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Catholics in the Movies

Colleen McDannell (ed.)
Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press (2008), xiv, 362 pp.
"Rather than being marginal to American popular culture, Catholic people, places, and rituals are all central to the world of the movie. Catholics in the Movies begins with an introductory essay that orients readers to the ways that films appear in culture and describes the broad trends that can be ... 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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Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy

Paula Chakravartty, Yuezhi Zhao (ed.)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2008), xi, 359 pp.
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M-Libraries: Libraries on the Move to Provide Virtual Access

Gill Needham, Mohamed Ally (eds.)
London: Facet Publishing (2008), lvii, 287 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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Introduction to Media and Politics

Sarah Oates
London: Sage (2008), ix, 230 pp.
"This highly accessible text compares media institutions and political experiences in countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, to enable students to think critically about the central questions in the study of media and politics. The book balances cont ... 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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Medien und Kommunikationsforschung im Vergleich: Grundlagen, Gegenstandsbereiche, Verfahrensweisen

Gabriele Melischek, Josef Seethaler, Jürgen Wilke (eds.)
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2008), 480 pp.
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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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World Press Trends 2008

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2008), 966 pp.
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Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected

Tara McPherson (ed.)
Cambridge: MIT Press (2008), ix, 258 pp.
"This volume examines the core issues that arise when digital media use results in unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. The contributors examine the complex mix of emergent practices and developments online and elsewhere that empower young users to function as drivers ... more
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Wanted, Dead or Alive: Media Frames, Frame Adoption, and Support for the War in Afghanistan

Jill A. Edy, Patrick C. Meirick
Journal of Communication, volume 57, issue 1 (2007), pp. 119-141
"This paper attempts to measure the impact of naturally occurring media frames on public support for a policy. Content analysis of network nightly news during late October of 2001 reveals that U.S. media framed the events of September 11 in terms of both war and crime. A concurrent survey of 328 Ten ... more
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Creating Powerful Radio: Getting, Keeping and Growing Audiences

Valerie Geller
Oxford: Focal Press (2007), xvi, 340 pp.
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Commerce in Culture: States and Markets in the World Film Trade

Andrew J. Flibbert
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xv, 229 pp.
"Commerce in Culture is an innovative study of how states have responded to the globalization of the film sector. Concerned with more than film content or substance, the book exposes the ongoing political and economic struggles that shape cultural production and trade in the world. The historical fo ... more
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Gute Medien - böser Krieg? Medien am schmalen Grat zwischen Cheerleadern des Militärs und Friedensjournalismus

Thomas Roithner et al.
Wien; Berlin: Lit; Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktforschung (2007), 176 pp.
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Von der Medienpolitik zur Media Governance?

Patrick Donges (ed.)
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2007), 268 pp.
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An Imperative to Innovate: Sustainable Journalism Training in Central and Eastern Europe. Final Report to the Knight Foundation

Aaron Presnall (ed.)
Washington, DC: Jefferson Institute (2007), 52 pp.
"Our analysis will proceed along the following lines. First, it will show how media development promotes market-based democracy. Second, it examines the particular role of Central and East European journalist training centers in media development. Third, we broaden the scope beyond fixed training ce ... more