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The Palgrave Handbook of Cross-Border Journalism
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Liane Rothenberger, Martin Löffelholz, David H. Weaver (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xxv, 618 pp.

"This handbook critically analyzes cross-border news production and "transnational journalism cultures" in the evolving field of cross-border journalism. As the era of the internet hasfurther expanded the border-transcending production, dissemination and reception of news, and with transnational co- ... more

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Fictional Practices of Spirituality I: Interactive Media

Leonardo Marcato, Felix Schniz (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2023), 476 pp.

"Fictional Practices of Spirituality" provides critical insight into the implementation of belief, mysticism, religion, and spirituality into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive. This first volume focuses on interactive, virtual worlds - may that be the digital realms of video ga ... more

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Evaluating Interreligious Peacebuilding and Dialogue: Methods and Frameworks

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Renáta Katalin Nelson (eds.)

Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter (2021), vi, 230 pp.

"In the emerging fields of religious and interreligious peacebuilding, the question of monitoring and evaluation is a challenging, yet necessary process. The need to develop comprehensive yet fitting evaluation models for religious and interreligious peacebuilding is not only important for donor int ... more

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Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age

Melissa Zimdars, Kembrew McLeod (eds.)

Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2020), xi, 395 pp.

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Handbook of Comparative Communication Research
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Frank Esser, Thomas Hanitzsch (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2012), xxi, 544 pp.

"The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of comparative communication research. It fills an obvious gap in the literature and offers an extensive and interdisciplinary discussion of the general approach of comparative research, its prospect an ... more

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Diasporas: Concepts, Identities, Intersections

Kim Knott, Seán McLoughlin (eds.)

London; New York: Zed Books (2010), viii, 319 pp.

"Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping the field, such as migration, ethnicity, post-colonialism and cosmopolitanism. It also examines key intersecting agendas and themes, including political economy, security, race, gender, and material and electron ... more

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Telling Stories: Language, Narrative, and Social Life

Anna De Fina, Anastasia Nylund, Deborah Schiffrin (eds.)

Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press (2010), vi, 219 pp.

"This collection of seventeen contributions provides a small but significant window into some of the themes that, in our view, will define research on narrative in the coming years. Some of these themes have already started taking center stage— for example, the diversification of methodological to ... more

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The Applied Theatre Reader

Tim Prentki, Sheila Preston (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2009), xvi, 380 pp.

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Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice

Sina Odugbemi, Thomas Jacobson (eds.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxi, 525 pp.

"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful ... more

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Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media
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Daniel A. Stout (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2006), xx, 467 pp.

"This volume breaks down disciplinary walls in numerous ways. First, it combines information about the intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, and societal levels of communication into a single resource. At the intrapersonal level, new issues are raised about communication between individuals and deity ... : Why is religious experience difficult to explain in rational terms? Why is silence more sacred than spoken prayer in some religious communities? What is the nature of “thought communication” in religious meditation? Why is the use of profanity justified in some religious circles? How does idolatry reinforce religious customs and values? Why was chanting one of the first forms of religious communication? Religious information is also exchanged between individuals at the level of interpersonal communication. This volume identifies rituals that have not been adequately analyzed in terms of communication aspects: Why do some sects require public confession? Why is body decoration an acceptable form of worship in some religious groups, but not in others? How does dance communicate the sacred through metaphoric movement? What are the multiple forms of communication with the dead? Why are feasts a form of religious worship in all major religions? How does the study of organizational communication apply to religion? This volume also aids study of mediated communication to larger groups both inside and outside religious denominations. Throughout history, technology has simultaneously aided and impeded communication processes; this also applies to religious culture: How did religion change during the historical transition from orality to literacy? How did printing contribute to the diffusion of religious values in the world? Why have religious novels grown in popularity? Is television considered a religious medium? How has the Internet affected religious congregations and communities? What is religious media literacy? These are only a few of the questions addressed by this encyclopedia. Articles also deal with (1) concepts such as information, communication, and censorship, (2) denominations which exhibit different communication practices, and (3) the various media used in religious worship. Entries were contributed by scholars from various disciplines, including religious studies, communication, anthropology, sociology, ancient studies, religion and modern culture, theology, and many others." (Introduction, page xiii-xiv) more

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African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History

Luise White, Stephan Miescher, David William Cohen (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2002), vi, 322 pp.

"Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experiences were largely absent from the continent's history. In 13 lively and provocative essays focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, oral sources ar ... more

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Advocacy for Social Justice: A Global Action and Reflection Guide

David Cohen, Rosa de la Vega, Gabrielle Watson

Oxford: Oxfam; Kumarian Press (2001), 346 pp.

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