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Arab Media Adopt Citizen Journalism to Change the Dynamics of Conflict Coverage

Naila Hamdy

Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 1 (2011), pp. 3-15

Beyond ICT4D: New Media Research in Uganda

Geert Lovink (ed.)

Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2011), 150 pp.

"Conducted in 2009 by a group of five Masters in New Media (humanities) students from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Geert Lovink the research examines both the role and implementation of ICTs in Uganda, covering a wide range of subcultures and projects, including internet cafe ... more

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Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia

Clemencia Rodríguez

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (2011), 328 pp.

"For two years, Clemencia Rodríguez did fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. Here, Rodríguez tells the story of the ways in which people living in the sha ... more

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Negotiating Communication Rights: Case Studies from India

Pradip Ninan Thomas

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2011), xxi, 252 pp.

"This book, through five case studies in India, explores communication rights movements here. It encompasses pivotal areas of movements, such as, Right to Information, Free and Open Source Software, Women and Media, and Community Radio and Citizen Journalism. The complexity of specific agendas in In ... more

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Thai Public Broadcasting Service: Towards Building a Civic-Minded Society

Palphol Rodloytuk

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2011), 190 pp.

"This book documents the researcher's effort to gain insights on how Thailand's public broadcaster Thai Public Broadcasting Service strategised its civil-society strengthening mechanisms, including creating a television programme called 'TV Jor Nuer', that is produced by and for the citizen journali ... more

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Texting, Tweeting, Mobile Internet: New Platforms for Democratic Debate in Africa

Tom Sarrazin

Windhoek: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 48 pp.

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New Media Vs. Old Politics: The Internet, Social Media, and Democratisation in Pakistan

Marcus Michaelsen

Berlin; Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 72 pp.

"It has to be underlined that this study does not see the internet as a major remedy for the development of political culture and civil society that is so essential for Pakistan’s further democratic consolidation. To understand possible contributions of the new information technologies towards pol ... more

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Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers

Jane B. Singer et al.

Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), xi, 227 pp.

"This book is based on a collaborative research project by a team of journalism scholars from Europe, North America and Israel. It provides insights into how journalists at websites affiliated with leading national newspapers in ten Western democracies are thinking about, and dealing with, the inclu ... more

Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Vol. I: Creating New Communication Spaces

Clemencia Rodríguez, Dorothy Kidd, Laura Stein (eds.)

Cresskill: Hampton Press (2010), x, 338 pp.

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Indian Media in a Globalised World

Maya Ranganathan, Usha M. Rodrigues

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 275 pp.

"This book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalization, which has introduced what are termed as ‘foreign’ elements to Indian culture, and the opening of the floodgates for foreign media to enter the country. It discusses both theoretical co ... more

At a Tipping Point: Community Voices Create the Difference. How Mutual Journalism Innovates the News

Astrid Kohl, Melanie Wieland (eds.)

Berlin: InWEnt, International Institute for Journalism (IIJ);Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2010), 38 pp.

Citizen Journalism and Democracy in Africa: An Exploratory Study

Fackson Banda

Grahamstown: Highway Africa, School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University (2010), 81 pp.

"The study identifies and analyses two types of citizen journalism: non-institutional and institutional. Exploratory in nature, the study is underpinned by four specific objectives, namely to: analyse the social context of the practice of citizen journalism in Africa; assess the technological basis ... more

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Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran

Annabelle Sreberny, Gholam Khiabany

London; New York: Tauris (2010), xiii, 211 pp.

"The protests unleashed by Iran's disputed presidential election in June 2009 brought the Islamic Republic's vigorous cyber culture to the world's attention. Iran has an estimated 700,000 bloggers, and new media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were thought to have played a key role in spreadin ... more

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La comunicación como dimensión de la integración andina: Estrategia de comunicación del proyecto SOCICAN

Lima: Proyecto SOCICAN;Comunidad Andina;Comisión Europea (2010), 75 pp.

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Handbook for Citizen Journalists

Ronald D. Ross, Susan Carson Cormier

Denver, Colo.: National Association of Citizen Journalists (2010), vii, 210 pp.

"Tens of thousands of citizen journalists around the world are discovering and developing a wide variety of ways to get the news out about what is happening in their communities, states and nations. They are using all the latest tools of technology to write all kinds of news. With these new tools, t ... more

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Dan Gillmor

[author] (2010), 183 pp.

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Asia's Media Innovators Vol. 2

Stephen Quinn, Kim Kierans

Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 137 pp.

"Asia’s Media Innovator’s Vol 2 is the offspring of the earlier book that appeared in 2008. This new volume consists of studies of innovations at media companies in the region. The success of these media companies shows the dynamism in the region, and reflects its potential for growth. Each chap ... more

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International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World

Angela Romano (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2010), ix, 251 pp.

"This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across t ... more