"This bilingual, cross-national study analyzes stories about the Colombian peace process that were engaged with on social media o understand the use of peace and war framing in news reporting. Using content analysis as a method, this paper operationalized Galtung’s classification of peace journali
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sm and follows framing methodological adjustments and improvements suggested by previous peace journalism scholars. Results show that, even during peace talks, media use war narratives more often than peace frames, and social media users amplify more war than peace-oriented content. Proximity to conflict also was shown to be an important factor, as Colombian media used more war frames than foreign media. These findings are relevant for their implications about how national media consistently emphasized a war frame that social media users amplified, which we argue has implications for how citizens viewed the Colombian peace process, ultimately potentially influencing the decision to vote down the referendum." (Abstract)
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"The current situation for journalism in Argentina represents a great challenge due to the continuous economic changes linked to inflation and labour precariousness. Faced with this, a phenomenon known as self-managed media has grown over the recent years, also connected to recovered media that prom
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otes innovation, providing material for use in newsrooms to produce novel content and connect with audiences. For this explorative study, based on journalists' roles and innovation, we conducted a mixed-methods design to analyse self-managed media composed of recovered, cooperatives, community, popular, and alternative media. First, a focus group was held with 10 communicators to understand their current situation; second, 60 journalists were consulted about their roles and innovations; finally, in-depth interviews were conducd with three communicators who work on self-managed media at the Community and Cooperative Media Confederation. The findings reveal the presence of innovative actions, reported by 90% of respondents, and confirm that 70% of the consulted journalists had assumed new roles in management and administration. In addition, 80% of the journalists praised community work as fostering a sense of belonging and its associated benefits regarding motivation and freedom. These sentiments were further validated by the insights shared by the three interviewees. This sense of belonging could be included in the fifth area of innovation in journalism, which centres on the social dimension." (Abstract)
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"Nas últimas décadas, a utilização das mídias por igrejas evangélicas brasileiras se intensificou com a disseminação das redes sociais na internet. Viu-se também uma ampliação do mercado de bens culturais religiosos, sobretudo na área da música. Se essas múltiplas mediações comunicac
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ionais servem aos propósitos religiosos, políticos e econômicos das igrejas, a consolidação desses mercados também apresenta desafios às autoridades dessas instituições, ao dar visibilidade a uma multiplicidade de agentes e discursos que fogem ao seu controle. Neste artigo, a partir do estudo de redes sociais de lideranças religiosas e de artistas da música gospel, discutiremos de que forma questões raciais circulam no mundo religioso evangélico a partir de suas margens. A pesquisa que deu origem a este artigo se baseia no estudo das carreiras de artistas gospel e suas atividades nas redes sociais e permite observar que as questões raciais têm adentrado as igrejas evangélicas não a partir da ação exclusiva de lideranças, mas de suas margens sem, no entanto, provocar mudanças estruturais." (Resumo)
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"A dos años de su mandato, la relación del presidente Gustavo Petro con la prensa ha estado marcada por la descalificación y la desconfianza en los medios de comunicación y en periodistas que considera incómodos. En contraste, su Gobierno creó nuevos canales de comunicación oficial y aumentó
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el presupuesto del sistema de medios público. De manera intermitente ha enviado señales —que no terminan de concretarse— de querer fortalecer a los medios alternativos y comunitarios, y ha incluido a influencers en su estrategia de comunicación. A diferencia de la actitud del presidente Iván Duque hacia la prensa —quien dividió el panorama mediático entre "amigos" y "enemigos" durante un periodo marcado por protestas contra sus políticas y su manejo de la crisis del COVID-19–, el actual Jefe de Estado considera que los medios de mayor influencia son adversarios políticos y prefiere comunicarse por X." (Página 5)
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"O artigo a se propõe a investigar os sentidos das novas formas de religiosidade secularizadas, tomando como objeto o movimento religioso Nova Era e seus produtos midiáticos no YouTube. O texto objetiva analisar como religiosidade e autoajuda entrelaçam seus discursos em uma ambiência midiatizad
