"In den Comicgeschichten werden drei Generationen antikolonialen Widerstands in Kamerun skizziert. Das zentralafrikanische Land war 35 Jahre lang deutsche Kolonie. Die Geschichten des kamerunischen Königs Duala Manga Bell, der Anlu-Rebellion der Kom-Frauen sowie des Aktivisten André Blaise Essama ...ermöglichen historisches Lernen aus einer antirassistischen Perspektive. Hier schreiben die Kolonialisierten Geschichte und wehren sich gegen das System von Unterdrückung, Gewalt und Ausbeutung. Ihre Kämpfe machen das Ausmaß der kolonialen Gewaltherrschaft deutlich und bieten einen Ausgangspunkt dafür, über das koloniale Erbe ins Gespräch zu kommen." (Verlag)
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"Cultural heritage organizations face at least three main challenges. First, the volume of digital archives makes it extremely difficult for archivists to assess records. Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to archives is still at an experimental stage, but AI/ ML could b...ecome an integral part of archival processes. To manage the sheer bulk and potential sensitivity of records, archivists will also rely on creators to help them make appraisal and selection decisions at the point of deposit. Second, most born-digital collections are currently closed due to a wide range of reasons (including technical issues, copyright, and data protection). Regardless of whether archives are digital or not, archivists need to balance individual rights and the public interest in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. Nobody would reasonably claim that all born-digital data should be unlocked and openly accessible. Yet, it is important to recognize that “dark” archives contain vast amounts of data essential to scholars – including email correspondence, drafts of manuscripts, digital photos and videos. Within current legal frameworks, making born-digital archives more accessible is an urgent priority to fully make sense of our cultural heritage. Third, data science and AI are becoming essential tools, but very few scholars (particularly in the humanities) have been trained to master these research methods, a skills gap which in turn has an impact on the training we offer to students." (Introduction, p.7-8)
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"This open access handbook presents a multidisciplinary and multifaceted perspective on how the 'digital' is simultaneously changing Russia and the research methods scholars use to study Russia. It provides a critical update on how Russian society, politics, economy, and culture are reconfigured in ...the context of ubiquitous connectivity and accounts for the political and societal responses to digitalization. In addition, it answers practical and methodological questions in handling Russian data and a wide array of digital methods. The volume makes a timely intervention in our understanding of the changing field of Russian Studies and is an essential guide for scholars, advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying Russia today." (Publisher)
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"[Der Autor] skizziert die Filmgeschichte in 13 Kapiteln, die jeweils eine Dekade beleuchten. Pro Kapitel legt er das Hauptaugenmerk auf filmgeschichtliche Besonderheiten aus den USA, Europa und Deutschland. Auch auf globale Phänomene geht er ein, etwa aus Asien, Südamerika oder Afrika. Wichtige f...ilmwissenschaftliche Begriffe aus den Dekaden erklärt er am Kapitelende. Dort finden sich auch Tipps zu sehenswerten Filmen aus der Zeit." (Buchrücken)
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"The book covers the definitions and uses of six philosophies, analytical methods, cultural awareness, visual reporting, documentary, citizen journalists, advertising, public relations, typography, graphic design, data visualizations, cartoons, motion pictures, television, computers and the web, aug...mented and virtual reality, social media, the editing process, and the need for empathy. At the end of each are case studies for further analysis and interviews with thoughtful practitioners in each field of study, including Steven Heller and Nigel Holmes. This second edition has also been fully revised and updated throughout to reflect on the impact of new and emerging technologies." (Publisher)
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"A Comprehensive Guide to Science Communication includes practical tips and examples of how to best convey science in an engaging way, dos and don’ts when communicating research to the general public, insightful interviews with people involved in public engagement and science communication campaig...ns, and much more." (Introduction)
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"Der Kinder- und Jugendbuchmarkt ist das zweitgrößte Teilsegment im Bereich der Publikumsverlage. Somit besitzen Kinder- und Jugendbücher nicht nur eine kulturelle Bedeutung, sondern haben auch einen hohen ökonomischen Stellenwert. Während sich das Umsatzvolumen der Belletristik seit der Jahrta...usendwende auf einem Volumen oberhalb von 30 Prozent stabilisiert, verzeichnet das Kinder- und Jugendbuch weiterhin steigende Umsatzanteile und liegt aktuell bei rund 17 Prozent. Doch Marktdaten bieten nur das Grundgerüst für die gleichermaßen fundierten wie weitsichtigen Ausführungen. Im Vordergrund stehen die ›Macher‹, die mit ihrer Individualität das Marktgeschehen prägen: Autorinnen und Autoren, Illustratoren und Buchgestalter, Entscheidungsträger in Verlagen, Lektorinnen, Übersetzer*innen und freie Mitarbeiter:innen, um nur einige von ihnen zu nennen." (Verlag)
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"Love and Communication is an intriguing philosophical and religious inquiry into the meaning of "talk" - and ultimately the meaning of "being human." Taking an historical approach, Paddy Scannell argues that the fundamental media of communication are (and always have been) talk and writing. Far fro...m being made redundant by twentieth-century new media (radio and television), these old media laid the foundation for today's technologies (AI and algorithms, for instance). Emphasizing these linkages, Scannell makes the case for recognizing what a religious sensibility might reveal about these technologies and the fundamental differences between a humanmade world and a world that is beyond our grasp. Drawing on the pioneering work of John Durham Peters, the book proposes that communication and love go together, which can be understood in two ways: as a human accomplishment, or a divine gift. Ultimately, the essential conundrum of today is highlighted: do we wish to remain in a human>
