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Disinformation in Venezuela: Reflections in Times of Pandemic

Andrés Cañizález
Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB); ABediciones (2020), 87 pp.
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De-Constructing Participatory Communication and Civil Society Development in 2020: A Perspective Inspired by Paulo Freire

Thomas Tufte, Ana Cristina Suzina, César Jiménez Martínez
Commons: Revista de Comunicación y Ciudadanía Digital, volume 9, issue 2 (2020), pp. 48-78
"This article explores the “mindprint” of Paulo Freire upon processes of social change in Brazil, with a particular focus on how his liberating pedagogy has influenced practices of participatory communication and civil society development. In exploring the legacy of Freire, his work is approache ... more
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La UC y Canal 13: De la televisión experimental a la era digital

Patricio Donoso Ibañez, Ignacio Sánchez Díaz
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones UC (2020), 138 pp.
"La UC y Canal 13: de la televisión experimental a la era digital es un recorrido breve a través de la participación de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile en el inicio, institucionalización y evolución del Canal 13 de televisión. Este nace como una actividad experimental en un labora ... more
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"Communication for Change": Radio Sutatenza/Acción Cultural Popular, the Catholic Church, and Rural Development in Colombia during the Cold War

Mary Roldán
In: Itineraries of Expertise: Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America's long Cold War
Andra B. Chastain, Timothy W. Lorek (eds.)
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (2020), pp. 114-136
"In 1947 Father José Joaquín Salcedo laid the cornerstone of what would become, until its demise nearly a half century later, Latin America’s largest, Catholic, mass media-based education and community development network, the Radiophonic Schools of Radio Sutatenza and Acción Cultural Popular ( ... more
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Memorias: Conceptos, relatos y experiencias compartidas

Patricia Nieto (ed.)
Medellín: Fondo Editorial Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Antioquia; Hacemos Memoria (2020), 400 pp.
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Estudio: Medios de comunicación post crisis

Santiago de Chile: cadem (2020), 26 slides
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Media Activist Research Ethics: Global Approaches to Negotiating Power in Social Justice Research

Sandra Jeppesen, Paola Sartoretto (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xxiii, 276 pp.
"This book maps complex ethical dilemmas in social justice research practices in media and communication. Contributors critically analyse power dynamics that arise when building equitable research relations with media activists, social movements, and cultural producers, considering issues of access, ... more
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The Charismatic Gymnasium: Breath, Media and Religious Revivalism in Contemporary Brazil

Maria José A. de Abreu
Durham: Duke University Press (2020), xiv, 233 pp.
"In The Charismatic Gymnasium Maria José de Abreu examines how Charismatic Catholicism in contemporary Brazil produces a new form of total power through a concatenation of the breathing body, theology, and electronic mass media. De Abreu documents a vast religious respiratory program of revival pop ... more
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Libertad de expresión, libertad de prensa y acceso a la información: Hacia la Agenda 2030. Informe sombra sobre la implementación de la meta de desarrollo sostenible 16.10.01 en América Latina

Enrique Gasteazoro
Voces del Sur (2020), 69 pp.
"En 2019, se reportaron 2.521 alertas relacionadas con violaciones a la libertad de expresión, libertad de prensa y acceso a la información a lo largo de 8 países. VDS reportó 734 alertas de los mismos países en 2018. Tanto de manera regional como local, la información nos habla sobre un rápi ... more
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Situating Open Data: Global Trends in Local Contexts

Danny Lämmerhirt, Ana Brandusescu, Natalia Domagala, Patrick Enaholo (eds.)
Cape Town: African Minds (2020), xiii, 243 pp.
"This book provides empirical accounts to understand the situatedness of open data along the following themes: 1) open data practices; 2) the local implementation of global trends; and 3) open data ecosystems. Many chapters in this volume simultaneously address several of these themes. The thematic ... more
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Evaluación de necesidades de información en la ciudad de El Alto (Bolivia)

Fundación UNIR; Internews (2020), 61 pp.
"En El Alto funcionan cerca de 60 medios impresos, de radio y televisivos, además de media docena de portales digitales informativos. Los periodistas suman alrededor de 200, aunque la mayoría de ellos carecen de una relación laboral formal y desarrollan su trabajo en condición de productores ind ... more
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Information Needs Assessment of the City of El Alto (Bolivia)

La Paz: Fundación UNIR; Internews (2020), 61 pp.
"There are close to 60 operating print news media, radio and television stations in El Alto, in addition to a half dozen digital information portals. There are approximately 200 journalists in El Alto, but most of them lack formal labor contracts and perform their work as independent producers or co ... more
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Main Generic Frames in the Media Coverage of Environmental Popular Consultations in Colombia

Emy Osorio
Palobra, volume 20, issue 1 (2020), pp. 41-63
"Guided by the Framing Theory, this paper presents the final results of a content analysis performed on a group of news from three cases of environmental popular consultations in Colombia, aiming to find the main generic frames on them to understand how the debate was shaped within the Andean countr ... more
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Communicating Science: A Global Perspective
Deep Insights

Toss Gascoigne, Bernard Schiele, Joan Leach, Michelle Riedlinger, Bruce V. Lewenstein, Luisa Massarani, Peter Broks (eds.)
Canberra: Australian National University (ANU) Press (2020), xi, 982 pp.
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The Routledge Companion to Local Media and Journalism
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Agnes Gulyas, David Baines (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xxiii, 497 pp.
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The Routledge Companion to Disability and Media
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Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, Beth A. Haller, Rosemary Curtis (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xxvi, 423 pp.
"An authoritative and indispensable guide to disability and media, this thoughtfully curated collection features varied and provocative contributions from distinguished scholars globally, alongside next-generation research leaders. Disability and media has emerged as a dynamic and exciting area of c ... more
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Ciberactivismo, ejercicio de la ciudadanía y participación política en Internet

Edixela Burgos
Caracas: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) (2020), 198 pp.
"[...] El ciberactivismo emerge como una nueva forma de participación y movilización política, que pretende dinamitar los marcos de acción colectiva promoviendo la actuación de los ciudadanos dentro del espacio público. Dentro de la perspectiva de nuestra investigación, el ciberactivismo en C ... more
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Understanding Viral Communism: A Thematic Analysis of Twitter During Brazil’s 2018 Elections

Helton Levy, Claudia Sarmento
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 15, issue 1 (2020), pp. 19-36
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Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment

William G. Christie, Belinha S. De Abreu (eds.)
New York: Routledge (2020), 338 pp.
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Digital Activism, Community Media, and Sustainable Communication in Latin America

Cheryl Martens, Cristina Venegas, Etsa Franklin Salvio Sharupi Tapuy (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xxiii, 358 pp.
"This book brings together academic and activist work on community media, feminist, decolonial, and indigenous perspectives to digital activism, including Free and Open Communication in Latin America. The essays in this collection speak to major changes over the past decade that are reshaping digita ... more