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Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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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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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Media Use: Youth
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Access to Media & Information
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Audiences & Users
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Television Use: Children
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Television Reception & Effects
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Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
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Print Media Use, Press Readers
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Television Use: Youth
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Mobile Phone Use
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Media Use: Children
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Book Reading Habits, Book Readers, Book Consumption
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Media Use: Rural Populations
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Media Use: Urban Populations
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Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Skills
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Media Effects
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Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Audience Research Methods
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Radio Use: Youth
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Television
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Audience Research
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Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
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Media Reception & Effects: Youth
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Film Audiences, Film Consumption
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Information Needs
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Religious Media Use, Religious Media Audiences
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Media Reception & Effects: Children
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COVID-19 Communication
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Television News
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Media & Information Literacy
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
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Radio Use: Children
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Media Socialisation, Media Biographies, Media Life Journeys
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Public Media, State Media
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Everyday Life
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Information Needs & Media Use: Refugees & Displaced People
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Media Use: Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups
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Milieus, Lifestyles
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Media Use: Catholic Media Productions
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News Reception
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Local Television
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Watchdog Role of the Media
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Newspapers
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Research in Media & Communication
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Audience Expectations & Satisfaction
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Radio Use: Women
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Music Consumption & Use
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Freedom of Expression
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Popular Cultures
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Social Media
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
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Transnational Broadcasting, International Broadcasting
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BBC
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Cable Television
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Media Use: Entertainment
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Media Use: Indigenous Populations
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Children's Television Programmes
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Media Literacy: Children
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Reading Promotion
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Media Markets
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Education and Communication / Media
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Television Entertainment, Television Entertainment Programmes
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Politics
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Public & State Television
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Radio Stations
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Advertising
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Advertising Markets & Industries
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Audience Research: Planning & Implementing Surveys
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Media Use: Foreign & International News
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Media Use: Political Information
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Violence in the Media: Effects on Children
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Christian Television
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Cinema
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Bollywood
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Contents of Media
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Culture and Communication, Culture and Media
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Media Ethnography
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Cultural Identity
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Culture (General)
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Educational Television
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Sensationalist Journalism, Yellow Press
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Gender Relations
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Media Reception & Effects: Women
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Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
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Transnational Television, International Television
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Election Reporting
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Media, Mass Media
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Influence of Media on Politics
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Radio Programmes & Genres
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Media Reception
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Habits
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Preference
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Islam and Communication
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Questionnaires, Questionnaire Design
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Television Programmes & Genres
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Reality Television Programmes & Daily Talks
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Youth, Adolescents
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Advertising Literacy: Children
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Audience Composition
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Audience Research in Media Assistance
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Community Media Audiences & Use
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Community Radio Audiences & Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Minorities
2
Gaming: Uses & Effects
2
Health Information Access & Use
2
Media Repertoires
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Media Use: Conflict Areas
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Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
2
Media Use: Preferred Contents & Programmes
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Media Use: Public Service & State Media
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Television Use: Women
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Book Markets & Industries
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Catholic Television
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Perceptions & Attitudes Towards the Catholic Church
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Children and Media
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Children's Media
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Girls and Media
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Celebrities, Idols, Stars
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Film Reception & Effects
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Videos
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Censorship
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Community Participation in Community Media
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Community Radios
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
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Violence in the Media
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Creative & Cultural Industries
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Cultural Role & Influence of Media
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Cultural Studies
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Fans, Fandom, Fan Cultures
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Gaming: Youth
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Development Journalism & Media Representation of Development Issues
