"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
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dia globalization. It re-examines dominant approaches and their legacies of global/local and center/ periphery, and offers new directions for understanding television’s contemporary incarnations. The chapters in this collection take up the format phenomena from around the globe, including the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, South and West Africa, South and East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Contributors address both little known examples and massive global hits ranging from the Idol franchise around the world, to telenovelas, dance competitions, sports programming, reality TV, quiz shows, sitcoms and more." (Publisher description)
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"In der medialen Repräsentation von Migrantinnen überwiegt das Klischee des hilfsbedürftigen, weiblichen Opfers, das dem Rollenmodell der westlichen, emanzipierten Frau gegenübergestellt wird [...] Die Lokalpresse mit alltagsweltlichen Bezügen einerseits, die Boulevardmedien mit Fokus auf Berü
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hmtheiten andererseits stellen Lebensentwürfe und Rollenkontexte von Migrantinnen vielfältiger dar: als Nachbarinnen, als Erfolgreiche, als Prominente. Die dominante Grundstruktur bleibt jedoch bestehen: Migrantinnen werden als Andere, als Fremde markiert - und selten als 'normale' Bürgerinnen wahrgenommen." (Klappentext)
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"This anthology aims to portray the “soft” power of Bollywood, which makes it a unique and powerful disseminator of Indian culture and values abroad. The essays in the book examine Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations and diplomacy
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. In addition to contributions that directly engage with the notion of soft power, a number of essays in the volume testify to the attractiveness of Bollywood cinema for ethnically diverse groups across the world, probe the reasons for its appeal, and explore its audiences' identification with cinematic narratives." (Publisher description)
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"Die Nutzung von Communitys hat längst Einzug in den Alltag Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener gefunden. 85 Prozent der Zwölf- bis 29-Jährigen nutzen zumindest gelegentlich die Angebote von Social Networks, 51 Prozent tun dies täglich. Dies belegen die Ergebnisse der JIM-Studie (Jugend, Informa
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tion, Multimedia) sowie einer ergänzenden SWR-Studie zum Medienverhalten 20- bis 29-Jähriger. Die Plattform Facebook kann dabei einen Großteil der Communityaktivitäten und damit auch der Kommunikation an sich binden. Rund zwei Drittel der Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen nutzen Facebook, für 60 Prozent ist es die meistgenutzte Plattform. Als Hauptmotiv für die Mitgliedschaft in einer Community wird deren Funktionalität für die Organisation des Privatlebens genannt. Die Größe und Etabliertheit des Portals, vor allem das Kriterium „wo finde ich meine Freunde?“, entscheiden dann darüber, welche Community hauptsächlich genutzt wird. Die Präsenz von Unternehmen, Stars oder Institutionen auf Facebook führt zu einer Vermischung privater und öffentlicher Bereiche, die den Wirkbereich der Communitys über den privaten Raum hinaus hin zum Social-Media-Marketing ausdehnt. Weitere Untersuchungen zeigen, dass eine Mehrzahl der Medienmarken Facebook bereits als Kommunikations- oder Distributionsplattform nutzt. Der Grad der Dialogorientierung und Interaktivität – gemessen anhand von Kriterien wie persönlicher Ansprache, benutzter Sprachform oder den Inhalten der Postings – unterscheidet sich zwischen verschiedenen Mediengattungen deutlich. Während Tageszeitungen bisher nur wenige dialogorientierte Elemente in ihren Communityauftritten nutzen, gelingt es Hörfunksendern derzeit am besten, eine Interaktion mit dem Nutzer aufzubauen. Eine Analyse von 75 Facebook-Accounts bestätigt den Radioanbietern einen intensiven, gegenseitigen Austausch mit den Hörern, der sich in deutlichen Zuwachsraten bei der Zahl der Fans manifestiert. Auch hier unterscheiden sich die Strategien im Hinblick auf den Einsatz unterschiedlicher kommunikativer Elemente, die Inhalte der Posts oder eine programm- bzw. nutzergetriebene Ausrichtung des Auftritts zwischen den verschiedenen Programmen. Derzeit haben junge Hörfunkprogramme den höchsten Grad an Interaktivität und einen überdurchschnittlichen Traffic auf ihren Facebook-Accounts." (Abstract)
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"This study presents the results of research into the media's capacity to carry religious messages. It is based on a qualitative content analysis of original texts inspired by religious motives in Slovak Catholic and secular press. The main focus is the messages as such, related topoi (bases for arg
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uments) and their epiphenomena. The study focuses on the topoi and seeks an answer to the following key question: What ‘common ideas’ (in Greek topoi) do mass-media messages and religious messages refer to? Based on the comparison of the topoi of original religious messages and messages covered by media, the study concludes that the key topoi of religious messages and of media messages resulting from it differ significantly. The difference in topoi arises mainly from a different pre-understanding –that is, attitude of faith / absence of faith in a journalist, and the related trust / distrust of the church. Apart from basic personal predispositions, the study points to a number of important factors such as comprehensibility, attitude on the capacity of mass media to evangelize, compliance with journalistic form, understanding of the role of news values (conflict in particular), and level of religiousness of the language used in massmedia communication. Finally, the study offers several recommendations and outlines the challenges faced by church and secular media communicators." (Abstract)
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"This study explores the solidification of the discourse of integration of the Gypsy/Roma in the European press following the fall of Communism. A discourse analysis focuses on the British and Romanian press between 1990 and 2006, and it suggests that, in the midst of opening of EU borders and talks
