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Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed a data management system as a project to CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research) 35 years ago, in March 1989 (Berners Lee, 1989). He had [...]

Storytelling forms one of the most ancient, if not the most ancient, processes of human civilization. It signals human culture as much as any fossil record of tools or plant [...]

1. Introduction When Pope Francis issued the encyclical letter Laudatio Si' on May 24, 2015, he both advanced Catholic social teaching and attracted world-wide attention with a letter addressed to [...]

Puppis, Manuel and Christopher Ali (Eds.). Public Service Media's Contribution to Society: RIPE@2021. Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, 2023. Pp. v, 324. ISBN 978-91-88855-74-9 (paper) SEK 200; 978-9188855-75-6 (PDF) free download [...]

It all began with an algorithm or, perhaps, with the problem that led to the algorithm. How can we find relevant things online? Thinking of academics checking citations, Larry Page [...]

Zylinska, Joanna with Goldsmiths Media (Eds.). The Future of Media. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2022. Pp. viii, 387. ISBN 978-1-913380-14-4 (paper) 30 [pounds sterling]; 978-1-913380-13-7 (eBook, OER options). https://www .gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-press/publications/the-future-of-media/ Perhaps [...]

The article focuses on the historical and evolving role of media figures, particularly social media influencers, in shaping public opinion and behavior. Topics include the development of theories of influence, such as opinion leadership and two-step flow communication; the transformation of influence through social media platforms and technologies; and contemporary studies on influencers, exploring their marketing strategies, ethical concerns, and impact across various sectors.

Epstein, Marcia Jenneth. Sound and Noise: A Listener's Guide to Everyday Life. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2020. Pp. xx, 388. ISBN 978-0-2280-0388-5 (cloth) 43.95CAD; 978-0-2280-0449-3 (EPDF); 978-0-2280-0450-9 (EPUB) [...]

In the United States, the year 2020 marks the centenary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, bringing to fulfillment [...]

Trappel, Josef (Ed.). Digital Media Inequalities: Policies against Divides, Distrust, and Discrimination. Goteborg, Sweden: NORDICOM, 2019. Pp. 288. ISBN 978-91-88855-10-7 (paper) 280, 00 kr, 28 [euro]; 97-891-88855-11-4 (pdf). The publication [...]

Richardson, Allissa V. (2020). Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, & the New Protest #Journalism. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xxiii, 268. ISBN 9780190935528 (cloth) $110.00; 9780190935535 (paper) [...]

Patton, Paul D. and Robert H. Woods, Jr. Everyday Sabbath: How to Lead your Dance with Media and Technology in Mindful and Sacred Ways. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021. Pp. [...]

Karasick, Adeena. Massaging the Medium: Seven Pechakuchas. Forest Hills, NY: Institute of General Semantics, 2022. Pp. xii, 160. ISBN 978-1-970164-14-5 (paper), $20.00. This latest book from Adeena Karasick combines her [...]

For many people popular culture offers a starting point for their attempts to understand the world and God. Much religious reflection begins, in Anselm's words, as 'faith seeking understanding.' Though [...]

Von der Lippe, Berit, and Rune Ottosen (Eds.). Gendering War and Peace Reporting: Some Insights--Some Missing Links. Goteborg: Sweden: NORDICOM, 2016. Pp. 278. ISBN: 978-91-87957-42-0 (paper) 280,00 kr; 32,00 [euro]; [...]

1. Introduction As an area of study, nonverbal communication appears to labor under two problems of definition. The 'nonverbal' label defines the area negatively: that communication which occurs without words. [...]

Most academic studies of storytelling have their roots in narrative studies and literature, as such areas direct specific attention to this central human practice. While early studies focused on texts--novels, [...]

Robertson, Craig. The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2021. Pp. ix-xii, 313. ISBN 978-1-5179-0945-1 (cloth) $112.00; 978-15179-0946-8 (paper) $ 27. 95 [...]

Iheka, Cajetan. African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2021. Pp. xiii, 322. ISBN 978-1 4780-1381-5 (cloth) $104.95; 978-1-4780-1474-4 (paper) $27.95. Cajetan Iheka layers two [...]

Communication has long served religious purposes--in oral discourse, written texts (especially the Bible), religious art, sacred music, and even film and television--but more recently it also challenges religion and religious [...]

Raven, James. What is the History of the Book? Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2018. Pp. x, 191. ISBN 9780745641614 (cloth) $59.95; 9780745641621 (paper) $19.95; 9781509523214 (eBook) $19.95. The last book [...]

Carlsson, Ulla and Reeta Poyhtari (Eds.). The Assault on Journalism: Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression. Goteborg: Sweden: NORDICOM, 2017. Pp. 3 78. ISBN 978-91-87957-50-5 (paper) 280 kr, [euro]30. [...]

This Keynote address from the 23rd annual convention of the Media Ecology Association in Rio de Janeiro marked the presentation of The Walter J. Ong Award for Career Achievement in Scholarship. The address explores how Ong approached his own scholarship and how that scholarship offers a method for media ecology research. Rather than to propose a system, Ong instead suggests a method to find one's way through problems of communication and knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Squire, Jason E. (Ed.). The Movie Business Book (fourth edition). New York: Routledge (A Focal Press Book), 2017. Pp. xxiii, 628. ISBN 978-1-138-65627-7 (cloth) $114.75; 978-1-138-65629-1 (paper) $38.21. Where many [...]

1. Introduction Soap operas have held a place of interest both in popular broadcasting and in communication research for over 70 years. A genre begun in the United States and [...]

Olsson, Tobias (Ed.). Producing the Internet: Critical Perspectives of Social Media. Goteborg, Sweden: NORDICOM, 2013. Pp. 259. ISBN 978-91-86523-59-6 (paper) 250,00 kr, 28.00 [euro]. (Also available as a PDF download [...]

Kotilainen, Sirkku and Reijo Kupiainen (Eds.). Reflections on Media Education Futures: Contributions to the Conference Media Education Futures in Tampere, Finland 2014. (International Clearinghouse on Children & Media Yearbook 2015). [...]

Bastiansen, Henrik G. and Rolf Werenskjold. (Eds.). The Nordic Media and the Cold War. Goteborg, Sweden: NORDICOM, 2015. Pp. 366. ISBN 978-9187957-15-4 (paper) 280,00 kr; 32 [euro]. NORDICOM has again [...]