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Global findings Bertelsmann Transformation Index BTI 2022
Gütersloh:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
(2022), 26 pp.
CC BY-SA
"As in previous years, the BTI 2022 has identified considerable regression worldwide with regard to trans-formation processes. The guiding principles of democracy and the market economy have been subjected to intense pressure and are being challenged by corrupt elites, illiberal populism and authori...
Pirate waves: Polish private radio broadcasting in the period of transformation 1989-1995
Frankfurt a.M.:
Peter Lang
(2022), 248 pp.
ISBN 978-3-631-87154-6 (pdf); 978-3-631-81700-1 (hbk)
"This book reveals the value and significance of pirate radio, with a special focus on local radio stations that broadcast illegally in Poland in the early 90s. It shows that many of them, like in other countries from the region, began as non-commercial, community-oriented initiatives. Several sourc...
Civic participation in the datafied society: towards democratic auditing?
Data Justice Lab; Cardiff University
(2022), 188 pp., bibliogr. p.170-188
"Digital infrastructure increasingly enables the extraction, exploitation, processing and analysis of personal and behavioural data. Data analytics have not just become the core of the digital economy but also constitute a growing feature of the public sector. Wide areas of public administration are...
How we know journalism is good for democracy
Democracy Fund
(2022)
"Since 2018, we’ve been tracking academic studies that show in stark terms the impact journalism has on our democracy. This research review has become a critical guide for funders, policymakers, communities, and journalists who care about creating a healthier democracy. In 2022, we overhauled this...
Media, development and democracy
Bingley:
Emerald Publishing
(2022), xviii, 141 pp., index
ISBN 978-1-80043-492-9; 978-1-80043-494-3 (e-book); 978-1-80043-493-6 (print)
" ... this book explores the complex construction of democratic public dialogue in developing countries. Case studies examine national environments defined not only by state censorship and commercial pressure, but also language differences, international influence, social divisions, and distinct val...
Treinta años de entretenimiento y política en el Perú: de la dictadura mediática al espectáculo de la democracia (1992-2022)
Lima:
Planeta
(2022)
"En el Perú no ha llegado nuestro Trump, pero nadie se sorprenderá el día que aterrice. Porque aquí también show y política se han contaminado hasta no poder distinguirse. El entrevero es tal que el lector convendrá conmigo en que el premier Aníbal Torres resulta un cómico genuino, al tiemp...
Dokumentarfilm in Deutschland: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart
Bonn:
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb)
(2022), 398 pp., many illustr., glossary p.362-365, bibliogr. p.366-375, abbrev. p.394-395, index
ISBN 978-3-8389-7206-0
"Die Geschichte des dokumentarischen Films in Deutschland ist mehr als bloße Filmgeschichte. In ihr spiegelt sich auch die Medien-, Mentalitäts- und Gesellschaftsgeschichte. So thematisiert der Dokumentarfilm seit seinen Anfängen im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert die politischen, kulturellen und soz...
Handbuch politischer Journalismus
Köln:
Herbert von Halem Verlag
(2021), 909 pp., index
ISBN 978-3-86962-240-8
"Politischer Journalismus ist gewissermaßen ›die Mutter aller Journalismen‹, aber man weiß wenig über ihn. Dieses Handbuch will diese Lücke füllen, indem es von der Geschichte, den Funktionen, den Feldern, den Akteuren, der Agenda, den Merkmalen, den Beziehungsnetzen, den Konzepten, den Que...
Media and politics in the southern Mediterranean: communicating power in transition after 2011
Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY:
Routledge
(2021), xv, 426 pp., illustr.
ISBN 978-0-367-53894-1 (pbk); 978-1-351-02527-0 (ebook); 978-1-138-49488-6 (hbk);
Cultural production and social movements after the Arab Spring: nationalism, politics, and transnational identity
London:
Tauris
(2021), xii, 250 pp., figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-0-7556-3421-7 (online); 978-0-7556-3419-4 (pdf); 978-0-7556-4127-7 (pbk); 978-0-7556-3418-7 (hbk)
CC BY
"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,...
