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The Economic Contribution of Copyright Industries in the Republic of Ecuador

Pablo Cardoso
Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2017), 98 pp.
"The survey establishes that from 2010 to 2014, copyright industries in Ecuador experienced rapid growth and increased their share of GDP from 3.65 per cent to 4.47 per cent, or 3,116 million US dollars in monetary terms. In 2014, the creative sector generated 3.47 per cent of national employment (2 ... more
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Assessment of Media Development in Bolivia: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Erick Torrico Villanueva, Sandra Villegas Taborga
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 105 pp.
"The UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators study (MDI) in Bolivia made a comprehensive media diagnosis as a democratic discourse platform, current laws related to Communication and Journalism, and the Constitutional warranties to freedom of expression for citizen and journalists. However, private ... more
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Defending Journalism: How National Mechanisms Can Protect Journalists and Address the Issue of Impunity. A Comparative Analysis of Practices in Seven Countries
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Elisabeth Witchel, Esben Q. Harboe (eds.)
International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 250 pp.
"The research documents how, despite immense ongoing challenges, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal and Pakistan, some important advances have been made to develop joint structures and innovative approaches to defend the practice of journalism. It examines the long road Colombia has followed in the establi ... more
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Free Basics in Real Life: Six Case Studies on Facebook’s Internet “on Ramp” Initiative from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Amsterdam: Global Voices (2017), 35 pp.
According to the executive summary "Facebook’s Free Basics program aims to help bridge the digital divide through a mobile-based platform that allows users to connect to a handful of online services free of charge [...] This paper highlights the following findings: Language: Free Basics does not m ... more
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Global Pop: Das Buch zur Weltmusik

Claus Leggewie (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 392 pp.
"Der Begriff "Weltmusik" war in den 1980er Jahren die gängige Beschreibung für Musikstile, die aus westlicher Perspektive "exotisch" wirkten. Er stand für unterschiedlichste musikalische Traditionen, die oftmals nicht viel mehr gemein hatten, als dass sie plötzlich für den westlichen Markt inte ... more
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Mediciones culturales. Resultados del proyecto: Elaboración e implementación de la Cuenta Satélite de Cultura, CSC, en los países del área andina
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Alejandra María Muñoz Montoya, Gabriela Falconi Piedra (coord.)
Lima: Ministerio de Cultura y Turismo de Bolivia; Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia; Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio de Ecuador; Ministerio de Cultura de Perú (2017), 284 pp.
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Educomunicação e suas áreas de intervenção: Novos paradigmas para o diálogo intercultural

Ismar de Oliveira Soares, Claudemir Edson Viana, Jurema Brasil Xavier
São Paulo: Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadorese Profissionais em Educomunicação (ABPEducom) (2017), 949 pp.
"O material aqui divulgado representa, em essência, a contribuição do VII Encontro Brasileiro de Educomunicação ao V Global MIL Week, da UNESCO, ocorrido na ECA/USP, entre 3 e 5 de novembro de 2016. Estamos diante de um conjunto de 104 papers executivos, com uma média de entre 7 e 10 páginas, ... more
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Cobertura de eventos electorales en Venezuela

Caracas: Espacio Público (2017), 2 pp.
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Social Media in Emergent Brazil: How the Internet Affects Social Change

Juliano Spyer
London: UCL Press; University College London (2017), xviii, 240 pp.
"Based on 15 months of ethnographic research, this book aims to understand why low-income Brazilians have invested so much of their time and money in learning about social media. Juliano Spyer explores this question from a number of perspectives, including education, relationships, work and politics ... more
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The Next Ronald Reagan? Celebrity, Social Entrepreneurism, and the Case of Brazilian TV Host Luciano Huck

Bruno Campanella
In: The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture
Toby Miller (ed.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 397-406
"Taking the participation in social and humanitarian campaigns of TV host and social entrepreneur Luciano Huck as a case in point, this chapter investigates how new models of celebrity civic engagement are becoming increasingly popular in Brazil. Huck belongs to a growing group of Brazilian celebrit ... more
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Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations
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Robyn S. Goodman, Elanie Steyn (eds.)
Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas; World Journalism Education Council (2017), xviii, 468 pp.
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Bibliografía boliviana en comunicación 2001 - 2015: Líneas de pensamiento, temas y autores

Erick R. Torrico Villanueva
La Paz: Universidad Mayor de San Andrés; Instituto de Investigación, Posgrado e Interacción Social en Comunicación (IpiCOM) (2017), 167 pp.
"Partiendo de los antecedentes de la bibliografía de Luis Ramiro Beltrán y otros (1990), y del recuento de Carlos Soria (2000) que, respectivamente, registraron lo producido sobre Comunicación entre principios del siglo XIX y finales de la década de 1980 –la primera– y a lo largo del decenio ... more
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Educomunicação: Um diálogo criativo com a pedagogia de Dom Bosco. O estudo de caso junto à Rede Salesiana de Escolas, na América Latina

Antonia Alves Pereira
Porto Alegre: Editora Fi (2017), 248 pp.
"A obra é resultado de dissertação de mestrado em Ciências da Comunicação defendido na Universidade de São Paulo (USP) em 2012, a obra contextualiza as práticas educativas salesianas a partir do paradigma da educomunicação. A pesquisa foi orientada pelo professor Ismar de Oliveira Soares, ... more
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Negotiating Journalism: Core Values and Cultural Diversities

Elsebeth Frey, Mofizur Rhaman, Hamida El Bour (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 170 pp.
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Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences
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Dafna Lemish, Maya Götz (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2017), 254 pp.
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Diversidad de prácticas religiosas en las villas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

Ana Lourdes Suárez, Isabel Gatti
Debates en Sociología, volume 44 (2017), pp. 119-143
"El trabajo describe y analiza la diversidad de prácticas religiosas de habitantes de villas de Buenos Aires. Se basa en datos agregados relevados con un cuestionario aplicado a una muestra representativa de residentes de estos territorios. Se presenta primero una discusión sobre el concepto de re ... more
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Brazil: Media from the Country of the Future

Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Apryl Williams (eds.)
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2017), xl, 393 pp.
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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South

Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)
Cape Town; Ottawa: African Minds; Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), xiii, 592 pp.
"Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasin ... more
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Innovative Journalism in Latin America

Teresa Mioli, Ismael Nafría (eds.)
Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas; Open Society Foundations (2017), 86 pp.
"This e-book was first published in Spanish on April 23, 2017 on the occassion of the 10th Ibero-American Colloquium for Digital Journalism organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. The book compiles reports from the series “Innovative Jour ... more
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Neutralidad de red en América Latina: Reglamentación, aplicación de la ley y perspectivas: Los casos de Chile, Colombia, Brasil y México;Neutralidade de rede na América Latina: Regulamentação, aplicação da lei e perspectivas: Os casos do Chile, Colômbia, Brasil e México

São Paulo: Intervozes (2017), 177 pp.
"Sinteses de las recomendaciones: Incentivar la creación de tecnologías de evaluación del cumplimiento de la neutralidad de red en las capas lógica y de infraestructuras; Incentivar la creación de piezas procesuales de referencia para la creación de jurisprudencia, usando como base tanto el Ma ... more