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Pantallas, ecosistema de medios, TV, redes sociales, convergencia, transmedia, meta-medio, culturas participativas, nube, experiencias, consumo, ciudadanía, audiencias, usuarios y dispositivos móviles, entre otros elementos, constituyen la atmósfera de la era digital en la que se desenvuelve este libro.
Auscultando el presente, oteando el pasado, vislumbrando el futuro, los autores de esta obra analizan la metamorfosis de la TV en el nuevo escenario...
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When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century. This edition of McLuhan's best-known book both enhances its accessibility to a general audience and provides the full critical apparatus necessary for scholars. In Terrence Gordon's own words, "McLuhan is in full flight already in the introduction, challenging us to...
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Les médias sont un lieu de transit de nos visions du monde. Leurs discours et leurs contenus sont autant de traces des mondes sociaux des acteurs qui les produisent, les coconstruisent, les font circuler: journalistes, relationnistes, publics citoyens, etc. Dans cette perspective, nous considérons les discours médiatiques comme des archives sociales permettant à la fois d'étudier les marques de coopération de ces sources d'information et les...
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In The Complete Men School, Herlander Elias tells us the story of two journalists (Rafael Sterling and Roberta Wagner) who do together the best news report of their lives by disclosing a subculture of benefactors known as "The Complete Men School".
The plot progressively leads the reader into philosophical dialogues between a Master and his Apprentices who attend one of the secret 'Schools'. Rafael, the young protagonist, is longing for the elaboration...
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Many of us remember being forced to eat or drink something at the dinner table as children. Milk and Pea Oppression takes that experience to a whole new level, tying it in with the over-televised culture of a generation growing up with Tom and Jerry cartoons, Shrinky Dink commercials and Folgers Coffee. Through a humorous, touching and eye-opening narration, the author of Milk and Pea Oppression articulately explains how forcing someone to drink milk...
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¿Qué sucede cuando tu comunidad o familia normaliza el abuso y la violación? ¿Cómo enfrentar que se prioricen problemas como la escasez de maestros, comisarios, médicos o dirigentes por encima de tus derechos y dignidad?
Distintos lugares de la selva peruana evidencian las respuestas. Indiana, Mazán y Puinahua, en Loreto, y Nieva, en Amazonas, son cuatro distritos del Perú donde denunciar una violación sexual representa una traición a la...
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Since its original publication in 1987, Channels of Discourse has provided the most comprehensive consideration of commercial television, drawing on insights provided by the major strands of contemporary criticism: semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, genre theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, feminist criticism, and British cultural studies. The second edition features a new introduction by Robert Allen that includes a discussion...
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Articulating Dissent analyses the new communicative strategies of coalition protest movements and how these impact on a mainstream media unaccustomed to fractured articulations of dissent.
Pollyanna Ruiz shows how coalition protest movements against austerity, war and globalisation build upon the communicative strategies of older single issue campaigns such as the anti-criminal justice bill protests and the women's peace movement. She argues...
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Since 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts' writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper columns, along with select longer pieces. The book is arranged chronologically under three broad subject headings: "Waiting for Someday to Come," about children and family; "White Men Can't Jump (and Other Stupid Myths)," about race, gender, sexual orientation,...
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The media plays a crucial role in shaping a healthy and vibrant democracy. It is the backbone of any functioning democracy. This book evaluates the role of the news media in The Gambia, in a variety of contexts and the major constraints and challenges which prevent journalism from fulfilling these ideal roles, and the most effective policy interventions available to strengthen the contribution of the news media to both democratic governance and human...
31) Information War
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In Information War, former United States Information Agency employee Nancy Snow describes how U.S. propaganda efforts and covert operations are expanding more rapidly today than at any other time in U.S. history, as the Bush administration attempts to increase U.S. dominance by curbing dissent and controlling opinion. Snow lays out the propaganda techniques that the government uses to control dissent in the twenty-first century, spotlights the key...
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Despite the availability of the Internet, the library is still an important place for research. Through clear text and full-color photos, readers will learn how to conduct research in the library and the media center, as well as how to make the best use of their time. Activities will encourage familiarity with the library while fast facts and sidebars will help student grasp new concepts. A glossary reinforces new vocabulary, and a Further Reading...
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This book is a primer on media governance at a global level and the key influencing forces and organizations, such as ITU, WTO, UNESCO, WIPO, and ICANN. Governance oversees regulation, and questions addressed here include: Why do we regulate the various media at all? What currently are the major forms of global regulation, and how do they work? Who participates in, and who benefits from, media regulatory and governance structures? And what are the...
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We all relish a good scandal-the larger the figure (governor, judge) and more shocking the particulars (diapers, cigars)-the better. But why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage, and why do we so enjoy watching them, hurling our condemnations while savoring every lurid detail?
With "pointed daggers of prose" (The New Yorker), Laura Kipnis examines contemporary downfall sagas to lay bare the American...
35) Media Matters
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Learn to decipher what news is real and what's fake! Discover how to tell the difference between reliable and unreliable news sources. This 32-page nonfiction book covers important topics like democracy and truth. Perfect for use in the classroom or at-home learning to explore fake news, bias, and finding reliable sources. Includes a short fiction piece to help students relate to the topic and engaging text features such as a glossary, useful discussion...
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Journalism has been a profession for a long time, but as news sources move online, it's changing into a field that makes increasing use of social media and other tools. This informative volume will show would-be writers and reporters how online journalists use these tools to investigate and deliver news, and how they can learn how to do this themselves. History and examples of online journalism will pull readers in, and tips for recognizing good sources...
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"Los autores congregados en este libro hacen venturosas contribuciones para examinar la cultura digital. Desde diversas perspectivas, describen e incluso construyen metodologías propicias para la investigación en este campo {... } Las aleccionadoras indagaciones y las cimentadas certezas metodológicas que describen los ocho autores de este libro, la destreza con la que toman y reelaboran conceptos e instrumentos, la demostración de que los estudios...
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SUVs are the safest vehicle because they're so large-right? Wrong! That's the advertising pitch, but in 2000, they had the highest rollover rate (36%) of any vehicle type involved in fatal accidents. Yet two years later their safety myth was still so strong that one of four vehicles sold in the U. S. was an SUVThe world of spin we live in is full of such potentially hazardous illusions. We need to know if particular foods can hurt us with Salmonella...
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Building on rigorous research by the world-renowned Glasgow University Media Group, More Bad News From Israel examines media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact it has on public opinion.
The book brings together senior journalists and ordinary viewers to examine how audiences understand the news and how their views are shaped by media reporting. In the largest study ever undertaken in this area, the authors focus...
40) Reporter's Guide to Investigating War Crimes: A Global Investigative Journalism Network Resource
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Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
"The work done by investigative journalists in war zones has the power to truly make a difference and this guide is a vital tool for reporters who choose to bring our stories to light."
Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat Founder
"An invaluable toolbox for truth-seekers, 'GIJN Reporter's Guide to Investigating War Crimes' bolsters the integrity of journalism in war torn regions. This comprehensive manual not...
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