New arguments found ground after the revolution of Gutenberg and importance of
reading being elevated in comparison to addressing, delivering original hand
writings to masses by copying (Warschauer, 2007) and after centuries, reaching
the point of electronic literacy with many innovations. These arguments reached
a point suggesting that…[Read more]

New arguments found ground after the revolution of Gutenberg and importance of
reading being elevated in comparison to addressing, delivering original hand
writings to masses by copying (Warschauer, 2007) and after centuries, reaching
the point of electronic literacy with many innovations. These arguments reached
a point suggesting that…[Read more]

New media technologies have immense opportunities as well as challenges in
enriching teaching-learning processes which involve the teachers and the taught.
Undoubtedly, the effective use of new media technologies would depend on the
teaching faculty as they are the ones who have to become adept in innovative use
of new media technologies so as…[Read more]

New media technologies have immense opportunities as well as challenges in
enriching teaching-learning processes which involve the teachers and the taught.
Undoubtedly, the effective use of new media technologies would depend on the
teaching faculty as they are the ones who have to become adept in innovative use
of new media technologies so as…[Read more]

This paper seeks to study the changing relationship between news and public
policies. It would address the changing modes of reporting along with changes in
different strands in public policy, its instruments and actors. Conventional literature
in the field provides a broader perspective related to news and public policy. It is
claimed that…[Read more]

This paper seeks to study the changing relationship between news and public
policies. It would address the changing modes of reporting along with changes in
different strands in public policy, its instruments and actors. Conventional literature
in the field provides a broader perspective related to news and public policy. It is
claimed that…[Read more]

The work presented here is an exploratory and descriptive study under a
qualitative approach. It purposes was to show the use of television series, as a
means of teaching and learning professional ethics in communication
undergraduate students. Among the results we found two direct areas of impact:
teaching and learning. In the case of…[Read more]

In this digital age of online news, objective journalism is increasingly treated
as unnecessary, if not obsolete. In the liberal West, news portals can offer
different views to counter the political economic status quo proffered by
traditional hyper-commercial corporate media. In more authoritarian Asian
countries like Malaysia, “alternative”…[Read more]

I briefly survey the function of books, written artifacts, literary criticism and connoisseurship/curation in apocalyptic literature from Mary Shelley to Malka Older (with a nod to the Book of Revelation) and in contemporary Young Adult fiction and “cli-fi” — science fiction and fantasy centered around climate change, such as Kim Stanley…[Read more]

Spanish abstract: Un comentario sobre la resistencia al uso de las TICs y las redes sociales disponibles para promover un diálogo abierto y público en la Universidad pública española (más en concreto la de Zaragoza), en el contexto de las reformas de la educación superior en 2005. Y una reflexión sobre las inadecuadas nociones de servicio públic…[Read more]

Commercial interests invariably become entwined with making films, with reporting
the news and with other forms of information and entertainment. Pervasive mediagenerated gender and racial stereotypes distort cultural representations and
negatively impact users’ perceptions of society. As students learn to create various
forms of media, their…[Read more]

Commercial interests invariably become entwined with making films, with reporting
the news and with other forms of information and entertainment. Pervasive mediagenerated gender and racial stereotypes distort cultural representations and
negatively impact users’ perceptions of society. As students learn to create various
forms of media, their…[Read more]

This research explores how integrating course modality changes through blended
learning technologies impacts the framework of public speaking curriculum. Public
Speaking is a unique area of study, as it involves a large number of student
performances, requires a small class size, and incites increased communication
apprehension in students.…[Read more]

This research explores how integrating course modality changes through blended
learning technologies impacts the framework of public speaking curriculum. Public
Speaking is a unique area of study, as it involves a large number of student
performances, requires a small class size, and incites increased communication
apprehension in students.…[Read more]

This article draws on the challenges confronting community media in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria to propose a ‘rethink’ in media policy conception and the political processes for policy-making. It suggests an ‘ethical-political’ policy model as best suited to the contribution of community media towards sophistication in media policy discour…[Read more]

This article draws on the challenges confronting community media in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria to propose a ‘rethink’ in media policy conception and the political processes for policy-making. It suggests an ‘ethical-political’ policy model as best suited to the contribution of community media towards sophistication in media policy discour…[Read more]

The concept of social capital is quite complex and every scholar defined it differently. Taking into consideration the idea of social capital discussed by Robert Putnam, James Coleman, Michael Woolcock, etc. the current study has determined the variables affecting the social capital. These variables are demographics (social network, education…[Read more]

The concept of social capital is quite complex and every scholar defined it differently. Taking into consideration the idea of social capital discussed by Robert Putnam, James Coleman, Michael Woolcock, etc. the current study has determined the variables affecting the social capital. These variables are demographics (social network, education…[Read more]

Most of the research on the uses and effects of media focused on individuals rather than family systems. This shift in the approach to the study of children television viewing and parental mediation is considered as a meaningful approach and such a study on an empirical ground becomes a need of the hour in a country like India. The objective of…[Read more]

In India, the practice of permission-based SMS advertising is yet to evolve as a marketing practice and mobile users resist SMS advertising in its current format due to unauthorised spamming. Given this context, what factors constitute the acceptance or rejection of SMS advertising is still unclear. So, the study investigated the factors…[Read more]