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Narrativas del miedo: Terror en obras literarias, cinemáticas y televisivas de Latinoamérica

Marco Ramírez, David Rozotto, Karem Langer (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), xi, 212 pp.

"Narrativas del miedo: Terror en obras literarias, cinemáticas y televisivas de Latinoamérica es una colección de ensayos escritos en inglés y en español en los que se analizan distintas representaciones del miedo como un elemento estructural y simbólico en obras literarias, teatrales y visual ... more

Journalisme pour la paix et résolution de conflit dans les médias, tome 1;Peace journalism and conflict resolution in the media;Periodismo de paz y resolución de conflictos en medios

Andi Faisal Bakti, Pierre Gigùere, Yves Théorêt (eds.)

Paris: Les Editions de l'Immatériel;ORBICOM (2018), 311 pp.

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The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas

Constanza Burucúa, Carolina Sitnisky (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxii, 308 pp.

"Historically, cinema in the Americas has been signed by a state of precariousness. Notwithstanding the growing accessibility to video and digital technologies, access to the material means of film production is still limited, affecting the spheres of production, distribution, and reception. Equally ... more

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News Media Coverage of Environmental Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mediating Demand, Degradation and Development

Bruno Takahashi, Juliet Pinto, Manuel Chavez, Mercedes Vigón (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xiii, 195 pp.

"This edited collection provides a unique survey of the ways in which news media organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean cover global, regional and local environmental issues and challenges. There is growing recognition within academia, governments, industries, NGOs and civil society ab ... more

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El uso de las redes sociales para la medición de audiencias: El modelo de Honduras como una propuesta de paradigma global

Kevin Arnaldo, Mejía Rivera

Getafe: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Doctoral Thesis (2018), 186 pp.

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Lobbying for life: Violence against the press and the public interest

Julieta Alejandra Brambila, Jairo Lugo-Ocando

In: Public Interest Communication

Jane Johnston; Magda Pieczka (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), 18 pp.

"This chapter investigates the relationship between civic networking coalitions and public interest communication, and an opportunity to explore how the coalitions produce 'public interest-forming practices'. It examines the ability of civic networking coalitions to act and, next, to investigate whi ... more

Digital News Report 2018

Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Antonis Kalogeropoulos, David A. L. Levy, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2018), 143 pp.

"The use of social media for news has started to fall in a number of key markets after years of continuous growth. Usage is down six percentage points in the United States, and is also down in the UK and France. Almost all of this is due to a specific decline in the discovery, posting, and sharing o ... more

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Media, Politics, and Democratization in Latin America

Javier Campo, Tomás Crowder-Taraborrelli (eds.)

Latin American Perspectives, volume 45, issue 3 (2018), pp. 4-283

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Global and Domestic Networks Advancing Prospects for Institutional and Social Change: The Collective Action Response to Violence Against Journalists

Jeannine E. Relly, Celeste González de Bustamante

Journalism and Communication Monographs, volume 19, issue 2 (2017), pp. 84-152

"Violence against journalists has emerged as a global human rights issue as the number of those killed in the profession has steadily risen in the new millennium. This research utilized a collective action framework, applying an adapted qualitative network model to examine organizational mobilizatio ... more

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Pressefreiheit in Mexiko: Kampf um ein Grundrecht

Jana Flörchinger

Berlin: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2017), 25 pp.

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Activismo en red y multitudes conectadas: Comunicación y acción en la era de Internet

Guiomar Rovira

Barcelona; México, DF: Icaria;Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco (2017), 254 pp.

"El uso lúdico y libertario de las tecnologías digitales, iniciado por los primeros programadores y hacktivistas, se ha profundizado en las últimas décadas a partir de experiencias concretas que sorprenden en su irrupción y que contrastan con el desarrollo de estrategias tecnológicas para el c ... more

Innovative Journalism in Latin America

Teresa Mioli, Ismael Nafría (eds.)

Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas;Open Society Foundations (2017), 86 pp.

"This e-book was first published in Spanish on April 23, 2017 on the occassion of the 10th Ibero-American Colloquium for Digital Journalism organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. The book compiles reports from the series “Innovative Jour ... more

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Culture and Crisis Communication: Transboundary Cases from Nonwestern Perspectives

Amiso M. George, Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo (eds.)

