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New Tunisian Cinema: Allegories of Resistance

Robert Lang
New York: Columbia University Press (2014), xxii, 380 pp.
"This book focuses on eight films by some of the nation's best-known directors, including Man of Ashes (1986), Bezness (1992), and Making Of (2006) by Nouri Bouzid, Halfaouine (1990) by Férid Boughedir, The Silences of the Palace (1994) by Moufida Tlatli, Essaïda (1997) by Mohamed Zran, Bedwin Hac ... more
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An Atlas of the Sahara-Sahel: Geography, Economics and Security

Paris: OECD (2014), 254 pp.
"Historically, the Sahara plays an intermediary role between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Commercial and human exchanges are intense and based on social networks that now include trafficking. Understanding their structure, geographical and organizational mobility of criminal groups and migra ... more
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Theorizing About Communication in India: Sadharanikaran, Rasa, and Other Tradtions in Rhetorics and Aesthetics

Keval J. Kumar
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 160-178
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Toward a Theory of African Communication

Joseph Oládèjo Fáníran
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 146-159
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Bongo Media Worlds: Producing and Consuming Popular Culture in Dar Es Salaam

Matthias Krings, Uta Reuster-Jahn (eds.)
Köln: Köppe (2014), 286 pp.
"In the wake of the transformation from a socialist to a neoliberal capitalist economy, Tanzania has witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of cultural production which went hand in hand with a steep rise in formal and informal media outlets. Bongo Media Worlds provides insights into the diverse a ... more
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Understanding the Media

Eoin Devereux
Los Angeles et al.: Sage, 3rd ed. (2014), xix, 329 pp.
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Media Aid Beyond the Factual: Culture, Development, and Audiovisual Assistance

Benjamin A. J. Pearson
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 17 pp.
"In this paper, I examine the aims and motivations behind the EU’s audiovisual assistance programs to countries in the Global South, using data from policy documents and semi-structured, in-depth interviews with program managers and administrative staff in Brussels. These programs prioritize forms ... more
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Caricaturistes: Fantassins de la démocratie

[Arles]: Actes Sud; Cartooning for Peace (2014), 415 pp.
"Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie est publié à l’occasion de la sortie du film-événement éponyme, co-écrit et produit par Radu Mihaileanu et réalisé par Stéphanie Valloatto, qui présente douze grands caricaturistes internationaux, reconnus pour leur courage et leur engagemen ... more
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The Integrity of the Image: Current Practices and Accepted Standards Relating to the Manipulation of Still Images in Photojournalism and Documentaty Photography

David Campbell
World Press Photo Academy (2014), 20 pp.
"The research is based on a survey of 45 industry professionals from 15 countries [...] The principal finding is that there is a de facto global consensus on how media organizations understand the manipulation ofimages. Manipulation is seen as involving material changes to an image through the addit ... more
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Uncommon Grounds: New Media and Critical Practices in North Africa and the Middle East

Anthony Downey (ed.)
London; New York: Tauris (2014), 359 pp.
"Examining the opportunities presented by the real-time generation of new, relatively unregulated content online, Uncommon Grounds evaluates the prominent role that new media has come to play in artistic practices – and social movements – in the Arab world today. Analysing alternative forms of c ... more
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A Clash Between Journalistic and Capitalist Values? How Advertisers Meddle in Journalists’ Decisions at the Nation Media Group in Kenya

Jacinta Mwende Maweu
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 1 (2014), pp. 27-42
"Grounded in the critical political economy of the media tradition, it is argued in the article that, in the highly commercialized media environment in Kenya today, market forces pose the greatest threat to media freedom and responsibility. Through in-depth qualitative interviews of twenty journalis ... more
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Commons: Für eine neue Politik jenseits von Markt und Staat

Silke Helfrich (ed.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag; Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 2nd ed. (2014), 526 pp.
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New Documentaries in Latin America

Vinicius Navarro, Juan Carlos Rodríguez (eds.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), x, 287 pp.
"Examining the vast breadth and diversity of contemporary documentary production, while also situating nonfiction film and video within the cultural, political, and socio-economic history of the region, this book addresses topics such as documentary aesthetics, indigenous media, and transnational fi ... more
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Der Buchmarkt in Slowenien

Steffen Hillebrecht
Erlangen: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Buchwissenschaft (2014), 24 pp.
"Die Faszination des slowenischen Buchmarkts ergibt sich aus mehreren Merkmalen. Zum einen handelt es sich europaweit gesehen um den kleinsten abgrenzbaren Buchmarkt, wenn man von Island absieht. Kleinstaaten wie Liechtenstein, Monaco oder San Marino gehören sprachlich zu dem größeren deutschen b ... more
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Citizen journalism footage im Dokumentarfilm: Demokratiefördernde Potenziale dokumentarischer Hybride

Laura-Johanne Zimmermann
Frankfurt am Main: Goethe Universität, Institut für Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft, Master Thesis (2014), 84 pp.
"Es lässt sich also feststellen, dass der Dokumentarfilm der Demokratie insofern zuträglich ist, da er seinen Schwerpunkt auf der Gewährleistung der Validierungs-, Orientierungs-, Informations-, Bildungs- und Sozialisationsfunktion hat, während das citizen journalism footage sich insbesondere da ... more
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Information for All: European Standards for Making Information Easy to Read and Understand

Brussels: Inclusion Europe (2014), 38 pp.
"These standards are to help people make their information easy to read and understand. We have made these standards as part of a project that took place in Europe. People from 8 European countries met several times to write these standards. The project which brought these people together was called ... more
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Puppetry for All Times: Papers Presented at the Bali Puppetry Seminar 2013

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof (ed.)
Singapore: Patridge (2014), 389 pp.
"The Puppetry for All Times Seminar held in September of 2013 in Ubud, Bali, was one of the most enchanting of events of its kind held anywhere in recent years. Its success revolved around the fantastic locale, the overwhelming response from performers as well as the paper presenters, and the genero ... more
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Philosophy Manual: A South-South Perspective

Paris; Rabat: UNESCO (2014), 243 pp.
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Mali oder das Ringen um Würde: Meine Reisen in einem verwundeten Land

Charlotte Wiedemann
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2014), 301 pp.
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Grundbegriffe der interkulturellen Kommunikation

Hamid Reza Yousefi
Konstanz: UVK (2014), 126 pp.