"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
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ion and trade) are explored in detail, providing students with the technical literacy to understand digital developments and examine the growth of new business models. In this edition, sections have been updated to address the growth of audiobooks, reading apps, metadata, and open access, while original case studies address key issues such as digital-first publishing, EPUB, social media and crowdsourcing. Also covered are the key issues and debates that face the industry as a whole, such as pricing and copyright, and their impact on the industry is explored through relevant case studies. Taken together, the chapters examine the challenges of digital publishing and explore the opportunities it provides to develop new and diverse audiences." (Publisher description)
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"Joan Kristin Bleicher beleuchtet umfassend zentrale Aspekte der Medialität des Internets. Im Fokus stehen dabei nicht nur Rahmenbedingungen und die historische Entwicklung. Es werden auch Angebotsschwerpunkte, theoretische Fragen, Ästhetik, Nutzungs- und Wirkungspotenziale des Internets sowie Reg
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ulierungstendenzen thematisiert. Das Buch hat einführenden Charakter und richtet sich an Studierende der Medien-, Kultur- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Es eignet sich auch für Interessierte anderer Fachrichtungen, die sich über dieses Schlüsselmedium unserer Zeit informieren möchten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved
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in creating different types of programmes: news and current affairs, music, talkback, comedy and features, podcasts, as well as legal and regulatory constraints. With contributions from industry experts, the fully updated fourth edition is global in focus and reflects the impact of podcasts and digital radio, including multi-platform delivery, listener databases, social media and online marketing. It also examines how radio stations have reinvented their business models to accommodate the rapid changes in communications and listener expectations." (Publisher description)
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"The eighth edition of The Media Handbook continues to provide a practical introduction to the media planning and buying processes. Starting with the broader context in which media planning occurs, including a basic understanding of competitive spending and target audiences, the book takes readers t
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hrough the fundamentals of each media channel, leading to the creation of a media plan. Throughout, concepts and calculations are clearly explained. This new edition reflects the changes in how people consume media today with: a new chapter on how audiences are defined and created reorganization of the media channel chapters to cover planning and buying together; expanded coverage of digital formats in all channels; added discussion of measurement; completely updated data and examples." (Publisher description)
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"Das neue Zeitalter der Streamingwelt bedeutet nicht nur einen Umbruch der Sehgewohnheiten des Publikums, die Entwicklung der Geschichten hat sich ebenfalls radikal verändert. Serien führen ihre Erzählungen über Stunden aus und sind komplexer und diverser. Filme werden nicht nur für den nationa
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len Markt produziert, sondern öffnen sich einem weltweiten Adressatenkreis. Der Prozess der Drehbuchentwicklung rückt dadurch immer deutlicher in den Fokus und ist zunehmend durch Teamarbeit geprägt. Oliver Schütte hat vor mehr als zwanzig Jahren das Standardwerk "Die Kunst des Drehbuchlesens" präsentiert. Nun bietet er auf dieser Basis ein aktuelles und zukunftsweisendes Buch für alle, die an der Entwicklung von Drehbüchern beteiligt sind. Er hat seine jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in den Bereichen Konzeption, Kreation und Produktion von Filmen und Serien einfließen lassen. Er informiert über Figuren und Aufbau, Konflikt und das emotionale Thema. Anschaulich erläutert er die Dramaturgie anhand von Filmklassikern und aktuellen Beispielen. Er erklärt prägnant alle Elemente von wirkungsstarken Geschichten. Darüber hinaus charakterisiert er, was eine gelungene und konstruktive Zusammenarbeit ausmacht. Er beschreibt die Aufgabe nicht nur der Kreativen, sondern auch die der Produktion, Regie und der Verantwortlichen bei Sendern und Streamern. Dabei liegt ein wichtiger Aspekt auf dem kooperativen Teamwork aller und wie dieses erreicht werden kann." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Das vorliegende Methodenbuch zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie das Potenzial digitaler Medien anhand unterschiedlicher Lernprozesse wie individualisiertem, kollaborativem/kooperativem, inklusivem, gamebasiertem/gamifiziertem sowie immersivem Lernen sinnvoll genutzt werden kann. Es werden jeweils die di
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daktischen Besonderheiten, verschiedene Methoden und die entsprechenden digitalen Werkzeuge vorgestellt. Beispiel für Kollaboratives/Kooperatives Lernen: Kollaborative Gestaltung des Schreibprozesses (Board, Etherpad, Workchat, Wortwolke); Digitales Storytelling (Blog, Microblogging-Dienst, Website); Auditive Umsetzung (Audioguide, Hörspiel, Podcast); Filmische Umsetzung (Erklär- und Lernvideos, Vlogs)." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This book is written to provide detailed, rigorous guidance on how to conduct impact evaluations of government and nongovernment programs and projects. It covers all the leading quantitative impact evaluation methods, explaining the assumptions required for them to provide unbiased estimates and th
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e data required to implement them. It also provides many examples of how these methods have been applied in developing economies. The book’s contents are based on lectures given by the authors, and their collaborators, as part of a two-week intensive course conducted in China, Peru, South Africa, and Uganda between 2012 and 2017. The courses in China, South Africa, and Uganda were administered and supported by the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) Initiative, a multidonor partnership program for evaluation capacity development with its secretariat at the World Bank and centers located in universities in different parts of the world; in 2020, the program and centers became part of the Global Evaluation Initiative. The presentation of the material in this book is at a high technical level. It assumes that the reader is very comfortable with algebra and has an intermediate knowledge of statistical theory. It is essentially a graduate-level textbook for use in economics, public policy, or related academic programs, although it may also be useful for a course designed for advanced undergraduate students." (Preface)
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"Em seis pequenos capítulos, com mais de 40 ilustrações, é traçado um percurso pelos meandros do Discurso Mediático desde a definição de Texto e Discurso, passando pela caracterização do Discurso Mediático, pelos princípios intertextual e multimodal de construção discursiva, pelos resu
