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Media Analytics: Understanding Media, Audiences, and Consumers in the 21st Century

C. Ann Hollifield, Amy Jo Coffey

New York; London: Routledge (2023), xxi, 416 pp.

"This textbook takes a case study approach to media and audience analytics. Realizing the best way to understand analytics in the digital age is to practice it, the authors have created a collection of cases using data sets that present real and hypothetical scenarios for students to work through. M ... more

Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It

Nadini Persaud, Brian T. Yates

New York; London: Guilford Press (2023), xii, 299 pp.

"Is a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it? How can a program do more or better with less? Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex for ... 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

Medienpolitik: Grundlagen für Wissenschaft und Praxis
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Manuel Puppis

München: UVK, 3., vollständig überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2023), 366 pp.

"Digitalisierung, Transnationalisierung und Kommerzialisierung stellen die Medienpolitik vor große Herausforderungen. Wie kann sichergestellt werden, dass Medien und Plattformen ihre wichtige Funktion in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft erfüllen? In diese Thematik führt Manuel Puppis systematisc ... more

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Ethics for Journalists

Sallyanne Duncan

London; New York: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2023), xii, 259 pp.

"Ethics for Journalists critically explores many of the dilemmas that journalists face in their work and supports journalists in good ethical decision-making. From building trust, to combatting disinformation, to minimizing harm to vulnerable people through responsible suicide reporting, this book p ... more

Fotografie in der kulturellen Kinder- und Jugendbildung

Alfred Holzbrecher, Jan Schmolling (eds.)

Weinheim; Basel: Beltz Juventa (2023), 281 pp.

"Fotografie ist das Individual- und Massenmedium unserer Zeit. Durch die Digitalisierung hat es für die Bildungsarbeit zusätzliche Relevanz erhalten. Mit dieser Publikation wird Fotopädagogik im Kontext von Kultureller Bildung entlang der Schlüsselbegriffe Subjektorientierung, Teilhabe, wertsch� ... more

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Strategic Communication: Campaign Planning

James Scott Mahoney

London; New York: Routledge, 3rd ed. (2023), xx, 278 pp.

"Strategic Communication deals with the principles behind strategic communication planning. It covers the professional practice steps involved in researching, planning, writing, evaluating and implementing a communication strategy. This book links strategic communication campaign planning to medium ... more

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Revealing Media Bias in News Articles: NLP Techniques for Automated Frame Analysis

Felix Hamborg

Cham: Springer (2023), xiii, 238 pp.

"This open access book presents an interdisciplinary approach to reveal biases in English news articles reporting on a given political event. The approach named person-oriented framing analysis identifies the coverage's different perspectives on the event by assessing how articles portray the person ... more

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Grundlagen der Informationswissenschaft

Rainer Kuhlen, Dirk Lewandowski, Wolfgang Semar, Christa Womser-Hacker

Walter de Gruyter (2023), xlv, 958 pp.

Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice

Marvin C. Alkin, Christina A. Christie (eds.)

New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2023), ix, 318 pp.

"Showing how evaluation practice looks when guided by theory, the third edition of the influential "theory tree" book is significantly revised with over 80% new material, including a greater focus on equity and theories over theorists. Chapters from leading authorities describe the goals of each the ... more

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The Business of Digital Publishing: An Introduction to the Digital Book and Journal Industries

Frania Hall

London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2022), xi, 260 pp.

"Offering a fundamental overview of the main technological developments that have influenced the growth of digital publishing, the author introduces students to the key terms and concepts that make digital publishing possible. The four key publishing sectors (professional reference, academic, educat ... more

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La formazione dei catechisti nell'era del cyberspazio: Nuovi processi formativi per catechisti

Filippo Centrella

Todi: Tau Editrice (2022), 248 pp.

"L’avvento dell’era digitale ha interessato sempre più il settore di ricerca delle scienze della comunicazione con notevoli ricadute anche in campo catechetico. Questo libro prova a rispondere all’esigenza di formare una nuova figura di catechista chiamato ad interagire con i “soggetti digi ... more

Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere
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Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Robert Cox

Thousand Okas et al.: Sage, 6th ed. (2022), xxix, 358 pp.

"The best-selling Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of environmental communication. This groundbreaking book focuses on the role that human communication plays in influencing the ways we perceive the environment. Authors Phae ... more

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Intercultural Communication in Contexts

Judith N. Martin, Thomas K. Nakayama

New York: McGraw-Hill, 8th ed. (2022), xxxiii, 481, 22 pp.

"In this book, we attempt to integrate three different research approaches: (1) the traditional social-psychological approach that emphasizes cultural differences and how these differences influence communication, (2) the interpretive approach that emphasizes understanding communication in context, ... more

Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities

Duncan McCue

Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press (2022), xviii, 268 pp.

"Duncan McCue's Decolonizing Journalism is the only text in Canada that teaches aspiring journalists how to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities when researching and sharing their stories. It is a textbook adaptation of an online guide from one of Canada's leading i ... more

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Poverty Mapping: Innovative Approaches to Creating Poverty Maps with New Data Sources

Virginia Ziulu, Jessica Meckler, Zozef Vaessen et al.

Washington, DC: World Bank (2022), 48 pp.

Qualitative Research Using Social Media

Gwen Bouvier, Joel Rasmussen

London; New York: Routledge (2022), viii, 203 pp.

"[This book] guides the reader in what different kinds of qualitative research can be applied to social media data. It introduces students, as well as those who are new to the field, to developing and carrying out concrete research projects. The book takes the reader through the stages of choosing d ... more

Handbuch zur Evaluation: Eine praktische Handlungsanleitung
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Reinhard Stockmann (ed.)

Münster: Waxmann (2022), 516 pp.

"Ziel dieses Buches ist es, kompakt und nutzerfreundlich Grundkenntnisse für die Planung, Durchführung und Anwendung von Evaluationen zu vermitteln. Hierfür greift es auf die inhaltlichen Konzepte und Unterlagen zahlreicher Kurse zur Evaluation im In- und Ausland zurück. Das Buch richtet sich an ... more

Utilization-Focused Evaluation
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Michael Quinn Patton, Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton

Thousand Oaks et al.: Sage, 5th ed. (2022), xxiv, 406 pp.

"The Fifth Edition of the bestselling 'Utilization-Focused Evaluation' provides expert, detailed advice on conducting evaluations that promote effective use of the findings. Chock full of useful pedagogy, this book presents Michael Quinn Patton's distinctive opinions based on more than forty years o ... more

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