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Websites
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Diaspora Media
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Conspiracy Narratives, Conspiracy Theories
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Libraries
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Library Use
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Radio Markets
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Audiobooks & Audio Cassettes
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Educational Effects of Media, Educational Role of Media
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Media Didactics, Media Use in Education
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Nonformal Education
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Students
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Television Entertainment: Audiences
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Women's Radio Programmes
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Gender Media Studies & Feminist Communication Research
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Health Communication
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Indigenous Communication
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Indigenous Media, Indigenous Language Media Productions
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Foreign Television Programmes
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Globalisation of Media
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Image Abroad
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Television Language
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Media Assistance
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Stereotypes in Media & Communication
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Media Law & Regulation
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Migration & Refugees Reporting & (Social) Media Representation
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Peace, Peacekeeping, Peace Building, Peace Movements
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Press
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Public & State Radios
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Radio Reception, Radio Psychology, Radio Effects
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Social Functions & Effects of the Media
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Uses-And-Gratifications Approach
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Hinduism and Communication
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Muslim Television Broadcasting
2
Religious Television Programmes
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Empirical Studies
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Focus Groups & Group Discussions (Qualitative Research Method)
2
Rural Communication, Media in Rural Areas
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Minorities
2
Social Aspects
2
Lower Classes
2
Digital Radio
2
Digital Television
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Short Wave Radio (SW)
2
Television Channels
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Rede Globo (Television Network, Brazil)
2
Television Programming, Programme Structures & Programme Policies
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Television Semiotics
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Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Youth Television Programmes
2
Youth: Media Representation & Reporting
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Flow of Information
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Advertising Audiences & Target Groups
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Advertising Effects & Impact
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Advertising Effects: Children
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Children & Advertising
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Radio Advertising
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
1
Agricultural Information & Extension
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Peasants / Farmers & Communication
1
Audience Research: Concepts & Experiences
1
Audience Research: Online Surveys
1
Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
1
Disinformation Consumption & Perception
1
Elderly People: Media Use
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Information Needs in Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Media & ICT Use in Authoritarian Regimes / Dictatorships
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Media Use: Workers
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Mobile Phone Use: Youth
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News Avoidance
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Opinion Polls, Public Opinion Research
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Target Groups
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Books
1
Bestsellers
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Book Policies (National & International)
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E-Books & Digital Book Publishing
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Scholarly Book Publishing, Academic Book Publishing
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Campaigning: Effects & Effctiveness
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Election Campaigns
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Catholic Radios
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Canção Nova (Brazil)
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Catholic Television Programmes
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Madha TV (Catholic Television Channel, Tamil Nadu)
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Children & Childhood
1
Children & Digital Media
1
Children & Radio
1
Children: Media Representation & Reporting
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Children: Early Childhood, Toddlers, Preschoolers
1
Children's Radio Programmes
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Comics, Cartoons, Caricatures
1
Gaming: Children
1
Igreja Internacional da Graça de Deus (Brazil)
1
Christian Television Programmes
1
Urban Pastoral
1
Pentecostal Churches & Communication
1
Film and Religion, Religion in Motion Pictures
1
Television Programme & Format Trade
1
Communication Rights
1
Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
1
Media / Communication Control
1
Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
1
Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
1
Community Media
1
Media Assistance: Indigenous Communication
1
Traditional Communication
1
Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
1
Conflict-Sensitive & Peace Journalism
1
Foreign Conflict Reporting, International War Reporting
1
Human Security Reporting
1
Violence in the Media: Reception & Effects
1
Violence in the Media: Effects on Youth
1
Violence in the Media: Video Games
1
War Reporting
1
Codes
1
Discourse & Discourse Analysis
1
Media Criticism
1
Media Quality
1
Radio Quality
1
Rumours & Rumour Management
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Arts
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Theatre
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Theatre Audiences
1
Cultural Consumption
1
Cultural Influence
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Cultural Heritage
1
Cultural Traditions
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Cultural Integration
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Cultural Projects (Development Cooperation)
1
Cultural Systems
1
Literature
1
Narratives, Narrative Structures
1
Mass Cultures
1
Media Cultures
1
Radio Culture
1
Modernization Development Approaches, Developmentalism
1
International Development Cooperation
1
Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Development Issues and Development Assistance
1
Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Radio for Development
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Rural Communication for Development
1
Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
1
Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Political Communication
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Online Radio, Internet Radio, Radio Streaming
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Podcasts
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Facebook
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Filter Bubbles & Echo Chambers
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TikTok
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
1
LGBT & Communication / Media
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Media Assistance: Minority Media
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Minorities & Disadvantaged Groups: Reporting & Media Representation
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Racism in Communication & Media
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International Humanitarian Crisis Reporting, Foreign Disaster Reporting
1
Trust Building in Health & Emergency Communication
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Rural Libraries
1
Economic Contribution of the Media Industries to GDP
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Local Media Economics & Markets, Local Media Financing
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Television Markets
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Transnational Media Markets, International Media Markets
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Television Economics
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Video on Demand
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Curricula: School Education
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Easy-To-Understand Information, Easy-To-Read Materials, Easy Language
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Educational Broadcasting
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Instructional Media & Teaching Materials
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Lifelong Learning
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Fotonovelas, Photonovels
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Gaming, Video Games
