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Selective Believability: A Perspective on Africans’ Interactions with Global Media

Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 219-236
"This article attempts to highlight a new perspective on African audiences’ engagement with global media and point to new postulates in audience research. It briefly reviews key reception theories, ranging from the effects tradition to active audience paradigm and encoding-decoding model. It then ... more
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Kachin Refugees, Myanmar: Needs for Pastoral and Evangelizing Communication

Bernard Dashi Tang
Manila: University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Sacred Theology, Master Thesis (2013), ix, 115 pp.
"The study is divided into three parts: Part One is a discussion on brief history of civil war in Myanmar especially in Kachin State, the past experiences of the Church in pastoral and evangelizing communication in Kachin State and the current life situation of the Kachin refugees. In Part Two, we p ... more
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Lost: Syrian Refugees and the Information Gap

Janine di Giovanni (coord.)
Internews (2013), 16 pp.
"The report presents findings that pose both unique challenges and opportunities for programs seeking to provide humanitarian information to Syrian refugees in Lebanon. So far, according to the report, there is little evidence of any comprehensive strategy or investment in providing a humanitarian c ... more
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Medienpädagogik: Ein Studienbuch zur Einführung

Daniel Süss, Claudia Lampert, Christine W. Wijnen
Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2., überarb. und aktual. Aufl. (2013), 278 pp.
"Dieses Buch führt ein in das interdisziplinäre Feld der Medienpädagogik. Es stellt die Dimensionen, Modelle und Theorien vor, welche empirischen Studien und angewandten Projekten zugrunde liegen. Die Entwicklung der Medienpädagogik wird historisch und im internationalen Vergleich aufgezeigt. Me ... more
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Handbuch Medienwirkungsforschung

Wolfgang Schweiger, Andreas Fahr (eds.)
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2013), 671 pp.
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Being a Young Citizen in Estonia: An Exploration of Young People’s Civic and Media Experiences

Anne Kaun
Tartu: University of Tartu Press (2013), 133 pp.
"The main objective of this book was to explore contemporary expressions of civic culture in Estonia by looking at civic experiences: how do young people in Estonia experience their relationship with the political, politics and fellow citizens, and how do their civic experiences intersect with media ... more
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Research Methods for Memory Studies

Emily Keightley, Michael Pickering (eds.)
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2013), vi, 256 pp.
"This guide provides students and researchers with a clear set of outlines and discussions of particular methods of research in memory studies. It offers not only expert appraisals of a range of techniques, approaches and perspectives in memory studies, but also focuses on key questions of methodolo ... more
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Youth Culture and Mobiles

Gerard Goggin
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 1, issue 1 (2013), pp. 83-88
"The category of youth has been a strategically important focus in the development of mobile communication and media research. This paper reviews the themes and findings of the first phase of youth and mobile phone research, followed by a phase of new work just underway on youth and mobile media and ... more
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Influences of Religious Telecast in a Multi-Religious India: An Analysis of Hindu and Non-Hindu Television Viewers

Binod C. Agrawal
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 5-21
"On the whole, it seems religious television viewing had moderate or no influence whatsoever at attitudinal level among Hindu and non-Hindu viewers. In the light of the analysis, it is argued that strongly held religious beliefs and cultural dictates would not get influenced by religious television ... more
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The Role of Media in Child Protection: Challenges and Opportunities in Uganda

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2013), 60 pp.
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Youth in Iran: A Story Half Told. Values, Priorities and Perspectives of Iranian Youth

Klara Debeljak
Intermedia (2013), 32 pp.
"The purpose of this report is to contribute to a deeper understanding of Iranian youth as a whole, rather than focus on one particular segment. Specifically, this report aims to address the following questions: 1) What are the key values that underlie the attitudes and behaviour of Iranian youth an ... more
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Medien und psychische Prozesse: Wie sich Traumata und Wünsche in Medien ausdrücken und deren Entwicklung antreiben

Christina L. Steinmann
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2013), 258 pp.
"Was treibt die Medienentwicklung an? Wie und warum prägen sich neue Medienformen aus? Christina L. Steinmann schlägt eine Perspektive vor, in der sich Traumata und Wünsche in Medien einschreiben und deren Entwicklung beeinflussen. Medien werden dabei als Ausdruck, Symptom und Auslagerungsort psy ... more
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Media Literacy 2.0: A Sampling of Programs Around the World

John Burgess
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 10 pp.
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The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media

Dafna Lemish (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2013), xxv, 499 pp.
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Broadcasting Change: Radio Talk Shows, Education and Women’s Empowerment in Senegal

Fanta Diamanka
Ohio: Ohio University, Patton College of Education, Doctoral Thesis (2013), 473 pp.
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Prácticas y consumos mediático-culturales del colectivo marroquí en España

Amparo Huertas, Yolanda Martínez, Jordi Moreras
Madrid: Fundación Alternativas, Observatorio de Cultura y Comunicación (2013), 68 pp.
"Este informe analiza las prácticas y consumos mediático-culturales del colectivo marroquí en España, uno de los más numerosos y con un evidente grado de asentamiento como resultado de un ciclo migratorio que ya acumula más de cuatro décadas. Las condiciones objetivas que muestran tal grado d ... more
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Youth, Facebook and Politics in South Africa

Tanja Bosch
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 2 (2013), pp. 119-130
"This article explores how Facebook is used by South African youth, with particular reference to their political participation and involvement. Research has shown the declining involvement of young people in political processes, particularly since democratic elections in 1994. This is an internation ... more
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Gendering the "Arab Spring:" Arab Women Journalists/Activists, "Cyberfeminism," and the Socio-Political Revolution

Sahar Khamis
In: The Routledge Companion to Media & Gender
Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner, Lisa McLaughlin (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2013), 11 pp.
"Any observer of the so-called Arab Spring, the massive wave of political revolt that has been sweeping the Arab region since 2011, could not help but notice the visible role that women have been playing in it. Hundreds of thousands of Arab women throughout the region, including in some of the most ... more
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The "Social Tsunami": Media Coverage of Child Abuse in Malaysia's English-Language Newspapers in 2010

Sara Niner, Yarina Ahmad, Denise Cuthbert
Media, Culture & Society, volume 35, issue 4 (2013), pp. 435-453
"Since the early 1990s, Malaysian society has displayed a deepening concern over steady increases in reported cases of child abuse in the country. For many Malaysians, knowledge of this issue comes from the mainstream media. This research analyses media coverage of child abuse in two mainstream Engl ... more
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South Sudan National Audience Survey: A Nationally Representative Assessment on Radio Listening Habits with Key Findings in Five Booster Areas for Internews Stations

Juba; Washington, DC: Forcier Consulting; Internews (2013), viii, 185 pp.
"As expected, the general media environment in South Sudan is highly varied, with sharp distinctions between the capital city of Juba and the rest of the country, which is largely rural. A key difference here involves language use and understanding, with rural areas dominated by local/tribal languag ... more