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Young and Online: Children’s Perspectives on Life in the Digital Age. The State of the World’s Children 2017 Companion Report
Sydney: Western Sydney University (2017), 91 pp.
"In June 2017, 490 children aged 10–18, from 26 different countries and speaking 24 official languages, participated in workshops held by UNICEF Country Offices and National Committees to share their views on how and why they use digital technologies in their everyday lives, as well as their aspir
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Comparing Journalistic Cultures Across Nations
Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 5 (2017), pp. 525-535
"Comparative studies of journalism have become immensely popular in recent times, yet a range of methodological and logistical challenges persist in existing work. This introduction to the special issue on “Comparing Journalistic Cultures” provides a brief overview of these challenges, before pr
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International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
Deep Insights
New York; London: Routledge (2017), xiii, 415 pp.
"At the forefront in its field, this Handbook examines the theoretical, conceptual, pedagogical and methodological development of media literacy education and research around the world. Building on traditional media literacy frameworks in critical analysis, evaluation, and assessment, it incorporate
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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Global Report 2017/2018
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 200 pp.
"We have noted profound transformations in the field of media freedom, which is making progress in certain areas, but losing ground in others. Media freedom is limited in particular by many legal restrictions on the right to impart information and ideas, although progress is being made with regard t
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Blasphemy, Defamation of Religions and Human Rights Law
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, volume 26, issue 4 (2017), pp. 517-545
"Blasphemy is a serious wrongdoing in all monotheistic world religions. Blasphemy prohibitions have been brought into being and enforced so as to protect the dominant religion specifically. Religions as such, however, are not protected by international human rights law. Human rights law protects and
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Expanding influences research to insecure democracies: How violence, public insecurity, economic inequality and uneven democratic performance shape journalists' perceived work environments
Journalism Studies, volume 18, issue 5 (2017), pp. 645-665
"Democracies with sharp violence and public insecurity have proliferated in recent decades, with many also featuring extreme economic inequality. These conditions have not been explicitly considered in comparative research on journalists' work environments, an omission that may obscure important rea
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An Attack on One is an Attack on All: Successful Initiatives to Protect Journalists and Combat Impunity
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 98 pp.
"This report takes a look at a selection of the innovative, successful ways media companies, individual journalists and civil society organizations are coming together to improve journalist safety. These are cases of people taking the initiative, of acting on behalf of the profession, of not sitting
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Youth Led Guide on Prevention of Violent Extremism Through Education: #youthwagingpeace
New Delhi: UNESCO; Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) (2017), 324 pp.
"This guide is driven by the need not to add to the library of information on violent extremism but to underscore a message often missed: to reach young people effectively, we must respect their ability to grasp the reality of injustice, intolerance, and inequity [...] we found that three key messag
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The State of Video
New York: GroupM (2017), 46 pp.
"Video, particularly linear television, remains the dominant form of entertainment and, as many “web-endemic” businesses will confirm, the dominant vehicle for brand building among all advertising channels. All over the world, however, the supply of high-rating, passively consumed, linear-delive
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The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture
New York; London: Routledge (2017), xxii, 535 pp.
"Research on popular culture is a dynamic, fast-growing domain. In scholarly terms, it cuts across many areas, including communication studies, sociology, history, American studies, anthropology, literature, journalism, folklore, economics, and media and cultural studies. The Routledge Companion to
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Communication and Social Change: A Citizen Perspective
Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2017), 256 pp.
"Drawing on examples ranging from the Indignados movement in Spain to media activists in Brazil, from rural community workers in Malawi to UNICEF's global outreach programs, [the author] presents cutting-edge debates about the role of media and communication in enhancing social change. He offers bot
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Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2016
Care International (2017), 19 pp.
"Media attention and fundraising for humanitarian causes are closely intertwined. Watching people suffering on TV prompts many of us to engage and donate – this is widely known as “the CNN effect.” Journalists need independent access to report from the ground. This might explain why the humani
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Media and Global Climate Knowledge: Journalism and the IPCC
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xx, 309 pp.
"This book is a broad and detailed case study of how journalists in more than 20 countries worldwide covered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment (AR5) reports on the state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. Journalism, it demonstrates, is a key elem
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Millennial: Myths and Realities
London: Ipsos MORI (2017), 211 pp.
Global Perspectives on Intercultural Communication
New York; London: Routledge (2017), vii, 376 pp.
"What is intercultural communication? How does perspective shape a person’s definition of the key tenets of the term and the field? These are the core questions explored by this accessible global introduction to intercultural communication. Each chapter explores the topic from a different geograph
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Connected for Development? Theory and Evidence About the Impact of Internet Technologies on Poverty Alleviation
Deep Insights
Development Policy Review, issue 3 (2017), pp. 315-336
"Based on the assumption that increased access to internet services boosts economic growth and improves the well-being of the poor, governments in both developed and emerging regions are heavily investing in internet connectivity projects. This article reviews the existing evidence as to the impact
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European and International Media Law
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), lxx, 583 pp.
"This book is the first to incorporate current academic literature on European, transnational, and international media law into a comprehensive overview intended primarily for students. It introduces the legal framework for globalised communication via mass media, and considers the transformative ef
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Reclaiming Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017), viii, 226 pp.
"ICTs undoubtedly have the potential to reduce poverty, for example by enhancing education, health delivery, rural develop and entrepreneurship across Africa, Asia and Latin America. However, all too often, projects designed to do so fail to go to scale, and are unsustainable when donor funding ceas
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