Vol. 28 No. 52 (2012): Media, empowerment and democracy in the global South

Editors: Poul Erik Nielsen (guest), Norbert Wildermuth (issue editor), Ursula Plesner (open section), Anne Mette Thorhauge (open section). Review editor: Anette Grønning. This issue is available by print on demand.

Published: 2012-06-21

Editorial

Editorial

Norbert Wildermuth, Poul Erik Nielsen

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Articles: Theme section

Models of and approaches to the station management of six African community radio broadcasters

Linje Manyozo, Goretti Nassanga Linda, Claudia Lopes

21 p.
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Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace

Anastasia Kavada

21 p.
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Wearing shades in the bright future of digital media: Limitations of narratives of media power in Egyptian resistance

Karin Gwinn Wilkins

13 p.
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Discourses of positionality and the challenges of democratization in the global south: The case of Nepal and Cameroon

Jacob Thorsen, Teke J Ngomba

19 p.
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Learning about “wicked” problems in the Global South. Creating a film-based learning environment with “Visual Problem Appraisal”

Loes Witteveen, Rico Lie

18 p.
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Moving mountains with mobiles: Spatiotemporal perspectives on mHealth in Nepal

Arul Chib, Faiz B. Mohd Irwan Law, Muhammad Nazran Ahmad, Nadia Bte Mohamed Ismail

15 p.
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The empowerment potential of public sector software (PSS)

Pradip Ninan Thomas

17 p.
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Articles: Open section

Facebook – selvfremstilling, small talk og social regulering [Facebook: Self representation, small talk, and social regulation]

Anne Scott Sørensen

21 p.
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Moralpolitik og marketing – Dansk Folkepartis brug af pressemeddelelser [Moral politics and marketing – The use of press releases by Dansk Folkeparti]

Orla Vigsø

20 p.
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Reviews

Annabelle Screberny & Gholam Khiabany: Blogistan. The Internet and Politics in Iran. London and New York: L.B. Tauris. 2010.

Stine Lomborg

4 p.
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Stephen Coleman & Karen Ross: The Media and the Public: ‘Them’ and ‘Us’ in Media Discourse. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.

Teke J Ngomba

4 p.
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Manuel Castells: Communication Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009.

Claus Munch

4 p.
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Clemencia Rodríguez, Dorothy Kidd & Laura Stein (eds.): Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere, Volume One: Creating New Communication Spaces. Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press. 2010.

Mark Allen Peterson

4 p.
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Beth Simone Noveck: Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, and Citizens More Powerful. Washington: Brookings Institution Press. 2009.

Inka Salovaara

4 p.
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Mia Consalvo & Charles Ess (eds.): The handbook of Internet Studies. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 2011. Jeremy Hunsinger, Lisbeth Klastrup & Matthew Allen (eds.): International Handbook of Internet Research. Dordrecht: Springer. 2010.

Jakob Linaa Jensen

4 p.
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Stanley Corkin: Starring New York: Filming the Grime and the Glamour of the Long 1970s. New York: Oxford University Press. 2011.

Rasmus Christian Andersen

4 p.
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