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The Instrumentalisation of Mass Media in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Russia's Presidential Election Campaigns of 2000 and 2008

Nozima Akhrarkhodjaeva

Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2017), viii, 283 pp.

"Which instruments and approaches do incumbent elites employ to skew media coverage in favour of their preferred candidate in a presidential election? What effects do these strategies have on news content? Based on two case studies of the presidential election campaigns in Russia in 2000 and in 2008 ... more

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La couverture médiatique des élections: Le cadre légal en Europe

Ernesto Apa, Marco Bassini, Anne Bruna et al.

Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2017), 135 pp.

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Protecting the Right to Freedom of Expression Under the European Convention on Human Rights: A Handbook for Legal Practitioners

Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska

Strasbourg: Council of Europe (2017), 121 pp.

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Christian Media in Russia in the Age of “Networkization”

Victor M. Khroul

World of Media: Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies (2017), pp. 121-142

"This paper analyzes the subsystem of religious media in Russia, with a focus on Christian media and their place in Russia’s media system in the context of “networkization”. The dilemma faced by the Russian Orthodox Church in coming to terms with new digital communication technologies, and the ... more

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Digital Environments: Ethnographic Perspectives Across Global Online and Offline Spaces

Urte Undine Frömming, Steffen Köhn, Samantha Fox, Mike Terry (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2017), 267 pp.

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Community Action and Social Media: A Review of the Literature

Kevin Harris, Angus McCabe

Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) (2017), 70 pp.

"The literature on the social uses of social technologies is substantial and expanding. Using over 400 sources, the current review outlines the key themes emerging from academic, grey literature and online material in this field. Much of this literature argues for the transformative power of social ... more

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#Democracy: Social Media Use and Democratic Legitimacy in Central and Eastern Europe

Matthew Alan Placek

Democratization, volume 24, issue 4 (2017), pp. 632-650

"While other studies have shown that mass media can influence a person's attitudes and opinions in the region, none has explored what effect social media can have on orientations toward democracy in the region. In the following paper, I build several hypotheses based on previous studies of media eff ... more

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Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs

Irene Bruna Seu, Shani Orgad (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xiii, 165 pp.

"Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achi ... more

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Reconfiguration des expressions et des pratiques culturelles à l'ère du numérique en Méditerranée: Actes du colloque, 3-4 novembre 2015, université de Béjaia, Algérie

Aïssa Merah, Michèle Gellereau, Nabila Aldjia Bouchaala (eds.)

Paris: L'Harmattan (2017), 269 pp.

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International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
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Belinha S. De Abreu, Paul Mihailidis, Alice Y. L. Lee, Jad Melki, Julian McDougall (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2017), xiii, 415 pp.

"At the forefront in its field, this Handbook examines the theoretical, conceptual, pedagogical and methodological development of media literacy education and research around the world. Building on traditional media literacy frameworks in critical analysis, evaluation, and assessment, it incorporate ... more

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Philanthropic Journalism Funding in Germany

Thomas Schnedler, Günter Bartsch

Maastricht: European Journalism Centre;Journalism Funders Forum (2017), 34 pp.

"As this study shows, many of the more than 21,000 German foundations contribute a wealth of ideas, and substantial funding, to a wide variety of journalistic projects and grants. But only around 120 foundations profess express support of journalism in their statutes. Unfortunately, the total moneta ... ry value of their activities remains in the dark. A project of the not-for-profit ZEIT-Stiftung makes the case in point what a focused engagement can look like. The area of interest is in Eastern Europe, where preconditions for independent reporting are entirely different from Germany, and where information is hard to get hold of, or cannot be accessed at all. Between 2000 and 2016, ZEIT-Stiftung has been awarding its prestigious “Gerd Bucerius Prize for a Free Press in Eastern Europe” for a total of 17 times (from 2004 in cooperation with Norwegian Fritt Ord Foundation). In a trusting international cooperation, the two foundations have awarded 97 laureates – 40 journalists and 57 media outlets – with €1.7m overall. The aim: to strengthen independent journalism in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, both foundations have launched the follow up project “Free Media Awards. Supporting Independent Journalism in Eastern Europe“. It is well worthwhile further to encourage foundations to engage with projects that contribute to better journalism and plurality of opinion. Support for, and the defence of, press freedom; the free flow of information; and improving journalistic standards remain on top of the agenda. Notably, this is precisely not about steering opinion-forming processes, peddling of influence, or surreptitious lobbying. Moreover, foundations are not positioned to mitigate the adverse effects that come with the erosion of traditional business and distribution models. Nor can they develop alternative sources of media revenue. But as actors of civic society, foundations can uphold the importance of journalism. They can insist on the diversity, quality, and relevance of journalism – values that are constitutive for an open society. They can do so, for instance, through endowed journalism professorships, or by way of training and exchange programmes for mid-career journalists." (Foreword, pages 5-6) more

