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Ageing and the media: international perspectives

Virpi Ylänne (ed.)

Bristol: Policy Press (2022), 234 pp.

ISBN 978-1-4473-6206-7 (online); 978-1-4473-6203-6 (print)

"Media representations of ageing play a role in stereotype formation and even reinforce them. Encountering these stereotypes can negatively impact the self-esteem, health status, physical wellbeing and cognitive performance of older people. This international collection examines different dimensions... more

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Handbook of digital inequality

Eszter Hargittai (ed.)

Cheltenham; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2022), xii, 386 pp., figures, index

ISBN 978-1-03-530898-9 (pbk); 978-1-78811-657-2 (online)

"International contributors assess a variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies, including contextual variations related to geography and infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age, income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how variations em... more

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The global handbook of media accountability

Susanne Fengler; Tobias Eberwein; Matthias Karmasin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2022), xviii, 614 pp., illustr., index

ISBN 978-0-367-34628-7 (hbk); 978-1-03-215615-6 (pbk); 978-0-429-32694-3 (pdf)

"The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to 'de-Westernize' the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in... more

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Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
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Nic Newman; Richard Fletcher; Craig T. Robertson; Kirsten Eddy; Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2022), 161 pp., many diagr.

ISBN 978-1-907384-98-1

"Trust in the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey, and risen in just seven, partly reversing the gains made at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. On average, around four in ten of our total sample (42%) say they trust most news most of the time. Finland remains the countr... more

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Collective wisdom: co-creating media for equity and justice

Katerina Cizek; William Uricchio et al.

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2022), viii, 385 pp., bibliogr. p.339-359, index

ISBN 9780262543774 (hbk); 9780262369862 (ebook) CC BY-ND

"Why co-create—and why now? The many coauthors, drawing on a remarkable array of professional and personal experience, focus on the radical, sustained practices of co-creating media within communities and with social movements. They explore the urgent need for co-creation across disciplines and or... more

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Computational propaganda: political parties, politicians, and political manipulation on social media

Samuel C. Woolley; Philip N. Howard (eds.)

New York: Oxford University Press (2019), vi, 263 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-19-093141-4 (pbk)

"Computational propaganda is an emergent form of political manipulation that occurs over the Internet. The term describes the assemblage of social media platforms, autonomous agents, algorithms, and big data tasked with the manipulation of public opinion. Our research shows that this new mode of int... more

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Critiquing participatory video: experiences from around the world

Elizabeth-Jane Milne

Area, volume 48, issue 4 (2016), pp. 401-451

"Over the past decade there has been a growing interest in participatory video, but accounts have often been celebratory and uncritical. At the same time there has been an ever-increasing multiplicity of interpretations, thus making participatory video seem ‘nebulous’ and ‘perplexing’. This ... more

Raising the civil dead: prisoners and community radio

Heather Anderson

New York: Peter Lang (2012), 275 pp.

ISBN 978-3-0343-1045-1 (pbk)

"Internationally, radio that operates for, or by, prisoners exists almost exclusively within the community radio context. Little has been documented about the genre so far. Raising the Civil Dead seeks to address this lack of information. It examines prisoners' radio as citizens' media, connecting d... more

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The geography of foreign news on television: a comparative study of 17 countries

Jürgen Wilke; Christine Heimprecht; Akiba Cohen

International communication gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 301-322

"The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all... 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)

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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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

Critical issues in communication: looking inward for answers. Essays in honour of K. E. Eapen

Srinivas R. Melkote; Sandhya Rao (eds.)

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (2001), 491 pp., index

ISBN 0-7619-9511-0 (USA); 81-7036-990-8 (India)

"This book looks at the political economy of communication and information, media in development and social change, media theory and practice, international communication technology and communication values and ethics." (Publisher)

Listening for a change: oral testimony and development

Hugo Slim; Paul Thompson

London: Panos (1993), viii, 167 pp., bibliogr. p.161-167, index

ISBN 1-870670-31-0

"The focus throughout is on "listening" to people, in order to learn from experiences. Oral testimony is considered in terms of oral history and oral artistry. The importance of listening is illustrated by a large number of entertaining case studies, drawn from both developed and developing countrie... more

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A passion for radio: radio waves and community

Bruce Girard (ed.)

Montreal; New York: Black Rose Books (1992), 212 pp.

ISBN 90-5638-0834 (ebook); 1-895431-35-2 (hbk); 1-895431-34-4 (pbk)

Other Editions: also published in French and Spanish

"The primary objective of this book is to present a wide range of community radio projects, not so that the “ideal” model can be identified, but in the hope that the book will serve as a useful tool for community broadcasters and potential community broadcasters looking to create or adapt models... 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

Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022 Quick overview

Reuters Institute Digital news report 2022
Quick overview