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Bücher öffnen Welten: Medienangebote für Menschen in Haft in Deutschland und international

Förderverein Gefangenenbüchereien, Gerhard Peschers (eds.)

Berlin: De Gruyter Saur (2013), x, 416 pp.

"In diesem Band wird sowohl das Gefangenenbüchereiwesen in Deutschland als auch international vorgestellt. Neben der Geschichte der Gefangenenbüchereien werden die Gesetzesgrundlagen und unterschiedliche Bibliotheksangebote für Menschen in Haft erstmalig in einem Band zusammengefasst." (Verlagsbe ... more

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Reporting Afghanistan: Mapping Afghan Conflict in Pakistani Media

Sadaf Baig

Intermedia Pakistan (2013), 88 pp.

"This report documents and analyzes coverage of the Afghan Conflict and related issues in six mainstream Pakistani news outlets [from May1, 2012 to August 31, 2012]. The following sub-themes have been tracked for monitoring and analysis: Terrorism in Afghanistan – Drone Strikes – Cross Border At ... more

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A Clash of Cultures: Hate Speech, Taboos, Blasphemy, and the Role of News Media

Jane Sasseen

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 40 pp.

"The ability of individuals to openly speak their minds is a core principle not only of American journalism, but American democracy. Even when speech is insulting or disrespectful to others-speech that might run afoul of hate speech laws throughout Western Europe or be banned outright in much of the ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Madeline Earp, Laura W. Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Ashley Greco-Stoner (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.

"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2013), 240 pp.

"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a ... more

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Growth in Foundation Support for Media in the United States

Brenda Henry-Sanchez, Anna Koob

New York: Foundation Center (2013), 19 pp.

"Tracking investments from 2009 to 2011, the data reveals that foundations are increasingly supporting media-related work across multiple areas. At the same time, they are tapping into larger trends, with investments in new media growing at a faster pace than traditional media investments. However, ... more

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The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global

Youna Kim (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2013), xvi, 233 pp.

"Since the late 1990s South Korea has emerged as a new center for the production of transnational popular culture – the first instance of a major global circulation of Korean popular culture in history. Why popular (or not)? Why now? What does it mean socially, culturally and politically in a glob ... more

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Environmental Conflict and the Media

Libby Lester, Brett Hutchins (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2013), ix, 357 pp.

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Patterns in the Chaos: News and Nationalism in Afghanistan, America and Pakistan During Wartime, 2010-2012

Katherine Ann Brown

New York City: Columbia University, Doctoral Thesis (2013), xxi, 407 pp.

"This dissertation examines the United States’s elite news media’s hegemony in a global media landscape, and how it can come to stand for the entire American nation in the imagination of outsiders. In this transnational, instantaneous digital media arena, what is created for an American audience ... more

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Challenges and Dangers of Reporting in a Tumultuous Border Region: How Journalists at the 'El Paso Times' Deal with the Violence in Neighboring Ciudad Juarez

Cathleen Carter, Kris Kodrich

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 90, issue 2 (2013), pp. 331-346

"Journalists at the El Paso Times routinely cover violence in neighboring Ciudad Juarez, where thousands of men, women, and children have been murdered in recent years. Utilizing border theory and research involving journalists and trauma, this qualitative newsroom study examines how journalists at ... more

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Climate Change in the Media: Reporting Risk and Uncertainty

James Painter

London; New York: Tauris;Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xvi, 173 pp.

"Scientists and politicians are increasingly using the language of risk to describe the climate change challenge. Some researchers have argued that stressing the ‘risks‘ posed by climate change rather than the ‘uncertainties‘ can create a more helpful context for policy makers and a stronger ... more

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U.S. Government Funding for Media: Trends and Strategies

Peter Cary, Rosemary D'Amour

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 46 pp.

"U.S. government support for international media development is declining. Spending by the Department of State and USAID for media freedom and freedom of information programs has dropped 43.5 percent in the past five years–from $135 million in Fiscal Year 2008 to approximately $76.3 million in FY ... more

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Finding a Foothold: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability

Michele McLellan

Miami: Knight Foundation (2013), 52 pp.

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Suggested Practices and Guidelines for Use of Social Networking and Other Forms of Digital Communication

Episcopal Diocese of California (2013), 9 pp.

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Considering the “illogical Patchwork”: The Broadcasting Board of Governors and U.S. International Broadcasting

Emily T. Metzgar

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2013), 42 pp.

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What Future for Community Radio?

Media Development, volume 60, issue 2 (2013), pp. 1-27

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Nonprofit Journalism: A Growing But Fragile Part of the U.S. News System

Washington, DC: Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (2013), 25, 23 pp.

"The growing nonprofit news sector is showing some signs of economic health, and most leaders of those outlets express optimism about the future, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. But many of these organizations also face substantial challenges to their long-term financial well-be ... more

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Case Studies: How Four Community Information Projects Went from Idea to Impact

Knight Foundation;Network Impact;FSG (2013), 41 pp.

"This report offers four case studies on how different foundations used information to improve the healthy functioning of their communities. The cases highlight the following: Why did each foundation support local media? How did it connect to their strategic priorities? What steps did they take to m ... more

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Regulating Social Media: Legal and Ethical Considerations

Susan J. Drucker, Gary Gumpert (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2013), ix, 243 pp.

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Public Diplomacy in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 Transition: Lessons from the United States and the Netherlands

Jorrit Kamminga

The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2013), 25 pp.

"The end of the security transition process in Afghanistan in 2014 marks the need to rethink foreign public diplomacy efforts in the country. As Afghanistan is entering its ‘transformational decade’, there is a unique opportunity to disconnect public diplomacy from the military–security paradi ... more