"De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?" (Publisher des
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"This volume examines the influence of audio-visual media in cultural change in India. The essays focus on: the dynamics of network change; the relationships between image and viewer; and the journey of images between points of reading in contemporary India that are mediated through television, cine
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ma, video and the internet." (Publisher description)
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"This yearbook compiles research findings on children and youth and media violence from the perspective of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of this yearbook is on what is being done to combat gratuitous media violence. It presents information on media educ
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ation and children's media participation. Section 1 of the yearbook, "Children's Access to Media and Media Use," presents research on media access and use for children in Europe and worldwide. Section 2, "The Image of the Child in the Media," details how children are presented in news and entertainment media, and in advertising, in various countries. Section 3, "Media Education," provides information on media education programs in Canada, South Africa, Australia, the Nordic countries, the UK, India, and Latin America. Section 4, "Children's Participation in the Media," includes articles describing programs from various countries in which children and youth participate in media production, such as videotapes, television, radio, the Internet, and magazines. Section 5 contains several international declarations and resolutions concerning children and the media. Section 6 provides information on organizations worldwide concerned with children and the media, and a compilation of Internet addresses by and for children." (https://files.eric.ed.gov)
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"This introductory text examines television and cultural identities in the context of globalization. It offers a wide-ranging exploration of the central issues of media, globalization, language, gender, ethnicity, cultural politics and identity. At the core of the book are two essential arguments: t
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hat television is a proliferating resource for the construction of cultural identity, and that cultural identity is not a fixed 'thing' but a contingent social construction to which language is key." (Publisher description)
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El libro examina los modelos y las polÃticas de descentralisación que han sustentado el desarrollo de la 'televisión de proximidad' en cada uno de los paÃses de la UE. El analysis esta centrado en el marco legal, la estructura y la financición, las estrategias de programación y el uso de lengu
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as minoritarias de las televisiones de ambito regional, local y urbano.
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"A la fois étude rigoureuse et pamphlet, Les télévisions africaines sous tutelle invite à une plongée dans l'univers audiovisuel africain. Ce voyage édifiant alliant données statistiques et analyse des programmes met à jour, en se centrant sur l'exemple camerounais, la collusion des télévi
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sions nationales avec les pouvoirs politiques, la désinformation, l'acculturation, l'invasion du sport et des émissions occidentales." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1
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of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the UN and UNESCO Agendas," includes articles on the significance of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Section 2, "Children and Violence on the Screen: Research Articles," includes articles on U.S. television violence and children, the nature and context of violence on American television, and media violence in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Europe, and Argentina. Section 3, "Children's Media Situation: Research Articles," contains articles describing children's media access and use in various parts of the world, including Asia, China, Australia, South Africa, and Belgium. Section 4, "Media in the World," provides statistics on children and the media worldwide. Section 5, "Children in the World," details demographic indicators for children worldwide. Section 6, "Children's Participation in the Media: Some Examples," describes examples of positive child participation in the media production process. Section 7 contains international declarations and resolutions regarding children and the media. Section 8 discusses regulations and measures as a basis for building television policy. A bibliography containing approximately 300 references on children and media violence published after 1970 completes the yearbook." (https://eric.ed.gov)
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