"Grundlage des Bandes ist eine internationale Tagung zur Rolle der Massenmedien bei der Integration von Migranten. Die Beiträge präsentieren nicht nur Forschungsergebnisse zur Situation in Deutschland, sondern es kommen auch Experten aus den USA, Kanada und den Niederlanden zu Wort, wo Medien und
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Sozialwissenschaftler langjährige Erfahrungen mit Migration haben. Ein weiterer Teil des Bandes ist dem Dialog zwischen Medienforschern und Medienpraktikern von Fernsehen, Hörfunk und Presse gewidmet." (Buchrückseite)
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"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film
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these movements address multiple publics and offer alternative forms of belonging, often in competition with the postcolonial nation-state. How have new practices of religious mediation transformed the public sphere? How has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences and notions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a blurring of the boundaries between religion and entertainment? The vivid essays in this interdisciplinary volume combine rich empirical detail with theoretical reflection, offering new perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions." (Publisher description)
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"This book analyzes the different ways in which media are being used for community building and it also critically interrogates the concept of community itself. The authors do that from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from fundamental philosophical questions regarding community, to the
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role of journalism, the possibilities of community building on a local, national and global level, online media communities as means of empowerment for marginalized groups, the representation of communities in the media, and the formation of learning communities. Although there is a clear dominance in focusing on the chances and possibilities opened up by the Internet, the role of more traditional media like magazines, radio and television is being examined as well. Both sides, the media representations with the identity positions they offer as well as the interpretations and meaning productions that take place by the users of the media, are taken into account to cover the full range of media as cultural tools of connectivity." (Publisher description)
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"It is a simple fact that it is hard to find reliable information on the media in South Eastern Europe. The 'South East Europe Media Handbook' bridges this gap in a unique way and offers basic information about the situation of the media in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
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Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro/Kosovo, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. It hereby supports the better understanding of the particular situation of the media in the countries of South Eastern Europe. On the other hand, it gives a very good overview and provides a useful database of all important media in South Eastern Europe. Last but not least it is an outstanding source of information regarding press freedom violations in the past year. Once again I want to emphasize that the media are the agents of democracy. Hence it is very important to encourage the governments in the region to establish safe working conditions for journalists and this is one of the basic objectives of this handbook." (Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator Stability Pact for Eastern Europe, page XI).
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"This study investigates the role of Turkish commercial local radio in the construction of a youth community in the city of Sanliurfa, which is located in the poor rural south-eastern region near the Syrian border. Through in-depth interviews with radio listeners and analysis of their interactions v
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ia radio, this article also examines young people’s attempts to overcome traditional restrictions and social norms through talk radio. By doing so, this study aims to highlight the social role of radio, which is often underestimated in media studies, and to challenge western-centric scholarship on talk radio, which ignores talk radio’s role in community formation. By drawing on Downing’s concept of ‘radical media’, Atton’s definition of ‘alternative media’, and Couldry’s theorization of the ‘symbolic hierarchy of media power’, this study will discuss why some local commercial stations in Sanliurfa function as alternative media for the Turkish youth and how they cross the boundary between the ‘media’ and ‘ordinary’ worlds to create a space for themselves." (Abstract)
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"La 'guerre préventive' contre l'Irak, dans le sillage des attentats du 11 septembre 2001, est sans conteste l'un des faits les plus médiatisés de l'histoire de l'humanité. Jamais les préparatifs d'une guerre n'ont été aussi abondamment décrits et jamais son déroulement n'a été ainsi tran
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smis en direct par le truchement de cohortes de journalistes. Partout, les médias se sont ingéniés à relater dans ses moindres rebondissements le faux suspense diplomatique d'avant le 20 mars 2003, à spéculer longuement sur la probabilité et la date de déclenchement de l'intervention, à mobiliser une armada d'experts capables de disserter avec aplomb sur les armes de destruction massives irakiennes et les bunkers de Saddam tout en n'en sachant rien ou presque [...] C'est pourquoi cette guerre offre un matériau inédit pour une analyse critique du comportement des médias dominants. Les contestations de rue que la perspective puis le déclenchement de la guerre ont provoquées, les doutes et le déficit de légitimité entourant l'aventure états-unienne, le malaise des régimes arabes craignant une extension de l'ingérence des Etats-Unis dans leurs propres territoires, les critiques émanant de certains gouvernements européens ont placé le champ médiatique face à un conflit qui résiste fortement à la simplification. A travers six contributions, où les auteurs décrivent en fait six guerres différentes vues de six postes d'observation distincts (les Etats-Unis, la France, Israël, la Turquie, l'Irak lui-même et la chaîne panarabe Al Jazira), le livre explore les modes de restitution des mots et des images de la guerre. Il tente de resituer les médias dans le cadre des enjeux de pouvoir nationaux. Il explicite leur rôle dans la mobilisation du consentement ou de l'opposition à la guerre." (https://www.actes-sud.fr)
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"Global Media Studies explores the theoretical and methodological threats that are defining global media studies as a discipline. Emphasizing the connection of globalization to local culture, this collection considers the diversity of modes of reception, reception contexts, uses of media content, an
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d the performative and creative relationships that audiences develop with and through the media. Through ethnographic case studies from Brazil, Denmark, the UK, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and the United States, the contributors address such questions as: what links media consumption to a lived global culture; what role cultural tradition plays globally in confronting transnational power; how global elements of mediated messages acquire class; and regional and local characteristics." (Publisher description)
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