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Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
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"El inicio del siglo XXI ha venido marcado por los debates que, en el plano internacional, están sometiendo a revisión la comunicación para el desarrollo con el fin de proponer otras alternativas como comunicación para el cambio social o comunicación para el empoderamiento ciudadano y ecosocial ... more

Voces abiertas: Comunicación, política y ciudadanía en América Latina

Buenos Aires: CLACSO;Ediciones de Periodismo y Comunicación (EPC) (2015), 313 pp.
"Citizen journalism has become a prominent term referring to a variety of newsgathering and reporting practices conducted via a range of new digital technologies. The scholarly literature on citizen journalism, however, has tended to concentrate on its significance for journalism theory and practice ... more

Les radios communautaires en Afrique de l'Ouest: Moteur de la gouvernance démocratique locale

In: Médias d'Afrique: Vingt-cinq années de pluralisme de l'information (1990-2015)
Marie-Soleil Frère (ed.)
Paris: Karthala (2015), pp. 81-99
"L'article examine en particulier la relation entre les radios dites communautaires et la gouvernance locale. Se fondant sur l'exemple du Sénégal, elle montre comment la décentralisation politique et administrative d'une part et l'émergence des radios locales d'autre part ont été deux dynamiqu ... more

Mais conectados, mais comuns? Recursos digitais nas experiências midiáticas apresentadas no 8º Mutirão Brasileiro de Comunicação

In: Comunicação popular, comunitária e alternativa no Brasil: sinais de resistência e de construção da cidadania
Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo; Maria Alice Otre (eds.)
São Bernardo do Campo: UMESP (2015), pp. 222-245
"Este artigo é o relato de um exercício realizado para o desenvolvimento de categorias de análise do uso de mídias por coletivos e movimentos sociais no Brasil. Parte-se do pressuposto que os conceitos teóricos do campo da comunicação popular, alternativa e comunitária, construídos principa ... more
"The conference called the 'Global Media Forum: The role of media in realizing the future we want for all' was hosted by the Government of Indonesia in 2014 [...] The event brought together journalists, media experts and young communicators from South East Asia and around the world, as a contributio ... more
"From Tehran to Tahrir Square to Gezi Park-to mention only three key sites of protest made prominent in 2013-social media has been lauded as one of the key factors enabling popular uprisings and social movements. This has provided further hype for new or digital media, which were already being toute ... more

Social Media, Culture and Politics in Asia

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), xi, 350 pp.
"Leading media scholars from nine Asian nations focus on three main questions: How frequently do Asians use social media to access and discuss political information? Does the use of social media increase political participation? What political, social and cultural factors influence the impact of soc ... more
"In the early 1990s, Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), drafted one of Africa’s most ambitious constitutions, allowing for ethnic federalism, decentralization and democratic reforms. The constitution has been highly controversial and many of ... more

Social Media and Political Participation

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2014), 35 pp.
"The study will begin by defining and classifying social media and will go on to explain the reach and role of these media in developing contexts, in particular when used for political communication, interaction and decision-making processes. In a second chapter, risks and benefits of social media a ... more

Nexus Between State, Civil Society and Media: Innovative Projects

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ);Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 6 pp.
"This research presents a picture of a public in Burma that, to varying degrees, lacks knowledge, confidence, motivation and opportunity to participate in governance processes and make their voices heard. However, the study provides objective evidence that a relationship exists between people’s me ... more

Citizen journalism footage im Dokumentarfilm: Demokratiefördernde Potenziale dokumentarischer Hybride

Frankfurt am Main: Goethe Universität, Institut für Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft, Master Thesis (2014), 84 pp.
"Es lässt sich also feststellen, dass der Dokumentarfilm der Demokratie insofern zuträglich ist, da er seinen Schwerpunkt auf der Gewährleistung der Validierungs-, Orientierungs-, Informations-, Bildungs- und Sozialisationsfunktion hat, während das citizen journalism footage sich insbesondere da ... more
"Nas próximas páginas queremos dar uma olhada ampla sobre a prática e os desafios da radiodifusão comunitária no Brasil e em outros países. Convidamos uma turma diversa de 11 autoras e autores, entre elas e eles jornalistas, radialistas, acadêmicos e advogadas. As suas abordagens são origina ... more

Community Media and Civil Society: Lessons from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Doctoral Thesis (2014), vi, 518 pp.
"This dissertation explores the role of community media in democratic civil society governance through an examination of participatory communications under socialist administrations in Latin America, with a primary focus on the Bolivarian government of Venezuela. In so doing, it seeks to establish a ... more

Comunicación educación un campo de resistencias

Bogotá: Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto), Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación (2014), 531 pp.
"This article uses interdisciplinary insights and a critical review of relevant literature to identify research opportunities that stand to advance mobile political communication theory. Contributions and limitations of studies focused on ICTs and political participation are reviewed and discussed. ... more