"Das Handbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Gegenstände und Theorien der Rezeptionsforschung. In den 37 Beiträgen wird ein systematischer Zugang zum State of the Art der jeweiligen Thematik aus einer kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Perspektive gelegt. Die umfassend aktualisierte u
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nd erweiterte 2. Auflage befasst sich in vier Teilen: (1) mit grundlegenden Konzepten der Medienrezeption, (2) mit Fragen der Zuwendung und Selektion, (3) mit spezifischen Phänomenen und Erlebnisweisen und (4) mit den wichtigsten Kontexten der Medienrezeption. Moderne Medienwirkungstheorien kommen ohne die Betrachtung von Rezeptionsprozessen nicht mehr aus. Im Handbuch werden daher die Prozesse vor und während der Mediennutzung im Detail betrachtet." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This Open Access book examines the ambivalences of data power. Firstly, the ambivalences between global infrastructures and local invisibilities challenge the grand narrative of the ephemeral nature of a global data infrastructure. They make visible local working and living conditions, and the reso
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urces and arrangements required to operate and run them. Secondly, the book examines ambivalences between the state and data justice. It considers data justice in relation to state surveillance and data capitalism, and reflects on the ambivalences between an “entrepreneurial state” and a “welfare state”. Thirdly, the authors discuss ambivalences of everyday practices and collective action, in which civil society groups, communities, and movements try to position the interests of people against the “big players” in the tech industry." (Publisher description)
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"Citizen Media is a fast-evolving terrain that cuts across a variety of disciplines. It explores the physical artefacts, digital content, performative interventions, practices and discursive expressions of affective sociality that ordinary citizens produce as they participate in public life to effec
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t aesthetic or socio-political change. The seventy-five entries featured in this pioneering resource provide a rigorous overview of extant scholarship, deliver a robust critique of key research themes and anticipate new directions for research on a variety of topics. Cross-references and recommended reading suggestions are included at the end of each entry to allow scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to identify relevant connections across diverse areas of citizen media scholarship and explore further avenues of research." (Publisher description)
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"[...] there are, for example, tendencies of ‘branding’ and ‘professionalization’ on a translocal level. Locally, however, we can observe quite different processes: a reluctant appropriation of the organization’s media ensemble by the local authorities even though media-related communicati
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on is considered as necessary for translocal authority figures such as the pope or bishops. Regarding the religious organization, we can observe a tension between a ‘deep’ degree of mediatization in regard to a translocal scope in contrast to a ‘less deep’ degree of mediatization within a local scope. An interesting follow-up question and part of our own future research is how such different degrees of mediatization produce different tempi of transformations: a slower transformation process on a local level in contrast to a faster transformation process on a translocal level, the tensions that emerge and the negotiations that have to be made—not only between translocal and local, but between different localities worldwide." (Conclusion)
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"The chapter examines the complex relations of communication processes, generations and cultural memory in the socio-cultural setting of North Vietnam. It critically reviews present scholarly work in the flourishing, but scattered, field of memory research in communication and media studies, and dis
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cusses links to Mannheim’s sociological concept of generations. The theoretical concepts of generation and cultural memory demonstrate several commonalities along the lines of time and space, experiences, perceptions and mediation processes as determining dimensions. The chapter presents an exemplary case study of a family in Hanoi and probes a respondent-centred empirical approach to describe these relations in terms of memory-related communication repertoires. The repertoire-oriented analytical framework proved to be an efficient tool to elicit and merge perspectives on memory and communication practices from the research material." (Abstract)
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"Consumption-Critical media practices are those practices which are either using media for criticising (certain) consumption or which are (consciously practiced) alternatives to the consumption of media technologies such as repairing, exchanging or producing durable media technologies. While the for
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mer can be found on the level of media content, the latter are practiced on the levels of production and appropriation. This article aims at conceptualizing the phenomenon ‘consumption-Critical media practices’ by analysing examples on the levels of media production, appropriation and content. Moreover, consumption-Critical media practices are discussed as political participation as they are aiming at shaping and changing society – often striving for sustainability." (Abstract)
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"In 2008, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) proposed some guidelines to radio broadcasters designed to activate the recovery of younger listeners. They did this after observing that radio’s penetration among the youngest sectors was in decline. According to this report, the key to halting this