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a, marcada pela diversidade, pela bricolagem religiosa e pelo imperativo da felicidade. Através de procedimentos metodológicos da análise de discurso de linha francesa, observam-se quais os sentidos que emergem do discurso de vídeos do canal Gisela Vallin no YouTube, que apresentam uma mística inspirada em variadas vertentes religiosas, inserindo-se no panorama do movimento Nova Era. Os vídeos são apresentados pela terapeuta holística Gisela Vallin, que traz temáticas de autoajuda lançando mão de ensinamentos de coaches e uma pluralidade de entidades religiosas como Osho, Buda, Jesus Cristo e espíritos mentores." (Resumo)
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"During the country's most recent civic-military dictatorship (1976–1983), 30,000 people were disappeared or killed by the state. Over the decades, vernacular and professional photographs have been central to the Argentine struggle for justice. They were used not only to protest the disappearances
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under the dictatorship and to denounce the authorities, but also as tools of political and social activism, and for remembering the disappeared. With contributions from leading Argentina-based anthropologists, ethnographers, curators, art scholars, media researchers, and photographers, Familiar Faces moves beyond the traditional considerations of representation, focusing instead on the ways in which photography is continuously reimagined as a tool of memory, mourning, and political and judicial activism. In so doing, it considers the diverse uses of press photography; artistic practice; photographs of the disappeared in domestic rituals; photographs of the inmates of torture centers; the reclamation of images taken by the dictatorial state for memorial and activist purposes." (Publisher description)
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"Más allá de ser meramente intermediarios, medios de comunicación, periodistas, comunicadoras y comunicadores sociales construyen narrativas de la memoria y del pasado a través de su labor y prác ticas cotidianas.A través de su trabajo dan contexto a los acontecimientos en perspectiva históri
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ca y a futuro, en diálogo con y entretejiendo las voces de actores involucrados e impactados por la violencia armada y no armada (por ej. física, socio-psicológica, económica o basada en género), dando centralidad a las víctimas y sus narrativas. Desempeñan varios roles como ser acompañantes o cohesionadores de procesos personales y colectivos de memorias y de situaciones de dolor, lo que les expone también a condiciones de vulnerabilidad emocional y profesional. Estando inmersos en y supeditados a las diversas dinámicas de los contextos sobre los que representan, narran, informan y opinan, el reconocimiento de estas y estos profesionales y de su agencia implica la importancia de considerar disposiciones ideológico-políticas, actitudes y comportamientos en el marco de su labor. En contextos como el colombiano emergen iniciativas periodísticas independientes y de amplio alcance que aprovechan nuevas tecnologías y medios de comunicación en expansión, gracias a la agencia de comunidades y grupos poblacionales. Por sus ventajas y desventajas potenciales es fundamental una contextualización crítica de esas herramientas, cuando se proponga usarlas en regiones con desarrollo desigual de conectividad o poco acceso a infraestructura digital." (Resumen ejecutivo)
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"Este libro es parte de la elaboración de un Trabajo Integrador Final para obtener el título de grado como Licenciada en Comunicación Social con orientación en Periodismo, Producción de Contenidos y Gestión de medios en la Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social de la Universidad Naciona
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l de La Plata, que consistió en la realización de un estudio de investigación sobre los métodos comunicacionales que tiene la Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios (IURD) en la localidad de Florencio Varela, a partir de las creencias, el discurso y las prácticas religiosas que se llevan a cabo en el mundo evangélico en el que se desenvuelven tanto la feligresía con la iglesia, como la iglesia con sus adeptos en el marco del lazo recíproco comunicacional que se establece entre ambos." (Introducción)
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"Chile’s largest social uprising in 30 years began in October 2019. Protests erupted throughout the country, inspired by a widespread belief that the state and powerful institutional actors, such as the media, had undermined the dignity of much of the population. In this article, we explore how an
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d the extent to which mainstream media, specifically television, has affected the dignity of the Chilean people and how participants in the social uprising defined the concept. Drawing on the hundreds of complaints filed with the National Television Council (CNTV) and using grounded theory, we argue that allegations against harm to people’s dignity caused by the media have become more prevalent in Chile. The reasons given by audience members include the violence of the broadcasts themselves, the stigmatization of certain people and groups, and a lack of journalistic ethics. Ultimately, this article analyzes a key concept for social uprisings and connects it to the ethical and political role of media systems and newsmaking in contemporary democracies." (Abstract)
