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Periodismo ciudadano: Evolución positiva de la comunicación
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2011), x, 171 pp.
"En este libro nos adentramos en el periodismo ciudadano, en la participación de los usuarios como generadores de información, convertidos ahora en creadores de sus propios medios (ciudadanos). La antigua audiencia pasiva ahora es activa: los usuarios se pueden informar unos a otros, tanto a nivel
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Beyond ICT4D: New Media Research in Uganda
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2011), 150 pp.
"Conducted in 2009 by a group of five Masters in New Media (humanities) students from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Geert Lovink the research examines both the role and implementation of ICTs in Uganda, covering a wide range of subcultures and projects, including internet cafe
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Cyberactivism in the Egyptian Revolution: How Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism Tilted the Balance
Arab Media & Society, issue 13 (2011), 37 pp.
"The Egyptian revolution was characterized by the instrumental use of social media, especially Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and text messaging by protesters, to bring about political change and democratic transformation. This article focuses on how these new types of media acted as effective tools fo
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"This book documents the researcher's effort to gain insights on how Thailand's public broadcaster Thai Public Broadcasting Service strategised its civil-society strengthening mechanisms, including creating a television programme called 'TV Jor Nuer', that is produced by and for the citizen journali
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Getting Local: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability
Miami: Knight Foundation (2011), 27 pp.
"This report is based on an extensive analysis of several nonprofit news sites conducted by Community Wealth Ventures (CWV), a management consulting firm that focuses on innovative approaches to the growth and sustainability of nonprofit organizations. Knight Foundation commissioned the review as pa
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Arab Media Adopt Citizen Journalism to Change the Dynamics of Conflict Coverage
Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 1 (2011), pp. 3-15
New Media Vs. Old Politics: The Internet, Social Media, and Democratisation in Pakistan
Berlin; Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 72 pp.
"It has to be underlined that this study does not see the internet as a major remedy for the development of political culture and civil society that is so essential for Pakistan’s further democratic consolidation. To understand possible contributions of the new information technologies towards pol
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Negotiating Communication Rights: Case Studies from India
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2011), xxi, 252 pp.
"This book, through five case studies in India, explores communication rights movements here. It encompasses pivotal areas of movements, such as, Right to Information, Free and Open Source Software, Women and Media, and Community Radio and Citizen Journalism. The complexity of specific agendas in In
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Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), xi, 227 pp.
"This book is based on a collaborative research project by a team of journalism scholars from Europe, North America and Israel. It provides insights into how journalists at websites affiliated with leading national newspapers in ten Western democracies are thinking about, and dealing with, the inclu
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Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (2011), 328 pp.
"For two years, Clemencia Rodríguez did fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. Here, Rodríguez tells the story of the ways in which people living in the sha
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Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran
London; New York: Tauris (2010), xiii, 211 pp.
"The protests unleashed by Iran's disputed presidential election in June 2009 brought the Islamic Republic's vigorous cyber culture to the world's attention. Iran has an estimated 700,000 bloggers, and new media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were thought to have played a key role in spreadin
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Mediactive
[author] (2010), 183 pp.
Asia's Media Innovators Vol. 2
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 137 pp.
"Asia’s Media Innovator’s Vol 2 is the offspring of the earlier book that appeared in 2008. This new volume consists of studies of innovations at media companies in the region. The success of these media companies shows the dynamism in the region, and reflects its potential for growth. Each chap
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International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World
New York: Routledge (2010), ix, 251 pp.
"This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across t
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Handbook for Citizen Journalists
Denver, Colo.: National Association of Citizen Journalists (2010), vii, 210 pp.
"Tens of thousands of citizen journalists around the world are discovering and developing a wide variety of ways to get the news out about what is happening in their communities, states and nations. They are using all the latest tools of technology to write all kinds of news. With these new tools, t
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Indian Media in a Globalised World
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 275 pp.
"This book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalization, which has introduced what are termed as ‘foreign’ elements to Indian culture, and the opening of the floodgates for foreign media to enter the country. It discusses both theoretical co
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