"Even though Colombia has more than 200 radio stations, more than 50 television channels and more than 50 newspapers, there is little media pluralism. The Media Ownership Monitor 2015, jointly carried out with the Colombian Association for Journalists (Federación Colombiana de Periodistas, FECOLPER
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) from August to November, reveals some of the reasons: Concentration is especially high for TV and Radio; Media intertwined with business empires and politics; No clear regulation for distribution of public advertising or licensing regime; Media market remains intransparent." (http://www.mom-rsf.org)
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"Small Cinemas in Global Markets addresses aspects such as identity, revisiting the past, internationalized genres, new forms of experimental cinema, markets and production, as well as technological developments of alternative small screens that open new perspectives into small cinema possibilities.
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Small and big markets for small industries reveal an unimagined diversification of the cultural product and consequently the need to analyze the impact at local, regional, and global levels. Much needed to continue and expand the existing scholarship in the field, this volume is based on research by authors who approach their subject from Western theoretical perspectives with a professional (mostly native) knowledge of the language, cultural realities, and film industry practices. It covers aspects from fifteen different countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, China (Hong Kong), Croatia, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), Greece, Indonesia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Morocco, and the United States. Since both film and documentary distribution from certain areas of the globe on international markets remains problematic, it is important for the academic field to discuss and circulate them as much as possible, and to create the basis for further exploration." (Publisher description)
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"La presente Guía General de Maestros y Maestras es, ante todo, un documento de apoyo para acompañar a niñas, niños y jóvenes en un viaje por la memoria histórica del conflicto armado colombiano. Para tal efecto, ofrece información clave para que las y los profesores aprovechen al máximo los
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contenidos pedagógicos plasmados en el marco conceptual y los textos dirigidos a los y las estudiantes. Así mismo, expone los objetivos del proyecto y las competencias que se espera desarrollar con el uso de estos materiales, al igual que las herramientas necesarias para alcanzar unos y otras. Ante todo, la ruta de la memoria histórica fomenta: La conexión entre las experiencias y memorias personales de los y las estudiantes; El desarrollo de empatía para escuchar activamente a las víctimas del conflicto armado; El discernimiento moral a partir de sembrar el hábito de medir las posibles consecuencias que nuestras decisiones y acciones pueden desencadenar en nuestras propias vidas, así como sobre la vida de otras personas a partir del planteamiento de dilemas cotidianos; La reflexión y análisis sobre acontecimientos históricos y procesos desde el rigor lógico y metodológico, así como la identificación y el examen de múltiples fuentes desde una perspectiva crítica." (Página 6)
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"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
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tening to the radio, visiting the cinema, using the internet, and viewing outdoor advertising while out of the home. Note that the extent of information available varies considerably from market to market. For some countries we have a full breakdown of consumption figures across all media, with separate figures for desktop and mobile internet, with historical figures back to 2010 and forecasts to 2014, plus monthly breakdowns for consumption across the year, and hourly breakdowns for consumption across the day. For a few countries there is very little research on media consumption trends, so we are able to present only a limited set of figures. We expect the scope of the report to expand in future editions, both by adding new countries and by providing more details for countries where information is currently sparse." (Introduction)
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"This article explores how popular culture theory can be used in postconflict situations to raise awareness about human rights violations. This case study investigates a media narrative produced by the Memory Center in Colombia, about a political assassination of a community leader. On February 12,
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2009, Luis Arango was murdered in the Colombian region known as Magdalena Medio. Arango was a fisherman and a leader of local and regional fishing communities struggling to defend wetlands and natural environments from encroaching cattle and agribusiness economies. Arango was murdered to stop his leadership and environmental agendas. Arango’s assassination was selected as an emblematic case that illustrates well how Colombia’s armed conflict impacts community leaders trying to advance social justice agendas. This article explores how a new understanding of “the popular” was used to frame a media narrative about Arango’s case." (Abstract)
