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The Palgrave handbook of digital Russia studies
Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2021), xxiv, 612 pp., illustr., diagr., index
ISBN 978-3-030-42855-6 (pdf); 978-3-030-42854-9 (print)
CC BY
"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 ...
Towards media systems framework in Asia Chinese and Korean media on framing the initial COVID-19 pandemic
International communication gazette, volume 83, issue 5 (2021), pp. 183-205
"Due to the relative lack of media comparison studies within Asian contexts, theoretical frameworks based in Western societies have been applied to knowledge production in the global South. Using a ‘most different’ design, this study compares the dimensions of media systems reflected in two Chin...
African Media Barometer: South Africa 2021
Windhoek:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
(2021), 54 pp.
ISBN 978-99916-991-3-4
CC BY-NC-SA
"Since its adoption on 1 July 2020, the Protection of Personal Information Act has bolstered freedom of expression and the right to privacy. This legislation aims to protect citizens’ personal information and balance the right to privacy with other rights, such as access to information. In Februar...
African Media Barometer: Mali 2021
Windhoek:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
(2021), 55 pp.
ISBN 978-99945-77-92-7
CC BY-NC-SA
Other Editions: also published in French
" ... the exercise of freedom of expression remains relatively practised and differs from one region to the next. It is easier to exercise freedom of expression in big cities than in small towns or rural areas. Since 2012, Mali has been plagued by terrorist groups’ attacks from the north. The dete...
African Media Barometer: Benin 2021
Windhoek:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
(2021), 57 pp.
ISBN 978-99945-77-94-1
CC BY-NC-SA
Other Editions: also published in French
"Trade unionists, human rights activists, journalists, dignitaries of endogenous religions, and even ordinary citizens feel threatened when exercising their right to freedom of expression. Generally, they fear prosecution cases against them being mounted by the authorities. Business people and entre...
Retos metodológicos en el estudio del sistema de medios informativos en el Perú
Cuadernos.info, volume , issue 50 (2021), pp. 1-21
CC BY-SA
"Un sistema de medios informativos sólido es crucial para enfrentar diversos tipos de crisis. No obstante, caracterizar dichos sistemas en países latinoamericanos plantea dilemas propios de una institucionalización estructuralmente débil, de procesos de modernización acelerados o en curso. Nues...
Manufacturing the liberal media model through developmentality in Malawi
In: Media, development and democracy
Heloisa Pait; Juliana Laet (eds.)
Bingley:
Emerald Publishing
(2021), pp. 23-44
"When questioning the relationship between media, development, and democracy, especially in the ill-defined “Global South,” it’s important to go beyond the commonly held meta-narratives that frame these concepts as common sense. In a quest to investigate alternative characterizations of these ...
Routledge handbook of African media and communication studies
Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY:
Routledge
(2021), xiv, 286 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-351-27320-6 (ebook); 978-1-138-57477-9 (print)
"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 ...
Strengthening public interest in Ukraine’s media sector
London:
Royal Institute of International Affairs Chatham House
(2021), 37 pp.
ISBN 978-1-78413-435-8
"The media environment in Ukraine is complex, diverse and competitive. Most of the country’s outlets are privately owned by high-profile Ukrainians who tend to use them for political influence. However, a small number of media organizations uphold high standards of professionalism and integrity an...
Arab media systems
Cambridge:
Open Book Publishers
(2021), xliv, 345 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-80064-059-7 (pbk); 978-1-80064-061-0 (pdf)
CC BY
"This volume provides a comparative analysis of media systems in the Arab world, based on criteria informed by the historical, political, social, and economic factors influencing a country's media. Reaching beyond classical western media system typologies, Arab Media Systems brings together contribu...
Bangladesh: a mapping of innovative media
digitally right; International Media Support (IMS)
(2021), 10 pp.
"This study mapped 11 innovative and public interest media initiatives in Bangladesh seeking to reach diverse audience groups and communities with news and information in a changing media landscape. Each of these media initiatives has its unique strengths and weaknesses but managed to thrive to cont...
The media in Lebanon: fragmentation and conflict in the Middle East
London et al.:
Tauris
(2019), xiii, 222 pp., bibliogr. p.199-208, index
ISBN 978-1-78076-541-9 (hbk); 978-1-78831-801-3 (online); 978-1-78673-657-4 (pdf)
"Lebanese society is famously, and even notoriously, fragmented, along both class and sectarian lines. Here, Nabil Dajani looks at how this societal division impacts on the nature of the mass media in Lebanon. Implementing the wider theory that the structure and content of mass media is unique to th...
China’s new media dilemma: the profit in online dissent
Washington, DC:
Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
(2019), 24 pp.
"Drawing from often overlooked sources of evidence, this report shows that China’s homegrown social media platforms have responded to market incentives by subtly shielding users from certain forms of online censorship and repression. Meanwhile, the party confronts rising costs—both economicall...
Transnational media: concepts and cases
Newark:
Wiley & Sons
(2019), ix, 246 pp.
ISBN 978-1-119-39460-0
"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa...
Journalismus in Burundi: Erfahrungswelten in Konflikt und Transformation
Wiesbaden:
Springer
(2019), xvii, 469 pp., 7 tables, 4 illustr., bibliogr. p.435-469
ISBN 978-3-658-23674-8; 978-3-658-23673-1 (print)
"Das Buch befasst sich mit der Rolle von Medien in einem politischen Ausnahmezustand. Bettina Haasen hat in Burundi Journalistinnen und Journalisten zu ihrem beruflichen Rollenselbstverständnis befragt und diese Aussagen unter Berücksichtigung ihrer sozialen Herkunft und den Zielen der internation...
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 ...
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...
World radio TV handbook: the directory of global broadcasting 2019
Oxford:
WRTH Publications
(2018) 73rd ed., 672 pp.
ISBN 978-1-9998300-1-4
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...
China's media in the emerging world order
Buckingham:
University of Buckingham Press
(2017), 259 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-908684-34-9
Other Editions: 2nd ed. 2020
"China is challenging the mighty behemoths, Google and Facebook, and creating alternative New Media. 750 million people are active on its Social Mediascape and there are a billion mobile phones deploying the innovative apps with which the Chinese conduct their lives. Though late starters, already fo...
