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Texting, Tweeting, and Talking: Effects of Smartphone Use on Engagement in Civic Discourse in China
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 1 (2014), pp. 3-19
"Media use and talking with others have been found to have positive effects on citizens' civic participation according to Wyatt, Katz, and Kim (2000). Recent research links informational uses of the mobile phone to increased involvement in civic and political life. Building on this line of research,
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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
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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
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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
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Being a Young Citizen in Estonia: An Exploration of Young People’s Civic and Media Experiences
Tartu: University of Tartu Press (2013), 133 pp.
"The main objective of this book was to explore contemporary expressions of civic culture in Estonia by looking at civic experiences: how do young people in Estonia experience their relationship with the political, politics and fellow citizens, and how do their civic experiences intersect with media
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Guía para radialistas por la democracia
VOCES Paraguay (2013), 85 pp.
"El kit se conforma de varios recursos para facilitar la tarea de los y las radialistas, tanto para la producción periodística previa a cada programa, como para el desarrollo del programa en sí. Se contempla como un eje de fundamental importancia la participación de la audiencia, y en ese sentid
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Factual Debate and Discussion Programmes and Their Influence on Political Participation, Political Knowledge and Political Efficacy
London: BBC Media Action (2013), 40 pp.
"The review found that there is evidence that exposure to dialogic formats can have an impact on political participation. It is clear, however, that the relationship between exposure to programming and manifest forms of participation cannot be studied in isolation to other important outcomes such as
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Wir sind die Medien: Internet und politischer Wandel in Iran
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2013), 350 pp.
Youth, Facebook and Politics in South Africa
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 119-130
"This article explores how Facebook is used by South African youth, with particular reference to their political participation and involvement. Research has shown the declining involvement of young people in political processes, particularly since democratic elections in 1994. This is an internation
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Village Voices for Development: A Study in the Use of Radio to Promote Human Rights and Enable Citizens to Act on Their Rights to Information and Freedom of Speech in Southern Madagascar
Tolagnaro (RM); London: Andry-Lalana-Tohana (ALT); Andrew Lees Trust (2013), 62 pp.
"The purpose of this report is to share the key findings of the VVD radio project in Southern Madagascar after six months of broadcasts in 2012, in particular to document the design and evolution of the pilot project; feedback the outcomes to participating stakeholders; inform the donor community ab
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Colectivos de comunicación y apropiación de medios
Medellín: Sello Editorial Universidad de Medellín (2013), 216 pp.
Creating Content, Shaping Society: Do Indonesian Media Uphold the Principle of Citizenship?
Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG); Hivos (2013), 94 pp.
"The purpose of this research is to empirically examine Indonesian media content, their workings and the factors influencing their work [...] There is no open diversity in content. Content analysis of television shows that the coverage of majority and minority groups is unequal. We find that content
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Community Radio in Political Theory and Development Practice
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 2, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 392-420
"In this paper I investigate how community radio is conceptualized within and outside of the development frame, as a solution to development problems, as part of development projects communication strategy, and as a tool for increasing democratic political participation in development projects. I wa
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Social Media and Civic Participation: Literature Review and Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh and Palestinian Territories
London: BBC Media Action; London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2013), 55 pp.
"Highlights the findings of the LSE students’ work undertaken between October 2012 and March 2013: a literature review and analysis of BBC Media Action data from Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh on use of social media and civic participation. Findings include: Use of social media is positive
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The Media’s Reporting of War Crimes Trials and its Impact on Post-Conflict Democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 53-67
"The application of international humanitarian law (IHL) to conflicts in Africa has been the subject of some scholarly and much journalistic discourse about the ending of ‘impunity’ and an extension of the normative principles of transitional justice. The trials conducted by the Special Court fo
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Mapping the Landscape of the Media Industry in Contemporary Indonesia
Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG); Hivos (2012), xii, 151 pp.
"The Profile of Media Industry in Indonesia aims to profile the Indonesian media industry through publicly available information and data (including news in the media, statistical analysis of the figure collected through the survey by the National Survey Agency (SUSENAS), and grey literatures alike.
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Comunicación para una ciudadanía integral e intercultural: Memoria de los seminarios
La Paz: UNIR; Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM) (2012), 321 pp.
"El primer capítulo, 'Interculturalidad y comunicación intercultural', aborda fundamentos teóricos y debates contemporáneos sobre el tema; el segundo, 'Comunicación intercultural en Bolivia hoy', trata sobre la construcción pendiente - no extenta de contradicciones - sobre la interculturalidad
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