"There is abundant evidence of underrepresentation of women as subjects of coverage, but until now there were no reliable, comprehensive data on which to make a clear determination about where women currently fit into the news-making operation or in the decision-making or ownership structure of thei
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r companies. The IWMF Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media seeks to fill this gap by presenting for the first time sound data on gender positions in news organizations around the world [...] The findings presented in this report, conducted over a two-year period, offer the most complete picture to date of women’s status globally in news media ownership, publishing, governance, reporting, editing, photojournalism, broadcast production and other media jobs. More than 150 researchers interviewed executives at more than 500 companies in 59 nations using a 12-page questionnaire." (Introduction)
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"[...] La mayoría de los asuntos que se a bordan en este libro han podido afectar a la gran mayoría de los probables lectores, sin embargo la mayoría de ellos no se detuvieron a analizarlos. Esta obra pretende obligarnos a parar un instante y pensar sobre diversas cuestiones relacionadas con los
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medios de comunicación pero que, casualmente, no suelen ser abordadas por esos mismos medios. Entre los asuntos que abordamos aquí encontraremos un análisis de la crisis económica que incluye el papel de los medios de comunicación, que no solo han sido meros notarios de los acontecimientos. También debemos descifrar de qué forma el periodismo condiciona la política y la transforma en función de sus intereses. Hace ocho años se presentaron los denominados Observatorios de medios con el objetivo de que la ciudadanía pudiese supervisar la calidad de la información que recibía. Es hora de hacer balance de esa situación. La llegada de Intemet no solo ha revolucionado la forma de operar del periodismo, sino también la de organizarnos y movilizarnos. Esta misma red ha permitido una eclosión del periodismo alternativo que debe convivir y crear sinergias con los movimientos sociales. De todo ello trata este libro. Existen antiguos debates que hay que retomar al hilo de la coyuntura actual. Nos referimos al referente a la objetividad y el compromiso del periodista; y al de medios públicos/medios privados. Se trata de dos cuestiones que, como decíamos al principio, han sido esculpidas en el imaginario actual por el modelo de pensamiento dominante que ha logrado estigmatizar el compromiso del profesional para ensalzar una objetividad que no existe. Al mismo tiempo, ha acuñado privado como independiente y público como partidista. Se trata de prejuicios que debemos revisar. Por último, una mirada a la región que en estos momentos levanta más esperanzas y lidera el mayor debate en torno a los medios de comunicación y el periodismo: América Latina ." (Introducción, página 7-8)
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"El texto recopila las experiencias vividas por diferentes países de Europa y América Latina en su proceso de transición de la televisión analógica a la digital. Destaca el papel jugado por los estados, los órganos regulatorios, la incidencia de las transnacionales televisivas, los intereses e
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conómicos de las empresas y de los países dueños de la nueva tecnología para vender su formato al resto de países. Se actualizan desde la visión de diferentes autores, temas de fondo como pluralismo, los derechos de acceso, la estructura y equilibrios del mercado, las nuevas formas de consumo o la política de estandarización tecnológica. Los autores plantean la necesidad de una discusión sobre el papel de las políticas de comunicación en Iberoamérica ante este nuevo entorno audiovisual, considerando cuando menos, desde una lectura socio-crítica, el estatuto y derechos de ciudadanía digital, así como la persistencia y límites del dominio e interés público." (Descripción de la casa editorial)
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"This book explores the legal and regulatory systems governing public service broadcasters in eight different countries around the world, looking at the services they provide, the way in which their mandates are defined, their internal governance systems, mechanisms of oversight or accountability an
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d funding. In selecting the various countries, an attempt has been made to ensure wide geographic representation, while including only countries that have a strong commitment to public service broadcasting. Special emphasis has been placed on the strategies that have evolved over the years to ensure that public service broadcasters are not undermined by two critical phenomena: external control (political or other), particularly over editorial output, and inadequate public funding. The book outlines tested approaches to resolving these key problems, but it also highlights innovative systems that are being piloted in different countries to address some of the new challenges that face public service broadcasters." (Back cover)
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"In social sciences, the interdependence between media systems and political systems is generally not in doubt. However, empirical knowledge about the relation between the two types of systems is rare. A deeper understanding can be gained by an international comparison of media and political systems
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from a macro perspective using aggregated data. The pilot study presented in this article offers an approach to international comparison based on four dimensions: freedom, diversity, centrality and tradition. These concepts serve as dimensions of comparison for both media - and political systems. The instrument is tested by using an intentionally heterogeneous sample of seven countries from around the world: China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia and the US. In combination with a pragmatic use of systems theory as a theoretical framework, the dimensions allow more profound insights into the relation between media and political systems. In sum, the research project prepares the ground for future international large-N comparisons." (Abstract)