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ltados das pesquisas lusófonas que têm sido feitas nesta área (em especial sobre o discurso publicitário e o discurso jornalístico) e pela proposta de grelha de Análise especialmente dedicada à especificidade dos textos dos Media." (labcom.ubi.pt)
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"This timely and comprehensive textbook covers theoretical and practical issues related to evaluation of programs, particularly social programs and projects, with an emphasis on viewing evaluation topics through a social justice, diversity, and inclusive perspective. It provides students with an equ
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al appreciation of both the art (for example engaging stakeholders, communicating across diverse settings, recruiting participants) and science (writing questions that matter, using credible designs, data analysis) of evaluation planning, implementation, and dissemination. This textbook will help students recognize that all populations are diverse, and that high quality evaluations need to pay attention to the diversity of all populations being served." (Publisher description)
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"[This book] provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book offers an up-to-date, thorough overview o
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f media developments in all world regions embedded in their unique political, cultural and economic context. Covering theoretical foundations of global journalism, from the classic Four Theories of the Press to more nuanced media models, this text proposes a framework for studying world media systems. Contributed chapters cover a wide range of topics, including media freedom, global news cultures, professional ethics and responsibilities, and education of global journalists, as well as the role of technology and issues such as fake news, soft power and public diplomacy, foreign news reporting and international news flow." (Publisher description)
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"Reputation Management is an established how-to guide for students and professionals, as well as CEOs and other business leaders. This fourth edition is updated throughout, including: new social media management techniques for the evolving age of digital media, and perspectives on reputation managem
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ent in an era of globalization. The book is embroidered by ethics, and organized by corporate communication units, such as media relations, issues management, crisis communication, organizational communication, government relations, and investor relations. Each chapter is fleshed out with the real-world experiences cited by the authors and contributions from 36 leaders in the field." (Publisher description)
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"The book refers to academic insights from economics and sociology while giving numerous empirical examples drawn from basic and applied research and business. It addresses several burning issues: how are digital processes transforming traditional business models? Does intelligent automation threate
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n our jobs? Are we reaching the end of globalisation as we know it? How can we best prepare ourselves and our children for the digitally transformed world? The book will help the reader gain a better understanding of the mechanisms behind the digital transformation, something that is essential in order to not only reap the plentiful opportunities being created by the digital economy but also to avoid its many pitfalls." (Publisher description)
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"Media Laws on the African continent have been amended, revised and rewritten since the first edition of the SADC Media Law Handbook was first published nearly a decade ago. The reasons for new media laws range from the advent of social media to the realisation of the powers-that-be that, with new t
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echnologies, they cannot control the narrative and discussion in the way they used to do. How does one balance the need to prevent hate speech with the necessity to question and control those in power publicly as well as those opposing them? Our legal expert, Justine Limpitlaw, has taken up the challenge of analysing and scrutinising the media laws of 13 southern African countries over the past four years. We present the results to you in this three-volume-edition. The work will, in the next few years, make its way into legal offices, newsrooms and courtrooms on the continent, just as the first edition did." (Foreword)
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"Split into four parts exploring key conceptual themes in public relations, the book offers an overview of topics including strategic public relations, politics and the media; media relations in the social media age; strategic communication management; public relations engagement in the not-for-prof
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it sector; activism and public relations; and the effects of globalisation and technology on the field. Featuring wide-ranging contributions from key figures in the PR profession, this new edition presents fresh views on corporate social responsibility, public relations and politics, corporate communication, globalisation, not-for-profit, financial and public sector public relations. The book also includes a discussion of key critical themes in public relations research and exploratory case studies of PR strategies in a variety of institutions, including Extinction Rebellion, Queen Margaret University, Mettis Aerospace, and Battersea Cats’ and Dogs’ Home." (Publisher description)
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"Wer ein Wiki erforschen will, muss sich ein passendes Forschungsdesign aufbauen. Wer den Umgang mit Wikis unterrichten will, braucht ein Curriculum mit den einzelnen Arbeitsschritten. Wer ein Wiki unterstützen oder im Unternehmen einsetzen will, erstellt einen Arbeitsplan mit geeigneten Förderma
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nahmen. Für diese Tätigkeiten braucht man nicht nur die Kenntnis, wie man forscht, unterrichtet oder fördert, sondern auch eine theoretische Grundlage zu Wikis als Ausgangspunkt für eigene Überlegungen. Im Gespräch mit vielen verschiedenen Menschen, die mit Wikis umgehen, aber auch für mich selbst habe ich festgestellt, dass diese Grundlage noch ausbaufähig ist. Das vorliegende Buch versucht daher eine Synthese oder zumindest eine Synopse, also eine Zusammenschau, als Beitrag zu einem Forschungsgebiet Wikis und die Wikipedia. Wichtige Leitfragen auf diesem Weg lauten: Welches sind die Eigengesetzlichkeiten, die Stärken und Schwächen von Wikis? Wie ist Zusammenarbeit möglich, ohne dass Blockaden entstehen? Wer stellt die Regeln auf, wer handhabt sie? Wie wird die Qualität des Inhaltes gesteigert? Gibt es Inhalte, die sich für ein Wiki mehr eignen als andere? Wann kann man von einem konkreten Wiki sagen, dass es erfolgreich sei? (Für wen und wozu dieses Buch? Seiten 10-11)
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