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This book offers the first analysis on public policies in Media, information and computer literacy in Europe.It assesses the available training in and resources for primary and secondary schools, the funding mdevoted to it (or lack thereof), the participation of civil society and the means and measure to evaluate hese literacies across 29 countries. The chapters are representative of national and regional diversity within Europe, each one being written by three authors from different European countries in what is a truly collaborative project based on qualitative comparative analysis.Overall, the book offers a unique map of the actual media education policies that exist within Europe.

The concept of the audience is changing. In the twenty-first century there are novel configurations of user practices and technological capabilities that are altering the way we understand and trust media organizations and representations, how we participate in society, and how we construct our social relations. This book embeds these transformations in a societal, cultural, technological, ideological, economic and historical context, avoiding a naive privileging of technology as the main societal driving force, but also avoiding the media-centric reduction of society to the audiences that are situated within. Audience Transformations provides a platform for a nuanced and careful analysis of the main changes in European communicational practices, and their social, cultural and technological affordances.

The empirical studies in this book explore the implications of the new digital conditions for the ways in which digitally mediated social interactions, practices and environments shape everyday participation, engagement or protest and their subjective as well societal meaning.

This book presents the first sustained effort to explore the relationship between women and media in a European context, looking at both production (employment) and representation (content) and theorising the relationship between the two.

This edited collection brings together original empirical and theoretical insights into the complex set of relations which exist between age, gender, sexualities and the media in Europe.

This edited collection brings together original empirical and theoretical insights into the complex set of relations which exist between age, gender, sexualities and the media in Europe.

Bringing together both leading international scholars and emerging academic talent, Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics maps the current state of media accountability in Europe and provides fresh perspectives for future developments in media and communication fields.

Bringing together both leading international scholars and emerging academic talent, Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics maps the current state of media accountability in Europe and provides fresh perspectives for future developments in media and communication fields.

This book maps, describes and further explores all contemporary types of interaction between radio and its public, with a specific focus on those forms of content co-creation that link producers and listeners.

Models of Communication offers a timely reassessment of the significance of modelling in media and communication studies. From a rich variety of different perspectives, the collected essays explore the past, present, and future uses of communication models, in ordinary discourses concerning communication as well as in academic research.

Using a normative approach, this book discusses threats and opportunities for the media industry in Europe after the financial crisis of 2008.

The empirical studies in this book explore the implications of the new digital conditions for the ways in which digitally mediated social interactions, practices and environments shape everyday participation, engagement or protest and their subjective as well societal meaning.

This volume focuses on processes and means to revitalise the academic field of audience research.

This book offers the first analysis on public policies in Media, information and computer literacy in Europe.It assesses the available training in and resources for primary and secondary schools, the funding mdevoted to it (or lack thereof), the participation of civil society and the means and measure to evaluate hese literacies across 29 countries. The chapters are representative of national and regional diversity within Europe, each one being written by three authors from different European countries in what is a truly collaborative project based on qualitative comparative analysis.Overall, the book offers a unique map of the actual media education policies that exist within Europe.

The transformations of people's relations to media content, technologies and institutions raise new methodological challenges and opportunities for audience research. This edited volume aims at contributing to the development of the repertoire of methods and methodologies for audience research by reviewing and exemplifying approaches that have been stimulated by the changing conditions and practices of audiences.

This book presents the first sustained effort to explore the relationship between women and media in a European context, looking at both production (employment) and representation (content) and theorising the relationship between the two.

Digital Photography and Everyday Life explores the role that digital photographic technologies play in everyday life. It answers to an increasing need for understanding how more complex digital photographic technologies impact ways of living together. In contrast to most work in the area, this book focuses on the materiality and visuality of photographic practices, and explores these via empirical case studies in a wide range of settings. By doing so, it provides readers with analytical concepts and shows how these can be applied for understanding how digital photography impacts everyday life.

Digital Photography and Everyday Life explores the role that digital photographic technologies play in everyday life. It answers to an increasing need for understanding how more complex digital photographic technologies impact ways of living together. In contrast to most work in the area, this book focuses on the materiality and visuality of photographic practices, and explores these via empirical case studies in a wide range of settings. By doing so, it provides readers with analytical concepts and shows how these can be applied for understanding how digital photography impacts everyday life.

Using a normative approach, this book discusses threats and opportunities for the media industry in Europe after the financial crisis of 2008.

Public Service Media in Europe examines the early establishment of public service media as the main media in many countries before charting its transformation and evolution in recent years.

The book is concerned with narrative in digital media that changes according to user input¿Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN). It provides a broad overview of current issues and future directions in this multi-disciplinary field that includes humanities-based and computational perspectives.

This volume focuses on processes and means to revitalise the academic field of audience research.

This book looks at the current trends of foreign correspondence in Europe, examining how increasingly sophisticated communications tools as well as convergence, commercialization, concentration, and globalization all work together to affect news coverage.

In the twenty-first century there are novel configurations of user practices and technological capabilities that are altering the way we understand and trust media organizations and representations, how we participate in society, and how we construct our social relations. This book provides a platform for a nuanced and careful analysis of the main changes in European communicational practices, and their social, cultural and technological affordances.

In the past decade, digital games have become a widely accepted form of media entertainment, moving from the traditional 'core gamer' community into the media mainstream. This edited collection takes a closer look at the various forms of human interaction in and around these digital games, providing both students and researchers with an overview of debates, past and present. Including contributions from leading figures in the field, such as Richard Bartle and Mark Griffiths, this book is unique in bridging the gap between games research and social-scientific communication research.

In the past decade, digital games have become a widely accepted form of media entertainment, moving from the traditional 'core gamer' community into the media mainstream. This edited collection takes a closer look at the various forms of human interaction in and around these digital games, providing both students and researchers with an overview of debates, past and present. Including contributions from leading figures in the field, such as Richard Bartle and Mark Griffiths, this book is unique in bridging the gap between games research and social-scientific communication research.

This book maps, describes and further explores all contemporary types of interaction between radio and its public, with a specific focus on those forms of content co-creation that link producers and listeners.

Public Service Media in Europe examines the early establishment of public service media as the main media in many countries before charting its transformation and evolution in recent years.