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Media and the British Empire

Chandrika Kaul (ed.)

Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), 266 pp.

"'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonis ... more

Effects of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building: Results of a Cross-National Quantitative Study

Steven E. Finkel, Aníbal Pérez-Linán, Mitchell A. Seligson

Dinorah Azpuru (assist.)

Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University (2006), 111 pp.

Freedom of the Press Worldwide in 2006: Annual Report

[Paris]: Reporters Without Borders (2006), 150 pp.

Integration durch Massenmedien: Medien und Migration im internationalen Vergleich = Mass Media-Integration: Media and Migration. A Comparative Perspective

Rainer Geißler, Horst Pöttker (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2006), 324 pp.

"Grundlage des Bandes ist eine internationale Tagung zur Rolle der Massenmedien bei der Integration von Migranten. Die Beiträge präsentieren nicht nur Forschungsergebnisse zur Situation in Deutschland, sondern es kommen auch Experten aus den USA, Kanada und den Niederlanden zu Wort, wo Medien und ... more

In the Service of Young People? Studies and Reflections on Media in the Digital Age: Yearbook 2005/2006

Ulla Carlsson, Cecilia von Feilitzen (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2006), 437 pp.

Die heimlichen Herrscher: Politik mit nationalen Bildern und Stereotypen: Literaturauswahl

Christine Steeger-Strobel (ed.)

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), 2nd ed. (2006), 24 pp.

World Press Trends, 2006 Edition

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2006), 123, 490, 13 pp.

Arab Media in the Information Age

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (2006), xvi, 709 pp.

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Magazines: A Complete Guide to the Industry

David E. Sumner, Shirrel Rhoades

New York: Peter Lang (2006), viii, 211 pp.

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This Business of Television: The Standard Guide to the Television Industry

Howard J. Blumenthal, Oliver R. Goodenough

New York: Billboard Books, 3rd ed. (2006), xxiv, 568 pp.

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Freedom of the Press 2006: A Global Survey of Media Independence

Karin Deutsch Karlekar (ed.)

New York; Lanham: Freedom House;Rowman & Littlefield (2006), 272 pp.

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Fighting Words: How Arab and American Journalists Can Break Through to Better Coverage

Lisa Schnellinger, Mohannad Khatib

Washington, DC: International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) (2006), 131 pp.

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Conflict, Terrorism and the Media in Asia

Benjamin Cole (ed.)

London: Routledge (2006), ix, 149 pp.

"There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed as part of the global terrorist threat, to be dealt with by the War on Terror. This major new study examines a wide range of such confl ... more

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Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalization

Jan Herman Brinks (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2006), 280 pp.

"A fascinating look at the role of the media in fostering nationalism, with a comparative approach that shows the interactions between American, Russian and German nationalism. Extreme nationalism is a subject of enormous contemporary significance today. Does patriotic pride inevitably develop into ... more

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Retelling the News in Central Europe: Western Journalism as Democratic Discourse

James Miller

In: Nationalist Myths and Modern Media: Contested Identities in the Age of Globalization

J. H. Brinks; Stella Rock; Edward Timms (eds.)

London: Tauris (2006), pp. 39-54

"This paper has shown that media assistance donors to Central Europe misplaced their emphasis on the trainign of journalistic craft skills as a principal means of introducing what they rather uncritically called 'democratic journalism' to post-Communist societies. There are many narrative choices in ... more

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Muslims and the News Media

Elizabeth Poole, John E. Richardson (eds.)

London: Tauris (2006), xv, 257 pp.

"Written by both leading academic authorities and by Muslim media practitioners, 'Muslims and the Media' is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international contexts. The book clearly establishes the links between context, content, production and aud ... more

Reflections in a Bloodshoot Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas

Lawrence Pintak

London: Pluto Press (2006), xviii, 374 pp.