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Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy

Nancy Snow, Philip M. Taylor (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2008), xx, 382 pp.
"The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of public diplomacy and national image and perception management, from the efforts to foster pro-West sentiment during the Cold War to the post-9/11 campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of the Muslim world. Editors Nancy ... more
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The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning

Katie Salen (ed.)
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 278 pp.
"In the many studies of games and young people's use of them, little has been written about an overall “ecology” of gaming, game design and play—mapping the ways that all the various elements, from coding to social practices to aesthetics, coexist in the game world. This volume looks at games ... more
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Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media

Anna Everett
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2008), 197 pp.
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Global TV: Exporting Television and Culture in the World Market

Denise D. Bielby, C. Lee Harrington
New York: New York University Press (2008), xv, 259 pp.
"A reporter for the Los Angeles Times once noted that “I Love Lucy is said to be on the air somewhere in the world 24 hours a day.” That Lucy’s madcap antics can be watched anywhere at any time is thanks to television syndication, a booming global marketplace that imports and exports TV shows. ... more
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Youth, Identity, and Digital Media

David Buckingham (ed.)
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 206 pp.
"This volume the consequences of digital media use for young people's individual and social identities. The contributors explore how young people use digital media to share ideas and creativity and to participate in networks that are small and large, local and global, intimate and anonymous. They lo ... more
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Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics

Pamela Wilson, Michelle Stewart (eds.)
Durham: Duke University Press (2008), ix, 362 pp.
"Whether discussing Maori cinema in New Zealand or activist community radio in Colombia, the contributors describe how native peoples use both traditional and new media to combat discrimination, advocate for resources and rights, and preserve their cultures, languages, and aesthetic traditions. By r ... more
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Arab Media and US Policy: A Public Diplomacy Reset

Marwan M. Kraidy
Muscatine, IA: Stanley Foundation (2008), 14 pp.
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Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility

Miriam J. Metzger, Andrew J. Flanagin (eds.)
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 202 pp.
"This volume addresses the issue of credibility—the objective and subjective components that make information believable—in the contemporary media environment. The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable ... more
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Auslandsmedien

Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, issue 11 (2008), 38 pp.
"Breaking news überwinden dank Internet und Satellitenfernsehen in Sekundenschnelle Kontinente und Staatsgrenzen. Alles wird global verbreitet und kann in Blogs und Internetforen von jeder und jedem kommentiert werden. Längst nutzen auch totalitäre Staaten und global agierende Terroristen Medien ... more
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TV-Serien: Schreiben fürs Fernsehen

Pamela Douglas
Andrea von Struve; Petra Post (Übs.)
Frankfurt am Main: Zweitausendeins (2008), 240 pp.
"Serien zählen zum Spannendsten, was das Fernsehen zu bieten hat. Lost (läuft in 120 Ländern), 24, CSI, Desperate Housewives oder Grey‘s Anatomy werden mit derselben Sorgfalt geschrieben und so bildgewaltig inszeniert wie Kinoproduktionen. Einige laufen jahrelang, lassen Hundertmillionen von Me ... more
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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making

Roumeen Islam (ed.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.
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Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth

W. Lance Bennett (ed.)
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 206 pp.
"Young people today have grown up living substantial portions of their lives online, seeking entertainment, social relationships, and a place to express themselves. It is clear that participation in online communities is important for many young people, but less clear how this translates into civic ... more
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Media Democracy

Sajjad Malik
Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) (2008), 18 pp.
"Media democracy is a concept as well as an advocacy movement aiming at making the mainstream media more plural, and reflective of a broad set of ideas and opinions than churning out and propagating just routine socio-politico-economic news stories and articles in the name of news, information and e ... more
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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

Paula Chakravartty, Yuezhi Zhao (ed.)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2008), xi, 359 pp.
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Pop Culture with a Purpose! Using Edutainment Media for Social Change

Virginia Lacayo, Arvind Singhal
The Hague: Oxfam Novib (2008), 53 pp.
"This publication focuses on unique communication-centered approaches to social change and introduces basic concepts, strategies and theories supporting edutainment strategies to foster social change and social movement building. It provides examples of how the organizations have used edutainment st ... more
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Television Studies: The Key Concepts

Bernadette Casey, Neil Casey, Ben Calvert, Liam French, Justin Lewis
Abingdon: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2008), xiv, 345 pp.
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Deepening Our Understanding of the Effects of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building: Final Report

Steve Finkel et al.
Nashville, Tenn.; Pittsburgh: Vanderbilt University; University of Pittsburgh (2008), 102 pp.
"Does USAID’s democracy promotion program work? Although some prior studies have examined specific projects in individual countries, no prior effort has studied the question on a world-wide basis, and no prior study has encompassed the entire post Cold-War period. [...] In the first phase of that ... more
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Democracy or Polyarchy? US-Funded Media Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq Post 9/11

Michael J. Barker
Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 1 (2008), pp. 109-130
"This paper has demonstrated that the benefits for the general Afghan and Iraqi public derived from the ‘promotion of independent media’ by institutions like the NED are questionable, especially for parties interested in encouraging more deliberative or participatory forms of democracy. Instead, ... more
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Global Television: Co-Producing Culture

Barbara J. Selznick
Philadelphia: Temple University Press (2008), xi, 211 pp.
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The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

Jesper Strömbäck, Lynda Lee Kaid (eds.)
New York; Abingdon: Routledge (2008), xix, 450 pp.