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Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue

Ulla Carlsson, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom; UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (2013), 416 pp.
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Baseline Media Content Analyses. Under Project: Raise Media Awareness and Understanding of Nutrition Issues in Bangladesh

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How the people of Pakistan live with climate change and what communication can do

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Qissa and Popular Hindi Cinema

Anjali Gera Roy
In: Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts
Lina Khatib (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), pp. 183-194
"While acknowledging the contribution of the dominant Hindi Sanskritic narrative tradition to the shaping of popular Hindi cinema, this chapter aims to explore the alternative narrative streams that have governed storytelling in Hindi films, particularly the Perso-Arabic legacy of the qissa and dast ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2013: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia

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Shades of Expression: Online Political Journalism in the Post-Colour Revolution Nations

Simon Gwyn Roberts
Chester: University of Chester Press (2013), xi, 188 pp.
"This book captures a snapshot of the contemporary role of online journalism in rapidly evolving post-Soviet, post-Colour Revolution political environments, exploring the wider journalistic and political context alongside the use and influence of online news sites. In particular, it aims to fill a g ... more
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Media in a Transitioning Nepal: Does Expansion Translate to Pluralism?

Nirmal Rijal, Jo Tacchi
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Die Lage der Bistumspresse: Ein Blick über die Grenze. Kirchenzeitungen in Poona, Gitega und Leitmeritz

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Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives

Stephen J. A. Ward (ed.)
Walden, Mass.; Oxford: Wiley Blackwell (2013), 326 pp.
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Western Balkans and Turkey Media and Freedom of Expression Fact-Finding and Scoping Study

Bjørn Erichsen, Rita Naseniece, Dušan Reljic, Günter Seufert, Aleksandra Tomanic, Isabela Uribe
European Commission; Particip (2013), 104 pp.
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Public Diplomacy in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 Transition: Lessons from the United States and the Netherlands

Jorrit Kamminga
The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' (2013), 25 pp.
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Digital Plans and Reality: Switchover in Russia and Other CIS Countries

Andrei Richter
IRIS Plus (European Audiovisual Observatory), issue 2013-1 (2013), pp. 3-23
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Global eBook: A Report on Market Trends and Developments

Rüdiger Wischenbart
Carlo Carrenho; Veronika Licher; Miha Kovac; Vinutha Mallya (contrib.)
O'Reilly, revised and updated ed. (2013), 111 pp.
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Sustainable Development and Green Communication: African and Asian Perspectives

Jan Servaes (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xvii, 220 pp.
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More Than a Belated Gutenberg Age: Daily Newspapers in India. An Overview of the Print Media Development Since the 1980s, Key Issues and Current Perspectives

Nadja-Christina Schneider
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 3, issue 2 (2013), 25 pp.
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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts

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Exploring the Diegesis of the Haridasi Kirtan: A Critical Study

Sanjay Ranade
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 22-32
"It is argued that to identify an Indian theory of communication Rasa and Dhvani experience must be studied in multimedia and multicultural contexts of the contemporary media universe and that such a theory shall emerge better from an in depth study of Indian folk media. The study explores the world ... more
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Web Radio: A Manual for Streaming Audio on the Web
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Zahir Koradia
New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2013), x, 60 pp.
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Memory, Conflict and New Media: Web Wars in Post-Socialist States

Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor, Vera Zvereva (eds.)
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