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"Ugly Betty" and the Emergence of the Latina/o Producers as Cultural Translators

Juan Pinon

Communication Theory, volume 21, issue 4 (2011), pp. 392-412

"A critical examination of Betty's adaptation process sheds light on the disjuncture between global television distribution trends and national television markets' business cultures. The process of bringing the "ugly duckling" format to the English-language mainstream media market can be better unde ... more

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Visions, Images, and Dreams: Yiddish Film, Past and Present

Eric Arthur Goldman

Teaneck, New Jers.: Holmes & Meier, revised and expanded ed. (2011), xvi, 272 pp.

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The Primetime War on Drugs & Terror: An Analysis of Depictions of the War on Terror and the War on Drugs in Popular Primetime Television Programs

Johanna Blakley, Sheena Nahm

Norman Lear Center;Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (2011), 33 pp.

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On Media Monitoring: The Media and Their Contribution to Democracy

Josef Trappel, Werner A. Meier (eds.)

New York; Bern et al.: Peter Lang (2011), xii, 306 pp.

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An Evaluation of the Knight International Journalism Fellowships

Philliber Research Associates

Knight Foundation;International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2011), 49 pp.

"This report reviews the current status of outcomes of 23 Knight International Journalism fellowships that ran from 2007 through Spring 2010. The initial outcomes of 19 of these fellowships were documented in the September, 2009 report. This year, we review whether the outcomes of those 19 fellowshi ... more

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Journalism Education, Training and Employment

Bob Franklin, Donica Mensing (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2011), xii, 236 pp.

"During this period of rapid and significant change in journalistic practices, journalism educators are re-examining their own profession and contributing to the invention of new models and practices. This edited volume of studies by respected international scholars describes the diverse issues jour ... more

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Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action

Sina Odugbemi, Taeku Lee (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xxv, 507 pp.

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Digital and Media Literacy: Connecting Culture and Classroom

Renee Hobbs

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press (2011), xi, 214 pp.

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The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet

Brandon Vogt (ed.)

Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor (2011), 224 pp.

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Cross-National Comparative Analysis of Community Radio Funding Schemes

Kenneth Murphy et al.

Dublin: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) (2011), x, 108 pp.

"This research project was undertaken with the purpose of exploring the ways in which government mandated programme production schemes may contribute to the capacities and sustainability of the community radio sector. The study involved a critical policy analysis of the Irish Sound and Vision Scheme ... more

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Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media

Hannah Byam, Christopher Neu

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2011), 3 pp.

"With a rise in terrorist activity spreading fear through highly publicized attacks, Pakistan’s media landscape has increasingly been used as a battleground between those seeking to promote violent conflict and others seeking to manage or deter it. Pakistan’s media community has not yet develope ... more

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The Power of Global Community Media
Inspiring Practice

Linda K. Fuller (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, revised paperback ed. (2011), xix, 272 pp.

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Alternative and Mainstream Media: The Converging Spectrum

Linda Jean Kenix

London: Bloomsbury Academic (2011), viii, 216 pp.

"Alternative media have historically been a central force in social change. Kenix argues, however, that they do not uniformly subvert the hierarchies of access that have always been fundamental to mainstream media. In fact, their journalistic norms and routines have always drawn on the professional ... more

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Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere

Ulrika Mårtensson, Jennifer Bailey, Priscilla Ringrose, Asbjorn Dyrendal (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2011), xi, 349 pp.

"How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise ... more

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The Practice of Public Diplomacy: Confronting Challenges Abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss ... more