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Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 273 pp.
"Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition is the first comparative study of professional journalists working in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The book presents a range of insider perspectives, offering a valuable insight into the nature of jo
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Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia
Deep Insights
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2018), xiv, 353 pp.
"The model of journalism we practice in Asia is an adversarial one driven by conflict reporting, a model we have borrowed from the West. This book is an outcome of a project implemented by the Faculty of Communication Arts of Chulalongkorn University and funded by the International Program for the D
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Sociología de la imagen: Miradas ch'ixi desde la historia andina
Buenos Aires; La Paz: Tinta Limón Ediciones; Plural Editores, 2nd ed. (2018), 350 pp.
Comparative Media Studies in Africa: Challenges and Paradoxes
In: The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 195-211
"Drawing on previous work on the role of the media in the democratization processes of the Lusophone African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe), this chapter addresses the challenges and paradoxes of conducting comparative research focused on cont
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De-Centring Western Enlightenment: Revisionist Histories, Contestation and Communication Theory
Javnost: The Public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-440
Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2018), xix, 334 pp.
"This volume explores how societies are addressing challenging questions about the relationship between expression, traditional and societal values, and the transformations introduced by new information communications technologies. It seeks to identify alternative approaches to the role of speech an
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Culture and Crisis Communication: Transboundary Cases from Nonwestern Perspectives
New York: Wiley (2017), xxix, 376 pp.
"Culture and Crisis Communication presents an examination of how politics, culture, religion, and other social issues affect crisis communication and management in nonwestern countries. From intense human tragedy to the follies of the rich, the chapters examine how companies, organizations, news out
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Handbuch Postkolonialismus und Literatur
Stuttgart: Metzler (2017), ix, 459 pp.
"Das Handbuch bietet erstmals einen umfassenden interdisziplinären Überblick über die postkoloniale Theorie und Forschung in den Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften. Es verbindet die Einführung in das Thema mit einer kritischen Zwischenbilanz zu diesem internationalen Forschungsfeld. Auf einen T
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Habermas in Africa? Re-Interrogating the “Public Sphere” and “Civil Society” in African Political Communication Research
"The public sphere and its associated concept of civil society are frequently cited as representative models for media and political communication in Africa, with little critical reflection on their historical and cultural specificity. In this uncritical narrative of “Habermas in Africa”, the pu
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Global Perspectives on Intercultural Communication
New York; London: Routledge (2017), vii, 376 pp.
"What is intercultural communication? How does perspective shape a person’s definition of the key tenets of the term and the field? These are the core questions explored by this accessible global introduction to intercultural communication. Each chapter explores the topic from a different geograph
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(Re)imagining African Independence: Film, Visual Arts and the Fall of the Portuguese Empire
Oxford et al.: Peter Lang (2017), xvi, 287 pp.
"The fortieth anniversary of the independence of the African countries colonized by Portugal presents a valuable opportunity to reassess how colonialism has been «imagined» through the medium of the moving image. The essays collected in this volume investigate Portuguese colonialism and its filmic
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"This chapter presents an overview of non-Western communication theories for cross-cultural and intercultural research. The chapter specifically focuses on selected Afrocentric and Asiacentric theories of communication because they represent communication theories whose ideas and insights spring fro
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Spaces of Resistance in the De-Westernization of Journalism Curricula Narrative in Post-1994 South Africa
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 9, issue 3 (2017), pp. 415-433
"Since 1994, the call to de-westernize journalism education and training curricula has been a major narrative in South Africa’s transformation discourses. Journalism education and training institutions have responded to this call by holding conferences, colloquia, seminars and symposia to try and
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Comunicación, Decolonialidad y Buen Vivir
Quito: CIESPAL (2016), 552 pp.
Postcolonial Studies Meets Media Studies: A Critical Encounter
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2016), 262 pp.
"The book brings together experts from Media and Communication Studies with Postcolonial Studies scholars to illustrate how the two fields may challenge and enrich each other. Its essays introduce readers to selected topics including »Media Convergence«, »Transcultural Subjectivity«, »Hegemony
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Mächtige Bilder: Zur Dekolonisierung des Blicks in der angolanischen Fotografiegeschichte
Fotogeschichte, volume 36, issue 141 (2016), pp. 15-24
"Im Folgenden gebe ich zunächst einen kurzen historischen Überblick über die bedeutsamen Genres und Momente der angolanischen Fotografiegeschichte, bevor ich mich ausgewählten Beispielen der rezenten künstlerischen Fotografie intensiver widme. Beides ist wichtig, um zu verstehen, wie in Angola
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The Caribbean Oral Tradition: Literature, Performance, and Practice
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxvii, 201 pp.
"The book uses an innovative prism of interorality that powerfully reevaluates Caribbean orality and innovatively casts light on its overlooked and fundamental epistemological contribution into the formation of Caribbean philosophy. It defines the innovative prism of interorality as the systematic t
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Chinese War Correspondents: Covering Wars and Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 204 pp.
"(1) How do Chinese journalists perceive their roles and practices in conflict zones outside China? (2) How do they cover armed conflicts overseas? (3) Who are the actors, and how do they influence Chinese war correspondence? (4) Do the Chinese news media practice peace or war journalism? To answer
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Ubuntu Journalism and Nation-Building Magic
Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 30, issue 5 (2016), pp. 728-744
"This article explores ideas around nation building, as constructed through the ethos as well as practice of ubuntu journalism. We make the argument that by invoking ubuntu as an underlying ethos for a reporting ethic and practice, the news media contribute to a magical idea of nationhood and nation
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