commbox South America

Filter

3737

Sort by:

Direction:

External Link (14)

Biblical Soap Opera Enjoying Ungodly Success in Brazil

Jenny Barchfield

San Diego Union Tribune, May 28 (2015)

"Set in ancient Egypt and loosely based on the story of Moses, “The Ten Commandments” is billed as Brazil’s first biblical soap opera. Swathed in Egyptian robes and sporting lapis lazuli jewelry and Cleopatra wigs, some of the characters are based on biblical or other historic figures, while o ... more

Download (1)

A comunicação na formação presbiteral da Igreja Católica no Brasil

Valdecir Bressani

Curitiba: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Master Thesis (2015), 145 pp.

External Link (10)

Google Scholar (8)

WorldCat (8)

When the Marginalized Enter the National Spotlight: The Framing of Brazilian Favelas and Favelados

Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno

Global Media and Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2015), pp. 61-80

"How are marginalized peoples and places framed in their dominant national media? Framing theory applied through a comparative narrative analysis of 313 news articles, 291 photos and 1051 telenovela scenes allowed Brazilian media representations of a marginalized people, favelados, and marginalized, ... more

External Link (7)

Concentração dos meios de comunicação de massa e o desafio da democratização da mídia no Brasil

Bruno Marinoni

São Paulo: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2015), 27 pp.

"A estrutura de oligopólio na televisão brasileira consolidou-se nos anos 80 e pouco variou até os dias de hoje, sendo marcada basicamente pelo estabelecimento de um sistema central de poucas redes nacionais privadas (Globo, SBT, Bandeirantes e Manchete, depois substituída pela RedeTV!) e tendo ... more

External Link (11)

Media Consumption Forecasts 2015

Anne Austin, Jonathan Barnard, Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2015), 192 pp.

"This report surveys the changing patterns of media consumption in 65 countries across the world, and forecasts how the amount of time people allocate to different media will change between 2014 and 2017. It measures the amount of time spent reading newspapers and magazines, watching television, lis ... more

External Link (11)

Voices from the Margins: People, Media, and the Struggle for Land in Brazil

Paola Sartoretto

Karlstad University, Thesis (2015), 284 pp.

External Link (10)

Google Scholar (11)

WorldCat (10)

Anthropology, Theatre and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance

Alex Flynn, Jonas Tinius (eds.)

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiv, 368 pp.

"The contributors explore diverse contexts of performance to discuss peoples' own reflections on political subjectivities, governance and development. The volume refocuses anthropological engagement with ethics, aesthetics, and politics to examine the transformative potential of political performanc ... more

External Link (10)

Google Scholar (9)

WorldCat (9)

The International Political Economy of Communication: Media and Power in South America

Ernesto Vivares, Cheryl Martens, Robert W. McChesney (eds.)

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xxi, 195 pp.

"This collection reflects on the international political economy of media and the valuable lessons to be learned from the media reforms currently taking place across South America. The contributors present a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives on the ongoing battle for media space i ... more

Download (1)

El cine comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe
Top Insights

Alfonso Gumucio Dagron (coord.)

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2014), 534 pp.

External Link (14)

Las ficciones del poder: Patriotismo, medios de comunicación y reorientación afectiva de los colombianos bajo Uribe Vélez (2002-2010)

Fabio López de la Roche

Bogotá: Debate, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Estudios Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales (IEPRI) (2014), 606 pp.

External Link (7)

Google Scholar (8)

WorldCat (9)

Mapping Mass Mobilization: Understanding Revolutionary Moments in Argentina and Ukraine

Olga Onuch

Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xvii, 334 pp.

"Through a paired comparison of two moments of mass mobilization, in Ukraine and Argentina, focusing on the role of different actors involved, this text maps out a multi-layered sequence of events leading up to mass mobilization." (Publisher description)

External Link (10)

Google Scholar (9)

WorldCat (10)

Journalism and Memory

Barbie Zelizer, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xv, 282 pp.

"Tracking the ways in which journalism and memory mutually support, undermine, repair and challenge each other, this fascinating collection brings together leading scholars in journalism and memory studies to investigate the complicated role that journalism plays in relation to the past." (Publisher ... more

Google Scholar (6)

WorldCat (7)

Trânsitos religiosos, cultura e mídia: A expansão neopentecostal

Adilson José Francisco

São Paulo: Paulus (2014), 438 pp.

Download (1)

Radios comunitarias, comunicación popular y ciudadanía: Disputas por la democratización de la palabra pública. El caso del Foro Argentino de Radios Comunitarias (FARCO), Argentina (1980-2013)

Judith Gerbaldo

Córdoba: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Master Thesis (2014), 450 pp.

