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Ibero-American Observatory on Television Fiction Obitel 2012: Transnationalization of Television Fiction in Ibero-American Countries

Guillermo Orozco Gómez, Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes (eds.)

São Paulo: Sulina;Globo Comunicação e Participações (2012), 618 pp.

The general analysis of this Yearbook is divided into three parts. The first is an introductory chapter that contains a comparative synthesis of fiction in the Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative point of view that makes it possible to observe the developmen ... more

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Discovering the Zoroastrian E-Diaspora

David Knaute

Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 17 pp.

"Zoroastrians are an ancient ethnic-religious community that goes back to the prophet Zarathustra. Today they number some 120,000 people, based in India/Pakistan and Iran; diaspora communities are settled in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia. On the Indian sub-continent, where Zoroastrian ... more

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Community Sector Dynamics and the Lebanese Diaspora: Internal Fragmentation and Transnationalism on the Web

Houda Asal

Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 19 pp.

"The author analyzes the presence of Lebanese organizations on the Web and shows the transnational links between associations from different countries, starting from a case study including France and Canada. The nature and density of these connections are partly attributable to the importance of lin ... more

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Cyber-Hindutva: Hindu Nationalism, the Diaspora and the Web

Ingrid Therwath

Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 27 pp.

"Hindu nationalists defend the advent of a Hindu state in India, while projecting the universal appeal of their ideology. Their very territorialised yet universal claims have been finding particular resonance among migrant populations, particularly in North America. This study strives to go beyond c ... more

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Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 1: Conceptual Issues

Sarah Macharia, Pamela Morinière (eds.)

Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC);International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 59 pp.

"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book 1 discusses conceptual issues pertaining to gender, ... more

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Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression

Andrew Puddephatt, Toby Mendel, Ben Wagner, Dixie Hawtin, Natalia Torres

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.

"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint ... more

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Global Television Formats: Understanding Television Across Borders

Tasha Oren, Sharon Shahaf (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2012), xii, 392 pp.

"For decades, television scholars have viewed global television through the lens of cultural imperialism, focusing primarily on programs produced by US and UK markets and exported to foreign markets. Global Television Formats revolutionizes television studies by de-provincializing its approach to me ... more

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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey

Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.

"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G ... more

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The Medium Versus the Message: U.S. Government Funding for Media in an Age of Disruption

Anne Nelson

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 28 pp.

"The new priorities include: 1. Expanding the access in developing countries to digital platforms. 2. Devising and promoting uses for new platforms (especially mobile) for functions that occupy a new, poorly defined space between traditional journalism and other modes of information. 3. Contesting o ... more

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The Handbook of Crisis Communication

W. Timothy Coombs, Sherry J. Holladay (eds.)

Chichester; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell, paperback ed. (2012), xxvii, 737 pp.

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The Global Journalist in the 21st Century

David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2012), 584 pp.

"The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more ... more

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Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

Philip Seib (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), 204 pp.

"For Al Jazeera English (AJE), the Arab revolutions of 2011 offered an opportunity that news executives dream about. It was the biggest story of the century, it was happening on home territory, and the channel had the expertise and the reportorial staff on the ground at levels its competitors could ... more

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Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study

Eva Anduiza Perea, Michael James Jensen, Laia Jorba (eds.)

New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), xv, 287 pp.

"This book focuses on the impact of digital media use for political engagement across varied geographic and political contexts, using a diversity of methodological approaches and datasets. The book addresses an important gap in the contemporary literature on digital politics, identifying context dep ... more

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Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
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Esa Sirkkunen, Clare Cook, Risto Kunelius (eds.)

Tampere: Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (2012), 125 pp.

"The SuBMoJour study has mapped journalistic startups in nine countries. It has created an online database detailing the business models of journalistic startups that are deemed sustainable (www.SuBMoJour.net) and this accompanying narrative report. The study supports research to date that online en ... more

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The Marketization of Foreign News

Bella Mody

Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 2 (2012), pp. 99-115

"Audience segmentation is generally associated with strategic communication (such as advertising and public relations), where content is manipulated to suit reader preferences. News has generally been considered truth-telling unvarnished by such concerns. This article compares how news of the same h ... more

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Faith-Based Media Literacy Education: A Look at the Past with an Eye Toward the Future

Stephanie Iaquinto, John Keeler

JMLE Journal of Media Literacy Education, volume 4, issue 1 (2012), pp. 12-31

"This article addresses several fundamental questions about faith-based media literacy education in the United States, including how the assumptions, motivations, goals, and pedagogy of those Christians who are operating within a media literacy framework come together to create a unique approach to ... more

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New Media and Intercultural Communication: Identity, Community and Politics

Pauline Hope Cheong, Judith N. Martin, Leah P. Macfadyen (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), xx, 337 pp.

"Chapters explore what happens in praxis when digital media are implemented across cultures and are contested and negotiated within complex local and political conditions. The book showcases interpretative and critical research from voices with diverse backgrounds, from locations around the world." ... more

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Evaluation of ECA's Professional Journalism and Media Exchange Programs: International Visitor Leadership Program, Edward R. Murrow Pogram for Journalists, Citizen Exchange Program

Washington, DC: Intermedia;U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (2012), v, 133 pp.

"The evaluation demonstrates that the Citizen Exchange programs have been highly effective in meeting their goals, from short-term changes in individuals’ skills and knowledge to long-term changes within and beyond their media organizations. Indeed, the programs produced tangible results in respon ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.

"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives

Des Freedman, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2012), xiii, 322 pp.

"Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world's media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current case studies, it is a perfect student text and is an ... more

Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models Inspiring Practice

Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
Inspiring Practice