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"In fact this paperback is about narration and about text in whatever form: spoken, written or printed. Or even better, this book is about the importance of narrative art. It therefore invests all kinds of storytelling, not only the person-to-person oral tradition, but also the mediated forms of sto ... rytelling. Is taken for granted that the radio is giving an extra dimension to the spoken word, like books are giving an extra dimension to the printed word, or the cinema or television are connecting texts and visuals again, like woodcut printings have done in the past. Stories from the oral tradition found their way to the mass media like movies, radio and television. Therefore a wide variety of media will be discussed in this book without showing any preference for one medium or another. The focus of interest is more on storytelling then on de media used to tell stories. It is about the athletics of words and the flexible relatedness between the various media. All these media make use of characters to present stories. Therefore characters with stereotyped traits are present in every medium that makes use of narrative or dramatic elements like comic books, photo novels and soap operas. Mass media have been taking over the role of traditional storytelling. Nowadays, it seems as if instead of listening to an individual storyteller, the global community sits down and have stories told by their favourite radio plays and television series like situation comedies and soap series. Some social scientists strongly reject this change in media consumption. They regret the changing patterns in spending leisure time. They regret for example the supposed decline of reading habits which has been considered as an effect of changing media consumption. And they are not the only ones to regret this. On the one hand there are the educationalists worrying about the latest statistics on literacy rates. These figures certainly do not show any worldwide improvements in literacy and numeracy. And there are the publishers too, who regret the declining reading habits. On a global scale the selling of books and other printed matter is at a decline. With an expanding media market, people are spending their leisure time in a more varied way leaving them less time to read. However, despite this conclusion the educational system in whatever country cannot do without a structured transfer of knowledge. And it seems that the most effective medium within the educational system still is the written word, being presented to the people by printed materials. Learning children as well as adults to read and write is the main preoccupation of as many multilateral aid organisations as national governments." (Pages 10-11) more

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Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia

Lawrence A. Babb, Susan S. Wadley (eds.)

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (1995), viii, 298 pp.

"This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted from their traditional forms and contexts, many religious symbols, beliefs, and practices are increasingly refracted through such media as god posters, ... more

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Handbuch Medienerziehung im Kindergarten. Teil 1: Pädagogische Grundlagen

Christine Feil, Ulf Lehnig, H. Gerhard Beisenherz, Maria Furtner-Kallmünzer (Red.)

Opladen: Leske und Budrich; Deutsches Jugendinstitut (1994), 596 pp.

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Todas las voces: Comunicación y educación en el Perú

María Teresa Quiroz

Lima: Universidad de Lima (1993), 300 pp.

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Das Mädchen, das mit dem Teufel Lambada tanzte: Zur brasilianischen Literatura de Cordel

Christof Vonderau, Gerdt Kutscher

S. Gallen; Berlin; Sao Paulo: Edition día; Haus der Kulturen der Welt (1992), 109 pp.

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A notícia na literatura de cordel

Joseph M. Luyton

São Paulo: Estação Liberdade (1992), 207 pp.

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Escolares y medios de comunicación en la ciudad de Lima

María Teresa Quiroz

Lima: CICOSUL Universidad de Lima (1991), 189 pp.

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Fatal Attraction: The Selling of Addiction

Los Angeles: Center for Media and Values (1991), ?? pp.

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Comics und Cartoons in Lateinamerika

H. Jürgen Kagelmann (ed.)

München; Wien: Profil Verlag (1991), 185 pp.

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Caricatura

Renán Lurie, Helio Flores, Roberto Fontanarrosa et al.

Quito: CIESPAL (1990), 162 pp.

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La ideología como mensaje y masaje

Jesús María Aguirre, Marcelino Bisbal

Caracas: Monte Avila Latinoamericana, 2nd ed. (1990), 359 pp.

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La historieta popular: Un movimiento de los 70s

Juan Acevedo

In: Educación y comunicación popular en el Peru

Luis Peirano (ed.)

Lima: IPAL (1988), pp. 49-68

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Handbook of Latin American Popular Culture

Harold E. Hinds Jr.;Tatum, Charles M.

Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press (1985), xvi, 259 pp.

"Contributors discuss popular religion, popular music, comics, television, sports, photo-novels, film, festivals and carnivals, cartoons and newspapers. Most of the approaches are critical-methodological within the various disciplines of the writers, including literature, cultural anthropology, soci ... more

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Der Afrikaner im deutschen Kinder- und Jugendbuch: Untersuchungen zur rassistischen Stereotypenbildung im deutschen Kinder- und Jugendbuch von der Aufklärung bis zum Nationalsozialismus. Eine Ausstellung im Rahmen der 11. Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchmesse

Gottfried Mergner, Ansgar Häfner, Axel Braun

Oldenburg: Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem der Universität Oldenburg (1985), 202 pp.

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Das große Unterhaltungslexikon

Georg Seeßlen, Bernt Kling

Bayreuth: Gondrom (1982), 327 pp.

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Mass Communication in India: An Annotated Bibliography

Kalpana Dasgupta, Bhagwan K. Prasad

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communication (1982), 163 pp.

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Comunicação e ideología

Clarêncio Neotti (coord.)

São Paulo: Edições Loyola; União Cristã Brasileira de Comunicação Social (UCBC) (1980), 245 pp.