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Democratizing Global Media: One World, Many Struggles

Robert A. Hackett, Yuezhi Zhao (eds.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2005), 328 pp.

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Quoting God: How Media Shape Ideas About Religion and Culture

Claire Hoertz Badaracco (ed.)

Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press (2005), xv, 317 pp.

"Each of the eleven chapters in Quoting God pairs an academic and a journalist. First, the scholar holds forth, followed by a "View from the News Desk." Together, they represent many and diverse voices. Badaracco's book shows the relationship between media culture and spiritual culture, recognizing ... more

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The Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media

Mohamed Zayani (ed.)

London: Pluto Press (2005), 233 pp.

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Community Media: People, Places, and Communication Technologies

Kevin Howley

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2005), xiii, 309 pp.

"This groundbreaking study of community media, first published in 2005, combines original research with comparative and theoretical analysis in an engaging and accessible style. Kevin Howley explores the different ways in which local communities come to make use of various technologies such as radio ... more

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Embedded journalists in the Iraq war: Are they at greater psychological risk?

Anthony Feinstein, Dawn Nicolson

Journal of Traumatic Stress, volume 18, issue 2 (2005), pp. 129-132

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"All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech": American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan

David Rohde

[Cambridge, Mass.]: Joan Shorenstein Center, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2005), 35 pp.

"This paper will examine American efforts to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. A $200 million project in Iraq was the largest attempt ever by the United States, or any country, to help create independent media in another nation. Run by the Pentagon, it was a near total failure in ... more

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Media and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century

Philip M. Seib (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2005), x, 242 pp.

"This collection of essays explores current issues surrounding the media and conflict in the Twenty-first Century. Essays will look at the role of evolving media technologies, the globalization of television and communications, public diplomacy, gender and war coverage, terrorism, and other issues." ... more

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Media Anthropology

Eric W. Rothenbuhler, Mihai Coman (eds.)

Thousand Oaks: Sage (2005), 350 pp.

"Media Anthropology represents a convergence of issues and interests on anthropological approaches to the study of media. The purpose of this reader is to promote the identity of the field of study; identify its major concepts, methods, and bibliography; comment on the state of the art; and provide ... more

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Ethnic Minorities, Electronic Media, and the Public Sphere: A Comparative Study

Donald R. Browne

Cresskill, New Jersey: Hampton Press (2005), 255 pp.

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"Unsere Opfer zählen nicht": Die Dritte Welt im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Birgit Morgenrath, Karl Rössel (eds.)

Berlin; Hamburg: Assoziation A;Rheinisches JournalistInnenbüro;Recherche International (2005), 444 pp.

"Im Oktober 1935 marschierten italienische Truppen in Äthiopien ein, um das afrikanische Land brutal zu unterwerfen; Ende 1937 begingen Soldaten des mit Deutschland verbündeten Japan ein Massaker im chinesischen Nanking. Diese imperialen Exzesse waren für viele Afrikaner und Asiaten mehr als nur ... more

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Luc Pinhas

Paris: Alliance des Éditeurs Independents (2005), 284 pp.

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Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles

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New York: Image (2005), 384 pp.

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Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture

Heather Hendershot

Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2004), 256 pp.

"This book moves beyond sensationalism to consider how the evangelical movement has effectively targeted Americans—as both converts and consumers—since the 1970s. Thousands of products promoting the Christian faith are sold to millions of consumers each year through the Web, mail order catalogs, ... more

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Media Economics: Theory and Practice

Alison Alexander, James Owers, Rod Carveth, C. Ann Hollifield, Albert N. Greco (eds.)

London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 3rd ed. (2004), 301 pp.

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Media, War and Terrorism: Responses from the Middle East and Asia

Peter Van der Veer, Shoma Munshi (eds.)

London: Routledge (2004), xii, 260 pp.

"This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11 and beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The first part of the book deals with the use of the media as an instrument of warfare, the growing significance of religion, the em ... more

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Reflecting Canadian: Best Practices for Cultural Diversity in Private Television

Richard Cavanagh

Task Force for Cultural Diversity on Television (2004), 59 pp.

"The Task Force research initiative has resulted in the most comprehensive study on cultural diversity and the media ever undertaken, anywhere, that will serve as a major source of information for future research. Interview subjects generally concluded that some advances have been made regarding the ... more

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Communicating Protected Areas

Denise Hamú, Elisabeth Auchincloss, Wendy Goldstein (eds.)

Gland (CH); Cambridge: IUCN (2004), 311 pp.

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