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100 años de la radio

Revista argentina de comunicación (RAC), volume 7, issue 10 (2019), 495 pp.

ISSN 2718-6164

"Este número especialmente dedicado a la radio, a sus públicos, las experiencias locales, comunitarias, tiene la característica de visibilizar la pasión de varias generaciones. La RAC también, moviliza para mostrar un objeto vivo en el campo de investigación de la comunicación en sus múltipl... more

Monetising the dividual self: the emergence of the lifestyle blog and influencers in Malaysia

Julian Hopkins

New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2019), xiii, 221 pp., figures, bibliogr. p.199-216, index

ISBN 978-1-78920-118-5 (hbk); 978-1-78920-119-2 (ebook)

"Combining theoretical and empirical discussions with shorter thick description case studies, this book offers an anthropological exploration of the emergence in Malaysia of lifestyle bloggers – precursors to current social media microcelebrities and influencers. It tracks the transformation of pe... more

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Justicia profana: el jurado de imprenta en el Perú

Carlos Augusto Ramos Núñez

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... more

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These photos were my life: understanding the impact of participatory photography projects

Tiffany Fairey

Community development journal, volume 53, issue 4 (2018), pp. 618-636

"This article presents research on Los Talleres de Fotografia Social (TAFOS), a pioneering Peruvian community photography project, that demonstrates the enduring long-term impact that community-led participatory photography projects can have on the critical consciousness of participants. Participato... more

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Access to online resources: a guide for the modern librarian

Kristina Botyriute

Springer (2018), 42 pp.

ISBN 978-3-319-73990-8 CC BY

"According to Gartner IT Glossary (2012), "identity and access management (lAM) is the security discipline that enabled the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons." Simply put, it is making sure your users are who they say they are and only have acce... more

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Remote capture: digitising documentary heritage in challenging locations

Jody Butterworth; Andrew Pearson; Patrick Sutherland; Adam Farquhar (eds.)

Open Book Publishers (2018), 181 pp., 48 illustr., 4 tables, glossary p.176-177, index

ISBN 978-1-78374-473-2 (pbk); 978-1-78374-474-9 (hbk); 978-1-78374-475-6 (pdf) CC BY

"This is a must-read how-to guide if you are planning to embark on a scholarly digitisation project. Tailored to the specifications of the British Library’s EAP (Endangered Archives Programme) projects, it is full of sound, practical advice about planning and carrying out a successful digitisation... more

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Social theory after the internet: media, technology, and globalization

Ralph Schroeder

London: UCL Press (2018), xi, 196 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.176-188, index

ISBN 978-1-78735-122-6 (pdf); 978-1-78735-123-3 (pbk) CC BY

"Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a soph... more

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Comparative media studies in Africa: challenges and paradoxes

Susana Salgado

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... more

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Mapping research in gender and digital technology

Anri van der Spuy; Namita Aavriti

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... more

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Historias, terrenos y aulas: la narrativa sonora en español desde dentro

Charlotte de Beauvoir (comp.)

Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes Universidad de los Andes (2018), 227 pp.

ISBN 978-958-774-737-9

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Filmische Zeugenschaft im Abseits: kulturelle Dekolonisierungsprozesse und Dokumentarfilme zwischen Mosambik und Portugal

Robert Stock

Bielefeld: transcript (2018), 284 pp., illustr.

ISBN 978-3-8376-4506-4 (print); 978-3-8394-4506-8 (pdf) CC BY

Other Editions: Universität Gießen, Doctoral Thesis, 2016

"Wie wird koloniale Gewalt historisch thematisiert? Wie gehen dokumentarische Filme und geschichtspolitische Diskurse mit ihr um? Robert Stock nähert sich diesen Fragen mit kritischem Blick auf den Kolonialkrieg Portugals in Afrika und den nationalen Befreiungskampf Mosambiks. Dabei fokussiert er s... more

Telenovelas en el mundo latino

June Carolyn Erlick

Lima: Universidad del Pacífico (2018), 215 pp., index

ISBN 978-9972-57-398-9

Other Editions: English ed.: Telenovelas in pan-latino context. Routledge, 2018

"El presente libro ofrece una visión general de fácil comprensión sobre la historia de la telenovela en América Latina. Las telenovelas, una variedad aparte de series televisivas que se originan en América Latina, invoucran temas clave de raza, clase, identidad sexual y violencia, entretejiendo... more

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A toolkit for researching women’s internet access and use

London: GSMA; Association for Progressive Communications (APC); World Wide Web Foundation; Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) (2018), 44 pp.

