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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Media Literacy: Television
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Radio Huayacocotla (Huayacocotla, Mexico)
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Radio Kwizera (Ngara, Tanzania)
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Community Media Policies & Regulation
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Community Radio & Gender
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Communication for Social Change
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Soul City (NGO, South Africa)
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Ethics in Nonprofit & Community Journalism
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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Population
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Election Reporting
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Financing Not-For-Profit & Community Media
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Political Resistance
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Alternative Public Spheres
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Press
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Bush Radio (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Kothmale Community Radio (Kothmale, Sri Lanka)
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Radio Chaguarurco (Santa Isabel, Azuay, Ecuador)
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Radio Sagarmatha (Nepal)
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Tambuli Radio Network (Philippines)
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University Radios
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Muslim Media
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Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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Civil Society
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Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Minorities
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Television
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Regional Television
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Al-Jazeera
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Youth and Media
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Empowerment
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Film & Video Advocacy / Activism
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Audiences & Users
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Cartonera Books
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Solidarity
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Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Documentaries, Television Documentaries, Web Documentaries
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Educational Films & Videos
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Freedom of Expression
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
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Street Papers
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ALER
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Community Television Management
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Groups, Group Communication, Group Development
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Dealing With the Past
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War Reporting
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Messages, Message Design, Message Analysis
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Alternative Cultures, Protest Cultures
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Street Theatre
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Media Assistance Projects & Programs: Case Studies
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Street Television: Video Screenings in Public Places
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Political Websites & Online Communities
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Podcasts
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Websites
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Ethnic / Minority Television Programmes
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Local Media Economics & Markets, Local Media Financing
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Education and Communication / Media
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Educational Radios
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Journalism Ethics
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Female Journalists & Media Workers
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Feminism & Communication
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Indigenous Media, Indigenous Language Media Productions
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Indigenous Television Broadcasting
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Collaborative Journalism, Journalism Cooperation
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Communication Processes
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Nonprofit Media Management
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Organisational & Governing Structures of Media
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Social Photography
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Trade Unions & Labor Movements: Communication Strategies
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Rural Press
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Radio
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Media Effects
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Self-Help
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Social Aspects
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Social Development
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Dalits
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Digital Television
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Cable Television
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University Television
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Information Gaps
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Advertising
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Ethnic Minorities
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Agriculture
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Audience Composition
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Information Needs
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
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Media Use: Public Service & State Media
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Media Use: Workers
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Television Use: Youth
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News Consumption & Information Sources of Media Users
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Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Clandestine Radios
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Samizdat
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Book Publishing
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Catholic Press
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Catholic Media Organizations
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Children and Media
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Children's Films
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Children's Television Programmes
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Girls and Media
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Christian Communication
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Bible, Biblical Theology
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Christian Press
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WACC
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Basic Christian Communities
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Christianity (General)
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Cinema (Location)
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Film Actors, Directors & Producers, Filmmakers
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Film and Development
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Copyright: Music
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Media / Communication Control
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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Communication Strategies
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NGOs & Civil Society Organizations: Communication Strategies & Practices
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Experiences
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Online Marketing, Online Public Relations
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Strategic Communication Planning
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Alternative Radios
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Community Archives & Libraries
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Community Informatics
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Community Media Impact
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Community Media Research, Community Communication Research
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Community Telecommunication Networks
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Community Websites
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Graffiti, Wall Paintings, Street Art
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Storytelling
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Conflicts, Conflict Prevention & Management, Mediation, Peacebuilding
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Reconciliation Work
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Conflicts and Media
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Conflicts & Wars: Roles of Digital Technologies & Conflict Narratives in Social Media
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Extremist & Terrorist Communication Strategies and Media
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Human Rights Protection & Violations: Media Representation & Reporting
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Jamming
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Dance, Folk Dances
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Collective Identities & Media
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Collective Memory: Violent Conflicts & Wars
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Cultural Events
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Cultural Development
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Cultural Identity
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Culture (General)
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Poetry
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Subcultures
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Developing Countries
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Development Planning
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Development Projects
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Development Strategies
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Radio for Development
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Cyberspace
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Media Management, Online Media Management
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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Digital & Information Literacy
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Mailing Lists
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Hackers & Hacking
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Multimedia Products & Production
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Online Communication
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Online Magazines & Newspapers
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Financing Digital / Online Media
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Online Radio, Internet Radio, Radio Streaming
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
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Instagram
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Information Society
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Disadvantaged Groups & Communication, Minorities & Media
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Afro-Latin Americans, Afroamerican Population
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Prisoners & Communication / Media
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Racism in Communication & Media
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Xenophobia
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International Humanitarian Crisis Reporting, Foreign Disaster Reporting