1
Infotainment, Politainment
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Leisure
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Television Fiction
1
Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
1
Ethics in Media & Communication
1
Bias in News Media
1
Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
1
Values
1
Evaluation
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Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
1
Female Journalists & Media Workers
1
Gender and Radio
1
Gender & Television
1
Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
1
Gender Norms & Roles
1
Housemaids
1
Media Assistance: Gender Focus
1
Rural Women & Communication
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Women (General)
1
Addiction Reporting, Media Representation & Prevention
1
Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
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Health Campaigns: Experiences
1
Health Radio Programmes
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HIV / AIDS Communication
1
Malaria Communication
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
1
History of Media & Communication
1
Indigenous Languages
1
Perceptions & Attitudes Towards Indigenous Peoples
1
Foreign News, International News
1
Globalisation: Impact on (Local) Media & Communication
1
Media in the Global South / Developing Countries
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Russia: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Sputnik (Russian State News Portal & Radio Broadcast Service)
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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Journalistic Quality
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News
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Local News
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Radio News
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Radio Journalism
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Poverty & Impoverished People: Reporting & Media Representation
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Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
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Service Journalism, Consumer Information, Lifestyle Journalism
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Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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Local Communication & Media
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Communication & Information Needs
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Communication Systems
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Informal Communication Channels, Networks & Structures
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Information Ecosystems
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Presentation of Information
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Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relations
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Media Literacy: Families
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Media Literacy: Migrants & Diasporas
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Socialist Media Systems
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Television Landscapes
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Human Rights
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Television Law & Regulation
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Media Management
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Cost-Benefit-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Financing Media: Customer Payments, Subscription Models, User-Based Financing
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Quality Criteria, Quality Standards
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Allpanchis (Journal, Cusco, Peru, 1970- )
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Deutsche Welle
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Radio Free Europe
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Refugees / Displaced People
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Youth Migrants, Youth Refugees, Youth Dasporas
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Popular Music
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Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
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People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
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Governance
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Polarization, Political Polarization
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Political Socialisation
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Democracy
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Hybrid Political Systems
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Politics and Media
1
Governance & Accountability as Focus of Radio Programmes
1
Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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National Identity & Media, Nationalism & Communication
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Political Communication
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
1
Public Opinion
1
Public Opinion Manipulation
1
Jeune Afrique (News Magazine)
1
Radio Production
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Television Production
1
Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Radio Programming, Programme Structures & Schedules
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Reception, Effects & Psychology of Media
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Audience Influence
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Cyberpsychology
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Behaviour
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Fear, Anxiety
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Attitudes, Attitude Formation & Change
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Ideologies
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Identity & Identity Development
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Imagination
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Islam
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Islamic Cultures: Role of Media
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Muslim Media
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Judaism and Communication
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Youth & Religion
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Youth & Religious Communication
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Television Studies & Research
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Research Methods
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Participatory Action Research
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Interviewing (Qualitative Research Method)
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Observation (Research Method)
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Survey Methods
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Violence
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Domestic Violence
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Social Anthropology
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Participation
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Fertility
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Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Social Change
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Social Structure
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Inequalities
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Society & Media, Media Sociology
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Traditional Society
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Technologies, Information & Communication Technologies
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Radio Sets, Radio Receivers
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Television Sets
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SMS
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Pay TV, Pay Television
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RT (Russian International Broadcaster, formerly Russia Today)
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Theories of Communication & Media
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Postcolonial & Decolonial Communication Approaches
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Audiovisual Language
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Signs, Signals, Semiotics
1
Youth and Media
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth Media
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Language
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Journals
Output Type
Understanding Media Users: From Theory to Practice
Malden: Wiley Blackwell (2009), vi, 219 pp.
"Understanding Media Users discusses approaches to audiences which maintain that viewers actively interpret content, a perspective to be distinguished not only from structuralist media theory but from passive audience “effects studies.” Effects studies consist of research conceptually articulate
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Jordan Media Survey 2008
Harris Interactive;IREX;USAID (2009), 200 slides
Jovens na cena metropolitana: Percepções, narrativas e modos de comunicação
São Paulo: Paulinas (2009), 183 pp.
Citizens of the World? Africans, Media and Telecommunications
Afrobarometer (2009), 8 pp.
"While in some respects – particularly through their radios – Africans are very connected to the outside world, our findings suggests that the majority continue to be local rather than world citizens. However, this initial work on cosmopolitanism suggests that as their world becomes larger throu
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Radio Listening Habits Among Rural Audiences: An Ethnographic Study of Kieni West Division in Central Kenya
Ohio University, Doctoral Thesis (2009), xv, 324 pp.
The Guide to Researching Audiences: Concise Edition
Key Guidance
Guildford, Surrey: JISC;Strategic Content Alliance;Curtis+Cartwright Consulting (2009), 26 pp.
