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Media effects: Ensaios sobre teorias da comunicação e do jornalismo. Vol. 1: Teorias do agendamento, priming e framing

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Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective

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Civic Media Practice: Identification and Evaluation of Media and Technology That Facilitates Democratic Process

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Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation

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The Radio Station: Broadcasting, Podcasting, and Streaming
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Ibero-American Observatory of Television Fiction Obitel 2018: Ibero-American TV Fiction on Video on Demand Platforms
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Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes, Guillermo Orozco Gómez (eds.)

Porto Alegre: Sulina;Globo Comunicação e Participações (2018), 410 pp.

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Journalism Without Profit: Making News when the Market Fails

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