"Combining an innovative mix of traditional chapters, autoethnography, case studies, and dialogue within an intercultural framework, the handbook focuses on the future of media education and provides a deeper understanding of the challenges and affordances of media education as we move forward. Topi
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cs range from fighting disinformation, how vulnerable communities coped with disadvantages using media, transforming educational TV or YouTube to reach larger audiences, supporting students’ wellbeing through various online strategies, examining early childhood, parents, and media mentoring using digital tools, reflecting on educators’ intersectionality on video platforms, youth-produced media to fight injustice, teaching remotely and providing low-tech solutions to address the digital divide, search for solutions collaboratively using social media, and many more." (Publisher description)
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"In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the threats posed by disinformation to human rights, democratic institutions and development processes. While acknowledging the complexities and challenges posed
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by disinformation in the digital age, the Special Rapporteur finds that the responses by States and companies have been problematic, inadequate and detrimental to human rights. She calls for multidimensional and multi-stakeholder responses that are well grounded in the international human rights framework and urges companies to review their business model and States to recalibrate their responses to disinformation, enhancing the role of free, independent and diverse media, investing in media and digital literacy, empowering individuals and rebuilding public trust." (Summary)
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"Das Thema „Bollywood“ ist in aller Munde, aber Indiens Kino-kultur ist mehr als Bollywood. Dieses Buch verschafft einen Überblick über das facettenreiche Filmwerk Indiens. Die Beiträge befassen sich mit Männerbildern im indischen Kino, mit der Symbolik und Ästhetik von Naturphänomenen, mi
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t der Bedeutung von Kricket im indischen Kino u.v.m. Die Klassiker Satyajit Ray und Mira Nair werden ebenso gewürdigt wie der Diskurs über Bollywood in deutschen Tageszeitungen und aktuelle Themen wie Migrationsdiskurse und die Verarbeitung ethnoreligiöser und politischer Gewalt im populären Hindi-Film. Insgesamt ein spannender Einblick in eine große Kinonation, deren Vitalität im Westen wachsende Beachtung findet." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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