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Ibero-American Television Fiction Observatory Obitel 2014: Transmedia Production Strategies in Television Fiction
Porto Alegre: Sulina; Globo Comunicação e Participações (2014), 536 pp.
"The structure of this Yearbook is divided in three parts. The first part is an introduction chapter that makes a comparative synthesis of fiction in Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that allows us to observe fiction development in each countr
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Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through pers
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Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications Surveillance in the Digital Age
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2014), 283 pp.
"This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approaches the issue from a different perspective. Some analy
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Community Media and Civil Society: Lessons from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Doctoral Thesis (2014), vi, 518 pp.
"This dissertation explores the role of community media in democratic civil society governance through an examination of participatory communications under socialist administrations in Latin America, with a primary focus on the Bolivarian government of Venezuela. In so doing, it seeks to establish a
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El cine comunitario en América Latina y el Caribe
Deep Insights
Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2014), 534 pp.
Comunicación política & campañas electorales en América Latina
Buenos Aires et al.: Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Ciencias Electorales (ALICE) (2013), 442 pp.
"Esta primera década del siglo XXI, en la que se ha consolidado internet, ha sido escenario de profundos cambios en la concepción de las estrategias de comunicación política, que se han reflejado en el diseño de las campañas electorales. Las nuevas formas de comunicación que han surgido en in
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.
"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre
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Latin American Television Industries
London: British Film Institute (bfi); Palgrave Macmillan (2013), 205 pp.
"John Sinclair and Joseph D. Straubhaar provide a comprehensive account of television production, distribution and reception in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Latin American countries, showing how Mexican and Brazilian programmes have dominated in the region, and placing regional output in the con
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Sostenibilidad de las radios comunitarias: Una mirada a las fuentes de financiamiento
Opción, volume 29, issue 71 (2013), pp. 107-124
"El presente artículo tiene como objetivo describir las fuentes de financiamiento manejadas para la sostenibilidad de las radios comunitarias del municipio Maracaibo, tomando como base los postulados de Lamas (2003); a través de un estudio descriptivo, usando como técnica de recolección de infor
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Zapping TV: El paisaje de la tele latina
Deep Insights
Bogotá: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Centro de Competencia en Comunicación para América Latina (2013), 331 pp.
Ibero-American Television Fiction Observatory Obitel 2013: Social Memory and Television Fiction in Ibero-American Countries
Porto Alegre: Sulina; Globo Comunicação e Participações (2013), 523 pp.
"The first part, “Fiction in the Ibero-American Space”, presents a comparative synthesis of fiction in the Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that allows to observe the development of fiction in each country, highlighting their main producti
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Dossier Medien und Macht in Lateinamerika
Berlin: Lateinamerika-Nachrichten (2013), 35 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a
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Tightening the Grip: Concentration and Abuse of Power in Chávez's Venezuela
New York: Human Rights Watch (2012), 133 pp.
"The human rights situation in Venezuela has become more precarious since 2008, when Human Rights Watch released its last report on Venezuela, A Decade Under Chávez. The pro-Chávez majority in the National Assembly has passed legislation expanding the government’s powers to limit free speech and
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Cine latinoamericano: Producción y mercados en la primera década del siglo XXI
Buenos Aires: Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos (DAC) (2012), x, 346 pp.
Learning with Community Media: Stories from the Commonwealth and Latin America
Deep Insights
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), viii, 148 pp.
"This publication provides readers with fresh insights into the practice of participatory educational communication. The first section explores the educational potential of community media, reaching from participatory radio campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa to school radios in Brazil. The second secti
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi
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