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Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt

Andrew Simon

Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press (2022), xiii, 279 pp.

"Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology - the cassette tape - to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt. Over the 1970s and 1980s, cassettes became a ubiquitous presence in Egyptian homes and stores. Audiocassette technology gave an opening to ordinary indiv ... more

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Reading Matters: Surveys and Campaigns. How to Keep and Recover Readers

Åsfrid Hegdal

International Publishers Association (IPA);Norwegian Publishers Association (2020), 89 pp.

"The aim of the report has been to identify data about reading habits of the population in a selection of countries, then to summarise them. Our hope is that this report will form an empirical base and a starting point for further research and discussions regarding this important topic for the inter ... more

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Indian Sound Cultures, Indian Sound Citizenship

Laura Brueck, Jacob Smith, Neil Verma (eds.)

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2020), vi, 330 pp.

"Indian Sound Cultures, Indian Sound Citizenship addresses the multifaceted roles sound plays in Indian cultures and media, and enacts a sonic turn in South Asian Studies by understanding sound in its own social and cultural contexts. "Scapes, Sites, and Circulations" considers the spatial and circu ... more

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Phänomen Hörbuch: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven Und Medialer Wandel

Stephanie Bung, Jenny Schrödl (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2017), 225 pp.

"Das Hörbuch hat in den letzten Jahren an Beliebtheit und Bedeutung gewonnen. Es ist kaum mehr aus Bibliotheken und Buchhandlungen wegzudenken - und zunehmend zeigt sich auch die Forschung interessiert. Gleichzeitig herrscht noch erheblicher Konturierungsbedarf: Wie die Wortbildung »Hör-Buch« be ... more

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Guía práctica sobre producción de materiales accesibles para personas con discapacidad visual

Norma Toucedo, Alejandro Schinca

Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2011), 46 pp.

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The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen

Flagg Miller

Harvard: Harvard University Press (2007), xxiv, 525 pp.

"Investigating a vibrant audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, The Moral Resonance of Arab Media shows how new forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song. From the 1940s onward, a new cadre of political activists has used audio-recording technolo ... more

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Evoking Moral Community, Fragmenting Muslim Discourse: Sermon Audio-Recordings and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate in Mali

Dorothea E. Schulz

Journal for Islamic Studies, volume 27 (2007), pp. 39-72

"The article explores the processes that have allowed Islam to gain great appeal as a community-building idiom in Mali since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1991. Drawing on the mediatic performances of the charismatic preacher Sharif Haidara, the article analyzes how new media technolog ... more

The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics

Charles Hirschkind

New York: Columbia University Press (2006), xiii, 270 pp.

"An essential aspect of what is now called the Islamic Revival, the cassette sermon has become omnipresent in most Middle Eastern cities, punctuating the daily routines of many men and women. Hirschkind shows how sermon tapes have provided one of the means by which Islamic ethical traditions have be ... more

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Gewalt in Kinder- und Jugendmedien: Ursprung, Ausprägung, Prävention

Frankfurt am Main: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jugendliteratur und Medien der GEW (2003), 51 pp.

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Religion auf dem Markt der Medien

Bonn: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz, Zentralstelle Medien (1997), 80 pp.

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Handbuch Medienerziehung im Kindergarten. Teil 2: Praktische Handreichungen

Christine Feil, Ulf Lehnig, H. Gerhard Beisenherz, Maria Furtner-Kallmünzer (ed.)

Opladen: Leske und Budrich;Deutsches Jugendinstitut (1995), 446 pp.

L'audiocassette et ses usages: Un outil de communication au service du monde rural

Annie Jogand

Pascal Berqué (collab.)

Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (1994), 79 pp.

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Development Communication Handbook: Ideas, Skills, Illustrations

Myron J. Pereira

Indore: Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra (1994), ix, 132 pp.

"Myron J. Pereira, SJ, brings together his years of experience in Development Communication as the director of ASTHA, a department of the Xavier Institute of Communications, Bombay. In this book he deals with sound slides, video, audio-cassettes and posters, street-plays and puppets and how they can ... more

The Empowerment of Culture: Development Communication and Popular Media

Ad Boeren, Kees Epskamp (eds.)

The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries (CESO) (1992), 247 pp.

"The book covers three main themes: 1. the relationship of interdependence between culture, education and communication; 2. the need for participatory processes in sustainable development, and 3. the crucial importance of culturally appropriate communication systems and approaches to education and t ... more

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Audiovisuales y evangelización

Elvira Borrero V.

Bogotá: Indo-American Press (1991), 88 pp.

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Audiovisuelle Medien für Religionsunterricht, Seelsorge, Jugendarbeit und Erwachsenenbildung: Filme - Videokassetten - Tonbilder - Lichtbilder - Tonbänder

Köln: Diözesanfilmstelle Köln (1988), 384 pp.

Audiovisuales: Una experienca nicaragüense. Manual de produccion

Lazaro Bildt

La Paz: CIMCA (1987), 82 pp.

"En 1980, se inició un proceso de producción de audiovisuales en el Departamento de Comunicaciones del Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario y Reforma Agraria de Nicaragua. El presente trabajo forma parte de ese proceso [...] Consta de tres partes. La primera abarca aspectos del proceso de comunic ... more

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Erwachsenenbildung in der Dritten Welt: Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung

Heribert Hinzen, Wolfgang Leumer (eds.)

Braunschweig: Westermann (1982), 263 pp.