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Facilitating Dialog About Development Through Digital Photography: Seeing Through the Eyes of Maasai Women

Benson P. Fraser, William J. Brown, Corey Wright, Steven L. Kiruswa
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-42
"In recent decades the Maasai of East Africa have undergone substantive cultural change in response to national development efforts. This study uses participant observation, in-depth interviews, and digital photography to better understand the lived experience and development perspectives of Maasai ... more
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Jóvenes chilenos y redes sociales virtuales: ¿oportunidades para la participación y la creación?

Myrna Gálvez Johnson, Cristian Calderón
In: Cultura digital en América Latina: Investigación interuniversitaria Educación y Evangelización
Bogotá: Centro de Comunicación Educativa Audiovisual (CEDAL); Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana (CELAM); RIIAL (2012), pp. 46-75
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BBG Research Series Briefing: Iran Media Use 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 30 slides
"State media will continue to play a critical role in Iran. The audience for external media platforms is large and will remain so absent any significant reforms in domestic media. Attitudes towards specific media outlets are rarely uni-dimensional, and few enjoy unqualified trust. Satellite TV remai ... more
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Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa paraguaya: Informe de monitoreo de medios 2010 - 2011

Asunción: Agencia Global de Noticias (2012), 54 pp.
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¿Quién confía en los medios masivos de comunicación en América Latina?

Matthew L. Layton
Vanderbilt University; Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) (2012), 8 pp.
"En promedio, la confianza en los medios es evidente en la región. Sin embargo, muchos ciudadanos siguen distantes. Para explicar los distintos niveles de confianza, este trabajo se concentra en un conjunto de indicadores de conciencia sobre la política. Es interesante notar que existen diferencia ... more
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Empowering Women Through ICT

Caroline Wamala
Kista; Stockholm: Spider – The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions; Stockholm University (2012), 72 pp.
"This publication covers five different projects carried out in six different locations. There were two projects in Bolivia, one focusing on empowering female indigenous leaders and the other provided female victims of domestic violence with a safe virtual environment where they could receive suppor ... more
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"Citizen Access to Information": Capturing the Evidence Across Zambia, Ghana and Kenya

Gerry Power, Samia Khatun, Klara Debeljak
In: The Handbook of Global Media Research
Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 245-275
"In this chapter, we argue that citizen access to information is a catalyst to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) [...] We examine how citizen access to information varies across a range of population sub-groups, different countries, and across a variety of topics and the exte ... more
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Reporting on Children: Is the Coverage Getting Any Better?

Ayabulela Poro, Sandra Banjac
Johannesburg: Media Monitoring Africa; Open Society Foundation for South Africa (2012), 27 pp.
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Adolescentes em conflito com a lei: Guia de referência para a cobertura jornalística

Brasilia: ANDI; Secretaria de Direitos Humanos da Presidência (2012), 134 pp.
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Home of Hope: Voicings, Whiteness, and the Technological Gaze

Yahui Zhang, Radhika Gajjala, Sean Watkins
Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 36, issue 3 (2012), pp. 202-221
"This article is an attempt to explore the issues of online representations of orphans in China and India in the intersection of power, voice, and placement. Textual and visual representations of orphans at www.homeofhopeindia.org and www.homeofhope.org are analyzed using the theoretical frameworks ... more
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Finding a Way: How Iranians Reach for News and Information. The Iran Media Program’s 2011-2012 Report on Media Consumption in Iran

Magdalena Wojcieszak, Briar Smith, Mahmood Enayat
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (2012), 46 pp.
"We find that among both the general population and the technologically savvy youth, television – and especially the state-controlled broadcaster – was among the most often used news sources (with the Internet being the most important news outlet for the youth). This finding is surprising given ... more
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Grassroots International Community Radio and Public Service Media: The Case of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavour)

Mary Wairimu Gatua, Michael Brown, Tracey Owens Patton
In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Radio
John Allen Hendricks (ed.)
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), pp. 38-49
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Child Safety Online: Global Challenges and Strategies

Florence: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (2012), 130 pp.
"The research explored children’s online behaviour, risks and vulnerability to harm, documenting existing preventive and protective measures to combat their online abuse and exploitation. The study draws on lessons from high- and middle-income countries, viewed through the lens of the dynamic that ... more
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Comunicación para una ciudadanía integral e intercultural: Memoria de los seminarios

La Paz: UNIR; Observatorio Nacional de Medios (ONADEM) (2012), 321 pp.
"El primer capítulo, 'Interculturalidad y comunicación intercultural', aborda fundamentos teóricos y debates contemporáneos sobre el tema; el segundo, 'Comunicación intercultural en Bolivia hoy', trata sobre la construcción pendiente - no extenta de contradicciones - sobre la interculturalidad ... more
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Representações midiáticas da pobreza: O programa "Esquenta!" e o reposicionamento do discurso sobre os pobres na TV brasileira

Francislanda Rodrigues Penha
Goiânia: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Master Thesis (2012), 229 pp.
"A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar a rede simbólica de enunciados construídos ao longo da história acerca das categorias pobre/pobreza e, mais precisamente, discutir os recentes discursos produzidos sobre esses grupos no âmbito da televisão brasileira, encontrando as continuidades e ... more
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Ojos que no ven: Cobertura mediática y género en las elecciones latinoamericanas

Beatriz Llanos
New York: ONU Mujeres (2011), 96 pp.
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Young People, Computers and the Internet in Niger

Gado Alzouma
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 277-292
"This article explores how computers and the Internet are represented among young, educated people in Niger and the social expectations that are attached to their use. It argues that pre-existing social and economic conditions play an important role in shaping the meanings associated with these devi ... more
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An Exploratory Investigation Into the Status of Reading Promotion Projects in South Africa

Sabelo Ransome Chizwina
University of Pretoria, Master Thesis (2011), 171 pp.
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Jugend und mediale Gewalt: Eine vergleichende Analyse in Deutschland und der Russischen Föderation

Michael C. Hermann (ed.)
Baden-Baden: Nomos, Ed. Fischer (2011), 193 pp.
"Fördern Gewaltdarstellungen in den Medien gewalttätiges Handeln Jugendlicher in der Realität? Diese zentrale Frage ist in der Medienwissenschaft bis heute umstritten. Die Autoren untersuchen den Zusammenhang der Mediennutzung Jugendlicher und deren Einstellungen zu Gewalt in Deutschland und in d ... more
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Trauma Journalism: On Deadline in Harm's Way

Mark H. Massé
New York; London: Continuum (2011), ix, 229 pp.
"The role of journalists in covering trauma and tragedy isn’t new. Witnessing acts of violence, destruction and terror has long been the professional responsibility of countless print and broadcast reporters and photographers. But what is new is a growing awareness of the emotional consequences of ... more