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Documenting Human Rights Violations
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Information Centres
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Media Concentration
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Press Distribution
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Media Industries
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Commodities, Raw Materials, Extractive Industries, Mining
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Consumption, Consumer Behaviour, Consumerism
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Cooperatives, Cooperativism
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Production
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Basic Education
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Civic Education: Use & Role of Media
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Correspondence Courses
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Students
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Teaching & Teaching Methods
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Communication Training
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Gaming, Video Games
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Tourism & Travel
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Environmental Communication
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Environmental Journalism
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Sustainable Development
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Wastes & Recycling
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Evaluation
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Evaluation: Communication & Media
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
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Information Products & Services: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Participatory, Collaborative & Empowerment Evaluation
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Success Factors
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Feminist Media
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Women's Radio Programmes
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Gender Media Studies & Feminist Communication Research
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Gender Relations
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Rural Women & Communication
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Sexuality
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Collaboration
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Feedback
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Moderation / Facilitation Skills & Techniques
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HIV / AIDS Communication
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History of the Press
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Indigenous Journalists & Communicators
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Indigenous Language Press
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Developing Countries Reporting & Representation in Foreign / International Media
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World Information and Communication Order
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Awards & Prizes: Journalism Awards
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Financing Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Journalism Education & Training
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Journalistic Genres
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Journalistic Quality
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Journalistic Style & Language
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Journalists
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Freelance Journalists & Media Workers
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Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
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Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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News
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Newsroom Management
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Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Social Issues: Reporting & Media Representation
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Local Press
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Financing Media: Philanthropic Support
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Media Assistance: Citizen Participation & Civil Society
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Media & Communication General
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Communication & Information Needs
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Communication Networks
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Crowdsourcing
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Information Ecosystems
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Organizational Communication, Institutional Communication
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Stereotypes in Media & Communication
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Public Funding & Support Policies for Media
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Media Literacy: Producing Participatory Videos
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Socialist Media Systems
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Television Landscapes
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Human Rights Protection
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Licensing of Media
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Media Management
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Budgeting, Cost Calculation, Financial Planning
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Financing Media, Financial Media Management
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Crowdfunding
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Human Resources Development, Personnel Management
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Leadership, Leadership Development
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Low-Cost Solutions, Low Budget Calculation
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Broadcasting Companies
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Media Management Training
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Print Media Management
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Self-Management
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Starting Media Outlets, Creation of Digital Businesses
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Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
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BBC
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Escuela Audiovisual Infantil (Belén de los Andaquíes, Caquetá, Colombia)
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Indymedia
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Pop Music
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People with Disabilities: Reporting & Media Representation
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Beltrán Salmón, Luis Ramiro
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Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
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Politics
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Guerillas, Insurgent Groups, Revolutionary Movements
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FARC (Insurgent Group, Colombia)
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Political Doctrines
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Socialism
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Political Opposition
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Democracy
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Public Interest
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Security
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State
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Decentralization
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Influence of Media on Politics
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Public Opinion
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Watchdog Role of the Media
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Magazines
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Periodicals
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Radio Production
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Project Design, Project Planning
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Project Planning Methods
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Project Implementation
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Project Selection
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Stakeholders, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Participation
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Public Media, State Media
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Public & State Radios
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Radio Debates, Radio Talk Shows, Call-In Radio Programmes
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Radio Studies & Research
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Radio Stations
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Urban Radios
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Manipulation
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Personality
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Religion and Communication
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Judaism and Communication
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Communication & Media Research Associations & Networks
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Communication Research Design
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Research Methods
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Network Analysis
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Rural Areas, Rural Communities, Rural Development
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Rural Television
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Social Conflicts, Social Problems
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Society
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Industrial Society
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Social Movements
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Participation
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Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Social Change
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Social Justice
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Marginality, Marginalized Groups
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Lower Classes
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Working Class
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Loudspeakers, Public Address Systems (PA)
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Intranet
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Low-Cost Technologies
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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Software
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Open Source Software
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Television Engineering & Technologies
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SMS
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Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
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Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
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Urban Areas
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Urban Issues: Media Representation & Reporting
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Audiovisual Communication
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Illustrations, Pictures, Images
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Signs, Signals, Semiotics
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth Media
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"This paper is the first attempt to look at the problem of community media in Central and Eastern Europe in general and present the specific problems of community media development in this region from an Eastern perspective. According to the Mapping Project of Community Media completed by the Commun ... more
"Die Rolle der Medien für die Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten wird in kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Studien oft thematisiert. Doch welche Möglichkeiten haben sie in Deutschland überhaupt, aktiv an der Medienproduktion zu partizipieren? Christine Horz untersucht am Beispiel deutsch-i ... more

DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2014), x, 450 pp.
"Today, DIY- do-it-yourself - describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways (as in Egypt's "Twitter revolution" of 2011) and to repurpose corporate content (or create new user-generated content) in order to offer political counternar ... more
"In this book, the author presents what he calls the 'Mobile Community Reporting' approach based on a six-year training experiment [of the Voices of Africa Media Foundation] in which he was involved as trainer and coach in eight African countries. The main argument underlying the MCR approach is the ... more

El cine comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe

Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2014), 534 pp.

Citizens' Journalism: Shifting Public Spheres from Elites to Citizens

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 393-410
"The phenomenon of academics committed to social justice interrogating social science theory and research, frames the formation of the fields of citizens’ media and citizens’ journalism in the Latin American region. This chapter explains how Chantal Mouffe's ideas and her theory of radical democ ... more

Strategy Paper for Community Television in India

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2014), 6 pp.

Community Media and Civil Society: Lessons from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Doctoral Thesis (2014), vi, 518 pp.
"This dissertation explores the role of community media in democratic civil society governance through an examination of participatory communications under socialist administrations in Latin America, with a primary focus on the Bolivarian government of Venezuela. In so doing, it seeks to establish a ... more
"There is a conspicuous importance of having newspapers that publish in the indigenous African languages for the indigenous population in a democratic dispensation. The indigenous African languages are key components of their respective cultures. The survival of the language is, in some way, depende ... more
"By investigating the content of 62 blogs from four different ideological streams, this study specifically focuses on the Cuban blogosphere to address the question of how political consciousness and potential for collective action may emerge in blogging practice. Findings show that (1) critical eval ... more
"El Manual tiene el propósito de presentar los contenidos principales de las recientes reformas normativas en estos temas con el objetivo de que las y los comunicadores cuenten con una herramienta de apoyo para su labor comunicativa y de difusión [...] La reforma constitucional en materia de derec ... more

Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press (2014), 254 pp.
"Examining experiences at a wide variety of community papers – from a 7,000-circulation weekly in West Virginia to a 50,000-circulation daily in California and a 150,000-circulation Spanish-language weekly in the heart of Chicago – "Saving Community Journalism" is designed to help journalists an ... more

Bloggers Boot Camp: Learning How to Build, Write, and Run a Successful Blog

Burlington, Mass.; Abindon, Oxon: Focal Press, 2nd ed. (2014), xix, 183 pp.
"Bloggers Boot Camp shows you how to create and maintain a successful blog in today's world. It teaches you how to find a niche, find your unique voice, and how to hold a conversation with that audience. It provides you with all the right tools appropriate to your content, writing style, and message ... more
"Community media studies have often neglected how community media can contribute in areas ridden with conflict to more peaceful ways of cohabitation. This article aims to look in detail at how the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC) has developed conflict resolution strategies to reduce the antagon ... more

Profiles in Blogging: How Bloggers Around the World Practice Their Craft

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 30 pp.
"Examines the impact and reach not only of well-known bloggers such as Cuba’s Yoani Sánchez but also the independent Saudi journalist Ahmed Al Omran, who started writing the Saudi Jeans blog as a pharmacy student to improve his English skills and combat stereotypes about his country; Atiaf Alwazi ... more

Case Studies: How Four Community Information Projects Went from Idea to Impact

Knight Foundation;Network Impact;FSG (2013), 41 pp.
"This report offers four case studies on how different foundations used information to improve the healthy functioning of their communities. The cases highlight the following: Why did each foundation support local media? How did it connect to their strategic priorities? What steps did they take to m ... more

Alternative Journalism, Alternative Voices

London; New York: Routledge (2013), xvi, 186 pp.
"Bringing together new and classic work by Tony Harcup, this book considers the development of alternative journalism from the 1970s up until today. Bringing theory and practice together, Harcup builds an understanding of alternative media through the use of detailed case studies and surveys. Includ ... more