"This toolkit is aimed at a wide range of audiences interested in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research on women’s internet access and use. The primary target audience are researchers and research agencies who have skills and practice in conducting quantitative and/or qualitative r... more

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The ultimate guide to effective data collection

Christine Garcia et al.

socialcops (2017), 44 pp.

"What is the purpose of your survey? What data are you looking to collect? How can you best collect that data? What sort of survey and research methodology should you use? How should you write the questions in your survey? Who should you survey? This ebook is designed to take you through these quest... more

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The trauma graphic novel

Andrés Romero-Jódar

New York; London: Routledge (2017), x, 179 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-138-23888-6 (pbk); 978-1-315-29661-6 (online)

"The end of the twentieth century and the turn of the new millennium witnessed an unprecedented flood of traumatic narratives and testimonies of suffering in literature and the arts. Graphic novels, free at last from long decades of stern censorship, helped explore these topics by developing a new s... more

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Stereotype und die Wahrnehmung von Medienwirkungen

Katharina Sommer

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2017), xiv, 395 pp., 20 illustr.

ISBN 978-3-658-18518-3 (ebook); 978-3-658-18517-6 (pbk)

"Stereotypisierung findet meist unbewusst statt und ist in sozialen Situationen ein alltäglich ablaufender Prozess. Die Autorin verbindet die Frage nach den Einflussfaktoren auf die Wahrnehmung von Medienwirkungen mit dem Prozess der Stereotypisierung zu unterschiedlichen Personengruppen. Auf diese... more

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Children's TV and digital media in the Arab world: childhood, screen culture and education

Naomi Sakr; Jeanette Steemers (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2017), xiii, 248 pp., bibliogr. p.227-241

ISBN 978-1-78453-505-6 (pbk); 978-1-35098-567-4 (online); 978-1-78673-093-0 (pdf)

"Children, defined internationally as under-18s, account for some 40 per cent of Arab populations and the proportion of under-fives is correspondingly large. Yet studies of children's media and child audiences in the region are as scarce as truly popular locally produced media content aimed at child... more

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Basiswissen RDA: eine Einführung für deutschsprachige Anwender

Heidrun Wiesenmüller; Silke Horny

Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Saur (2017) 2., überarb. und erw. Aufl., xxii, 326 pp., 62 illustr., index

ISBN 978-3-11-053868-7 (pbk); 978-3-11-054472-5 (pdf)

Other Editions: 1st ed. 2015

"Mit der ersten Auflage von Basiswissen RDA lag erstmals ein deutschsprachiges Lehrbuch für das neue, internationale Katalogisierungsregelwerk RDA (Resource Description and Access) vor. Seither wurde nicht nur das Regelwerk selbst an vielen Stellen verändert, sondern auch die deutschsprachigen Anw... more

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Video ethnography in practice: planning, shooting, and editing for social analysis

Wesley Shrum; Greg Scott

Los Angeles: Sage (2017), xix, 139 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-1-4833-7721-6 (pbk)

"Video Ethnography in Practice is a brief guide for students in the social disciplines who are required to produce an ethnographic video, the most significant new methodological technique in 21st century social analysis. The authors, both accomplished videographers, cover the basic techniques of cre... more

Media anthropology: meaning, embodiment, infrastructure, and activism

Bryce Peake

In: Perspectives: an open invitation to cultural anthropology

Nina Brown; Laura Tubelle de González; Thomas McIlwraith (eds.)

Arlington, Va.: American Anthropological Association (2017), pp. 1-17

ISBN 978-1-931303-55-2

"This chapter introduces some of the theories, insights, and methodologies of media anthropology. At the heart of media anthropology is the assertion that media practices are not universal. Whether we are discussing how television is viewed, how public relations coordinators negotiate corporate hier... more