New York: Wiley (2017), xxix, 376 pp.

"Culture and Crisis Communication presents an examination of how politics, culture, religion, and other social issues affect crisis communication and management in nonwestern countries. From intense human tragedy to the follies of the rich, the chapters examine how companies, organizations, news out ... more

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Inflection Point: Impact, Threats, and Sustainability. A Study of Latin American Digital Media Entrepreneurs
Inspiring Practice

Janine Warner, Mijal Lastrebner, Dulce Ramos, Jordy Meléndez, Ernesto Aroche, Mauricio Jaramillo, Sérgio Lüdtke, María Eugenia Álvarez et al.

SembraMedia;Omidyar Network (2017), 68 pp.

"The main finding of this study is that digital media entrepreneurs are deeply transforming the way that journalism is conducted and consumed in Latin America. They are not just producing news — they are generators of change, promoting better laws, defending human rights, exposing corruption, and ... fighting abuses of power. They are driven to produce independent news in countries that are highly politically polarized — and some of them are paying a high price for it [...] Nearly half the journalists interviewed for this study reported threats and physical attacks in response to their coverage. More than 20% of the founders and directors we interviewed admitted that they avoided covering certain topics, people, and institutions because of threats and intimidation. Others face punitive lawsuits, cyber-attacks, never-ending audits, and the loss of advertising revenues in retaliation for their coverage. Digital natives in Latin America have an even more important role to play than their counterparts in the over-saturated media markets of the developed world. News ownership is highly concentrated in these countries, and government advertising is frequently used to reward compliant media outlets. Even in the face of these legal, financial, and physical threats, entrepreneurial journalists are building sustainable businesses around quality journalism. The advent of social media and easy-to-use web design tools has made it possible to launch a digital media venture almost entirely on sweat equity. More than 70% of the ventures in this study started with less than $10,000, and more than 10% of those now bring in at least a half million dollars a year in revenues. After analyzing data on traffic, finances, revenue sources, staffing, and years in business, we identified four distinct tiers of business development. Diversified revenue was key to success, especially in the mid tiers, and we found more than 15 distinct revenue sources, including events, training, membership, crowdfunding, and native advertising. More than 65% reported they were earning revenue in at least three ways. In the top tier, where audiences reach more than 20 million visits per month, advertising is the top revenue source, but not the only one. In the mid ranges, there is no dominant business model and diversified revenue sources that combine advertising with audience-driven sources, such as events and crowdfunding, are crucial for sustainability. When we analyzed the lower tiers, we found lots of opportunities for improvement. Despite their dedication to quality journalism, more than 30% brought in less than $10,000 in total revenues in 2016. Broadly speaking, we found two paths to growing these businesses: building audience to drive traffic and advertising, or leveraging the loyalty of the audience to inspire micro-donations and the 15 other ways they are making money." (Executive summary, pages 6-8) more

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Medien - Frauen - Perspektiven

Weltzeit , issue 3 (2017), pp. 10-29

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Examining the Practices That Mexican Journalists Employ to Reduce Risk in a Context of Violence

Sallie Hughes, Mireya Marquez-Ramirez

International Journal of Communication, volume 11 (2017), pp. 499-521

"Research on journalists working in contexts of risk has examined either war correspondents on temporary assignments or the psychological effects of covering traumatic events, usually after the events have ended. Although these studies are important, they fail to account for the growing importance o ... more

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Industrias creativas culturales en Panamá: Diagnóstico del sector y relevancia económica

Guillermo Lagarda, Alex Diamond Jennifer Linares (eds.)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID);INDESA (2017), 107 pp.

Journalists in El Salvador

José Luis Benítez Alvarez, Lydia Frost, Thomas Hanitzsch

Worlds of Journalism Study (2017), 6 pp.

"With regards to professional role orientations, journalists in El Salvador found it most important to report things as they are, to monitor and scrutinize political leaders, to educate the audience, and to let people express their views. The relevance of these roles was fairly undisputed among the ... more