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Human rights film festivals: activism in context

Sonia Tascón

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiii, 248 pp., bibliogr. p.221-238, filmogr. p.239-242

ISBN 978-1-137-45424-9 (ebook)

"This book explores how human rights developed as a language located in history, space and time, and how the festivals continue with this tradition by adapting it for local audiences. The tensions produced by human rights' search for universality and the located-ness of the festivals are explored in... more

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Front line public diplomacy: how US embassies communicate with foreign publics

W. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 276 pp., abbrev. p.xi-xii, index

ISBN 978-1-137-44415-8 (ebook); 978-1-349-49554-2 (print)

"This book is about public diplomacy as it is practiced by American diplomats at US embassies around the world. The focus is intentionally on field operations, since that is an aspect of public diplomacy that has been neglected in the literature. The book shows how American diplomats cope with the c... more

Lautsprecher und Widersprecher: ein Ansatz zum Vergleich der Mediensysteme

Roger Blum

Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2014), 440 pp., 60 tab., bibliogr. p.403-440

ISBN 978-3-86962-049-7

"Der Autor porträtiert 23 Länder aus sechs Weltregionen. Anschließend bildet er mittels des pragmatischen Differenz-Ansatzes sechs Modelle heraus: Das liberale Modell, das Public-Service-Modell, das Klientel-Modell, das Schock-Modell, das Patrioten-Modell und das Kommando-Modell. Dabei zeigt sich... more

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Climate change in the media: reporting risk and uncertainty

James Painter

London; New York: Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xvi, 173 pp., bibliogr. p.162-173

ISBN 978-1-78076-588-4 (pbk); 978-075569-452-5 (online)

"Scientists and politicians are increasingly using the language of risk to describe the climate change challenge. Some researchers have argued that stressing the ‘risks‘ posed by climate change rather than the ‘uncertainties‘ can create a more helpful context for policy makers and a stronger... more

Public communication campaigns

Ronald E. Rice; William J. Paisley (eds.)

Thousand Oaks et al.: Sage (2013) 4th ed., xiii, 376 pp., bibliogr., index

ISBN 978-1-4129-8770-7 (pbk)

Other Editions: 3rd ed. 2001

"In this fully revised and expanded Fourth Edition, Ronald E. Rice and Charles K. Atkin provide readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date look into the field of public communication campaigns. Updated to reflect the latest theories and research, this text extends coverage to new areas, including sun ... more

New media and intercultural communication: identity, community and politics

Pauline Hope Cheong; Judith N. Martin; Leah P. Macfadyen (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), xx, 337 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-433-11365-9

"Chapters explore what happens in praxis when digital media are implemented across cultures and are contested and negotiated within complex local and political conditions. The book showcases interpretative and critical research from voices with diverse backgrounds, from locations around the world." ... more

Picturing Afghanistan: the photography of foreign conflict

Paul Verschueren

New York: Hampton Press (2012), xiii, 199 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.161-183, index

ISBN 978-1-61289-039-5

"Picturing Afghanistan is an in-depth account of the Euro-American visualization of the conflict in Afghanistan. Comparing images in public affairs, psychological warfare, journalism and the photobook, the author argues that there are no strong boundaries between photography in war and photography a... 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

Picturing atrocity: photography in crisis

Geoffrey Batchen; Mick Gidley; Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp., many illustr.

ISBN 978-1-86189-872-2 (pbk)

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

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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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The practice of public diplomacy: confronting challenges abroad

William A. Rugh

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.

ISBN 978-0-230-11322-0 (print); 978-1-283-09673-7 (ebook)

"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss... more

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Anti-American sentiment as a media effect? Arab media, political identity, and public opinion in the Middle East

Erik C. Nisbet; Teresa A. Myers

Communication research, volume 38, issue 5 (2011), pp. 684-709

"Many have attributed anti-American sentiment within Arab countries to a highly negative information environment propagated by transnational Arab satellite TV news channels such as Al-Jazeera. However, theoretical models and empirical evidence evaluating the linkages between media exposure and opini... more

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Encyclopedia of social movement media

John D. H. Downing (ed.)

Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi; Singapore: Sage (2011), xxvii, 602 pp., index

ISBN 978-0-7619-2688-7 (hbk)

"This one-volume encyclopedia features around 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media over the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries ... The guiding principles have been to ensure that experiences from the global South are given voice; that women are properly represented among ... 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)

Historical dictionary of journalism

Ross Allan Eaman

Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press (2009), xliii, 387p., chronol. p.xii-xliii, bibliogr. p.307-385

ISBN 978-0-8108-6289-0 (ebook); 0-8108-6075-9 (hbk)

"This Historical Dictionary of Journalism shows both sides of the picture. The dictionary presents entries on some of the finest newspapers as well as those of lesser repute, many exceptional journalists as well as others the profession would rather forget, major advances such as investigative repor... 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)

A digital inclusion advocacy toolkit: bridging the digital divide by winning community benefits in municipal broadband projects

Oakland, Cal.: Media Alliance (2007), 20 pp., glossary p.17-19

"This toolkit is a resource for community members who want to advance digital inclusion in their city, town, or county that is exploring a broadband/ high-speed Internet initiative. Municipalities are considering many different technologies to increase broadband access - from wireless to fiber - and... more

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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 media and the Rwanda genocide

Allan Thompson (ed.)

Contributor(s): Kofi Annan Statement by

London; Kampala; Ottawa: Pluto Press; Fountain Publishers; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), xvi, 463 pp., index, bibliogr. p.447-454

ISBN 978-0-7453-2625-2 (pbk); 978-0-7453-2626-9 (hbk)

"This book examines the crucial role the media played in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, bringing together local reporters and commentators from Rwanda, Western journalists, and media theorists. Part One (eight articles) describes and analyzes "Hate Media in Rwanda", mainly, but not exclusively, focusing ... more

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Retelling the news in Central Europe: Western journalism as democratic discourse

James Miller

In: Nationalist myths and modern media: contested identities in the age of globalization

J. H. Brinks; Stella Rock; Edward Timms (eds.)

London: Tauris (2006), pp. 39-54

"This paper has shown that media assistance donors to Central Europe misplaced their emphasis on the trainign of journalistic craft skills as a principal means of introducing what they rather uncritically called 'democratic journalism' to post-Communist societies. There are many narrative choices in... more