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Media Messages and Public Health: A Decisions Approach to Content Analysis

Amy B. Jordan (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2009), xvii, 270 pp.

"Media Messages and Public Health addresses the full range of methodological and conceptual issues involved in content analysis research, specifically focused on public health-related messages and behaviors. Uniquely tailored to the challenges faced by content researchers interested in the study of ... more

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Media for All: Subtitling for the Deaf, Audio Description, and Sign Language

Jorge Díaz Cintas, Pilar Orero, Aline Remael (eds.)

Amsterdam: Rodopi (2007), 255 pp.

"This book, a first in its kind, offers a survey of the present state of affairs in media accessibility research and practice. It focuses on professional practices which are relative newcomers within the field of audiovisual translation and media studies, namely, audio description for the blind and ... more

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The Internet in the Middle East: Global Expectations and Local Imaginations in Kuwait

Deborah L. Wheeler

New York: State University of New York Press (2006), xi, 241 pp.

"Providing one of the first ethnographies of the Internet revolution in the Arab world, The Internet in the Middle East analyzes the ways in which the Internet affects public discourse and social practice in Islamic society. With a special focus on Kuwait, ... more

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Manual de periodismo independiente

Deborah Potter

Oficina de Programas de Información Internacional Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos (2006), 64 pp.

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Handbook of Independent Journalism

Deborah Potter

Bureau of International Information Programs (2006), 64 pp.

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The Copy/South Dossier: Issues in the Economics, Politics, and Ideology of Copyright in the Global South

Alan Story, Colin Darch, Deborah Halbert

Canterbury: Copy University of Kent Law SchoolSouth Research Group (2006), 207 pp.

"This unique dossier was assembled by the activist Copy South Research Group, a loosely-affiliated group of researchers based in a number of countries across the South and the North who seek to research the inner workings of the global copyright system and its effects on the Global South. The dossie ... more

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Kabul, Teheran 1979ff: Filmlandschaften, Städte unter Stress und Migration

Sandra Schäfer, Jochen Becker, Madeleine Bernstorff

Berlin: b_books (2006), 395 pp.

"1979: Im Iran wird der Schah gestürzt, die islamische Republik entsteht; parallel eskaliert mit dem sowjetischen Einmarsch der Bürgerkrieg in Afghanistan. Bilder über Afghanistan waren seither zumeist Bilder der Zerstörung. Diesen Außenansichten setzt ›Kabul/ Teheran 1979 ff‹ Perspektiven ... more

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Violence Against Children in Cyberspace: A Contribution to the United Nations Study on Violence Against Children

Deborah Muir

Bangkok: ECPAT International (2005), 71 pp.

"This report is intended to provide a framework for promoting recognition and understanding of the real risks of violence for children and young people within cyberspace and through the use of new technologies, in particular the Internet and mobile phones. It identifies the harms confronted by child ... more

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La violencia contra los niños en el ciberespacio

Deborah Muir

Bangkok: ECPAT International (2005), 97 pp.

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La violence contre les enfants dans le cyberspace

Deborah Muir

Bangkok: ECPAT International (2005), 99 pp.

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Women and Media in the Middle East: Power Through Self-Expression

Naomi Sakr (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2004), viii, 248 pp.

"Is today’s changing media landscape in the Middle East empowering women? This is the first book to address the dynamics of media ecology and women’s advancement in the contemporary Middle East. The book spans both the region and media forms, from Iran’s women’s press, via Maghrebi women fil ... more

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Handbook of Family Communication

Anita L. Vangelisti (ed.)

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2004), xx, 767 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication offers a comprehensive exploration and discussion of current research and theory on family interaction. Integrating the varying perspectives and issues addressed by family researchers, theorists, and practitioners, this volume offers a unique and timel ... more

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Contemporary Cinema of Latin America: Ten Key Films

Deborah Shaw

New York et al.: Continuum (2003), ix, 206 pp.

"This book focuses on a selection of internationally known Latin American films. The chapters are organized around national categories, grounding the readings not only in the context of social and political conditions, but also in those of each national film industry. It is a very useful text for st ... more

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The Audience Studies Reader

Will Brooker, Deborah Jermyn

London: Routledge (2003), 347 pp.

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Telling Their Stories: Child Rights, Exploitation and the Media: Guidelines for Journalists and Media Professionals

Jane Worthington, Jacqueline Park (eds.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2003), 48 pp.

"The critical issue is to raise awareness among journalists. There needs to be an awareness of child rights generally but as journalists we must also understand the consequences of our reporting. The way media portray children impacts not only on society’s attitude to children; it also influences ... more

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Media-Mediated AIDS

Linda K. Fuller (ed.)

Cresskill, New Jers.: Hampton Press (2003), viii, 356 pp.

"This book, containing 17 chapters from health communication scholars both in the U.S. and abroad, is expressly concerned with media-related aspects of AIDS. Whether that media is print, electronic, and/or visual, they lie at the heart of understanding the messages we have, or perhaps have not, rece ... more

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Representing the Family

Deborah Chambers

London: Sage (2001), xi, 196 pp.

"Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which academic research and welfare policy have colluded with political rhetoric and the popular media to re-invent a mythical ideal family. 'Representing t ... more

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The Role of the Church in Advocacy: Case Studies from Southern and Eastern Africa

Sara Gibbs, Ajulu, Deborah

INTRAC (1999), 101 pp.

"The primary objective of this research has been to review the experiences and analyse the role of the mainline churches in advocacy in support of human rights, democracy and poverty alleviation in Africa. It has set out to identify what is the particular contribution that churches can bring to such ... more

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Knowledge Shared: Participatory Evaluation in Development Cooperation

Edward T. Jackson, Yusuf Kassam (eds.)

Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Kumarian Press (1998), xi, 252 pp.

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Capacity-Building: An Approach to People-Centred Development

Deborah Eade

Oxford: Oxfam (1997), v, 226 pp.

"The book reviews the types of social organisation with which NGOs might consider working, and the provision of training in a variety of skills and activities, for the people involved and for their organisation. The particular importance of using a capacity-building approach in emergency situations ... more