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Social Web: Ausdifferenzierung der Nutzung – Potenziale für Medienanbieter. Ergebnisse der ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie 2015

Florian Tippelt, Thomas Kupferschmitt
Media Perspektiven, issue 10 (2015), pp. 442-452
"Die Nutzung von sozialen Medien ist 2015 ein weiteres Jahr in Folge nicht angestiegen. Die wahrscheinlichste Ursache hierfür ist, dass private Kommunikation verstärkt ins Instant Messaging – namentlich WhatsApp – abwandert. In der jungen Zielgruppe steigen vor allem die Nutzerzahlen der Fotoc ... more
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Anthropology, Theatre and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance

Alex Flynn, Jonas Tinius (eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiv, 368 pp.
"The contributors explore diverse contexts of performance to discuss peoples' own reflections on political subjectivities, governance and development. The volume refocuses anthropological engagement with ethics, aesthetics, and politics to examine the transformative potential of political performanc ... more
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Bad Practices, Bad Faith: Soft Censorship in Macedonia

Vienna; Washington, DC; Paris: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO); Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA); WAN-IFRA (2015), 26 pp.
"A principal challenge to independent journalism is the symbiotic relationship between the ruling party and many media outlets and their owners. Examples on both the national and local level are described in this report. Government-friendly outlets are bolstered by various means, particularly non-tr ... more
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Study of Media Development's Condition in Ukraine. Audience: General Public

Internews; InMind (2015), 63 pp.
"TV remains the main news source for the majority of population – 85% of respondents say they have watched TV news during last 30 days. For the last year TV audience has slightly decreased (-8%), and, though in general other sources of information are much less popular, for people under age of 35 ... more
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Digital News Report 2015

Nic Newman, David A. L. Levy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2015), 109 pp.
"We see the smartphone more clearly as the defining device for digital news with a disruptive impact on consumption, formats, and business models. Our data suggest it provides an environment dominated by a few successful brands, with others struggling to reach a wider audience, both via apps and bro ... more
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The European Legal Framework on Hate Speech, Blasphemy and its Interaction with Freedom of Expression

Emma Psaila, Katalin Adamis-Csaszar et al.
European Parliament (2015), 444 pp.
"At the request of the LIBE committee, this study provides an overview of the legal framework applicable to hate speech and hate crime on the one hand and to blasphemy and religious insult on the other hand. It also evaluates the effectiveness of existing legislation in selected Member States and ex ... more
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Reflections on Media Education Futures: Contributions to the Conference Media Education Futures in Tampere, Finland 2014

Sirkku Kotilainen, Reijo Kupiainen (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2015), 301 pp.
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Open Data Readiness Assessment Ukraine

Artem Serenok, Daniel Dietrich et al.
Kyiv: UNDP (2015), 90 pp.
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Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia and Vietnam

Zachary Abuza, Sherif Mansour, Maria Snegovaya
Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy (NED); International Forum for Democratic Studies (2015), 57 pp.
"The three case studies depict a range of repressive efforts that are calibrated to achieve particular ends. Sometimes, the authorities choose to co-opt independent voices. In other instances, the regime may create new government-backed versions of media initiatives or civic organizations which mimi ... more
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Die Wahrnehmung des Islams in Deutschland

Kai Hafez, Sabrina Schmidt
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung (2015), 80 pp.
"Der Islam ist heute die zweitgrößte Religion in Deutschland und durch Moscheen wie auch andere religiöse Symbole in der Öffentlichkeit präsent. Zugleich ist sein Bild in weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung ungewöhnlich negativ geprägt. Diese Ablehnung lässt sich in einer zunehmend pluralistische ... more
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On the Liveness of Mobile Phone Mediation: Youth Expectations of Remittances and Narratives of Discontent in the Cameroonian Transnational Family

Primus M. Tazanu
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 3, issue 1 (2015), pp. 20-35
"Drawn from multisited fieldwork conducted among Cameroonians in Germany and Cameroon, the article reveals that the liveness of mobile phone communication influences expectations and narratives of remittances in Cameroonian transnational social relationships. These expectations are meaningful within ... more
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Why Does the Archbishop Not Tweet? How Social Media Challenge Church Authorities

Stefan Gelfgren
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 109-123
"In summer 2012, the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden appeared on Twitter. There was only one problem – it was not the Archbishop himself who was tweeting, but an anonymous person. A discussion then ensued on Twitter and in the blogosphere between those in favor of the Archbishop and his departm ... more
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Making Waves Behind Bars: The Story of the Prison Radio Association

Charlotte Bedford
Bristol: University of Adelaide, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 318 pp.
"Prison radio is a particularly valuable contribution to the investigation of opportunities for social activism and the potential of radio for social change, able to support prisoners through their sentences and contribute to reducing re-offending. This study is the first to document the growth of U ... more
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Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom
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London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), v, 82 pp.
"This report, which has been produced by a group of distinguished journalists and their supporters, examines the broad scope of the crisis. It covers countries where media are on the frontline of tough political battles, such as Egypt and Turkey. In Ukraine, for instance, the practice of paid-for jo ... more
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Eroding Freedoms: Media and Soft Censorship in Montenegro

Ana Vujosevic, Vladimir Vuckovic
Paris; Washington, DC: WAN-IFRA; Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 23 pp.
"Montenegro’s government should support openness and informed debate in making and implementing public policy decisions. Instead, information concerning matters of public interest is often withheld or distorted by government and by pliant media outlets favoured with official assistance. State fund ... more
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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition

Bill Sweeney (ed.)
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Wiley (2015), 256 pp.
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Balancing Act: Press Freedom at Risk as EU Struggles to Match Action with Values

Jean-Paul Marthoz
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2015), 65 pp.
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La participación de la audiencia en la televisión: De la audiencia activa a la social

Natalia Quintas Froufe, Ana González Neira (coord.)
Madrid: Asociación para la Investigación de Medios de Comunicación (AIMC) (2015), 166 pp.
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Global Support for Principle of Free Expression, But Opposition to Some Forms of Speech

Richard Wike, Katie Simmons
Pew Research Center (2015), 58 pp.
"Although many observers have documented a global decline in democratic rights in recent years, people around the world nonetheless embrace fundamental democratic values, including free expression. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majorities in nearly all 38 nations polled say it is at le ... more
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Social Media and Their Use by Albanian Media

Tirana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Albanian Media Institute (2015), 52 pp.
"This study takes it upon itself to present a general overview of the development of online media and social media in Albania, focusing particularly on how professional media outlets use social media. The empirical research focused on monitoring the most widely used social media in Albania, such as ... more