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Media reforms and democratization in emerging democracies of sub-Saharan Africa
Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2018), 186 pp., bibliogr. p.153-172, index
ISBN 978-3-319-75301-0 (ebook); 978-3-319-75300-3 (print)
"This book examines the media reform processes and re-democratization projects of Ghana and Nigeria’s emerging democracies. It evaluates and critiques these reform processes, arguing that because of dependency approaches resulting from the transplanting of policy framework from the West into these...
Vigilante publics: orientalism, modernity and Hindutva fascism in India
Javnost: the public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-350
"This paper explores the interconnections of Hindutva fascist repertoires in India and quasi-orientalist discourses. History and common sense are re-written through audiovisual communications to appeal to one section of a dangerously split Indian public and a neoliberal-touristic sensibility elsewhe...
Digital democracy, analogue politics: how the internet era is transforming Kenya
London:
Zed Books
(2018), xxiv, 273 pp., bibliogr. p.231-259, index
ISBN 978-1-78699-431-8
"Explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how ‘fake news’, a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president’s recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from ...
De-centring Western enlightenment: revisionist histories, contestation and communication theory
Javnost: the public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-440
Online supplement to working paper 2018.1. Challenging truth and trust: a global inventory of organized social media manipulation
Oxford:
Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford; Computational Propaganda Research Project
(2018), 81 pp.
"These are the background case notes complied for MEMO 2018.1: Challenging Truth and Trust: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation. For details on the methods behind this content analysis please see the methodology section of the report. This document contains data from over 500 s...
De-colonialidad en la era tecnomediática: intersecciones teóricas, contextos y procesos de comunicación
CIESPAL
(2018), 150 pp., bibliogr. p.144-150
ISBN 978-9978-55-180-6
CC BY-ND
"La obra que sigue a continuación invita a un ejercicio de relectura de los procesos de modernidad-colonialidad desde la perspectiva teórica basada en el giro decolonial. El objetivo es presentar una discusión teórica que permita comprender y dar respuesta a las relaciones culturales en conflict...
Mapping research in gender and digital technology
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
(2018), 147 pp.
ISBN 978-92-95102-98-9
CC BY-NC-SA
"Increasing number of reports, initiatives and efforts are focused on addressing women’s ability to enjoy universal, acceptable, affordable, unconditional, open, meaningful and/or equal access to information, the internet and ICTs. These include, but are not limited to, the recent work of civil so...
Anti-Western propaganda
Media Development Foundation (MDF); UN Association of Georgia; USAID
(2018), 38 pp., 16 figures
ISBN 978-9941-8-0064-1
"As many as 1,967 anti-Western comments were detected in the 17 monitored media outlets in 2017. In contrast to 2016 and 2015, when negative messages targeted human identity and rights, in 2017, a dominant topic was the foreign policy with the messages aimed at increasing the polarization on the for...
Responding to ‘hate speech’: comparative overview of six EU countries
London:
Article 19
(2018), 47 pp.
"This publication presents the comparative overview of the legal framework and practices related to ‘hate speech’ in six Member States of the European Union (EU): Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. The publication is based on six individual country reports commissio...
Comparative media studies in Africa: challenges and paradoxes
In: The Palgrave handbook of media and communication research in Africa
Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)
Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2018), pp. 195-211
ISBN 978-3-319-70442-5 (print); 978-3-319-70443-2 (ebk)
"Drawing on previous work on the role of the media in the democratization processes of the Lusophone African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe), this chapter addresses the challenges and paradoxes of conducting comparative research focused on cont...
Justicia profana: el jurado de imprenta en el Perú
Lima:
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
(2018), 305 pp., bibliogr. p.291-305
ISBN 978-612-317-378-4; 612-317-378-2
"La libertad de expresión debe convivir con el respeto al derecho ajeno. Pero, ¿quién determina dónde se ubica exactamente ese límite? En una sociedad democrática como la nuestra que está regida por un Estado de derecho, es la ley la que regula esa dinámica. Aunque bien sabemos que las leyes...
Au-delà de la liberté: le journaliste face aux infractions de presse
Kinshasa:
Journaliste en Danger (JED); Internews
(2018), 38 pp.
"Ce petit manuel va à titre didactique répertorier une liste d’infractions de presse pour attirer l’attention des médias et professionnels des médias sur leur responsabilité pénale dans l’exercice de la liberté de presse." (Verso)
Albanian media scene versus European standards: report based on Council of Europe’s indicators for media in a democracy
Tirana:
Albanian Media Institute
(2018), 79 pp.
"This report, which follows the Council of Europe’s list of “Indicators for Media in a Democracy”, intends to provide an analysis of the current media situation based on the standards upheld by this list. The aim of this report is to raise awareness on the status of affairs in the media scene ...
Kept in the dark: social and psychological impacts of network shutdowns in India
New Delhi:
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)
(2018), 70 pp.
"While the State has been justifying network shutdowns as matters of “national interests”, it is interesting to note that the effect has been the total opposite. Interviewees in Kashmir and Darjeeling have stated that their mistrust in the Indian government has grown due to these actions. These ...
The little data book on information and communication technology 2018
Washington, DC; Geneva:
World Bank; International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
(2018), vi, 240 pp., glossary p.235-240
ISBN 978-0-8213-8996-6 (print); 978-0-8213-9519-6 (ebook)
CC BY-NC
"In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadban...
World radio TV handbook: the directory of global broadcasting 2019
Oxford:
WRTH Publications
(2018) 73rd ed., 672 pp.
ISBN 978-1-9998300-1-4
Control the money, control the media: how government uses funding to keep media in line
Journalism, volume 19, issue 8 (2018), pp. 1-18
"The media industry has been ravaged by the economic crises. Some media, mainly those covering tabloid fare and digitally savvier than others or those backed by deep-pocketed investors, are surviving or even thriving. But independent journalism outfits, particularly outside the Western world, have b...
Quality of news content in two radio stations in Addis Ababa: case study of Abay FM 102.9 and Bisrat FM 101.1
Addis Abeba:
Master Thesis Addis Abeba University
(2018), vii, 57 pp.
"My research focuses on two FM radio stations in Ethiopian capital-Abay FM 102.9 and Bisrat FM 101.1 in serving their audiences by providing content deliveries in news writing and reporting. The study based on what listeners of the mushrooming FM radio stations complaints on lacking content from the...
Cobertura del asesinato de líderes sociales en Colombia: análisis de contenido a la luz del Valor Agregado Periodístico
Cuadernos.info, volume , issue 43 (2018), pp. 221-237
CC BY-SA
"Este artículo presenta los resultados finales de la aplicación de un análisis de contenido a un corpus noticioso sobre asesinatos de líderes sociales en Colombia para medir y analizar su calidad periodística de acuerdo a los postulados del Valor Agregado Periodístico (VAP). El estudio se cent...
International communication: essential readings
Cognella
(2018) 2nd revised ed., viii, 228 pp.
ISBN 978-1-5165-1286-7 (pbk)
"Designed as a text with introductions to each section and chapter, the volume brings together diverse perspectives on globalization and communication and includes significant emerging aspects of International Communication research such as diaspora audience and global publics." (Publisher)
