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Making Radio and Podcasts: A Practical Guide to Working in Radio in the Digital Age
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Steve Ahern (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge, 4th ed. (2022), xviii, 319 pp.

"Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved ... more

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A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines
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Deborah Blum, Ashley Smart, Scott Veale (eds.)

New York: Oxford University Press (2022), xiii, 345 pp.

"A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism is a compendium of advice, insights, and lessons about how to do excellent and thoughtful science journalism from some of the best science journalists working today. With chapters from more than 40 leading practitioners from around the world, representing publ ... more

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The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication

Bruno Takahashi, Julia Metag, Jagadish Thaker, Suzannah Evans Comfort (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2022), xxv, 514 pp.

"Bringing together theoretical, methodological, and practical chapters, this book presents a unique opportunity for environmental communication scholars to critically reflect on the past, examine present trends, and start envisioning exciting new methodologies, theories and areas of research. Chapte ... more

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Digital Ethics: Rhetoric and Responsibility in Online Aggression

Jessica Reyman, Erika M. Sparby (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2020), xxvii, 254 pp.

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Sampling

Dan James, Nigel Simister

INTRAC (2017), 6 pp.

"Sampling is a process that enables information to be collected from a small number of individuals or organisations within a project or programme, and then used to draw conclusions about a wider population. There are many different sampling methods. Quantitative analysis tends to require large, rand ... more

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Quasi-Experimental Approaches

Dan James, Anne Garbutt, Nigel Simister

INTRAC (2017), 6 pp.

"Experimental approaches work by comparing changes in a group that receives a development intervention with a group that does not. The difference is then attributed to the intervention. In a full experimental approach, units are randomly allocated to two groups – one that receives the intervention ... more

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Randomised Control Trials

Nigel Simister, Dan James

INTRAC (2017), 6 pp.

"In a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) different units are randomly assigned to separate groups. One group receives a development intervention and the other does not. Changes in the two groups over time are then compared to accurately measure the effect of the intervention. RCTs have been much debated ... more

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The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Kirsten Drotner, Sonia Livingstone (eds.)

London et al.: Sage (2008), xxi, 537 pp.

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Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media
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Daniel A. Stout (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2006), xx, 467 pp.

"This volume breaks down disciplinary walls in numerous ways. First, it combines information about the intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, and societal levels of communication into a single resource. At the intrapersonal level, new issues are raised about communication between individuals and deity ... : Why is religious experience difficult to explain in rational terms? Why is silence more sacred than spoken prayer in some religious communities? What is the nature of “thought communication” in religious meditation? Why is the use of profanity justified in some religious circles? How does idolatry reinforce religious customs and values? Why was chanting one of the first forms of religious communication? Religious information is also exchanged between individuals at the level of interpersonal communication. This volume identifies rituals that have not been adequately analyzed in terms of communication aspects: Why do some sects require public confession? Why is body decoration an acceptable form of worship in some religious groups, but not in others? How does dance communicate the sacred through metaphoric movement? What are the multiple forms of communication with the dead? Why are feasts a form of religious worship in all major religions? How does the study of organizational communication apply to religion? This volume also aids study of mediated communication to larger groups both inside and outside religious denominations. Throughout history, technology has simultaneously aided and impeded communication processes; this also applies to religious culture: How did religion change during the historical transition from orality to literacy? How did printing contribute to the diffusion of religious values in the world? Why have religious novels grown in popularity? Is television considered a religious medium? How has the Internet affected religious congregations and communities? What is religious media literacy? These are only a few of the questions addressed by this encyclopedia. Articles also deal with (1) concepts such as information, communication, and censorship, (2) denominations which exhibit different communication practices, and (3) the various media used in religious worship. Entries were contributed by scholars from various disciplines, including religious studies, communication, anthropology, sociology, ancient studies, religion and modern culture, theology, and many others." (Introduction, page xiii-xiv) more

Making Radio and Podcasts: A Practical Guide to Working in Radio in the Digital Age Key Guidance

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines Key Guidance

The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication

Digital Ethics: Rhetoric and Responsibility in Online Aggression

Sampling

Quasi-Experimental Approaches

Randomised Control Trials

The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media Top Insights

Making Radio and Podcasts: A Practical Guide to Working in Radio in the Digital Age
Key Guidance

A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons from the Front Lines
Key Guidance

Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media
Top Insights