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"The German empire that emerges from the volume edited by Michael Perraudin and Jürgen Zimmerer is one very much embedded in a broader European colonial discourse. Just like any other empire, Germany believed itself to be a "better" empire, more benevolent, more efficient, more civilized. Yet we le
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arn that in spite of these propositions the German was a very violent, indeed genocidal, empire, whose brutal deeds were matched in its racist and aggressive representations. And we learn that while Germany's academic and political elite has sought to confront the colonial past, its general public remains for the most part detached and uninterested. While the volume gives a rich and variegated overview of the cultural processes that relate to German colonialism, the individual essays are rather short, and some of them lack the evidence and stringency of argument that one would expect of a full-fledged essay. The short introduction to the volume outlines the individual contributions, but it does not provide a theoretical framework that reflects on the culturalist approach of the volume or the claim posited in the title of a nexus between German colonialism and "German identity." A more comprehensive treatment of these overarching questions in the introduction would significantly have improved this extensive and insightful collection." (www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=32217)
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"Der Band gibt einen Einblick in verschiedene sozial- und medienwissenschaftliche Studien zur Erforschung der Potenziale und der sozialen, ethischen sowie rechtlichen Problematiken von sowohl Netzwerkportalen als auch Online-Spielekulturen. Wissenschaftler und Praktiker setzen sich ausführlich mit
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den neuen Kommunikationsräumen des Internets auseinander und zeigen über handlungsorientierte Ansätze der Medienpädagogik Wege auf, wie Netzwerkaktivitäten kritisch reflektiert werden können." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Die in Deutschland diskutierten Modelle und Fragen zu Regulierung, Partizipation und Mitbestimmung in den elektronischen Medien sind auch in anderen europäischen Staaten relevant. Die AutorInnen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis thematisieren dabei insbesondere die Beteiligung der Zivilgesellschaft. Da
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sich die Medienpolitik zunehmend auf europäischer Ebene abspielt, ist es sinnvoll, die europäischen wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse mit den Erfahrungen von PraktikerInnen zusammenzuführen und zu diskutieren." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt Grundlagenwissen über PR-Kampagnen und erklärt am Beispiel von Case Studies, wie man erfolgreiche Kampagnen plant, durchführt und bewertet. Es gliedert sich in die drei Teile Theorie, Praxis und Ausblick. Nach drei Beiträgen zu grundlegenden Fragen von Kampagnen
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folgen acht Case Studies aus der Kampagnenpraxis, die nach einem einheitlichen Raster aufgebaut sind: vier aus Unternehmen sowie jeweils zwei von politischen Institutionen und Nichtregierungsorganisationen. Dabei werden auch Schwierigkeiten und Probleme bei der Durchführung der Kampagnen beschrieben. Der letzte Block mit vier Beiträgen wirft einen Blick auf die Zukunft der Kampagnenpraxis – auf die wachsende Bedeutung von Social Media und auf die USA. Ziel des Bandes ist es, eine Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis zu schlagen und in Form einer kompakten und zugleich lesefreundlichen Einführung handhabbares Wissen zu PR-Kampagnen zu vermitteln." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This thesis considers how the mediation of poverty in Canada and the United Kingdom influences responses to the issue of poverty. The thesis focuses in particular on the issue dynamics concerning children as constructions of a “deserving poor” and immigrants as constructions of an “undeservin
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g poor”. A frame analysis of mainstream news content in both countries demonstrates the extent to which individualizing and rationalizing frames dominate coverage, and that the publication of the news online is not leading to an expansion of discourses, as hoped. A frame analysis of alternative news coverage and coverage from the 1960s and 70s demonstrates significant absences of social justice frames and rights-based discourse in contemporary coverage. I suggest that mainstream news coverage narrows and limits the way poverty is talked about in a way that reinforces the dominance of neoliberalism and market-based approaches to the issue. Interviews with journalists, politicians, researchers and activists collectively indicate that getting media coverage is essential to gaining political attention in both countries. These interviews also reveal the power dynamics influencing the relationships between these actors and the way the issue of poverty is approached. I argue that while new media tools create new opportunities to share information, these tools are also creating new pressures by speeding up the working practices in mediated political centres in a way that forecloses potentials to challenge dominant news coverage and approaches to poverty. However, this cross-national comparison also reveals context-specific factors influencing poverty politics in each country. I conclude that this analysis and comparison of poverty issue dynamics reveals shortcomings in the democratic processes in both countries. Changing poverty coverage and approaches to the issue will require changing specific media and political practices." (Abstract)
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