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"La televisión peruana carece del conocimiento suficiente relativo al enfoque de género y por ello no lo aplica. El espíritu de la sociedad del espectáculo –por el cual todo se ve y todo se exhibe- condiciona la producción televisiva y su representación del género. Así, el noticiero espect
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áculo es vitrina para la masculinidad criminal mientras que el reality show es vitrina para la masculinidad y feminidad hegemónica. Esto no tiene frontera en cuanto a edades. Niños sicarios aparecen en los noticieros exhibiendo armas al cinto así sus rostros sean ocultos. Salvo excepciones, niños participantes de concursos son seleccionados más que por talento, en razón a sus atributos de seducción erótica, produciéndose una temprana hipersexualización. La hipersexualización se haya presente en la mayor parte de programas, subrayando por encima de otras, las características corporales de los personajes televisivos protagonistas de shows en vivo y reduciendo a la persona a estas características." (Conclusiones, página 19)
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"In 2014, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Colombia and Argentina, in that order, were the top five countries in the production of national fiction hours. Once again, Brazil and Mexico, despite the drop suffered by the latter, continued to be the largest producers of fiction in the Ibero-American region. I
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n contrast, Peru and Ecuador had the lowest offer of national fiction hours, while Uruguay did not produce hours of national fiction during 2014." (Page 39)
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"Participatory photography initiatives promise to ‘empower’, ‘give voice’ and ‘enable social change’ for marginalised communities through photography. This thesis questions this promise, demonstrating participatory photography to be a contested practice defined as much by inherent tensio
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n, ethical complexity and its limitations as by its potential. Caught up in governmental practices and instrumental discourses, ‘NGO-ised’ participatory photography has lost its purpose and politics. Using multiple case-studies and presenting empirical research on TAFOS, a pioneering Peruvian participatory photography project, this thesis explores under examined areas of participatory photography practice, including its governmentality, spectatorship and long term impact on participants. It establishes the effectiveness of photography as a tool for fomenting an enduring critical consciousness (Freire 1970, 1973) while questioning the romantic narrative of participatory photography’s inherently empowering qualities and capacity to enable change. Pluralism is used as a theoretical and conceptual framework for re-framing the promise of participatory photography. It is argued that a pluralized notion of participatory photography highlights the paradoxical, uncertain and negotiated character of the practice. It re-conceptualises the method as a mode of mediation that enables a plurality of seeing, that supports emerging and unrecognized claims and that cultivates a critical engagement with difference; qualities that are vital to democratic pluralism. The notion of a ‘Photography of Becoming’ re-imagines the critical and political character of participatory photography and the complex and vulnerable politics of voice in which it is immersed." (Abstract)
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"Training and educating of journalists around the world with the aim of enhancing free and independent media has been a major field of media development cooperation for decades. Nevertheless, the state of scientific research in this area remains limited, specifically with regard to the status quo of
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journalism education in developing countries. The academic research project on International Journalism Education Standards (IJES) was initiated by Deutsche Welle Akademie’s International Media Studies program with the goal to help close this gap. This publication contains the research results of the IJES research poject´s comparative study about the standards of journalism education in four developing countries: Colombia, Kenya, Myanmar and Egypt." (Publisher description)
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"Through its strategic approach of producing better-trained journalists, the project is contributing to a positive long-term impact on the quality of media reporting in Bolivia and the level of information of its citizens. However, since no training cycle had been completed at the time of the evalua
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tion, there is as yet no answer to the question of continuation. The importance of media development cooperation and capacity development of journalists for democratic and sustainable development has been confirmed in recent years by various international actors (UNESCO, BBC et al.). It can therefore be assumed that ProPeriodismo will contribute to a general improvement in reporting standards if sustainability is ensured. However, it is a long process that depends not only on journalistic training, but also on other factors such as media policy developments in the country and region. The evaluation reveals two problem areas that detract from the intended impact: 1. So far, only a comparatively small number of journalists and lecturers have benefitted from the support. Furthermore, neither trainees nor university lecturers have the opportunity to systematically pass on their knowledge to colleagues in editorial offices or teaching institutions. 2. Changing media reporting for the better requires not only good journalistic training, but also an appropriate political and structural framework." (Page 5)
