Vol. 3 (2009)

Published: 2009-01-01

Articles

Glocalization Trends: The Case of Hiplife Music in Contemporary Ghana

Joseph Oduro-Frimpong

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Revitalizing the Public Airwaves: Opportunistic Unlicensed Reuse of Government Spectrum

Victor W. Pickard, Sascha D. Meinrath

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Mass Society, Mass Culture, and Mass Communication:The Meanings of Mass

Kurt Lang, Gladys Engel Lang

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Cyber HIV/AIDS Intervention in Singapore: Collective Promises and Pitfalls

T. E. Dominic Yeo

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Pornography’s Perceived Value for Homosexual and Heterosexual Consumers

Mark Cenite, Andrea Y. Goh, Melissa M. Say, Gerald W. J. Tan, Frederick K. T. Tong

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Visualizing Climate Change: Television News and Ecological Citizenship

Libby Lester, Simon Cottle

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Global Citation Patterns of Open Access Communication Studies Journals: Pushing Beyond the Social Science Citation Index

Nathaniel Poor

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Communicative Action's Democratic Deficit: A Critique of Habermas’s Contribution to Democratic Theory

Martín Plot

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The Effect of the State on the Evolution of Print Media

Guadalupe Aguado, José María Sanmartí, Raul Magallón

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A National Broadband Plan for Our Future: A Customer-Centric Approach

Gerald R. Faulhaber

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Barack Obama and Celebrity Spectacle

Douglas Kellner

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Brazilian-U.S. Communication Forum | Introduction

Vicki Mayer, Sonia Virginia Moreira

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Brazilian-U.S. Communication Forum | The Central Role of Broadcast Television in Brazil's Film Industry: The Economic, Political and Social Implications of Global Markets and National Concentration

Suzy dos Santos

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Brazilian-U.S. Communication Forum |Television Representations and Symbolic Reproduction of Inequality

Veneza Ronsini

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Brazilian-U.S. Communication Forum | Just War and Citizenship: Responses to Youth Violence

Jessica Fifield

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Brazilian-U.S. Communication Forum | Cultural Tropes and Discourse: Brazilians, French, and Americans Debate September 11, 2001

Laura Robinson

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The Importance of Interpersonal Discussion and Self-Efficacy in Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Models

Joyee S. Chatterjee, Anurudra Bhanot, Lauren B. Frank, Sheila T. Murphy, Gerry Power

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Transmedia Storytelling: Implicit Consumers, Narrative Worlds, and Branding in Contemporary Media Production

Carlos Alberto Scolari

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Reflections on the Academic Milieu of Media Studies

Bob Hanke

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Color Revolutions in Colored Lenses: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Russian Press Coverage of Political Movements in Ukraine, Belarus and Uzbekistan

Juyan Zhang, Shahira Fahmy

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Global Crises in the News: Staging New Wars, Disasters and Climate Change

Simon Cottle

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Multiple Meanings, Identities, and Resistances: Egyptian Rural Women’s Readings of Televised Family Planning Campaigns

Sahar Khamis

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Jester, Fake Journalist, or the New Walter Lippmann? Recognition Processes of Jon Stewart by the U.S. Journalistic Community

Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt

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Some Theoretical Foundations of Critical Media Studies: Reflections on Karl Marx and the Media

Christian Fuchs

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Global and Molecular Equity as Predictors of Comforting Communication in Romantic Relationships

David Dryden Henningsen, Mary Claire Morr Serewicz, Christopher Carpenter

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Protecting Local Culture in a Global Environment: The Case of Israel's Broadcast Media

Yaron Katz

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Globalization and Cultural Imperialism in Jamaica: The Homogenization of Content and Americanization of Jamaican TV through Programme Modeling

Nickesia Stacy Ann Gordon

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Idolizing and Monetizing the Public: The Production of Celebrities and Fans, Representatives and Citizens in Reality TV

Yngvar Kjus

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Blogging With Authority: Strategic Positioning in Political Blogs

David W. Park

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The Rise of Private Equity Media Ownership in the United States: A Public Interest Perspective

Matthew Crain

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Articulating a Chinese Commons: An Explorative Study of Creative Commons in China

Bingchun Meng

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U.S. and EU Privacy Policy: Comparison of Regulatory Approaches

Lauren B. Movius, Nathalie Krup

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Social Inequalities and the South African ICT Access Policy Agendas

Toks Dele Oyedemi

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Special Section on Media Reform | Introduction

Dan Berger, C. Riley Snorton

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Special Section on Media Reform | Defining Democracy: Coalition Politics and the Struggle for Media Reform

Dan Berger

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Special Section on Media Reform | New Beginnings: Racing Histories, Democracy and Media Reform

C. Riley Snorton

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Special Section on Media Reform | Media Reform, 2008's Presidential Election, and the Sportification of Politics

