), xviii, 268 pp.

"Duncan McCue's Decolonizing Journalism is the only text in Canada that teaches aspiring journalists how to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities when researching and sharing their stories. It is a textbook adaptation of an online guide from one of Canada's leading i ... more

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Controversy Mapping: A Field Guide

Tommaso Venturini, Anders Kristian Munk

Cambridge, UK; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2022), xx, 334 pp.

"Controversy Mapping is the first book to introduce readers to the observation and representation of contested issues on digital media. Drawing on actor-network theory and digital methods, Venturini and Munk outline the conceptual underpinnings and the many tools and techniques of controversy mappin ... more

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Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere
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Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Robert Cox

Thousand Okas et al.: Sage, 6th ed. (2022), xxix, 358 pp.

"The best-selling Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. Authors Phae ... more

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Poverty Mapping: Innovative Approaches to Creating Poverty Maps with New Data Sources

Virginia Ziulu, Jessica Meckler, Zozef Vaessen et al.

Washington, DC: World Bank (2022), 48 pp.

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Grundwissen Internet

Joan Kristin Bleicher

München: UVK (2022), 230 pp.

"Joan Kristin Bleicher beleuchtet umfassend zentrale Aspekte der Medialität des Internets. Im Fokus stehen dabei nicht nur Rahmenbedingungen und die historische Entwicklung. Es werden auch Angebotsschwerpunkte, theoretische Fragen, Ästhetik, Nutzungs- und Wirkungspotenziale des Internets sowie Reg ... more

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Lernprozesse digital unterstützen: Ein Methodenbuch für den Unterricht

Monika Heusinger

Weinheim; Basel: Beltz, 2. Aufl. (2022), 153 pp.

"Das vorliegende Methodenbuch zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie das Potenzial digitaler Medien anhand unterschiedlicher Lernprozesse wie individualisiertem, kollaborativem/kooperativem, inklusivem, gamebasiertem/gamifiziertem sowie immersivem Lernen sinnvoll genutzt werden kann. Es werden jeweils die di ... more

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A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies

Klaus Bruhn Jensen (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2021), xiii, 512 pp.

"Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition integrates perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities, focusing on methodology as a strategic level of analysis that joins practical applications with theoretical issues. The Handbook comprises three main elements: historical accounts ... more

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The Public Relations Handbook

Alison Theaker (ed.)

London, New York: Routledge, 6th ed. (2021), xv, 423 pp.

"Split into four parts exploring key conceptual themes in public relations, the book offers an overview of topics including strategic public relations, politics and the media; media relations in the social media age; strategic communication management; public relations engagement in the not-for-prof ... more

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The Economics of Digital Transformation: The Disruption of Markets, Production, Consumption, and Work

Katarzyna Sledziewska, Renata Wloch

London; New York: Routledge (2021), xix, 283 pp.

"The book refers to academic insights from economics and sociology while giving numerous empirical examples drawn from basic and applied research and business. It addresses several burning issues: how are digital processes transforming traditional business models? Does intelligent automation threate ... more

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Evaluation in Today's World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability

Veronica G. Thomas, Patricia B. Campbell

Los Angeles; London; New Delhi: Sage (2021), xxvi, 553 pp.

"This timely and comprehensive textbook covers theoretical and practical issues related to evaluation of programs, particularly social programs and projects, with an emphasis on viewing evaluation topics through a social justice, diversity, and inclusive perspective. It provides students with an equ ... more

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Reputation Management: The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication

John Doorley, Helio Fred Garcia

New York; London: Routledge, 4th ed. (2021), xxxiv, 438 pp.

"Reputation Management is an established how-to guide for students and professionals, as well as CEOs and other business leaders. This fourth edition is updated throughout, including: new social media management techniques for the evolving age of digital media, and perspectives on reputation managem ... more

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