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"En las últimas décadas, las organizaciones del periodismo boliviano, círculos políticos y la sociedad en su conjunto, han advertido profundas deficiencias en la práctica del periodismo. Uno de los problemas identificados es la escasez de periodistas calificados. Según estudios realizados por
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organizaciones académicas, una de las causas que origina la baja calidad profesional es que la mayoría de las universidades enfocan sus planes de estudios hacia la comunicación corporativa, las relaciones públicas y el desarrollo, entre otras áreas de la comunicación, dejando de lado al periodismo. La otra, el poco interés de los estudiantes por dedicarse a este oficio. Esto ha originado que el mercado laboral del periodismo adquiera una configuración especial: existen pocos periodistas profesionales y, de ellos, sólo algunos tienen las capacidades que requiere esta profesión. Por ello, varios medios forman periodistas en la práctica, lo que ha originado una distorsión, no sólo en la calidad de los productos periodísticos, sino también en el nivel salarial. Bajo esa perspectiva, con el apoyo de la Deutsche Welle Akademie (DW) y la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) y bajo el liderazgo del Ministerio de Comunicación del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, la Fundación para el Periodismo (FPP) impulsa un proyecto sostenible de formación y capacitación de periodistas en el que se integran medios y profesionales." (Antecedentes)
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"Los países de América Latina han implementado importantes reformas de gobierno abierto durante los últimos años. La combinación de los esfuerzos a nivel nacional con el soporte que los países han obtenido por parte de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto (AGA) ha sido benéfica para lograr ava
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nces cruciales en diversas áreas relacionadas al gobierno abierto. Entre 2013 y 2014, la OCDE - como socio oficial multilateral de la AGA - llevó a cabo un estudio para conocer el estado actual de los estrategias y prácticas de gobierno abierto en la región. Este reporte presenta los principales hallazgos producto de la implementación de un cuestionario regional enfocado a recabar información sobre estrategias de gobierno abierto, acceso a la información y datos abiertos. En paralelo, el reporte presenta tres casos de estudio que analizan a fondo el estado del gobierno abierto en Costa Rica, Perú y Colombia. El cuestionario y el marco analítico están basados en la experiencia y estándares de la OCDE lo que permitirá a los países latinoamericanos conocer y evaluar la situación de la región en cara a las mejores prácticas internacionales. Se presentan los principales logros y desafíos regionales de una manera comparativa con la finalidad de posicionar las prácticas nacionales e institucionales desde una perspectiva global. Aparte del análisis comparativo de datos e información, el proyecto busca reforzar el marco institucional de los países partícipes del presente estudio con la finalidad de facilitar la implementación de los compromisos adquiridos dentro de la AGA y fortalecer la red regional de oficiales nacionales a cargo de gobierno abierto." (https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org)
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"Esta nueva publicación compila, analiza y socializa información socio demográ ca sobre las poblaciones indígenas de los países del SICSUR. Además, contribuye a difundir las politicas culturales relativas a los pueblos indígenas, que han sido adoptadas por los diversos paises del SICSUR. El S
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istema de Información Cultural del Mercosur (SICSUR) es un espacio dedicado a la construcción de metodologías estandarizadas y datos válidos sobre el campo cultural en América del Sur." (Tapa posterior)
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"Video games have become a global industry, and their history spans dozens of national industries where foreign imports compete with domestic productions, legitimate industry contends with piracy, and national identity faces the global marketplace. This volume describes video game history and cultur
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e across every continent, with essays covering areas as disparate and far-flung as Argentina and Thailand, Hungary and Indonesia, Iran and Ireland. Most of the essays are written by natives of the countries they discuss, many of them game designers and founders of game companies, offering distinctively firsthand perspectives. Some of these national histories appear for the first time in English, and some for the first time in any language." (Back cover)
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