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Online Video Forecasts 2015

Anne Austin, Jonathan Barnard, Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2015), 85 pp.

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Suzana Varjão

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Ana Cristina Suzina

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Cicilia M. Krohling Peruzzo; Maria Alice Otre (eds.)

São Bernardo do Campo: UMESP (2015), pp. 222-245

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Monitoreo niñez y adolescencia en magazines de la TV abierta 2015: Análisis cuali-cuantitativo de las representaciones de niñas, niños y adolescentes en magazines televisivos, de acuerdo con el nuevo paradigma de derechos

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"Los programas de interés general dedicaron un 27,2% de su programación a la presentación de temas que involucran a niñas, niños y adolescentes. Sin embargo, esta presencia notablemente alta en los ciclos del género no implica necesariamente un tratamiento positivo, una participación activa y ... more

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Reflections on Media Education Futures: Contributions to the Conference Media Education Futures in Tampere, Finland 2014
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From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme

Maja Kominko (ed.)

Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2015), lxviii, 651 pp.

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Informe: Servicio de estudio cuantitativo sobre consumo radial y televisivo nacional

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