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Media Theories and Approaches: A Global Perspective
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, corrected version (2021), xx, 339 pp.
Shattered Dreams and Lost Opportunities: A Year in the Fight to #KeepItOn
Access Now; #KeepItOn (2021), 34 pp.
"Access Now and the #KeepItOn Coalition documented at least 155 internet shutdown1 incidents around the world in 29 countries. When compared to 2018 and 2019, this is a lower number of shutdowns. However, the smaller number of shutdowns is not an indication of the lessened impact of a shutdown or an
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Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2021), xv, 239 pp.
"[This book] provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book offers an up-to-date, thorough overview o
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Pastoral Creativity Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Experiences
Deep Insights
Bangkog, Manila: Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication; Logos (Divine Word) Publications (2021), ix, 243 pp.
"The content of the book is organized into four sections. The first three sections are essays recounting real-world experiences of pastoral agents. These essays are roughly divided into three sub-groups. The first group of essays focus on the parish setting and the ministries that each parish attemp
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Measuring Digital Development: Facts and Figures 2021
Geneva: ITU (2021), iv, 26 pp.
"An estimated 4.9 billion people are using the Internet in 2021, according to latest estimates in this 2021 edition of Measuring Digital Development: Facts and figures. That means that roughly 63 per cent of the world’s population is now online – an increase of 17 per cent – with almost 800 mi
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Sustainability: Going Beyond the Buzzword
Deep Insights
Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome); MEDAS21 (2021), 31 pp.
"This paper aims to trace the social construct of sustainability in the context of media development and define what is to be sustained, at the level of the intervention (the process of change) or its outcome (the impact on the medium itself). It is intended for all those who are concerned, closely
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Handbook of Global Media Ethics
Cham: Springer (2021), xxxii, 1460 pp.
"The first handbook on global media ethics; provides a valuable resource for teaching media ethics in a global era; addresses all major approaches to global media ethics; contains contributions by leading, internationally recognized authors in the field of media ethics." (Publisher description)
"FIPP and paywall market leaders CeleraOne have carried out a survey to gauge the global state of affairs when it comes to digital subscription offerings by leading media companies in different countries. The results gathered from 95 publishers in 11 nations – Argentina, Canada, Finland, France, G
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What Keeps Fact-Checking Organizations Up at Night
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2021), 15 pp.
"One of the main challenges for fact-checkers seems to be to better and more effectively reach their audience. That means, on the one hand, improved skills and capacity to reach out to a specific group of followers, but also techniques to more efficiently use social media as an audience generation t
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The Global Expression Report 2021: The State of Freedom of Expression Around the World
Deep Insights
London: Article 19 (2021), 171 pp.
"The Global Expression Report is a global, data-informed, annual look at freedom of expression worldwide. With the benefit of data and hindsight, we take a look at 2020 – how this fundamental right fared, what the key trends were, and how global events affected its exercise. The Global Expression
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Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2021), xxiv, 459 pp.
"Today, a variety of gender-based threats and discrimination continue to characterize journalism. Both male and female journalists are prone to online and offline threats, casual stereotypes in their routine work, and discrimination (especially in terms of job opportunities, promotion, and pay-scale
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Reporting on Migrants and Refugees: Handbook for Journalism Educators
Key Guides
Paris: UNESCO (2021), xiv, 304 pp.
"This handbook enables journalism educators worldwide to address one of the challenges of the 21st century – migration and refugee matters. In a set of thirteen modules, journalism educators are provided with a comprehensive curriculum. It covers all aspects needed to train analysis, research, pre
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Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing It, and What Comes Next?
New York: Oxford University Press (2021), xii, 191 pp.
"Secularization has accelerated. From 1981 to 2007, most countries became more religious, but from 2007 to 2020, the overwhelming majority became less religious. For centuries, all major religions encouraged norms that limit women to producing as many children as possible and discourage any sexual b
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The Dignified Storytelling Handbook
Dignified Storytelling Alliance (2021), 119 pp.
"Each of us brings our own perspectives, personalities, and cultural backgrounds to the stories we consume or create. The Dignified Storytelling Handbook is not intended to prescribe a “one-fit” point of view for everyone – rather it seeks to offer tips and tools to help thoughtfully and criti
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Peace Journalism: A Tool Within Media Development?
Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome); MEDAS21 (2021), 27 pp.
"The role that the news media play in wartime has been an important topic in journalism scholarship. Peace journalism has become a popular concept in the study of the media’s role in conflicts in the early 21st century. This literature review seeks to determine whether peace journalism can be cons
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Minimum Data Consumption: How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and is it Affordable?
Deep Insights
World Bank (2021), 19 pp.
"The primary payment method for mobile internet usage in most developing countries is prepaid, with the amount tied to a specific volume of data usage. Data volume is therefore a useful yardstick to determine how much is needed to carry out important welfare enhancing activities online. For foundati
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Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2021), 74 pp.
"This report is the product of an effort to understand the scale and scope of “transnational repression,” in which governments reach across national borders to silence dissent among their diaspora and exile communities. Freedom House assembled cases of transnational repression from public source
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A Decade of Research on Hyperlocal Media: An International Approach to a New Media Model
Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, volume 11, issue 3 (2021), 12 pp.
"The growth of hyperlocal media has rekindled the ecosystem of local media in recent years. An international phenomenon, it has already been the subject of much study in the academy, despite it being a recent occurrence. This article deals with the literature review of scientific articles published
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Information at War: Journalism, Disinformation, and Modern Warfare
Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2021), x, 226 pp.
"In this book, Philip Seib, one of the world's leading experts on media and war, offers a probing analysis of the role of information in warfare from the Second World War to the present day and beyond. He focuses on some of the thorniest issues on the contemporary agenda: When untruthful and inflamm
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Regardless of Frontiers: Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World
Deep Insights
New York: Columbia University Press (2021), xxiv, 409 pp.
"This volume brings together leading experts from a variety of fields to critically evaluate the extent to which global norms on freedom of expression and information have been established and which actors and institutions have contributed to their diffusion. The contributors also consider ongoing a
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