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Effects of the Internet on Participation: Study of a Public Policy Referendum in Brazil

Paolo Spada, Jonathan Mellon, Tiago Peixoto, Frederick M Sjoberg

World Bank Group, Governance Global Practice Group (2015), 36 pp.

"Does online voting mobilize citizens who otherwise would not participate? During the annual participatory budgeting vote in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil—the world’s largest—Internet voters were asked whether they would have participated had there not been an online voting ... more

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

Paola Sartoretto

Karlstad University, Thesis (2015), 284 pp.

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Applied Theatre: Development

Tim Prentki (ed.)

London et al.: Bloomsbury (2015), x, 291 pp.

"At once both guide book and provocation, this is an indispensable companion for students and practitioners of applied theatre. It addresses all key aspects: principles, origins, politics and aesthetics in a concise and accessible style designed to appeal both to those who have recently discovered t ... more

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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

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Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of E-Inclusion

Kim J. Andreasson (ed.)

Boca Raton et al.: CRC Press (2015), xxviii, 300 pp.

"The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the cu ... more

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The Trust Factor: An EJN Review of Journalism and Self-Regulation
Top Insights

Aidan White (ed.)

London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), 72 pp.

"This report examines self-regulation in challenging times. Journalism is increasingly a single stream of information disseminated simultaneously across different platforms of media, but its regulation remains dominated by old-fashioned notions of how media work. Usually there are two ways of regula ... more

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Digital, Social & Mobile in 2015: We Are Social's Compendium of Global Digital Statistics

Simon Kemp

Singapore: We Are Social (2015), 372 slides

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Mapping BRICS Media

Kaarle Nordenstreng, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xvii, 272 pp.

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Reflections on Media Education Futures: Contributions to the Conference Media Education Futures in Tampere, Finland 2014
Inspiring Practice

Sirkku Kotilainen, Reijo Kupiainen (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2015), 301 pp.

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Agents and Voices: A Panorama of Media Education in Brazil, Portugal and Spain

Ilana Eleá (ed.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2015), 279 pp.

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Educomunicação: Caminhos e perspectivas na formação pastoral. A experiência do Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC)

Helena Corazza

São Paulo Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 267 pp.

"Nesta tese procurou-se comprovar que o Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC), um projeto iniciado em 1982, que se dedica à formação de lideranças pastorais e culturais mediante cursos livres, sistemáticos e publicações, foi decisivo para a emergência da teoria e prática educomunica ... more

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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

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Freedom on the Net 2015: Privatizing Censorship, Eroding Privacy

Sanja Kelly, Madeline Earp, Laura Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2015), 986 pp.

"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year, with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content. State authorities have also jailed more users for their online writings, wh ... more

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Caminhos para a luta pelo direito à comunicaçao no Brasil: Como combater as ilegalidades no rádio e na TV

São Paulo: Intervozes (2015), 62 pp.

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Violações de direitos na mídia brasileira: Guia de monitoramento. Uma ferramenta prática para identificar violações de direitos no campo da comunicação de massa

Suzana Varjão

ANDI;Intervozes (2015), 80 pp.

"Esse Guia é decorrente de forte demanda do movimento social brasileiro, provocada pela proliferação de narrativas midiáticas que violam direitos elementares, previstos em lei. Capitaneada pela TV, a tendência espraia-se por outros meios e dilui as fronteiras entre jornalismo e entretenimento, ... more