John L. Jackson

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Special Section on Media Reform | Understanding the Media Reform Movement

Robert McChesney

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Special Section on Media Reform | Mainstreams and Margins: A Critical Look at the Media Reform "Story"

Makani Themba-Nixon

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Special Section on Media Reform | Realistic Politics, Uncomfortable Knowledge: Living Creatively with Dissonance

Peter Dahlgren

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Trust and Trustworthiness in the Fourth and Fifth Estates

Richard Collins

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Development of Digital TV in Bulgaria: Opportunities and Problems

Elza Ibroscheva, Maria Raicheva-Stover

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Mobile Generations: The Role of Mobile Technology in the Shaping of Swedish Media Generations

Göran Bolin, Oscar Westlund

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Features

When Theorists Conspire: An Inter(re)view Between Mark Fenster and Jack Bratich

Jack Z. Bratich, Mark Fenster, Hye-Jin Lee

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Pushing Past The Walls: Media Literacy, the "Emancipated" Classroom, and a Really Severe Learning Curve

Adam W. Tyma

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Conversation with Francis Pisani: The Popular Custom Journalist Serving The Web

Samuel Martín-Barbero

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How to Find Out How to Do Qualitative Research

Howard S. Becker

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Bling Was a Bubble

Christopher Holmes Smith

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From Fermentation to Maturity? Reflections on Media and Communication Studies. An Interview with Todd Gitlin, Jostein Gripsrud & Michael Schudson

Helle Sjøvaag, Hallvard Moe

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Book Reviews

Joanna Page: Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema

John Cheney-Lippold

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Angela McRobbie: The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change

Jess Butler

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Bernard Finn & Daqing Yang (Eds.): Communication Under the Seas: The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications

Jonathan David Aronson

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Caroline Levine: Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts

Susana Bautista

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Sarah Nuttall: Beautiful/Ugly: African and Diaspora Aesthetics

Inna Arzumanova

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Anine Kierulf and Helge Rønning: Freedom of Speech Abridged? Cultural, Legal and Philosophical Challenges

Yana Breindl

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Ben Martin Irle: Convergence of Communications: Implications for Regulating Market Entry

Jonathan David Aronson

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China’s Subaltern and the Possibilities for Social Change

Cara Wallis

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Joseph Turow and Matthew McAllister (Eds.): The Advertising and Consumer Culture Reader

Christopher Anthony Chavez

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David Hesmondhalgh and Jason Toynbee (Eds.), The Media and Social Theory

Emily West

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Eric Eisenberg: Strategic Ambiguities: Essays on Communication, Organization and Identity

Sandra K. Evans

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Des Freedman: The Politics of Media Policy

Panayiota Tsatsou

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Susan D. Moeller: Packaging Terrorism: Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit

Fouad Touzani

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David L. Lange & H. Jefferson Powell: No Law: Intellectual Property in the Image of an Absolute First Amendment

Tabe Bergman

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Lisa Nakamura: Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet

Marcia Alesan Dawkins

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Vicki Mayer, Miranda J. Banks, & John Thornton Caldwell (Eds.): Production Studies: Cultural Studies of Media Industries

Eleanor Morrison

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Michael Schudson: Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press

Nikki Usher

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Monroe E. Price & Daniel Dayan (Eds.): Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China

Jeroen de Kloet

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Barbie Zelizer: Exporations in Communication and History

David W. Park

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Zoë Druick: Projecting Canada: Government Policy and Documentary Film at the National Film Board

Michelle Kelley

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Lynn Spigel: TV By Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television

Nadja Millner-Larsen

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Susan Wise Bauer: The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America

Zohar Kampf

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John Hartley: Television Truths: Forms of Knowledge in Popular Culture

Milly Buonanno

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Hsin-I Cheng: Culturing Interface: Identity, Communication, and Chinese Transnationalism

Joseph Tse-Hei Lee

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Eva Illouz: Saving the Modern Soul: Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help

Louise Woodstock

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Stanley Fish: Save the World on Your Own Time

Ryan Gillespie

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Jeff Himpele: Circuits of Culture: Media, Politics, and Indigenous Identity in the Andes

Jade Miller

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Yvonne Tasker & Diane Negra: Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture

Inna Arzumanova

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Richard Butsch: The Citizen Audience: Crowds, Publics and Individuals

Toby Miller

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Jim Rossignol: This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities

Cuihua Shen

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Milly Buonanno: The Age of Television: Experiences and Theories

John Hartley

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Diane Negra: What a Girl Wants? Fantasizing the Reclamation of Self in Postfeminism

Shawna Kidman Feldmar

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Reviewing Global Journalism Studies: Three Books and a Look at the Future

Nikki Usher

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Jeremy Packer: Review of Mobility without Mayhem: Safety, Cars and Citizenship

Steve Macek

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