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Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.

"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr ... more

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Lokales: Basiswissen für die Medienpraxis

Martin Welker, Daniel Ernst

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2012), 224 pp.

"Das Lokale ist publizistische Kraftquelle und innovativer Hotspot, hier wird mit neuen Formen und Formaten experimentiert. Im Lokalen beginnen viele Journalisten ihre Karriere. Das Lokale ist beim Leser beliebt und der Einfluss der Berichterstattung auf die Eliten vor Ort ist hoch. Band 5 zeigt pra ... more

Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: Key Issues

Andrew Puddephatt, Per Oesterlund

EPRD Policy & Development;European Commission (2012), 35 pp.

"Key recommendations: Explore ways of integrating EU diplomatic power alongside its development programmes in order to support freedom of expression and independent media and communicaitons; Enhance coordination between the different operational arms of the EU; Utilise EU’s convening power to brin ... more

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Weiße Magie: Die Epoche des Papiers

Lothar Müller

Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg), Lizenzausg. (2012), 382 pp.

Safety on the Line: Exposing the Myth of Mobile Communication Security

Cormac Callanan, Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner

Washington, DC: Freedom House;Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (2012), 175 pp.

"This report evaluates the risks and vulnerabilities of mobile phone services and apps in 12 specified countries: the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the People’s Republic of China, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom ... more

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Medienpädagogik Praxis Handbuch: Grundlagen, Anregungen und Konzepte für aktive Medienarbeit
Inspiring Practice

Eike Rösch, Kathrin Demmler, Elisabeth Jäcklein-Kreis, Tobias Albers-Heinemann (eds.)

München: kopaed (2012), 416 pp.

"Aktive Medienarbeit ist die zentrale Methode der Medienpädagogik und täglich werden in unzähligen Projekten neue und bewährte Konzepte angewandt. Gleichzeitig entdecken viele pädagogische Fachkräfte Medienpädagogik oder die Aktive Medienarbeit neu und suchen nach Grundlagen, Anregungen und K ... more

Mapping EU Media Support 2000-2010

Andrew Puddephatt, Per Oesterlund

EPRD Policy & Development;European Commission (2012), 52 pp.

"Generally, data about media development support are not complete and reliable due to insufficient classification categories in the DAC system, so the EC and most other international institutions and organisations share the problem of not having solid knowledge about the scope and size of support in ... this field. This is also the case in the CRIS data base, which does not distinguish for example between public diplomacy and media support [...] As a consequence, the amounts and other figures in this report should not be taken as exact values. But the mapping does show some clear trends and tendencies despite the weakness ofthe basic data, and the main findings are: According to the information available in the CRIS data base and the definition of projects applied for this support, the total amount spent on media development and freedom of expression in the period 2000-2010 has been 148,4 Million Euro. More than half of the total amount has been spent in the neighbour countries East and South of the EU. More than 40 % has been spent in the Western Balkans, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Turkey, while 12,5 % has been spent in the Middle East and North Africa. 24,3 % of the total funds have been spent in Sub-Saharan Africa. The EC support for media development and freedomof expression has been limited compared with the bilateral support from EU. Member States and other bilateral donors. For comparison the Swedish budget for media support from SIDA in 2012 is 26 Million Euro and DfiD supports the BBC Media Action with more than 20 Million Euro per year. The funding comes from a variety of thematic and geographic Instruments with the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, EIDHR, as the single biggest source, which accounts for 41 % of the total support. Other significant Instruments are IPA, CARDS, ENPI and MED. The main focus has been on training of journalists and editors in journalistic skills and professional standards. Other initiatives have been support to reform of media related legislation and direct support to endangered journalists and writers. The projects supportedby the EC have not been different from projects funded by bilateral donors. Very few projects have benefitted from the potential comparative advantages of the EC/EU as a multinational entity. Very few projects have been designed and implemented in cooperation with member states or other donor agencies, and the projects do not reflect on-going internal medla developments in the EU. There seems to be more focus on EU visibility than on EU additionallity. The top ten contract holders have implemented 36 % of the total project value with BBC Media Action as the single biggest partner, which has implemented almost ten percent of the total project value in the period 2000-2010. lnternews (with lnternews Europe as the biggest entity) comes second with 4,6 % of the total project value followed by the International Federation of Journalists with 3,4 % of the project value. The EC is seen as a “difficult“ or “bureaucratic“ donor agency, which is difficult to approach for smaller organisations because the possible funding does not correspond with the paper work needed to apply for support." (Executive summary more

Press Trends in Croatia 2011

Zagreb: Centar za istraživanje medija i komunikacije (2012), 5 pp.

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Radio

John Allen Hendricks (ed.)

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xxxiv, 590 pp.

Mapping Digital Media: Poland

Andrzej Krajewski, Karim Diakite

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 110 pp.

"This study of the impact of digitization on Polish media highlights the delays in digitization caused by political infighting; the lack of technical and financial assistance to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society benefit from digitization and new media; and the funding crisis afflict ... more

Media and Religion in Romania: Three Contexts and a Discussion

Romina Surugiu

European Journal of Science and Theology, volume 8, issue 4 (2012), pp. 205-213

"The paper analyses the relation between media and the Eastern Orthodox religion - the dominant religion in Romania. We will examine three contexts: (1) the existing sociological theories on religion and their relevance for understanding the Orthodox world today, (2) the religious media and (3) the ... more

Lokaler Fernsehjournalismus: Wachhund oder netter Nachbar? Rezeptionsbefunde zu Zuschauererwartungen und Qualitätskriterien

Hans-Jürgen Bucher

In: Theorie praktisch? Anwendungsoptionen und gesellschaftliche Relevanz der Kommunikations- und Medienforschung

Susanne Fengler; Tobias Eberwein; Julia Jorch (eds.)

Konstanz: UVK (2012), pp. 127-146

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Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century

Janey Gordon (ed.)

Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), ix, 403 pp.

"In the twenty-first century, community radio is fulfilling an increasingly important role in the world’s mediascape. This book documents the ways in which community radio broadcasters and activists are using the medium in countries around the world to challenge political corruption, aid the trans ... more

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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 1: Forms

Lina Khatib (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press (2012), xi, 208 pp.

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Horizont Welt: Kommunikation und Medien als Herausforderung und Aufgabe

Heinz Glässgen

In: Horizont Weltkirche: Erfahrungen - Themen - Optionen und Perspektiven. Josef Sayer zu Ehren

Thomas Schreijäck; Martin Bröckelmann-Simon; Thomas Antkowiak; Albert Biesinger; Ottmar Fuchs (eds.)

Ostfildern: Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag (2012), pp. 512-526

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Memory and Political Change

Aleida Assmann, Linda Shortt (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xviii, 223 pp.

"Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions." ( ... more

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Ibero-American Observatory on Television Fiction Obitel 2012: Transnationalization of Television Fiction in Ibero-American Countries

Guillermo Orozco Gómez, Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes (eds.)

São Paulo: Sulina;Globo Comunicação e Participações (2012), 618 pp.

The general analysis of this Yearbook is divided into three parts. The first is an introductory chapter that contains a comparative synthesis of fiction in the Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative point of view that makes it possible to observe the developmen ... more

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Public Service Media and Policy in Europe

Karen Donders

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiv, 234 pp.

"An in-depth account of EU policies in the area of public service broadcasting, focusing mainly on the application of the European State aid rules. The book discusses when, how and with what impact the European Commission deals with public service broadcasting." (Publisher description)

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