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Media Nations: Communicating Belonging and Exclusion in the Modern World

Sabina Mihelj

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), ix, 220 pp.

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On Media Memory: Collective Memory in a New Media Age

Mordechai Neiger, Oren Meyers, Eyal Zandberg (eds.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xvi, 300 pp.

"This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of Media Memory and brings Media and Mediation to the forefront of Collective Memory research. The essays explore a diversity of media technologies (television, radio, film and new media), genres (news, fiction, documentaries) and contexts (US, UK, Spai ... more

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Community Theatre and AIDS

Ola Johansson

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xii, 179 pp.

"Applying research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comp ... more

Soft Power in China: Public Diplomacy Through Communication

Jian Wang (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), 221 pp.

"The book provides a glimpse into how China has tried to tell its story to the world. The introduction chapter outlines the broader context for the examination of Chinese public diplomacy. It discusses some of the emerging themes concerning the spirit and practice of the country’s image-building e ... fforts. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the trends and developments in Chinese public diplomacy, and discusses how China’s authoritarian system has benefits as well as drawbacks for its soft power pursuits. In the next three chapters, we examine some of the major Chinese external propaganda and communication platforms, including Beijing Review, CCTV International (renamed CCTV News in April 2010), and government news conferences and spokespersons [...] Chapter 6 takes on a relatively new topic of the increasing role of Chinese corporations in the process of public diplomacy. It examines the complex interplay between corporate branding and nation branding in the example of a leading Chinese company’s corporate social responsibility engagement in Africa. The ensuing two chapters cover China’s image promotion related to the Beijing Olympics from two different vantage points. Chapter 7 discusses the promotion of the Olympics to the Chinese domestic public, who were expected to be model citizens helping to deliver a positive image of China during the Games. This can be viewed as a case of how “charm offensive” begins on the home front. Chapter 8 sheds light on the role of the ever more active Chinese diaspora in national image management through its mobilization in defense of China’s image during the international leg of the Olympic torch relay. To provide some historical context to the discussion of China’s contemporary endeavor, Chapter 9 examines how the conception of “international propaganda” was formulated and institutionalized in early twentieth century China. It highlights the role of Chinese intellectuals in promoting China’s international communication. Our last essay explores higher education as a site of image-construction. It ref lects on how American college students read and evaluate China based on their perspectives and news sources. It ends with an imaginary dialogue between a Chinese journalist and an American journalist on mutual misperceptions, and possibilities for change, providing an “enjoyable and hopeful” conclusion to the book." (Preface, pages ix-x) more

The Practice of Public Diplomacy: Confronting Challenges Abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss ... more

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Local Radio, Going Global

Guy Starkey

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xv, 202 pp.

"An examination of the development of local radio broadcasting and the trend for locally-owned, locally-originated and locally-accountable commercial radio stations to fall into the hands of national and international media groups. Starkey traces the early development of local radio through to prese ... more

Journalism Across Cultures: An Introduction

Levi Obijiofor, Folker Hanusch

Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xi, 236 pp.

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Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in East Asia

Sook Chong Lee, Jan Melissen (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), viii, 279 pp.

"This book discusses the question of soft power and public diplomacy challenges in East Asian context. Both concepts originate in the West, and in a sense this book can therefore be seen as an exercise in critically assessing soft power and public diplomacy in a different geographical and cultural s ... more

Memory in Culture

Astrid Erll

Houndmills; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), ix, 209 pp.

"This book questions the sociocultural dimensions of remembering. It offers an overview of the history and theory of memory studies through the lens of sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, literature, art and media studies; documenting current international and interdisciplinary m ... more

The Power of Global Community Media
Inspiring Practice

Linda K. Fuller (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, revised paperback ed. (2011), xix, 272 pp.

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Ethical Issues in International Communication

Alexander G. Nikolaev (ed.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xii, 277 pp.

"A collection of essays from scholars around the globe examining the ethical issues and problems associated with some of the major areas within contemporary international communication: journalism, PR, marketing communication, and political rhetoric." (Publisher description)

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Media and Social Justice

Sue Curry Jansen, Jefferson Pooley, Lora Taub-Pervizpour (eds.)

New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), viii, 275 pp.

"This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Topics addressed include but are not limited to international media activist projects such as the Right to Communication movement and its corollaries; the importa ... more

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Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

Diana Dimitrova (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiv, 226 pp.

"This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia." (Publisher description)

Memory in a Global Age: Discourses, Practices and Trajectories

Aleida Assmann, Sebastian Conrad (eds.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiii, 252 pp.

"A significant contribution to memory studies and part of an emergent strand of work on global memory. This book offers important insights on topics relating to memory, globalization, international politics, international relations, Holocaust studies and media and communication studies." (Publisher ... more

Representing Death in the News: Journalism, Media and Mortality

Folker Hanusch

Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), viii, 199 pp.

"This new study maps and synthesizes existing research on the ways in which journalism deals with death. Folker Hanusch provides a historical overview of death in the news, looks at the conditions of production, content and reception, and also analyzes emerging trends in the representation of death ... more

Memory and the Future: Transnational Politics, Ethics and Society

Yifat Gutman, Adam D. Brown, Amy Sodaro (eds.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xi, 217 pp.

"For those who study memory, there is a nagging concern that memory studies are inherently backward-looking, and that memory itself hinders efforts to move forward. Unhinging memory from the past, this book brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars who bring the future into th ... more

Global Children, Global Media: Migration, Media and Childhood

Liesbeth De Block, David Buckingham

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xii, 222 pp.

"This book seeks to address the complex and multi-faceted relationships between childhood, media, migration and globalisation. Our primary focus is on a specific group that has often been invisible or misrepresented in the debate: that is, migrant children. We are particularly concerned with childre ... more

African Digital Media and the Public Sphere

Okoth Fred Mudhai, Wisdom J. Tettey, Fackson Banda (eds.)

New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xv, 260 pp.

"This book examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist, and pessimist stances through analyses of various forms of evide ... more

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Islamic Renewal, Radio, and the Surface of Things

Brian Larkin

In: Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses

Birgit Meyer (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), pp. 117-136

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