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Report diversity! Guidelines to train media circles on inclusiveness and preventing gender Islamophobia

Aldan White (ed.)

European Institute of the Mediterranean; Media Diversity Institute Global (MDIG); MAGIC - Muslim women and communities Against Gender Islamophobia in society; (2022), 27 pp., bibliogr. p.20-27

ISBN 978-84-19326-01-0

"Covering the polarizing and fragmented opinions over Islam and the rights of women, for example, requires context, attachment to core ethical values, and stylish truth-telling. Without professional expertise, a good understanding of the issues in play and a commitment to diversity in their approach... more

Media and mass atrocity: the Rwanda genocide and beyond

Allan Thompson (ed.)

Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), x, 637 pp.

ISBN 978-1-928096-72-6

"The book includes an extensive section on the echoes of Rwanda, which looks at the cases of Darfur, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and South Sudan, while the impact of social media as a new actor is examined through chapters on social media use by the Islamic State and in Syria and in other... 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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The United Nations and freedom of expression and information: critical perspectives

Tarlach McGonagle; Yvonne Donders (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2015), xxiv, 508 pp., index

ISBN 9781107083868 (print); 9781316018552 (online)

"There are a multitude of UN legal instruments which pertain to the rights of freedom of expression and information, and this book is the first to comprehensively map them and their function. It details the chequered history of both rights within the UN system and evaluates the suitability of the sy... more

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The handbook of religion and communication

Yoel Cohen; Paul A. Soukup (eds.)

Newark: John Wiley & Sons (2023), 571 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-119-67160-2 (ebook); 978-1-119-67155-8 (print)

"Divided into five parts, the Handbook opens with a state-of-the-art overview of the subject’s intellectual landscape, introducing the historical background, theoretical foundations, and major academic approaches to communication, media, and religion. Subsequent sections focus on institutional and... more

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Heike Paul; Sarah Marak; Katharina Gerund; Marius Henderson (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 400 pp., 91 illustr.

ISBN 978-3-8394-5973-7 (pdf); 978-3-8376-5973-3 (print) CC BY

"Welcome to the world of melodrama—and to the melodramas of the world. This book introduces nearly one hundred cinematic masterpieces from various periods and different cultural contexts—ranging from early Hollywood to emergent and popular Bollywood, from Latin American and New German Cinema to ... more