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Communication and social change in Africa: Selected case studies
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2025), 235 pp.
Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa: Producing Space
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), 323 pp.
Mobile Assemblages and Maendeleo in Rural Kenya
Bamenda: Langaa (2021), 208 pp.
"In this book, Leah Komen explores the impact of mobile telephony on the lives of people in rural Kenya. The book analyses the outcomes of complex intersections and interactions between mobile phones, individuals, and the broader society as distinct from the traditional cause-effect relationships in
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Media Innovation and Social Change
Journal of Media Innovations, volume 6, issue 1 (2020), pp. 1-108
"Our purpose with this Special Issue is to present and contribute to a body of research that critically explores the relationship between media innovation and social change. In doing so, we also outline the contours of a research agenda to further develop this emerging field. Our motivation arises f
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Impact as Driving Force of Journalistic and Social Change
Journalism, volume 20, issue 4 (2019), pp. 552-567
"In this article, we explore how entrepreneurial journalists from a wide variety of national contexts present ‘impact’ as one of the aims in their work. By exploring the variety, incongruences, and strategic considerations in the discourse on impact of those at the forefront of journalistic inno
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Media Solidarities: Emotions, Power and Justice in the Digital Age
Los Angeles: Sage (2019), viii, 199 pp.
"Drawing on social theory, political economy and cultural studies, 'Media Solidarities' explores the way in which media can both enable and obstruct meaningful bonds of solidarity and positive social change. Written in a highly approachable style, it ties theory to contemporary world events and medi
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The State of SIE: Mapping the Landscape of Social Impact Entertainment
Human After All (2019), 186 pp.
Telenovelas en el mundo latino
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Lima: Universidad del Pacífico (2018), 215 pp.
"El presente libro ofrece una visión general de fácil comprensión sobre la historia de la telenovela en América Latina. Las telenovelas, una variedad aparte de series televisivas que se originan en América Latina, involucran temas clave de raza, clase, identidad sexual y violencia, entretejiend
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Communication and Social Change: A Citizen Perspective
Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2017), 256 pp.
"Drawing on examples ranging from the Indignados movement in Spain to media activists in Brazil, from rural community workers in Malawi to UNICEF's global outreach programs, [the author] presents cutting-edge debates about the role of media and communication in enhancing social change. He offers bot
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Comunicación y cambio
Lima: Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE); Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2017), 357 pp.
The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxiv, 269 pp.
Methodological Reflections on Researching Communication and Social Change
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 219 pp.
"This book identifies the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to research in communication and social change. It examines the methodological opportunities and challenges occasioned by rapid technological affordances and society-wide transformations. This study provides gr
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Claves para repensar los medios y el mundo que habitamos: La distopía del desarrollo
Bogotá: Ediciones Desde Abajo (2015), 294 pp.
The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
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Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), xii, 512 pp.
Medios de comunicación, contenidos y comportamiento: Algunos énfasis sobre la inclusión financiera
Enbreve, issue 49 (2014), 13 pp.
"Este documento resume la literatura reciente sobre el rol de los medios de comunicación con relación al comportamiento social haciendo particular énfasis en contenidos de inclusión social. Nuestro objetivo es modesto: simplemente tratar de crear consciencia sobre el importante rol que herramien
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Comunicología de la liberación, desarrollismo y políticas públicas
Manuel Chaparro (ed. y prólogo);Barranquero, Alejandro
Girona: Luces de Gálibo; Comanalucía (2014), 471 pp.
On Media, Social Movements, and Uprisings: Lessons from Afghanistan, Its Neighbors, and Beyond
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, volume 39, issue 4 (2014), pp. 874-887
"From Tehran to Tahrir Square to Gezi Park-to mention only three key sites of protest made prominent in 2013-social media has been lauded as one of the key factors enabling popular uprisings and social movements. This has provided further hype for new or digital media, which were already being toute
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Building indicators in media assistance: Four ways evaluation reports present "change"
Shanghai; Brisbane: 8-10 November 2013 ICA Regional Conference: Communication and Social Transformation; Queensland University of Technology (2013), 15 pp.
"This paper draws on some preliminary findings from a comparative thematic analysis of 47 evaluation documents of media assistance programs. The aim of this analysis is to identify trends in impact evaluation practice in the media assistance field, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of differen
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Amazon Town TV: An Audience Ethnography in Gurupá, Brazil
Austin: University of Texas Press (2013), xi, 210 pp.
"This pioneering study examines television’s impact on an Amazonian river town from the first broadcasts in Gurupá, in 1983, to the present." (Publisher website)
Media and Social Changing Since 1979: Towards a Diachronic Ethnography of Media and Actual Social Changes
EASA Media Anthropology Network (2012), 20 pp.
"In this paper I address the question of how to study media and social change ethnographically. To do so I draw from the relevant media anthropology literature, including my own research in Malaysia and Spain. I first sketch a history of media anthropology, identifying a number of key works and them
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