"Crowdfunding the Future undertakes a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to the examination of the new, and growing, phenomenon of crowdfunding and its encompassment of digital society and media industries. The book offers a wide range of perspectives and empirical research, providing analyses of cr
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owdfunded projects, the interaction between producers and audiences, and the role that websites such as Kickstarter play in discussions around fan agency and exploitation, as well as the ethics of crowdfunding. With a series of chapters covering a global range of disciplines and topics, this volume offers a comprehensive overview on crowdfunding, examining and unraveling the international debates around this increasingly popular practice." (Back cover)
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"Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media
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or in one of the approximately 135 religious satellite channels that broadcast guidance and entertainment with an Islamic frame of reference. How do Arab audiences make use of mediated religion in negotiations of identity and belonging? The empirical based case studies in this interdisciplinary volume explore audience-media relations with a focus on religious identity in different countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, and the United States." (Publisher description)
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"This chapter will present the rhetorical features that comprise the dramatic mechanism, and illustrate them through case studies of Israeli plays that raise diverse sensitive health subjects in Israel's multicultural society, such as violence against women, obesity, novice teen drivers, and illegal
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drug use. At the outset, this chapter will present the characteristics of drama construction from the fields of drama and rhetorical persuasion." (Page 134)
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"This chapter will focus on the theorizing of communication and social change. It will argue that theory must enable people to know the world. It will also argue the limits to token participation and the unsustainability of "behavioral change communication'' that is theorized outside of structures,
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power flows, and cultures. Using the Right to Information movement in India as a case study, this chapter will explore grounded meanings of "voice" and "participation'' and will argue the need for a theory of communication for social change that is informed by people's needs and struggles. If theory is a set of principles informed by and drawn from observations of everyday needs and practice, its explanatory power is bound to remain consistent over time. Theory offers us a framework for knowing the world and the validation of concepts that are critical to apprehending and making sense of reality. I argue in this chapter that the Right to Information movement in India gives opportunities to explore communication and social change theory from the bottom up." (Abstract)
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"Leading media scholars from nine Asian nations focus on three main questions: How frequently do Asians use social media to access and discuss political information? Does the use of social media increase political participation? What political, social and cultural factors influence the impact of soc
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ial media on political engagement in each nation? To answer these questions, contributors first analyze the current state of social media in their nations and then present the findings of a cross-national survey on social media use that was conducted with over 3,500 Asian respondents. By employing a comparative approach, they analyze how social media function and interact with the cultural and political systems in each country - and how they might affect political engagement among individual citizens." (Back cover)
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"This chapter examines the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) theology as the implicit background to Robert White's studies on development communication. We will then examine White's influence on the Center for Communication, Media and Society's graduate program in development communication." (Page
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"Do existing structures of media accountability - such as press councils, codes of ethics, and ombudspersons - suffice, or do we urgently need new instruments and initiatives in today's converging media world? These questions were tackled in an international survey of 1,800 journalists in twelve Eur
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opean and two Arab states conducted by the EU-funded research project, «Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe» (MediaAcT). The results provide a solid empirical basis for the discussions taking place. This book advances research on media accountability and transparency, and also offers innovative perspectives for newsrooms, media policy-makers, and journalism educators." (Back cover)
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"The rapid development in information technology during the last few decades has not only given us greater opportunities to freely search for information and contacts. The growth of the Internet has also created new opportunities for criminal organisations, political activists and terrorists to thre
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aten individuals, companies and countries. Individuals and organisations are also increasingly the targets of attacks and espionage via the web. There are various kinds of illegitimate and criminal activities. Every modern state thus has to create strategies and courses of action in order to protect information, networks and computers that are vital to society from malicious cyber activities. Creating secure systems and minimising risks of information being leaked or tampered with should be a prioritised task. It is also important to understand what threats arise from the information technological revolution. The purpose of this book is to give a broad background to the development of the dark side of the internet and its consequences. It is not about scaremongering, but about creating understanding and knowledge and thus preparedness in order to handle detrimental activities. It describes the changes in progress and what they may mean to society, companies and individuals as well as to the military and police." (Publisher description)
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"Dem Klappentext zufolge will diese juristische Dissertationsschrift eine interdisziplinäre "Pionierarbeit, die das brasilianische Medienrecht als solches darlegt und mit der Realität seiner Umsetzung konfrontiert", sein. Im ersten Teil (95 Seiten) stellt die Autorin die Medienlandschaft, ihre Ent
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stehung und ihre Hauptakteure vor und führt einige Beispiele zu ihrem Einfluss im politischen und gesellschaftlichen Leben Brasiliens auf. Im zweiten Teil (75 Seiten) behandelt sie die brasilianische Verfassung, die darin verankerten Grundrechte, und die verfassungsrechtlichen Rechtswege zum Schutz der Grundrechte. Der dritte Teil (180 Seiten) behandelt "das Recht der Sozialkommunikation und ihre übergreifenden Rechte". Dabei werden alle für die Medienregulierung relevanten Bestimmungen aufgeführt: Pressefreiheit, Urheberrecht, Persönlichkeits- und Jugendschutz, Regelung der Wahlberichterstattung, Lizenzvergabe und Organisation der Regulierungsbehörden, journalistische Selbstregulierung, Bestimmungen zu Internet- und Multimediakommunkationsdienstleistungen, die nationale Filmförderpolitik, Werbung und Verbraucherschutz, Anti-Monopol-Bestimmungen u.a. Leider geht diese Fleißarbeit (933 Fußnoten!) aber nicht über das Stadium einer Datensammlung hinaus. So werden zwar verschiedene Fallstudien vorgestellt wie etwa eine Klage gegen den Fernsehsender Record, der 2005 in reißerischer Aufmachung das Schicksal eines leukämiekranken Kindes zur Schau gestellt hatte. Die Klagebegründung wird ausführlich dargestellt, warum es aber zu einem faktischen Freispruch des beklagten Senders kommen konnte, analysiert Camargos Becker nicht. Hinzu kommt, dass die zusammengetragenen Daten etwa zur Medienlandschaft unvollständig und manchmal auch falsch sind, z.B. ist Radio nicht das meistgenutzte Medium in Brasilien. Immerhin: wer sich einen Überblick über die Gesetzeslage und Regulierungsbestimmungen verschaffen will, wird in dieser Arbeit fündig." (commbox)
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