"This book provides a fresh perspective on the importance of the Hindi media in India's political, social and economic transformation with evidence from the countryside and the cities. Accessed by more than forty percent of the public, it continues to play an important role in building political awa
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reness and mobilising public opinion. Instead of viewing the media as a singular entity, this book highlights its diversity and complexity to understand the changing dynamics of political communication that is shaped by the interactions between the news media, political parties and the public, and how various media forms are being used in a rapidly transforming environment. The book offers insights into how print, television, and digital media work together with, rather than in isolation from, each another to grasp the complexities of the emerging hybrid media environment and the future of mobilisation." (Publisher description)
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"Die Tageszeitungen stecken in der Krise. Neben dem Rückgang der Verkaufsauflagen und den Einbrüchen bei den Werbeerlösen prägen auch der Besitzerwechsel bei Verlagen und Zeitungstiteln sowie der kräftige Abbau an journalistischem Personal den aktuellen Trend in der Zeitunsgbranche. Viele Medie
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nmacher erklären die Zeitung für tot, andere haben griffige Lösungsstrategien parat. Doch beide Seiten vernachlässigen die gründliche Trendanalyse des Medienwandels. Gewiss tragen das Internet und die sich wandelnden Lebensstile der jungen Bevölkerung zur Misere bei. Übersehen wird dabei, dass auch die Zeitungsmacher selbst dazu beitragen, die Krise zu verschärfen. Viele verweigern sich der Anstrengung, das Publikum und seine Erwartungen an die Zeitung zu verstehen und auf das veränderte Nutzungsverhalten der jungen Erwachsenen nachhaltig einzugehen. Sie sehen nicht, dass der größte Teil der Leserschaft – dies sind die berufstätigen Erwachsenen ab 35 Jahren – weiterhin eine aktuelle, gehaltvolle Tageszeitung mit hoher Informationsleistung wünschen. Diese Leserschaft erwartet, dass ihre Tageszeitung eine Orientierungshilfe in der täglichen Informationsflut bietet – und reagieren enttäuscht, weil ihre Zeitung Informationsleistungen abbaut und nach und nach zum Geschichtenerzähler zu werden scheint. Auf der Grundlage langfristig angelegter Erhebungen und empirischer Studien zeigt der Autor, wann und warum die Zeitungen ihre Leser verloren haben. So ist ihr Reichweitenverlust, der auf eine Kluft zwischen Medienrealität und Lesererwartungen zurückzuführen ist, kein Naturgesetz. Michael Hallers Befunden zufolge gibt es Wege, den Graben zwischen den jungen Onlinern und den älteren Offlinern zu schließen. Der Autor formuliert Vorschläge, wie die Zeitung ihre Stimme im cross- und multimedialen Konzert wiederfinden und so auch neue Leserschaften erschließen könnte." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The newspaper market in China, India and Indonesia is booming. In their euphoria, many media representatives, however, overlook the fact that the Internet revolution has yet to come to this part of the world. In places where people have good access to the Internet, such as Japan and Singapore, Asia
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n newspapers are also battling falling circulation figures. Publishers should make a start now to adjust to the new era." (KAS website, 21.5.2014)
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"Die Studie behandelt nationale Identität als eine mediale Konstruktion und verfolgt dabei drei Ziele. Es wird ein Identitätsbegriff gesucht, der die Mikro- und Makroebene der Identitätsbildung sinnvoll miteinander verbindet. Darauf aufbauend wird eine Methode entwickelt, um nationale Identität
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anhand der Medienberichterstattung zu untersuchen. Diese wird am Beispiel Bulgariens angewandt. Dabei interessiert, wie sich die bulgarische nationale Identität im Zuge des EU-Beitritts verändert." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The Indian newspaper market still keeps growing and has attracted the interest of multinational corporations. One reason for this is that India is presently one of the largest markets for English-language newspapers and magazines in the world. Notwithstanding the continued growth of the English-lan
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guage press, it is above all daily newspapers in the major Indian languages which form the motor of this unprecedented press boom. The article shows that in the wake of economic liberalization and the enforcement of the consumption-oriented market economy, the newspaper market in India can be said to be changing from a linguistically ‘split public’, which was characterized by many asymmetries for decades, to an integrated multilingual ‘consumer sphere’. It can thus be argued that in this new consumer sphere, the old existing and imaginary boundaries between ‘English-language’, ‘Indian-language’ or ‘regional newspapers’ are becoming increasingly fuzzy, whereas the new geographies of the ‘regional’ are now very important for the expansion and consolidation of daily newspapers." (Abstract)
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"Focusing on politician-businessperson-owned (PBO) newspapers, the study examined how loyalty to the owners’ multiple interests has reduced the professional elbowroom of the Nigerian journalist. Through in-depth interviews and textual analysis, the study found that journalists in PBO newspapers ar
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e extremely constrained on the kind of stories they write and how. Caught in the conflict between professionalism and pandering to the owners’ layers of political and economic interests, many journalists submit, while some rebel. The narrowed elbowroom is a reason for many of the ethical violations among Nigerian journalists." (Abstract)
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"This paper reveals that Cambodian newspapers have tendency towards being biased to their political affiliations. According to the findings of this study, Cambodian newspapers have three inclinations: pro-government, opposition, and neutrality. The pro-government and opposition newspapers are the ma
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jority in circulation. Most news articles published by these newspapers favor their own party‘s endeavors and concerns rather than the common public interest. There are also a small number of newspapers that claim to be neutral and independent from any political attachments. In contrast, the independent newspapers‘ contents serve public interest and are more in-depth. The case study on media coverage on the detention of 13 Beoung Kak activists, which is on the latter part of this study, proves this assertion. While it has been found that there are a few Khmer language newspapers that publish articles on this incident regularly, results of the content analysis suggests that English language newspapers more regularly and actively observe the developing story of the dispute ranging from less to most important events. Majority of the news focus on accidents, crime and land issues. This research has also observed that newspapers give more attention to recent events and issues rather than prioritizing on ongoing social problems. Opinion-based articles, news analysis of social issues and editorial are rarely published. Although editorials are appear in some newspapers, they are used to attack their enemy instead of providing solutions on the problems. When compared to English language newspapers, news reporting in some Khmer language newspapers lacks professionalism and ethical practice. In terms of news coverage, both Khmer and English newspapers are more focused on their reporting on events in Phnom Penh and undermine the news from provincial areas of Cambodia. Respondents agreed that media has an important role in building peace in Cambodia and that the local print media has yet to fulfill this crucial role due to economic, professional, and self-imposed ethical limitations. There is an immense need to educate and re-educate many Cambodian journalists to their responsibility to the public and their power to effect positive change, which includes sustainable peace." (Executive summary)
