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Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective
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Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.)

Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield, 4th ed. (2025), xxxiv, 443 pp.

"Twenty-four highly accomplished and prominent media scholars representing ten countries provide a survey of international communication, public relations and advertising, implications of globalization, international law and regulation, global culture, propaganda, transnational media, the shifting p ... more

Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Guide

Donna M. Mertens, Jori N. Hall, Amy T. Wilson

New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2025), xxii, 631 pp.

"Covering both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume, this leading text is now in a revised third edition. It features additional evaluation approaches, such as the Indigenous paradigm; new examples, ranging from small to large and multi-site evaluations; and more. Instructors ... more

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The Evaluation Handbook: An Evaluator's Companion
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Debra J. Rog, Leonard Bickman (eds.)

New York: Guilford Press (2025), xvii, 606 pp.

"This pragmatic evaluator's companion from leaders in the field provides essential guidance for designing, implementing, and managing exemplary evaluations using established and emerging methods, designs, and analyses. With contributions from skilled experts, the Handbook has a unique focus on the c ... more

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Digitale Didaktik: Methoden und Modelle für eine erfolgreiche Praxis

Charlotte Reich, Kersten Reich

Weinheim: Beltz (2025), 272 pp.

"Digitale Didaktik begründet, worauf im digitalen Lernen und Blended Learning zu achten ist. In diesem Buch geben Charlotte und Kersten Reich einen Überblick über zehn zentrale Aspekte, die das moderne Lernen in Präsenz und Online heute ausmachen, unter anderem Selbstlernen und Selbstwirksamkeit ... more

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Medienökonomie: Eine Einführung mit Leitfragen

M. Bjørn von Rimscha, Gianna L. Ehrlich, Gabriele Siegert

Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2., erw. Aufl. (2025), xiii, 317 pp.

"Anhand von 13 Leitfragen führt dieses Open-Access-Lehrbuch in die Medienökonomie ein und stellt wesentliche Konzepte und Perspektiven vor. In den Antworten werden die in den Fragen aufgeworfenen Phänomene und Problemstellungen kontextualisiert und die jeweils involvierten Akteure, Theorien und E ... more

Mémento de contre-influence : Comment réagir face à une attaque informationnelle

Claude Revel

Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 207 pp.

"L'époque n'a jamais été aussi propice aux jeux d'influence. Face aux crises auxquelles le dirigeant doit faire face, l'attaque informationnelle prend aujourd'hui le dessus. Qu'elle soit intentionnelle ou opportuniste, elle peut faire des dégâts significatifs sur la très précieuse réputation ... more

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Qualitative Methods in Communication and Media

Sandra L. Faulkner, Joshua D. Atkinson

New York: Oxford University Press (2024), xi, 217 pp.

"Qualitative Methods in Media and Communication offers a learning-centered guide to designing, conducting, and evaluating qualitative communication and media research methods. Drawing upon years of teaching qualitative research methods, Sandra L. Faulkner and Joshua D. Atkinson introduce and unpack ... more

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Applied communication research methods: Getting started as a researcher

Michael P. Boyle, Mike Schmierbach

New York; London: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2024), xvii, 316 pp.

"This third edition is again a practical introduction to communication research methods, foregrounding the role research plays in communication and media industry careers. Covering major methodologies such as surveys, experiments, focus groups, in-depth interviews, content analysis, and others, the ... more

Filmgeschäftsführung: Kostenmanagement bei Film und Fernsehen

Markus Yagapen

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, 4, komplett überarb. Aufl. (2024), 211 pp.

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Media, Economy and Society: A Critical Introduction

Christian Fuchs

London; New York: Routledge (2024), vi, 459 pp.

"This essential guide to the critical study of the media economy in society teaches students how to critically analyse the political economy of communication and the media. The book introduces a variety of methods and topics, including the political economy of communication in capitalism, the politi ... more

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Vulnerabilidad y comunicación social: Fragilidad humana en la esfera pública
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Hugo Aznar, Rodrigo Fidel Rodríguez Borges (eds.)

Madrid: Tecnos (2024), 423 pp.

"Este manual es una obra colectiva escrita por numerosos profesionales del periodismo, cada uno espeaializado en una materia, que tratan de explicar la mejor manera de comunicar temas de gran actualidad. En esta ocasión tratan el tema de la vulnerabilidad de distintos grupos, como puede ser la vuln ... more

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Handbook on Evaluation

Reinhard Stockmann (ed.)

Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2024), xi, 408 pp.

"In this Handbook, Reinhard Stockmann and other esteemed experts in the field provide a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations. Covering the process and individual steps of evaluation in detail, in chronological order and in ... more

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The Media Economy

Alan B. Albarran

New York; London: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2024), xi, 207 pp.

"This fully updated third edition analyzes the media industries and their activities from macro to micro levels, using concepts and theories to demonstrate the role the media plays in the economy as a whole. This textbook breaks new ground through its analysis of the rapidly changing and evolving me ... more

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ADE for Games: Approaches to Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Games Research and Creation

Daniel Harley, Gerald Voorhees (eds.)

Pittsburgh: Play Story Press (2024), viii, 241 pp.

De la narratologie au storytelling digital : Pour une information efficace

Dieudonné Tebangasa Apala

Paris: L'Harmattan (2024), 243 pp.

"La narratologie comme science de la production-analyse-diffusion du récit, touche tous les secteurs de la vie (toute discipline dont l'objet est sous forme de récit) : narratologie littéraire, médiatique, journalistique, catéchétique, éducative, psychologique, analyse et publicité narrative ... more

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Fotopädagogik in der sozialen Arbeit

Martin Geisler, Johannes Rück (eds.)

Weinheim; Basel: Beltz Juventa (2024), 267 pp.

"Die Veränderungen im Umgang mit Bildwelten wirken sich auf Selbstkonzepte und Fremdwahrnehmung aus. Die Fotografie spielt dabei heute eine wesentliche Rolle. In der Publikation werden neben Theorien Praxisbeispiele für die Arbeit mit Kindern, Jugendlichen, Erwachsenen, Senioren und spezifischen G ... more

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Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials

Gillian Rose

Los Angeles: Sage, 5th ed. (2023), xv, 454 pp.

"Whatever level of experience you have, this classic text will provide you with the key skills you need to complete a visual methods research project, understand the rationale behind each step, and engage with the contexts and power relations that shape our interpretation of visual images. With a cl ... more

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Artificial Intelligence Technology

Huawei Technologies

Singapore: Springer;Posts & Telecom Press (2023), xiii, 298 pp.

"This open access book aims to give our readers a basic outline of today's research and technology developments on artificial intelligence (AI), help them to have a general understanding of this trend, and familiarize them with the current research hotspots, as well as part of the fundamental and co ... more

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Film- und Fernsehanalyse

Lothar Mikos

München: UVK, 4. überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2023), 486 pp.

"Die Rezeption von Filmen und Fernsehsendungen ist sowohl vom Wissen und den Emotionen der Zuschauer:innen als auch von sozialen Kontexten abhängig. Es reicht daher nicht aus, die "Sprache" von Film und Fernsehen zu analysieren, sondern es müssen auch die Form, die Gestaltung, die Dramaturgie und ... more