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Childcare Workers, Global Migration and Digital Media

Youna Kim

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2017), x, 204 pp.

"This book explores the transnational mobility, everyday life and digital media use of childcare workers living and working abroad. Focusing specifically on Filipina, Indonesian, and Sri Lankan nannies in Europe, it offers insights as to the causes and implications of women’s mobility, using data ... more

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Tribal Journalists under Fire: Threats, impunity and decision making in reporting on conflict in Pakistan

Syed Irfan Ashraf, Lisa Brooten

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

Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 147-158

"This study investigates the challenges faced by local journalists caught between the global “war on terror” and its local consequences in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Threats and impunity are commonplace in this buffer zone bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, compell ... 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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The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
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Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 363 pp.

"To support joint efforts to protect journalism, there is a growing need for research-based knowledge. Acknowledging this need, the aim of this publication is to highlight and fuel journalist safety as a field of research, to encourage worldwide participation, as well as to inspire further dialogues ... more

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Project of a Community Radio Station in the Multi-Religious Context of the Diocese of Neyyattinkara (Kerala, India)

Justin Dominic Elsy

Rome: Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Facoltà di Comunicazione Sociale Istituzionale, Master Thesis (2017), xv, 161 pp.

"First chapter explained the concept of CR and those three key aspects such as: non-profit, community ownership and management, and community participation [...] Second chapter spoke entirely about the situation of CR in India. It has emphasised the history and growth of CR in India through six phas ... more

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Local Radio in Afghanistan: A Sustainability Assessment

Nathalie Paarlberg, Kamran Parwana, Eric Davin et al.

Altai Consulting;Internews (2017), 136 pp.

"This study assesses the role and impact of this local radio station network as well as its sustainability prospects, focusing on four pillars of sustainability in particular: Financial sustainability: at a minimum, radio stations need to be able to support their activities, and ideally enjoy some s ... more

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Análisis y relatos de experiencias de comunicación participativa en radios comunitarias en India

Amaia Landaburu

Commons: Revista de Comunicación y Ciudadanía Digital, volume 6, issue 2 (2017), pp. 54-77

"Desde una perspectiva crítica de la comunicación para el desarrollo y el cambio social y tomando como referencia una nueva mirada a la Comunicología de la Liberación definida por Luis Ramiro Beltrán (1981), esta presentación analiza experiencias y modelos de comunicación horizontal de radios ... more

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A critical review on the status of community radio in India

Haoginlen Chongloi, Ganeshi Sethi

International Research Journal of Social Sciences, volume 6, issue 8 (2017), pp. 54-58

"Radio has been recognized as one oft he most cost-effective means of mass communication man has ever invented. The concept of radio communication run and managed by the community itself has gained serious attention since almost a half a century ago. The government of India in order to target specif ... more

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Internet: Smarte neue Welt

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42

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Managing Disaster Response Through Mobile: Asia Pacific

Barbara Arese Lucini, Akanksha Sharma

London: GSMA (2017), 15 pp.

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Problems and Perspectives of the Relationship Between the Media and Human Rights

Gyan Prakash Pandey, Charu Joshi, Paromita Das (eds.)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2017), xx, 190 pp.

"In a democratic political system, the media is often entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the rights of the people. As such, it is essential to critically look at its role and functions in our present socio-political context. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the following c ... more

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Multimodal Salafi Engagement with Digital Media in Azerbaijan

Kamal Gasimov

Washington, DC: George Washington University, Central Asia Program (2017), 23 pp.

"This paper examines Azerbaijani Salafis’ engagement with the new media technologies. Our main research questions are: how do Salafis use digital or Internet media, what are the outcomes of this interaction, and what styles of communication do Salafis employ in their cyber engagements? Salafis in ... more

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The Cost of Truth Telling in India: Reporting in the Context of Intolerance

Pradip Ninan Thomas

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

Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 87-92

"I would like to begin by stating the obvious. Any way forward has to be based on a clear understanding of the possibilities for change in the environment and context of the press in India. While there is a lot to celebrate about the press in India, its institutional location within the market, its ... more

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Strengthening Accountability Through Media in Afghanistan: Final Evaluation

Anna Godfrey, Georgina Page, Ahmad Tamim Sharifzai

London: BBC Media Action (2017), 59 pp.

"In 2012 the opportunity for ordinary Afghans to communicate with political authorities or hold them to account was extremely limited. To help address this BBC Media Action worked with state broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) and the BBC Afghan Service to co-produce the TV and radio nati ... more

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Media in the Middle East: Activism, Politics, and Culture

Nele Lenze, Charlotte Schriwer, Zubaidah Abdul Jalil (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxxii, 265 pp.

"This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the media’s influence on ... more

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Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora

Radha Sarma Hegde, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2017), xix, 393 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora introduces readers to the contexts and histories that constitute the Indian diaspora. It brings together scholars from different parts of the globe, representing various disciplines, and covers extensive spatial and temporal terrain. Contributors draw f ... more

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Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing
Inspiring Practice

Veronica Baxter, Katharine E. Low (eds.)

London et al.: Bloomsbury (2017), xxiii, 315 pp.

"Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing is the first volume in the field to address the role that theatre, drama and performance have in relation to promoting, developing and sustaining health and wellbeing in diverse communities. Challenging concepts and understanding of health, wellbeing ... more

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Journalism and Media Privilege

Strasbourg: European Audiovisual Observatory;Council of Europe (2017), 106 pp.

"The report provides an overview of the most recent rules, case law and policies across Europe with regard to the privileges that are given to journalists when exercising their activities. As a rule, when identifying the relevant legal aspects, three features are taken into account: the correspondin ... more

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Internal Threats and Safety of Journalists: A Study from India

Sriram Arulchelvan

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

Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 227-230

"Journalists face numerous threats from different stakeholders. In developing countries, internal threats coming from inside media organizations – threats that have a serious impact on the professional, economic and psychological lives of journalists – are less researched. This research is an at ... more

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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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Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing Inspiring Practice

Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences Top Insights

The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
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Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing
Inspiring Practice

Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences
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