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The hierarchy of global suffering: a critical discourse analysis of television news reporting on foreign natural disasters

Stijn Joye

Journal of international communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2011), pp. 45-61

"In 2007 nearly 17,000 people died because of natural disasters and more than 211 million others were directly affected. News media play a basic role in giving publicity to these numerous instances of global suffering as it is mainly through media reports that the world perceives international crise... more

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Handbook of research on overcoming digital divides: constructing an equitable and competitive information society

Enrico Ferro (ed.)

Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2010), xxxvi, 737 pp., illustr.

ISBN 978-1-60566-700-3 (ebook); 978-1-60566-699-0 (print)

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Digital review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010

Shahid Akhtar; Patricia Arinto (eds.)

Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp., abbrev. p.xv-xxvii, index

ISBN 978-81-321-0084-3 (pbk); 978-1-5255-0456-7 (ebook)

"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u... more

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Bibliotecas indígenas en Oceanía: revisión bibliográfica y estado actual de la cuestión

Edgardo Civallero

Córdoba: Wayrachaki (2008), 61 pp.

CC BY-NC-ND

"A través de experiencias, protocolos, estrategias y bibliografía (especialmente accesos web) este libro permite echar un vistazo a la realidad de las bibliotecas destinadas a las poblaciones aborígenes de las islas de Oceanía, las cuales poseen algunos de los estándares más avanzados en esta ... more

Oral history and public memories

Paula Hamilton; Linda Shopes (eds.)

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press (2008), xvii, 302 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-1-59213-141-9 (pbk); 978-1-59213-140-2 (hbk)

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Digital review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008: reports on 31 economies and 2 sub-regional associations

Felix Librero; Patricia B. Arinto

New Dehli: Sage India; Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), xv, 373 pp., abbrev. p.xiv-xv, illustr., tables, index

ISBN 978-1-52550-377-5 (IDRC); 978-0-7619-3674-9 (pbk); 978-81-7829-840-5 (pbk India)

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Community media: international perspectives

Linda K. Fuller (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xiii, 258 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-4039-7794-6

"This collection of writing on community media describes attempts at local media development and case studies of functioning projects. It presents a range of perspectives on grassroots media originating from community groups; research representing participant observation; hands-on community involvem... more

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The last laugh: humour in community activism

Marty Branagan

Community development journal, volume 42, issue 4 (2007), pp. 470-481

"This paper uses Australian case studies to demonstrate the use of humour in social justice and eco-pax 1 movements. Drawing from the literature and from personal experience in activist street-theatre over more than twenty years, the author discusses the rationale and motivations behind humorous act... more

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Muslims and the news media

Elizabeth Poole; John E. Richardson (eds.)

London: Tauris (2006), xv, 257 pp., figures, tables, bibliogr. p.218-232, index

ISBN 978-1-84511-171-7 (hbk); 978-0-85771-496-1 (ebook); 978-1-84511-172-4 (pbk)

"Written by both leading academic authorities and by Muslim media practitioners, 'Muslims and the Media' is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international contexts. The book clearly establishes the links between context, content, production and aud... more

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Thumb culture: the meaning of mobile phones for society

Peter Glotz; Stefan Bertschi; Chris Locke (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2005), 296 pp.

ISBN 978-3-8394-0403-4 CC BY-NC-ND

Other Editions: also published in German

"Mobile communication has an increasing impact on people's lives and society. Ubiquitous media influence the way users relate to their surroundings, and data services like text and pictures lead to a culture shaped by thumbs. Representing several years of research into the social and cultural effect... more

Trauma and cinema: cross-cultural explorations

E. Ann Kaplan; Ban Wang (eds.)

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press (2004), 288 pp., index

ISBN 978-962-209-979-1

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Representing the family

Deborah Chambers

London: Sage (2001), xi, 196 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.180-190, index

ISBN 9780761964735 (pbk); 9780761964728 (hbk)

"Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which academic research and welfare policy have colluded with political rhetoric and the popular media to re-invent a mythical ideal family. 'Representing t... more

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Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples

Linda Tuhiwai Smith

London; New York; Dunedin (NZ): Zed Books; University of Otago Press (1999), ix, 208 pp.

ISBN 978-1-85649-624-7 (pbk Zed Books); 1-877133-67-1 (pbk University of Otago Press)

Other Editions: 2nd ed. 2013

"In the first part of the book, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of Western research. Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of impenalism, knowledge and research; en route she provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to postc... more

A bibliography of ethnographic films

Rolf Husmann; Ingrid Wellinger; Johannes Rühl; Martin Taureg

Münster; Hamburg: Lit; Arbeitskreis für Internationale Wissenschaftskommunikation (AIW) (1992), 335 pp., index

ISBN 3-89473-352-7