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Freedom on the Net 2014. Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 986 pp.
"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fourth consecutive year, with a growing number of countries introducing online censorship and monitoring practices that are simultaneously more aggressive and more sophisticated in their targeting of individual users. In a departure from the pa
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Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through pers
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Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications Surveillance in the Digital Age
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2014), 283 pp.
"This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approaches the issue from a different perspective. Some analy
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Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xvi, 318 pp.
"Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America proposes, tests and analyses the liberal captured model. It explores to what extent to which globalisation, marketization, commercialism, regional bodies and the nation State redefine the media's role in Latin American societies." (Publisher
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El cine comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe
Deep Insights
Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2014), 534 pp.
"La cultura es la riqueza de los pueblos que defienden su identidad y que tratan de reinventarse en un mundoglobalizado, multicultural y diverso. Es imprescindible, pues, impulsar la reflexión sobre el papel de la cultura en su desarrollo. Esta segunda edición del estudios "Cultura y desarrollo ec
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Ibero-American Television Fiction Observatory Obitel 2014: Transmedia Production Strategies in Television Fiction
Porto Alegre: Sulina; Globo Comunicação e Participações (2014), 536 pp.
"The structure of this Yearbook is divided in three parts. The first part is an introduction chapter that makes a comparative synthesis of fiction in Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that allows us to observe fiction development in each countr
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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Zapping TV: El paisaje de la tele latina
Deep Insights
Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2013), 331 pp.
Ibero-American Television Fiction Observatory Obitel 2013: Social Memory and Television Fiction in Ibero-American Countries
Porto Alegre: Sulina; Globo Comunicação e Participações (2013), 523 pp.
"The first part, “Fiction in the Ibero-American Space”, presents a comparative synthesis of fiction in the Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that allows to observe the development of fiction in each country, highlighting their main producti
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Sostenibilidad de las radios comunitarias: Una mirada a las fuentes de financiamiento
Opción, volume 29, issue 71 (2013), pp. 107-124
"El presente artículo tiene como objetivo describir las fuentes de financiamiento manejadas para la sostenibilidad de las radios comunitarias del municipio Maracaibo, tomando como base los postulados de Lamas (2003); a través de un estudio descriptivo, usando como técnica de recolección de infor
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
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
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Latin American Television Industries
London: British Film Institute (bfi); Palgrave Macmillan (2013), 205 pp.
"John Sinclair and Joseph D. Straubhaar provide a comprehensive account of television production, distribution and reception in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Latin American countries, showing how Mexican and Brazilian programmes have dominated in the region, and placing regional output in the con
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Comunicación política & campañas electorales en América Latina
Buenos Aires et al.: Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Ciencias Electorales (ALICE) (2013), 442 pp.
"Esta primera década del siglo XXI, en la que se ha consolidado internet, ha sido escenario de profundos cambios en la concepción de las estrategias de comunicación política, que se han reflejado en el diseño de las campañas electorales. Las nuevas formas de comunicación que han surgido en in
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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
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Dossier Medien und Macht in Lateinamerika
Berlin: Lateinamerika-Nachrichten (2013), 35 pp.
"[...] so stark die geballte Medienmacht auch ist, so vielfältig sind auch die Versuche, die immer gleichen Botschaften der Medienkonzerne durch eigene zu ersetzen. Die „Empfänger_innen“ haben längst begonnen, das Menschenrecht auf Kommunikation einzufordern und kritische Fragen zu stellen: W
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Learning with Community Media: Stories from the Commonwealth and Latin America
Deep Insights
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), viii, 148 pp.
"This publication provides readers with fresh insights into the practice of participatory educational communication. The first section explores the educational potential of community media, reaching from participatory radio campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa to school radios in Brazil. The second secti
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi
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