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"This study observes content-related indicators of the editorial decisions made by factcheckers during the 2022 Brazilian run-off election. Specifically, it aims to investigate factcheckers’ outputs regarding verification genres, scrutinized actors, types of verified falsehoods, and inspected plat
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forms. The focus on Brazil stems from its reputation as a disinformation hub, owing to social polarization, populist communication, high social media use, low media trust, and intense WhatsApp penetration. Consequently, factchecking agencies have proliferated within Brazil’s media landscape. To provide some hints about the fact-checkers’ editorial choices, we conducted a quantitative content analysis of verification articles (n = 349) published during the second round of the presidential election by four leading fact-checking organizations: Lupa and Aos Fatos (independents), Estadão Verifica (press), and AFP Checamos (global news agency). The results reveal a prioritization of combating online falsehoods (82.2%) spread by anonymous sources, as opposed to verifying public figures’ statements (5.5%), a trend already observed in other media systems. Although Meta’s social networks and Twitter are primarily monitored, other platforms such as TikTok, Kwai, and Telegram are increasingly gaining fact-checkers’ attention. Fact-checkers predominantly scrutinized anonymous disinformation agents. Moreover, they primarily debunked falsehoods targeting the opposition, legacy media, social networking companies, and the Supreme Electoral Court. Despite the anonymity, 77.4% of the verified falsehoods were found to be beneficial to Bolsonaro, while 12% were advantageous to Lula da Silva." (Abstract)
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"En nuestro argumentario recopilamos 42 razones contra la Ley de Fiscalización, Regularización, Actuación y Financiamiento de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Afine (Ley Antisociedad), cuya aprobación anulará el derecho de asociación en Venezuela y cerrará aún más el espacio cívico.
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En seis secciones, exponemos por qué esta norma no puede ni debe ser aprobada, ante su carácter regresivo, inconstitucional y contrario a lo dispuesto por los sistemas de protección de derechos humanos." (https://accesoalajusticia.org)
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"O artigo traz resultados de pesquisa de doutoramento acerca da comicidade como estratégia discursiva nas religiosidades contemporâneas. No contexto de intensificação da presença do humor e do riso nas ambiências religiosas, compreendemos esse fenômeno como uma das consequências das sociedad
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es em midiatização. São analisadas práticas discursivas de dois atores sociais destacados do cenário cristão brasileiro, o padre Fábio de Melo e o Pastor Cláudio Duarte. Do ponto de vista teórico-metodológico, foram analisadas diferentes tentativas comunicacionais desses atores sociais, identificando marcas discursivas da construção de distintas formas de comicidade, também tensionadas por uma intensa atividade circulatória interdiscursiva. O trabalho contribui com as pesquisas nas interfaces entre mídia, cultura, comunicação e religião no que concerne, especialmente, às dinâmicas de construção de efeitos de sentido em torno da comicidade na relação com as religiosidades." (Resumo)
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"We use the concept of hagiography to analyze the absurd content found in the memes that circulated after the first round of Chile’s 2021 presidential election. We examined 201 video and image memes to elucidate how the supporters of the then-candidate Gabriel Boric created a narrative of the poli
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tical moment. A qualitative multimodal analysis shows the use of absurdity to create a heroic idealization of the leftist politician who eventually won the presidency. Social media users depicted the election as a climactic moment where democracy was in danger and portrayed Boric as the hero who appeared at just the right moment with the right message. The term hagiography refers to stories about saints that were read collectively and contributed to the creation of worship communities in medieval Europe. This notion, together with multimodal analysis, helps us understand absurdity not only as a matter of form and content but also as a mode of interaction mediated by memes." (Abstract)
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"News consumers have come to expect and demand the unprecedented immediacy of experience and coverage of breaking news offered by photographs, video clips, audio recordings, tweets, commentary: content created by ordinary citizens. The use of user-generated content is a salient aspect of how journal