Download (1)

O telejornal nas emissoras de televisão católica do Brasil

Marcos Carvalho Macedo, Cristina Teixeira Vieira de Melo

João Pessoa - PB: Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação, XVI Congresso de Ciências da Comunicação na Região Nordeste (2014), 15 pp.

"Os telejornais das emissoras católicas assumem-se como católicos, não se furtando a noticiar acontecimentos e temáticas ligadas à religião. Apesar disso, este não é seu objetivo principal. Sobressaem as notícias de interesse social, recortes da realidade, daquilo que acontece dia-a-dia no ... more

External Link (15)

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
Inspiring Practice

Jan Lublinski, Petra Berner, Merjam Wakili (eds.)

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 300 pp.

"This study constitutes the attempt to draw some initial conclusions from the work conducted by DW Akademie and other media development organizations in the past. It aims at a better understanding of which public service functions former state broadcasters can provide at all and which approaches of ... media development actors have proved to be successful. Reforming of state mouthpieces into public service media can indeed be achieved. This is one of the most important findings of this study. DW Akademie researchers here present examples of media outlets that fulfill their public service remit of creating a public sphere and supporting integration to a substantial degree. Even among the success stories, not all the media outlets studied here have adopted a public service ethos to its full extent. Their work, however, improved considerably. In assisting reform, media development actors were thus able to enhance the public’s freedom of expression as well as its access to information – two basic human rights we see as important prerequisites for peace and democracy. On the other hand, this study shows how difficult and complex transformation is. State media are often highly politicized. Successful transformation, therefore, requires support of a lot of different actors: the political elite, civil society, the management of the broadcaster, its staff, and last but certainly not least, the public as a whole. It is vital that media development actors identify windows of opportunity and profit from them in order to propel change forward. At the same time, this study demonstrates that media development organizations have to think beyond their traditional fields of expertise: capacity development and newsroom consultancy. A much broader approach is needed if substantial and sustainable development is to be achieved. DW Akademie is currently implementing a new, more complex strategy for successful media development cooperation that takes this into account. Political and legal frameworks have become a strategic area of activity. Other equally important areas comprise qualifications, professionalism, and economic sustainability of the media sector, participation in society, and digital change. With regard to public broadcasting, political and legal frameworks are especially important in order to ensure editorial independence of former state broadcasters. Furthermore, media development actors have to engage more in organizational development. Therefore, at the end of this study, we dedicate a whole chapter to this question. This study of selected media outlets from twelve countries does not attempt to provide a final answer to the question of successful public service transformation. It aims at giving an overview of what has been achieved in practical work in this field in the course of the past years. More research is needed to understand which steps of reform are needed for a genuine transformation that is sustainable in the long term. The media are undergoing crucial developments. Digital change, convergence, and social media have increased pluralism of opinion substantially in many parts of the world. At the same time, the media face new challenges with respect to their economic sustainability. The notion of public service media that offer a model for providing journalistic quality without financial dependence deserves further thought." (Preface) more

External Link (11)

Emergencia del territorio y comunicación local: Experiencias de comunicación y desarrollo sobre medio ambiente en Colombia

Eliana Herrera Huérfano, María Victoria Rugeles Gélvez, Andrea Sotelo Carreño, Jair Vega Casanova (eds.)

Barranquilla; Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Norte;Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD);Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto);Universidad Santo Tomás (2014), xxx, 487 pp.

External Link (10)

Google Scholar (10)

WorldCat (11)

Priorities in Global Media Policy Transfer: Audiovisual and Digital Policy Mutations in the EU, MERCOSUR and US Triangle

Katharine Sarikakis, Sarah Ganter

European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 1 (2014), pp. 17-33

"This article investigates the flow of communication policy principles across the supranational, international and national levels, through the lens of policy transfer. Policy transfer is a new concept for the field of media and communication studies. The article utilizes and expands on the concept ... more

Google Scholar (8)

WorldCat (8)

Hechos para contar: Conversaciones con 10 periodistas sobre su oficio

Lorenzo Morales, Marta Ruiz

Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Centro de Estudios de Periodismo (CEPER);Penguin Random House (2014), 331 pp.

Download (1)

Community Media and Civil Society: Lessons from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Rich Potter

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Doctoral Thesis (2014), vi, 518 pp.

"This dissertation explores the role of community media in democratic civil society governance through an examination of participatory communications under socialist administrations in Latin America, with a primary focus on the Bolivarian government of Venezuela. In so doing, it seeks to establish a ... more

El cine comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe Top Insights

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries Inspiring Practice

El cine comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe
Top Insights

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
Inspiring Practice