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Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution
Deep Insights
New York: Peter Lang (2010), xi, 373 pp.
"Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution draws together the work of over twenty leading international writers, journalists, theorists and campaigners in the field of peace journalism. Mainstream media tend to promote the interests of the military and governments in their coverage of warfare. T
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The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online
New York: Columbia University Press (2009), xv, 302 pp.
Tiempos de cambio: Política y comunicación en América Latina
Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) (2009), 226 pp.
Poverty in the Media: Being Seen and Getting Heard
York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) (2009), 39 pp.
"Public understanding of poverty in the UK is limited. The media can give people with experience of poverty the opportunity to present their views, experiences and opinions, which can help to inform and create a groundswell of public opinion supporting efforts to tackle poverty. This study focuses o
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Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
Key Guides
Wageningen; The Hague; Amsterdam: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA); Royal Tropical Institute (KIT); International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2009), xi, 321 pp.
"This is a practical and well structured manual aiming to use self-evaluation for organisational learning. The book consists of four parts. "The evaluation context" introduces the role of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment as part of the project cycle logic. "The evaluation process" descri
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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives
New York: Peter Lang (2009), xii, 277 pp.
Digital Media in Conflict-Prone Societies
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 38 pp.
"Much violent conflict today takes place in or near civilian populations with access to global information networks, so the information gathered by various parties to conflict may potentially be distributed in real time around the globe. The ability to communicate, and to produce and receive diverse
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The Role of New Media in the 2009 Iranian Elections
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 7 pp.
Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2009), 117 pp.
iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
Deep Insights
London: Hurst (2009), 358 pp.
"The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. While these electronic interfaces appear new and innovative in terms of how the media is applied, much of their content has a basis in cla
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The Promise of Ubiquity: Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
Deep Insights
Paris: Internews Europe (2008), 89 pp.
"There have been an estimated 3.8 billion mobile phones in the world in 2008 and most of the growth has been taking place in the Global South. 15 million people in Africa now individually own mobile phones but do not have access to a TV at home. A higher percentage of Kenyans use mobile commerce tha
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New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.
"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine
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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone
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Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking
Paris: OECD (2007), 124 pp.
"Drawing on an expanding array of intelligent web services and applications, a growing number of people are creating, distributing and exploiting user-created content (UCC) and being part of the wider participative web. This study describes the rapid growth of UCC and its increasing role in worldwid
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Le journalisme à l'ère électronique
Key Guides
Paris: Librairie Vuibert (2007), 247 pp.
"Destiné tant aux étudiants en journalisme qu'aux professionnels désireux de coller à l'actualité de leur métier, ce livre propose un diagnostic précis de la crise journalistique et des méthodes pragmatiques pour adapter les technologies de l'information aux exigences les plus urgentes de ce
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Online-Communities als soziale Systeme: Wikis, Weblogs und Social Software im E-Learning
Münster: Waxmann (2007), 223 pp.
Media Communities
Münster; New York: Waxmann (2006), 342 pp.
"This book analyzes the different ways in which media are being used for community building and it also critically interrogates the concept of community itself. The authors do that from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from fundamental philosophical questions regarding community, to the
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Nonprofit Internet Strategies: Best Practices for Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley (2005), 345 pp.
"Nonprofit Internet Strategies offers every charitable organization the opportunity to analyze their options and select the appropriate strategy to integrate traditional marketing, communications, and fundraising practices with their online efforts. It is an excellent how-to guide--a practical manua
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