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Unwarranted Interference, Fear and Self-censorship among Journalists in Council of Europe Member States

Marilyn Clark, Anna Grech

In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression

Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 221-226

"Journalists may be exposed to a number of risk factors for unwarranted interference. This is often compounded by a culture of impunity. The extent of unwarranted interference, the experience of fear associated with such interference, and the consequent possibility of self-censorship among journalis ... more

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Media Localism: The Policies of Place

Christopher Ali

Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2017), xiv, 254 pp.

"What does it mean to support local media? How should we define local media in the first place? Christopher Ali delves into our ideas about localism and their far-reaching repercussions for the discourse of federal media policy and regulation. His critique focuses on the new interest in localism amo ... more

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Ukrainian Media Landscape - 2017

Kiev: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2017), 45 pp.

"The main points regarding the freedom of expression decrease in Ukraine include: the restriction of access to information channels (Russian books, TV channels, films, social networks, mail servers, etc.); persecution, in particular the detention and imprisonment of citizens expressing separatist vi ... more

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Spielend lernen! Computerspiele(n) in Schule und Unterricht

Wolfgang Zielinski, Sandra Aßmann, Kai Kaspar, Peter Moormann (eds.)

Düsseldorf; München: kopaed (2017), 198 pp.

"Computerspiele sind Kulturgut. Sie sind etablierte und treibende Kraft gesellschaftlicher Transformationsprozesse in der Freizeitgestaltung und des Medienkonsums zu Unterhaltungszwecken. Aber lassen sich gerade in kommerziellen Spielen – sogenannten off-the-shelf games – auch Bildungspotenziale ... more

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Media in Process: Transformation and Democratic Transition

Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel (ed.)

Milton Park; New York: Routledge (2017), viii, 184 pp.

"The integration of traditionally isolated Central/ Eastern Europe into larger, worldwide trends has fundamentally changed the way we look at the media in this region. This volume proposes to address the transition of the media and communication industries in the contemporary period. The contributio ... more

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Media Landscape: Slovakia

European Journalism Centre (2017)

"In 2016, television broadcasts were watched by 80 percent of the population, Slovak citizens did watch more programmes in their non-mother tongue than in other EU countries." (https://medialandscapes.org)

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10 Jahre „Islamisches Wort“ und „Forum am Freitag“: Rückblick und Ausblick auf Islam im Rundfunk

Raphael Rauch

Communicatio Socialis, volume 50, issue 3 (2017), pp. 391-405

"Die Islamkonferenz hat kritisch nach dem Beitrag der Medien für die Integration von Muslimen gefragt. 2007 machten der SWR mit der Radio-Sendung „Islamisches Wort“ und das ZDF mit der TV-Sendung „Forum am Freitag“ einen Anfang. Der NDR folgte später mit dem „Freitagsforum“ und der „ ... more

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KAS Media Program South East Europe: Professional Journalism and Communication

Christian Spahr, Manuela Zlateva (eds.)

Sofia: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2017), 16 pp.

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Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention

Florian Zollmann

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2017), xiv, 276 pp.

"Building on critical theory, most notably Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model, Florian Zollmann's pioneering study brings propaganda back to the forefront of the debate. On the basis of a forensic examination of 1,911 newspaper articles, Zollmann investigates US, UK and German media reporting of ... more

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