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Anne Garbutt, Alison Napier, Vera Scholz, Nigel Simister
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Jorge L. Catalá-Carrasco, Paulo Drinot, James Scorer (eds.)
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Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2017), 456 pp.
"Das Handeln von Fotojournalisten in Konflikten stellt einen bisher wenig beachteten Teilbereich des Auslands- und Konfliktjournalismus dar. Felix Koltermann wirft erstmals in Form einer vergleichenden Kommunikatorstudie einen differenzierten Blick auf journalistisches Handeln internationaler, israe ... more
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Guide to the Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) Framework

Grahamstown; Oxford: African Journals Online (AJOL); International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2017), 10 pp.
"Journals in the developing world face challenges in becoming known and respected in the international research landscape. Since 1998 the Journals Online project has established a network of local journal platforms to help Southern journals gain an online presence and increase their global visibilit ... more
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La importancia de la imagen en el periodismo: El fotoperiodismo y los conflictos terroristas

Óliver Hernández Barroso
La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna, Thesis (2017), 53 pp.
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Sustainable Development Goals in the Asian Context

Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2017), xxiv, 174 pp.
"Chapters are extended works of papers presented at Communication/Culture and The Sustainable Development Goals (CCSDG): Challenges for a New Generation, an international conference held in Chiang Mai University in December 2015. The chapters address assessments of Millennium Development Goals in se ... more
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Programme Indicators

Nigel Simister
INTRAC (2017), 4 pp.
"Some programme indicators are designed to be collected at programme level. Others are designed to capture, summarise or aggregate information collected at project or partner level. It is important to clarify how information on indicators is transmitted between different levels of a programme." (Int ... more
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Die Regeln für leichte Sprache

Netzwerk Leichte Sprache; Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung Bremen (2017), 38 pp.
"Viele Menschen verstehen schwere Sprache nicht. Das ist zum Beispiel schwere Sprache: Fremd-Wörter, Fach-Wörter, Lange Sätze. Darum gibt es Leichte Sprache. Leichte Sprache verstehen alle besser. Leichte Sprache hilft vielen Menschen. Zum Beispiel: Menschen mit Lern-Schwierigkeiten, Menschen mit ... more
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The Publishing Industry in Africa and its Role in Education and Economic Growth, Yaoundé (Republic of Cameroon), November 22 and 23, 2017: Action Plan Publishing Industry and Access to Educational Material

Yaoundé: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2017), 8 pp.
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Immediations: The Humanitarian Impulse in Documentary

Pooja Rangan
Durham: Duke University Press (2017), xiv, 254 pp.
"Endangered life is often used to justify humanitarian media intervention, but what if suffering humanity is both the fuel and outcome of such media representations? Pooja Rangan argues that this vicious circle is the result of immediation, a prevailing documentary ethos that seeks to render human s ... more