Funding democracy: public media and democratic health in 33 countries
International journal of press/politics, volume (2021)
"This study examines whether and how public media systems contribute to the health of democracies in 33 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, and South America. We gather national economic data and public media funding levels, audience shares, and regulato...
Derecho a la comunicación en América Latina
Santaigo de Cali; Guadalajara:
Asociación de Universidades Confiadas a la Compañía de Jesús en América Latina (AUSJAL); Sello Editorial Javeriano Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO)
(2021), 287 pp.
ISBN 978-607-8768-21-9
"... el libro propone un diálogo a partir de tres categorías, a saber: 1) las limitaciones al acceso a la información y sus impactos en la vida política; 2) el régimen jurídico de la comunicación; y 3) los medios de comunicación y la representación política. Esta perspectiva, nos ayuda a f...
Shifting dynamics of contention in the digital age: mobile communication and politics in China
Oxford:
Oxford University Press
(2020), xv, 211 pp., bibliogr. p.173-207, index
ISBN 978-0-19-088729-2 (ebook); 978-0-19-088726-1 (pbk)
"With a communication-centered framework that brings together communication studies, sociology, and political science, this book explains how people adopt and maneuver mobile technologies as tactics of contention for political mobilization in contentious moments and everyday resistance in contempora...
The public sphere in Russia between authoritarianism and liberation
Javnost: the public, volume 27, issue 1 (2020), pp. 2-96
Global communication: a multicultural perspective
Lanham et al.:
Rowman & Littlefield
(2020) 3rd ed., xxviii, 454 pp., abbrev. p.423-425, bibliogr. p.426-454, index
ISBN 978-1-538-12165-8
"Brings together diverse issues and expert perspectives of twenty-two notable and accomplished communication scholars, representing eight countries around the world. Together they discuss international communication, public relations and advertising, cultural implications of globalization, internati...
Mediated sociability: audience participation and convened citizen engagement in interactive broadcast shows in Africa
International journal of communication, volume 14 (2020), pp. 2985-3006
"This article examines what drives audience participation in interactive broadcast shows, with implications for the democratic potential of these shows as spaces of citizen engagement and public discussion. It makes three contributions, the first two to audience and media studies and the last to pol...
Engendering hate: the contours of state-aligned gendered disinformation online
London:
Demos
(2020), 40 pp.
CC BY-SA
"Online spaces are being systematically weaponised to exclude women leaders and to undermine the role of women in public life. Attacks on women which use hateful language, rumour and gendered stereotypes combine personal attacks with political motivations, making online spaces dangerous places for w...
Managing misinformation in a humanitarian context: Internews rumour tracking methodology. Part I: Context, part II: case study
Internews
(2019), 56 pp.
"Internews Rumour Tracking Methodology consists of four key functions: 1. A mechanism to determine and document which rumours are circulating; 2. An effective strategy to fact-check information and rumours; 3. A variety of accessible and inclusive mechanisms to share accurate responses to rumours; 4...
Computational propaganda: political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media
New York:
Oxford University Press
(2019), vi, 263 pp., index
ISBN 978-0-19-093141-4 (pbk)
"Computational propaganda is an emergent form of political manipulation that occurs over the Internet. The term describes the assemblage of social media platforms, autonomous agents, algorithms, and big data tasked with the manipulation of public opinion. Our research shows that this new mode of int...
Reporting human rights, conflicts, and peacebuilding: critical and global perspectives
Cham, Switzerland:
Palgrave Macmillan
(2019), xxi, 280 pp.
ISBN 978-3-030-10718-5 (hbk); 978-3-030-10719-2 (ebook)
"This book focuses on the reporting of human rights in broadly defined times of conflict. It brings together scholarly and professional perspectives on the role of the media in constructing human rights and peacebuilding options in conflict and post-conflict environments, drawing on case studies fro...