"This is the 'concise edition' of 'The Guide to Researching Audiences'. It is a shorter version of the main Guide, designed to provide an easily accessible summary of the key principles of audience research and some practical information. The full version of the Guide contains more detailed informat
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Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Strategies in Latin American Empirical Research on Television Audiences 1992-2007
Global Media and Communication, volume 5, issue 2 (2009), pp. 149-176
"This article reports the findings of a review and methodological critique of 96 Latin American empirical studies on television reception published between 1992 and 2007 in the most important journals of the region. The analysis compares the studies according to their theoretical approach, the resea
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Alarming Reports: Communicating Conflict in the Daily News
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2009), vii, 208 pp.
"News stories provide an essential confirmation of our ideas about who we are, what we have to fear, and what to do about it: a marketplace of ideas, shopped by rational citizen decision makers but also a shared resource for grounding our contested narratives of identity in objective reality. News a
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Media Audiences: Television, Meaning and Emotion
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2009), ix, 176 pp.
"An engaging and original study of current research on television audiences and the concept of emotion, this book offers a unique approach to key issues within television studies. Topics discussed include: television branding; emotional qualities in television texts; audience reception models; fan c
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Stellenwert und Nutzung der Medien in Migrantenmilieus
Media Perspektiven, issue 6 (2009), pp. 297-308
"Im Jahr 2008 bot eine Sinus-Studie die Möglichkeit, das Medienverhalten der Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund milieuorientiert mitzuerheben. Ausgangspunkt dieser Studie waren die langen Erfahrungen mit den Sinus-Milieus bei Erhebungen in der deutschen Wohnbevölkerung. Menschen nicht nur nach ihr
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Medien, Migration, Identität: Migranten und ihre Mediennutzung. Drei Projektberichte aus der Urbanregion Stuttgart
Stuttgart: Hochschule der Medien (2009), 105 pp.
Afghanistan Media Survey
D3 Systems;ACSOR-Surveys;BBC Trust (2008), 30 pp.
"BBC listenership in Afghanistan remains strong and the station has retained a strong brand presence. BBC radio is among the most listened to stations in Afghanistan. Over half (57%) of adults had listened within the past week at the time of the survey in January 2008. 75% of the population claimed
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Information Literacy Competency and Readership Study of Five Specific Localities in the Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban Areas of Kolkata Metropolitan City
New Dehli: UNESCO (2008), 62 pp.
"The objectives of this field survey are as follows: to attempt a critical study of the readership of people from different social strata of five specific localities of Kolkata Metropolitan City; to attempt a study of the influence and to measure the encroachment of different media on people’s rea
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Le paysage médiatique congolais: état des lieux, enjeux et défis
Top Insights
Paris: France Coopération Internationale (2008), 167 pp.
"La première partie de l’étude vise à décrire autant le fonctionnement des médias congolais que le comportement de leurs publics, essentiellement à Kinshasa et dans les grandes villes de province. La seconde partie tâche de dresser un bilan des principales contraintes auxquelles sont confro
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A Look at Radio Works in Liberia: The Listeners’ Perceptions. Use, Habits, Expectations and Assessments from Radio Listeners in Liberia
Winterthur; Monrovia: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM);Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) (2008), 27 pp.
"This research project in Liberia has tried to do first steps to understand in detail the quality of media, especially radio, in Liberia and what the audience is thinking of and expecting from the media. Being the first of its kind in Liberia after the end of the civil war it has investigated a) the
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The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India
Chicago: University of Chicago;NBER;Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies (2008), 41 pp.
"Cable and satellite television have spread rapidly throughout the developing world. These media sources expose viewers to new information about the outside world and other ways of life, which may a ect attitudes and behaviors. This paper explores the effect of the introduction of cable television o
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The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development
Chichester, UK; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2008), xxiii, 614 pp.
The Guide to Researching Audiences
Key Guidance
Guildford, Surrey: Curtis+Cartwright Consulting;Strategic Content Alliance (2008), 74 pp.
"This guide has been written for people in the UK public sector delivering online digital services who wish to research their audiences. Although it is focused on online digital services, it will also be useful for researching audiences reached via other channels. It is primarily aimed at non-expert
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Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (2008), 45 pp.
"What are the effects of television, and of role models portrayed in TV programs, on individual behavior? We focus on fertility choices in Brazil, a country where soap operas (novelas) portray families that are much smaller than in reality. We exploit differences in the timing of entry into differen
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Television, Power and the Public in Russia
New York: Cambridge University Press (2008), viii, 212 pp.
"The Russian media are widely seen to be increasingly controlled by the government. Leaders buy up dissenting television channels and pour money in as fast as it haemorrhages out. As a result, TV news has become narrower in scope and in the range of viewpoints which it reflects: leaders demand assim
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