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News Narration, Local Visibility and Public Life in Chinese Short Videos

Yutan Liu, Zheng Zhang

Journalism Practice, volume 18, issue 8 (2024), pp. 2108-2125

"Short videos are very popular in China. The provincial TV stations in China use short videos to disseminate information. Curiosity about the influence of short video news is the primary motivation of this study. This paper integrates theories of news and place, focuses on local visibility, explores ... more

Jair Bolsonaro’s Populist Communication on Brazilian Television: An Analysis of Television Newscasts on Globo and Record during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bruno Araújo, Liziane Guazina

International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1830-1850

"News media continue to play a central role in promoting public debate and the visibility of populist messages. This study discusses how Brazilian television journalism reacted to the populism of Jair Bolsonaro during the COVID-19 crisis. We adopted a content analysis and a framing analysis to ident ... more

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Fernsehen in Deutschland: Ein politisches Medium im Wandel

Andreas Dörner

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2023), 391 pp.

"Das Fernsehen ist ein politisches Medium. Es ist in seiner institutionellen Gestalt geprägt durch Entscheidungen im politischen System und durch verfassungsgerichtliche Rechtsprechung. Politische Akteure versuchen immer wieder, Einfluss zu nehmen und das Medium für eigene Zwecke zu nutzen. Gleich ... more

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The Impact of Chayka.lv on the Russian-Speaking Community of Daugavpils, Latvia

Internews;Market Research Center (2023), 54 pp.

"Chayka.lv is an independent media outlet established in 2019 that provides free, high-quality, politically neutral information to the Russian-speaking community of the Latvian city of Daugavpils, including news, entertainment, human-interest and other factual content. It started as pages on the Fac ... more

Avances y retrocesos en las políticas de comunicación en la Argentina: Del consumo a los derechos y de los derechos a la incertidumbre

Juan Pablo Cremonte (ed.)

Buenos Aires; Los Polvorines: CLACSO;Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (2021), 185 pp.

"En el controvertido escenario de transición de los gobiernos kirchneristas al triunfo de la alianza Cambiemos y la relación entre medios de comunicación y política en la Argentina, se escribieron los artículos de este volumen. En la primera parte, autoras y autores problematizan las miradas so ... more

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Atravesar las pantallas: Noticia policial, producción informativa y experiencias de la inseguridad

Mercedes Calzado, Susana M. Morales (eds.)

Buenos Aires: Teseo (2021), 262 pp.

Between Violence, Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance: Arab Television News on the Experiences of Syrian Women During the Syrian Conflict

Rand El Zein

Bielefeld: transcript (2021), 206 pp.

"How are the structures of power and the notion of agency among Syrian women during the recent Syrian conflict connected? To explore this matter, Rand El Zein investigates gender politics around displacement, conflict, the body, and the nation. In doing so, she outstandingly reconciles critical medi ... more

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Elections and TV News in South Africa: Desperately Seeking Depth

Bernadine Jones

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xxxii, 244 pp.

"Over the course of nine chapters, Elections and TV News in South Africa shows how six democratic South African general elections, 1994-2019, were represented on both local and international news broadcasts. It reveals the shifting narratives about South African democracy, coupled with changing and ... more

Los desafíos de la cobertura ambiental en tiempos de crisis
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Chasqui: Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación (Quito), volume 144 (2020), pp. 11-238

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La télévision publique gabonaise et la construction d'une communauté nationale 1963-2014

Marcy Delsione Ovoundaga

Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 460 pp.

"À l’heure où les fractures sociales s’aggravent dans le pays, cet ouvrage examine le lien entre la volonté politique de bâtir une nation, socle du vivre ensemble dans une société marquée par la pluralité des appartenances, et la définition du rôle social des médias – ici la premiè ... more

Resumen ejecutivo del estudio de riesgos al pluralismo informativo

Bogotá: Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRCOM) (2020), 39 pp.

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Television in Bangladesh: News and Audiences

Ratan Kumar Roy

London; New York: Routledge (2020), xviii, 237 pp.

"This book examines the role of 24/7 television news channels in Bangladesh. By using a multisited ethnography of television news media, it showcases the sociopolitical undercurrents of media practices and the everydayness of TV news in Bangladesh. It discusses a wide gamut of issues such as news ma ... more

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Fernsehjournalismus

Daniel Moj, Martin Ordolff

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 2., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2019), 288 pp.

"Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Arbeit des Fernsehjournalisten. Die Grundlagen in den verschiedenen Bereichen werden vermittelt. »Fernsehjournalismus« beginnt mit dem filmischen Erzählen und einer passenden Dramaturgie. Als Rohstoffe und Werkzeuge hat der Fernsehjournalist d ... more

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'Screening' Transitional Justice in Serbia: ICTY Representations and the Memory of War Crimes in Serb Television Media

Anna Geis, Katarina Ristic, Vladimir Petrovic

Osnabrück: Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF) (2019), 41 pp.

"The visual presentation of the Serb accused in TV news was based on iconic images of the accused combined with symbolic images of the state and its power, with nearly complete absence of visuals of atrocities and victims. In contrast, the visual presentation of the Croatian, Bosniak and Albanian de ... more

Satellite Sectarianisation or Plain Old Partisanship? Inciting Violence in the Arab Mainstream Media

Jessica Watkins

London: LSE Middle East Centre (2019), 23 pp.

"This report assesses widespread claims that pan-Arab satellite news channels are responsible for inciting sectarian violence during the Arab uprisings. Based on an empirical study of how the most popular channels (Al-Jazeera Arabic and Al-Arabiya) and a competitive newcomer (Al-Mayadeen) have frame ... more

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Tiangao or Tianxia? The Ambiguities of CCTV's English-Language News for Africa

Vivien Marsh

In: China's Media Go Global

Daya Kishan Thussu; Hugo de Burgh; Anbin Shi (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 103-121

"Sustained media interest in African countries, funded from deep pockets in Beijing, may well attract admirers if the coverage is positive or uncritical. The forward-looking narrative promoted by 'constructive' or 'positive' reporting may help developing nations by not crushing them under too much e ... more

Evaluation of Media Support in Somalia 2014–2017

Nora Stenius

Helsinki: Vikes Finnish Foundation for Media and Development (2018), 26 pp.

"The main partners of the project have been Somali National Television (SNTV), Somali Ministry of Information and Public Awareness, and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). After expanding the geographical coverage of the project in 2015, partnerships were also established with Somalila ... nd Journalists Association (SOLJA) and Media Association of Puntland (MAP). Several women journalist associations have likewise participated in the project implementation. This evaluation covers the first phase of the project (2014–2016), including observations from cost-extended first phase trainings arranged in May 2017. The aim of the evaluation is to provide sufficient information about the performance of the project, to identify possible obstacles hindering the expected outcomes, and to provide recommendations for future. Based on the key findings, the project has been relevant, highly effective and efficient. The project has responded to a well-articulated need: the professional capacity of Somali journalists is still relatively low, as is their general understanding of media ethics. The project is relevant and aligns well with national priorities. The project activities have been carried out through collaboration of Finnish specialists and Somali stakeholders in such a way that the project ownership remains in Somalia. The project has been highly effective. As a result of the project, the first multi-camera TV studio in Somalia was constructed with modern news production and editing system. The studio enabled first ever live broadcasting of news in Somalia. The quality of SNTV news production has also visibly improved. Video and sound quality is more professional, news inserts are shorter, more compact and cover a wider range of topics. More investigative programmes and children and youth programmes have also emerged. Close to 400 journalists from across Somalia and Somaliland have taken part in training courses on basic journalism skills and journalism ethics, by far exceeding the project’s initial goal. Furthermore, around 120 representatives from the police, judiciary and key ministries have received training on freedom of expression and respect for media rights. The approach has been ground-breaking by bringing together journalists and security officials and improving their respect for one another. General findings on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency showcase that Vikes has been spending much less than other international media support organizations to provide quality trainings with noticeable results. Yet, as anticipated, the challenging operational environment has also hampered the project implementation. Some activities have been postponed either due to the volatile security situation or logistic delays. Lack of spare parts and technical equipment in Somalia has also hindered the maintenance of the news production studio and affected some of the in-house trainings." (Executive summary, page 3-4) more

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Les représentations identitaires dans les journaux télévisés au Liban

Aline Korban

Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 210 pp.

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Fridays of Rage: Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam

Sam Cherribi

New York: Oxford University Press (2017), xxii, 309 pp.

"This book gives readers a glimpse into how Al Jazeera has strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece and advocate of the Arab public. In addition to heralding a new era of Arab democracy, Al Jazeera has become a major infl ... more