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decrease was to join forces with the Internet, since the latter accounted for the main lack of interest in radio among this particular demographic, especially as far as music radio was concerned. The main focus of the guidelines was therefore on the online environment. What was recommended was that attention should be paid to website development and promotion with particular emphasis on the issue of interactivity. However, taking these steps might not in itself be enough to halt young people’s loss of interest in radio. Understanding and interpreting this disaffection also requires the use of methodological research tools—including the study of quantitative data provided by audience measurement companies, organisations that analyze the listening habits and expectations of young people. In this chapter, the methodological tools designed to address this communicative issue will be examined in some depth. The findings confirm that a new approach is needed for the study of radio audiences." (Abstract)
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"Medienkommunikation kennt keine Grenzen: Nachrichtensender wie CNN, Al-Jazeera oder Blogs informieren uns über politische Geschehnisse in allen Teilen der Welt. Ob Katastrophen, Olympiaden oder Kriege – wir sind eingebunden in globale Medienereignisse, an denen wir uns mit Twitter und Facebook s
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elbst beteiligen können. Auch die Geschichten, die wir aus Filmen und Youtube kennen, werden mittlerweile kulturübergreifend kommuniziert. In die Analyse dieser Phänomene führt dieses Lehrbuch ein. Thematisiert werden Konzepte der transkulturellen Medienforschung sowie Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von globaler Medienpolitik, Medienproduktion und Medienaneignung. Hierbei fokussiert der Autor medienübergreifend Fernsehen, Internet und Film." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Bringing together the perspectives of more than 40 internationally acclaimed authors, The Handbook of Global Media Research explores competing methodologies in the dynamic field of transnational media and communications, providing valuable insight into research practice in a globalized media landsc
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ape; provides a framework for the critical debate of comparative media research; posits transnational media research as reflective of advanced globalization processes, and explores the role and responsibility this bestows it with; articulates the key themes and competing methodological approaches in a dynamic and developing field; showcases the perspectives and ideas of 30 leading internationally acclaimed scholars; offers a platform for the discussion of crucial issues from a variety of theoretical, methodical and practical viewpoints." (Publisher description)
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"Through enhancing reflection on the treatment of cultural diversity in contemporary Western societies, this collection aims to move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalised societies." (Publisher desc
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"The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of comparative communication research. It fills an obvious gap in the literature and offers an extensive and interdisciplinary discussion of the general approach of comparative research, its prospect an
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d problems as well as its applications in crucial sub-fields of communications. The first part of the volume charts the state of the art in the field; the second section introduces relevant areas of communication studies where the comparative approach has been successfully applied in recent years; the third part offers an analytical review of conceptual and methodological issues; and the last section proposes a roadmap for future research." (Publisher description)
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"Vor dem Hintergrund der digitalen Medienentwicklung hat die Publizistische Kommission der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz unter Vorsitz von Bischof Gebhard Fürst in ihrer Sitzung am 17. und 18. Oktober 2007 beschlossen, ein medienethisches Impulspapier zu den Herausforderungen der digitalen Medienwelt
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unter dem Titel „Virtualität und Inszenierung – Unterwegs in der digitalen Medienwelt“ vorzubereiten. Der Text wurde am 29. Juni 2011 in Mainz vorgestellt. Die medienethische Schrift ist aufgrund des rasanten Wandlungsprozesses im Medienbereich als Werkstattbericht bzw. Impulspapier angelegt. Darin werden Trends und Tendenzen der digitalen Entwicklung und deren medienethische und medienpolitische Bewertung aus christlicher Perspektive aufgezeigt. Es soll so ein Beitrag zum aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Diskurs über die Chancen und Risiken neuer Medientechnologien geleistet werden. Das Impulspapier, das für eine Stärkung der Medienkompetenz plädiert, lädt zu einem konstruktiven Dialog ein und dient als Grundlage für eine weitere intensive Befassung mit medienethischen Fragestellungen. Communicatio Socialis lässt in diesem Heft Expertinnen und Experten aus verschiedenen Disziplinen und mit unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln das Impulspapier kommentieren. Kommunikationswissenschaftler, Theologen, Juristen und Journalisten wurden gebeten, folgende Fragen zu beantworten: Sind im Impulspapier die wesentlichen Probleme – hinsichtlich des von Ihnen zu bearbeitenden Themenfelds – erkannt? Teilen Sie mit Blick auf dieses Themenfeld die Analyse des Impulstextes? Wo sehen Sie Anknüpfungspunkte für eine weiterführende Diskussion? Wo sehen Sie Möglichkeiten einer praktischen Umsetzung der im Impulstext genannten Anregungen und Empfehlungen? Nachfolgend wird zunächst in einem kurzen Überblick über den Entstehungsprozess des medienethischen Papiers berichtet." S.395)
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"This collection of essays by internationally-acclaimed scholars from around the world aims to stimulate a debate about the imperatives for internationalizing media studies by broadening its remit, including innovative research methodologies, taking account of regional and national specificities and
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pedagogic necessities warranted by the changing profile of students and researchers and the unprecedented growth of media in the non-Western world." (Publisher description)
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