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ists and news organizations are responding to technological changes in the twenty-first century. Eyewitness Textures examines the far-reaching changes in journalism spurred by the growing importance of user-generated content. Bringing together the voices and experiences of professional journalists and academic researchers from across five continents, this collection explores news production practices, changing skills among editors and journalists, and corporate and newsroom restructuring. Chapters by practitioners collectively reflect the newsroom experiences of major global media organizations, while the academic contributions address issues of industrial transformation, political influence, truth and verification, aesthetics, and ideological implications. Both perspectives combine to deepen our understanding of what constitutes the conditions and creation of good journalism, as well as the implications of how the profession should be taught to future journalists." (Publisher description)
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"This book addresses the issues raised by digital platforms in the Global South, with an emphasis on the cultural stakes involved. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers - including political economists, socio-economists, geographers, media sociologists or anthropologists - who
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each explore these issues through an insightful case study at a local, national, regional or international scale. While studying the strategies of some of the main US-based Big Tech platforms or video streaming platforms towards the Global South, the chapters also consider the often-neglected active role local or regional actors play in the expansion of those Western digital players, and highlight the existence of a constellation of local or regional platforms that have emerged in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East. In addition to analysing the complex relationships of competition, collaboration or dependence between these diverse actors, this volume examines the ways in which the rise of these digital platforms has generated new forms of cultural entrepreneurship and participated in the reconfiguring of the conditions in which cultural contents are produced and circulated in the Global South." (Publisher description)
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"Community broadcasting emerged in Chile at the end of the dictatorship, but so far, there have been no coordinated or consistent public policies aimed at promoting the sector. Using a conceptual framework on the multiple dimensions of sustainability and the social benefit of community communication
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, this article presents the results of a collective work that systematizes the sector’s demands on state institutions in which I took part as a consultant. The conclusion is that a public policy that promotes and strengthens community broadcasting will only be effective in the current scenario if it is cross-sectoral, with the Ministry of Culture at the head – providing specific support that ensures organizational continuity – and in coordination with other state and government institutions, conceiving these media as cultural community organizations whose particularity lies in their potential to boost and strengthen their communities of reference through a participatory appropriation of multiple media channels." (Abstract)
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"[Las editoras de este libro lo describen como] un tejido que hila la reflexión colectiva sobre lo que a ellas les hubiese gustado encontrar en su camino como mujeres estudiantes, docentes e investigadoras de la Comunicación. Se trata de un tejido que, a cuatro hilos, teje las historias de 23 muje
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res de la comunicación en Chile. El primer hilo, contiene reflexiones sobre el por qué y para qué adentrarse en la trayectoria académica e investigativa de la comunicación. El segundo, navega por las travesías dentro de la academia. El tercero, nos habla sobre cruzar fronteras y abrir nuevos espacios dentro de la investigación. Y el cuarto nos lleva por los recorridos impensados en los que, muchas veces, desemboca la comunicación. Así estos cuatro hilos se entrelazan por los caminos de la crítica cultural, el análisis de medios, la comunicación de la ciencia y la gestión universitaria." (Prólogo, página8)
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"Investigative journalism is expensive. Partnerships and grants can help but can also introduce conditions or stall proceedings. Could crowdfunding, where audience members donate to support an investigation, offer an alternative? “Crowdfunding serves as a crucial revenue source in investigative jo
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urnalism, enabling funding for stories that might otherwise remain uncovered,” says Tanja Aitamurto, the author of “Crowdfunding for Journalism” and an assistant professor in communication at the University of Illinois Chicago. “These crowdfunded stories often emerge outside mainstream media and large newsrooms, contributing significantly to journalism by diversifying producers and voices.” To explore the opportunities and challenges of crowdfunding investigations, GIJN spoke with three newsrooms pioneering the model: Noteworthy in Ireland, a community-led newsroom where readers pitch and fund investigation proposals, and Portuguese investigative podcast Fumaça and Brazil’s Agência Pública, which both operate membership models and have experimented with crowdfunding campaigns." (Introduction)
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