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of a European Constitution, the idea and necessity of integration grew in political popularity as a means to peaceably alleviate interethnic conflict. However, the discourse of integration has continuously shifted between assimilationist voices and projects that attempt to change the Gypsy other into a non-Gypsy, on the one hand, and human rights-inspired defense and advocacy for the Roma, on the other. This article further suggests that the press does more than confirm stereotypes; instead, uncertainties, contradictions, and changes mark press writing." (Abstract)
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"For community radio stations, one important gauge of relevance is the Popularity of their programming outputs, as without evidence of this it is difficult to justify providing access to scarce broadcast frequency resources. In part, the popularity ofprogramming outputs can be assessed through varia
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nts of the type ofquantitative research carried out for larger stations by the Radio Joint Audience Research Limited (RAJAR). However because such research ‘does not produce listening figures for a particular Programme on a particular day‘ (Lister et al 2010: 67) it cannot provide detailed qualitative data concerning how satisfied individuals are with the speciflc content of Particular programming. More broadly, its generic audience sample is not best suited to surveying niche listening, such as, for example, to minority language outputs. With the above in mind, how might individual community radio stations approach the issue of audience research so that they can obtain cost-effective and reasonably reliable data suitable for their needs? The following case study examines the approach taken by one particular community radio station serving a ‘community of place' that is the city of Norwich in the east of England." (Page 349)
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"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
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essential handbook on the dynamics of war and the media in a global context." (Publisher description)
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"The improvements in the Arab world were the most significant findings of Freedom of the Press 2012: A Global Survey of Media Independence, the latest edition of an annual index published by Freedom House since 1980. The gains came on the heels of eight consecutive years of decline in the global ave
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rage press freedom score, a phenomenon that has affected practically every region in the world. Furthermore, they were accompanied by positive changes in several key countries outside the Middle East and North Africa: Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Zambia. Other countries that registered progress include Georgia, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Three of the countries with major gains—Burma, Libya, and Tunisia—had for many years endured media environments that were among the world’s most oppressive. Both Libya and Tunisia made single-year leaps of a size practically unheard of in the 32-year history of the report. At the same time, press freedom continued to face obstacles and reversals in many parts of the world. China, which boasts the world’s most sophisticated system of media repression, stepped up its drive to control both old and new sources of news and information through arrests and censorship. Other authoritarian powers—such as Russia, Iran, and Venezuela—resorted to a variety of techniques to maintain a tight grip on the media, detaining some press critics, closing down media outlets and blogs, and bringing libel or defamation suits against journalists." (Page 1)
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"In Zeiten der Globalisierung, in denen Komplexität und Vernetzung immer mehr zunehmen, sind politische Inhalte und politische Prozesse kaum noch zu durchschauen und die Schwierigkeiten "der Politik" diese zu vermitteln, scheinen zunehmend größer zu werden. Gelingt die Politikvermittlung jedoch n
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icht, besteht die Gefahr, dass die Politikverdrossenheit oder die Politikdistanz der Bürgerinnen und Bürger zunimmt und die Legitimation der Demokratie gefährdet. In diesem Band setzen sich namhafte Autoren mit der Frage auseinander, was sich in demokratischen Systemen geändert hat, so dass die Legitimation der Demokratie durch Politikvermittlung kaum noch bewältigt werden kann. Dabei wird deutlich, dass Politikvermittlung kein einseitiger kommunikativer Vorgang, sondern ein reziproker Prozess ist, an dem eine Vielzahl von Akteuren des politisch-administrativen Systems und des intermediären Systems beteiligt sind. Im Zentrum stehen dabei die Parteien, die Massenmedien einschließlich des Internets und Fragen des Verhältnisses von Politikvermittlung und internationale Beziehungen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Hungarian lawmakers have established a set of comprehensive new media laws that critics say are inconsistent with democratic free-press principles and European practices and norms. Hungarian officials say the legislation conforms to EU standards and its elements are drawn from existing regulations
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in other European and EU-member states. In December 2010 and January 2011, the Hungarian Government released two statements summarising the main criticisms of its new laws and providing examples of regulations from 20 European and EU-member states as precedents for Hungary’s media legislation. For this study, the Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS) commissioned media policy experts in each of these 20 countries to examine every example cited by Hungary’s Government. The findings of this report are based on these expert assessments. The purpose of this study is to examine the accuracy of the precedents cited by the Hungarian Government in order to shed light on the more critical question of how consistent Hungary’s media laws are with other media systems in Europe. As such, the focus of the study is narrow by design: the analyses are based on a set of specific examples of similar legislation as cited by the Hungarian Government." (Executive summary, page viii)
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