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Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood

Steven Livingston, Gregor Walter-Drop (eds.)

Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), xi, 195 pp.

"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone ... more

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The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives

Brenda B. Jones, Michael Brazzel (eds.)

San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2nd ed. (2014), xli, 710 pp.

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Diplomacy, Development and Security in the Information Age

Shanthi Kalathil (ed.)

Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (2013), v, 142 pp.

"[...] This series thus proposes to unpack the concepts of transparency and volatility across three major arenas of international affairs: security, diplomacy, and development. Each issue-area features two essays, each focusing on different aspects of transparency and/or volatility. Two additional e ... more

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Community Media for Development and Participation: Experiences, Thoughts and Forethoughts
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Ayobami Ojebode (ed.)

Ibadan: John Archers (2013), xxii, 422 pp.

"A collection of debate and report articles on community media and community communication, this book presents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria. In the first section of the book are found studie ... more

Media Interventions

Kevin Howley (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2013), xvi, 430 pp.

"This collection of essays, the first book-length treatment of its kind, explicates the concept of «media interventions», which are herein defined as activities and projects that secure, exercise, challenge or acquire media power for tactical and strategic action. Drawing on insights from media, c ... more

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Ethics of Media

Nick Couldry, Amit Pinchevski, Mirca Madianou (eds.)

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xi, 298 pp.

"Ethics of Media reopens the question of media ethics. Taking an exploratory rather than prescriptive approach, an esteemed collection of contributors tackle the diverse areas of moral questioning at work within various broadcasting practices, accommodating the plurality and complexity of present-da ... more

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The Global Journalist in the 21st Century

David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2012), 584 pp.

"The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more ... more

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Global Television Formats: Understanding Television Across Borders

Tasha Oren, Sharon Shahaf (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2012), xii, 392 pp.

"For decades, television scholars have viewed global television through the lens of cultural imperialism, focusing primarily on programs produced by US and UK markets and exported to foreign markets. Global Television Formats revolutionizes television studies by de-provincializing its approach to me ... more

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Ethics and Entertainment: Essays on Media Culture and Media Morality

Howard Good, Sandra L. Borden (eds.)

Jefferson, North Carol.: McFarland (2010), viii, 319 pp.

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Reorienting Global Communication: Indian and Chinese Media Beyond Borders

Michael Curtin, Hemant Shah (eds.)

Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2010), 313 pp.

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TV China

Ying Zhu, Chris Berry (ed.)

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2009), vi, 259 pp.

"If radio and film were the emblematic media of the Maoist era, television has rapidly established itself as the medium of the "marketized" China and in the diaspora. In less than two decades, television has become the dominant medium across the Chinese cultural world. TV China is the first antholog ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy

Nancy Snow, Philip M. Taylor (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2008), xx, 382 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of public diplomacy and national image and perception management, from the efforts to foster pro-West sentiment during the Cold War to the post-9/11 campaign to "win the ... more

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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making

Roumeen Islam (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.

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L'édition du livre au Burkina Faso

Armand Joseph Kaboré

Paris: L'Harmattan (2007), 78 pp.

"Offre une approche socio-économique de l'édition et des marchés du livre au Burkina Faso. Il examine les aspects infrastructurels et le cadre organisationnel de la filière du livre et aborde des questions telles que les méthodes de distribution et l'émergence de librairies non conventionnelle ... more

Global Communication

Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.)

Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth, 2nd ed. (2007), 356 pp.

Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Douglas Kellner (eds.)

Malden, MA: Blackwell, revised ed. (2006), xxxviii, 755 pp.

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Journalism and Democracy in Asia

Angela Romano, Michael Bromley (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2005), xiv, 205 pp.

"Journalism and Democracy in Asia addresses key issues of freedom, democracy, citizenship, openness and journalism in contemporary Asia, looking especially at China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and India. The authors take varying approaches to questions of democracy, whilst also conside ... more