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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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Asian Video Cultures: In the Penumbra of the Global

Joshua Neves, Bhaskar Sarkar (eds.)

Durham; London: Duke University Press (2017), viii, 360 pp.

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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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Internet: Smarte neue Welt

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

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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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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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Offenes Erzählen: Experimente im zeitgenössischen indischen Dokumentarfilm

Ulrike Mothes

Bielefeld: transcript (2017), 203 pp.

"Der Dokumentarfilm gilt in Indien als kommerziell schwer auswertbares Genre - und stellt dennoch ein Feld dar, in welchem Experimente entstehen können. Angesichts der gegenwärtigen gesellschaftlichen Umbrüche untersucht Ulrike Mothes den aktuellen indischen Dokumentarfilm hinsichtlich seiner fil ... 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
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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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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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Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South

Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)

Cape Town; Ottawa: African Minds;Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2017), xiii, 592 pp.

"Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasin ... more

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Culture and Crisis Communication: Transboundary Cases from Nonwestern Perspectives

Amiso M. George, Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo (eds.)

New York: Wiley (2017), xxix, 376 pp.

"Culture and Crisis Communication presents an examination of how politics, culture, religion, and other social issues affect crisis communication and management in nonwestern countries. From intense human tragedy to the follies of the rich, the chapters examine how companies, organizations, news out ... more

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Community Networks: The Internet by the People, for the People. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
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Luca Belli (ed.)

Rio de Janeiro: Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (2017), 244 pp.

"This volume is structured in two sections exploring benefits, challenges and opportunities for community networks and analysing a series of community network case studies and forward-looking proposals, from which useful recommendations can be drawn. As a conclusion, this book includes the updated v ... more

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The Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia

Ian Aitken, Camille Deprez (eds.)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2017), x, 246 pp.

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Folklore, religion and the songs of a Bengali madman: A journey between performance and the politics of cultural representation

Carola Erika Lorea

Leiden; Boston: Brill (2016), xvi, 332 pp.

"This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if ex ... more

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Advocacy Campaign for the Rights of People with Disabilities: A Participatory Action Research Within a Community-Based Rehabilitation Project in Maharashtra, India

Atul Jaiswal, Shikha Gupta

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, volume 27, issue 4 (2016), pp. 76-92

"This paper aimed to demonstrate how participatory action research (PAR) within a Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR) project facilitated community participation to advocate for the rights of people with visual impairment. An advocacy campaign, led by the local people with and without disabilities, ... more

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Mass Communication: Principles and Concepts

Seema Hasan

New Delhi et al.: CBS Publishers & Distributors, 2nd ed., reprint (2016), 844 pp.

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ICTs in Developing Countries: Research, Practices and Policy Implications

Bidit Dey, Karim Sorour, Raffaele Filieri (eds.)

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 192 pp.

"ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of cont ... more

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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy

Cherian George

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2016), xviii, 308 pp.

"Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in 'Hate Spin', Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate th ... more

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The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research

Andreas Schwarz, Matthew W. Seeger, Claudia Auer (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2016), xix, 525 pp.

"The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research articulates a broader understanding of crisis communication, discussing the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of domestic and transnational crises, featuring the work of global scholars from a range of sub-disciplines ... more

The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression Top Insights

Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing Inspiring Practice

Community Networks: The Internet by the People, for the People. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity Top Insights

The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
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Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing
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Community Networks: The Internet by the People, for the People. Official Outcome of the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity
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