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"Whereas most continents see circulation of newspapers drop, Latin America is one of the few areas in the world with rising newspaper circulation. A substantial part of this rise is caused by the introduction of free newspapers in a dozen countries on the continent. We map this development, discuss
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possible reasons for the rapid growth and try to answer whether this introduction has substitution effects on paid newspapers. The growth of this new format is most probably caused by economic growth while we conclude that substitution is low, meaning that free dailies serve a new reading audience in Latin America." (Abstract)
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"This report investigates the relationships between media freedoms, financial sustainability of media in emerging markets, and international media support. It is based on a survey of more than 220 newspapers and media executives in more than sixty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas,
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and on five in-depth country studies: Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Mozambique and Vietnam. Research results indicate that media executives see the greatest opportunities in three principle areas: investing in new technology and multimedia operations; developing journalists’ skills; and enhancing the skills of staff in commercial departments to improve revenue and efficiency." (Publisher description)
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"The handbook includes case studies gathered through interviews with newspapers in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa, including the Observer and Daily Monitor in Uganda, the Standard and the Daily Nation in Kenya, and Grocott’s Mail, the Mail and Guardian, the Sunday Times and the Sowetan in South Af
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rica, as well as News24.com – South Africa’s biggest online news provider [...] In addition to the accounts of successful mobile services, the handbook includes analysis and expert advice covering the key questions media houses should ask themselves when going into mobile. The handbook also provides detailed how-to guides for potential mobile services African media houses could offer." (www.wan-ifra.org, August 9, 2011)
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"This study provides an in-depth treatment of the global newspaper publishing market and its evolution, with a particular view on the development of online news and related challenges. It assesses online news consumption patterns and new online news value networks, compared with the traditional news
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paper value chain. It shows that the economics of news production and distribution has been radically altered, in particular in the context of the economic crisis which has accelerated structural changes. After very profitable years, newspaper publishers in most OECD countries face declining advertising revenues and signficant reductions in titles and circulation. The economic crisis has amplified this downward development. However, the data and the large country-by-country differences, for instance, currently do not lend themselves to make the case for “the death of the newspaper”, in particular if non-OECD countries and potential positive effects of the economic recovery are taken into account. Importantly, the study shows that many promising forms of news creation and distribution are being experimented with, some of which are empowered by increasing technological sophistication and resulting decentralised forms of content creation and broad-based participation [...] More recently newspaper websites have seen strong growth in their own pages, with large newspapers reporting several million unique visitors to their pages per month, increasingly including readers from abroad, a radical shift from national patterns of established newspapers." (Summary, page 6)
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"[...] this book provides a concise and thorough overview of the field, looking back at newspapers’ history, and forward to their future – and insisting there will be one. The authors, former journalists who now teach the subject, review the practices of the profession – from defining news to
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examining who owns newspapers, from newspaper readership to the new media environment. Written in an accessible style, this comprehensive text is well suited for a range of courses on newspapers." (Publisher description)
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"This study explores the use of affirmative action as a tool for transformation in the mainstream English-language press in South Africa through a case study at The Durban Post. It seeks to understand the extent to which the newspaper has transformed its staff, coverage and readership in the eyes of
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its reporters and editors. Additionally, this paper investigates staff views on the implementation of affirmative action in their workspace and this policy’s potential to impact on transformation. Observation, interviews and document analysis were used for data collection. This study finds that though The Durban Post’s staff has transformed to some extent, the majority of staff members interviewed feel that the paper has yet to achieve significant transformation of coverage, readership and power structure, due to societal and internal systemic factors." (Abstract)
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"Investigación de la Universidad Diego Portales sobre pluralismo en el sistema informativo nacional que deja, en general, bien parada a la televisión y en mal pie a los medios escritos en temas como el grado de satisfacción y la credibilidad. Entre los atributos de los diarios impresos se destaca
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la calidad de la información que proporcionan, pero son mal evaluados cuando se pregunta a los encuestados por “la independencia con que realizan su trabajo”. La TV abierta figura con un mayor grado de pluralismo que la prensa, pero menor que la radio y la TV cable. Mayoritariamente, los consultados perciben que los diarios de cobertura nacional, salvo El Mercurio, no tienen gran influencia en las decisiones de las autoridades." (Página web Observatorio Fucatel, 07.10.2011)
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