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"Marketingmaßnahmen bringen Titel erfolgreich auf den Markt. Dass hierzu mehr gehört als gute Werbe-, PR-oder Social-Media-Kampagnen dürfte mittlerweile Gemeingut sein. Entscheidend bleibt die Qualität des Produkts, die den Konsumenten überzeugt. Etabliert ein Verlag darüber hinaus eine Marke,... so bietet dieses ›Qualitätsversprechen‹ auch dem Handel eine Orientierung für seine Einkaufsentscheidung." (Verlag)
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"Este libro tiene por objetivo visibilizar y reconocer las contribuciones de las mujeres pioneras en los estudios de comunicación en América Latina, y lo hace con un doble propósito. Por un lado, como aporte a la historia del campo de la comunicación, a la que pretende completar con estas otras ...historias de investigadoras. Por el otro, como aporte a la enseñanza de los estudios latinoamericanos en el ámbito universitario. Recogemos aquí el desafío de diversos colectivos de estudiantes que comenzaron en los últimos años a advertir sobre la ausencia de autoras en los (nuestros) programas de estudio. Entendimos que tal cuestión —al mismo tiempo, cuestionamiento— no podía ser despachada con la inclusión de algún cupo bibliográfico, sino que más bien debía ser abordada a partir del examen atento de las contribuciones de aquellas primeras investigadoras que abrieron un camino: Regina Gibaja, Lisa Block de Behar, Mabel Piccini, Michèle Mattelart, Beatriz Sarlo, Margarita Graziano, Paula Wajsman, Elizabeth Fox, Margarita Zires Roldán, Fátima Fernández Christlieb, entre otras." (Editora)
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"This book provides an original contribution to current social and cultural theory on Arab social movements by giving a fuller historical and critical treatment of contemporary artistic and cultural production from the region and beyond. Thematically structured and covering culture, media, politics,... and literary studies, the book uses a range of theoretical material that engages readers in three key ways. First, it adopts a critical standpoint with respect to the term "Arab Spring," recognizing the multiple interpretations and varied geographical, historical, and political realities of the term. Second, its focus on carefully selected case studies - namely, Egypt, Tunis, Syria, and Yemen - adds depth to analysis of the cultural, literary and artistic dimensions that operate fluidly across the Arab world. Third, it presents a methodological case study for the growing community of researchers involved in interdisciplinary education." (Publisher)
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"The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans ...first. Decoloniality demands new epistemological interventions in African media, culture and communication, and this book is an important interlocutor in this space. In a globally interconnected world, changing patterns of authority and power pose new challenges to the ways in which media institutions are constituted and managed, as well as how communication and media policy is negotiated and the manner in which citizens engage with increasing media opportunities. The handbook focuses on the interrelationships of the local and the global and the concomitant consequences for media practice, education and citizen engagement in today’s Africa." (Publisher)
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"This book is about television in Latin America. Its national and regional industries create most television programming there within genres developed over time in the region. However, part of the programming has always come from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. With cable, satellite and now streamin...g TV, that inflow of foreign programming has increased substantially. While many in the audience still prefer national or regional programs for their cultural proximity, an increasing number among the upper-middle and middle classes, particularly the young, are turning to the new foreign services, like Netflix, Amazon and Disney for class distinction, cosmopolitanism or other motives. Among the television industries global regional and national actors are creating a variety of programs and channels (broadcast, pay-TV and streaming) to segment and appeal to different parts of the audience." (Publisher)
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"This book develops a nuanced decolonial critique that calls for the decolonization of media and communication studies in Africa and the Global South. Last Moyo argues that the academic project in African Media Studies and other non-Western regions continues to be shaped by Western modernity's histo...ries of imperialism, colonialism, and the ideologies of Eurocentrism and neoliberalism. While Africa and the Global South dismantled the physical empire of colonialism after independence, the metaphysical empire of epistemic and academic colonialism is still intact and entrenched in the postcolonial university's academic programmes like media and communication studies. To address these problems, Moyo argues for the development of a Southern theory that is not only premised on the decolonization imperative, but also informed by the cultures, geographies, and histories of the Global South. The author recasts media studies within a radical cultural and epistemic turn that locates future projects of theory building within a decolonial multiculturalism that is informed by trans-cultural and trans-epistemic dialogue between Southern and Northern epistemologies." (Publisher)
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"This book highlights innovative nonprofit solutions to expand access to print. 'First Book', for example, offers diverse books to teachers at bargain prices. 'Imagination Library' mails picture books to support early literacy in book deserts. 'Worldreader' promotes mobile reading in developing coun...tries by turning phones into digital libraries. 'Pratham Books' creates open access stories that anyone may freely copy, adapt, and translate. Can such efforts expand to bring books to the next billion would-be readers? Shaver reveals the powerful roles of copyright law and licensing, and sounds the clarion call for readers to contribute their own talents to the fight against book hunger." (Publisher)
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"Kuratieren von Content ist die Kernaufgabe eines Lektorats und einer Redaktion. Basierend auf langjähriger Berufs- und Lehrerfahrung schildert Michael Schickerling, wie in einem Buchverlag gearbeitet wird und welche Schnittstellen die ›Schaltzentrale Lektorat‹ bedienen muss. Besonderes Augenme...rk gilt dabei der Programmentwicklung und dem Projektmanagement, denn diese Faktoren entscheiden in hohem Maße über den späteren Erfolg der Einzeltitel und des Gesamtprogramms." (Verlag)
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