Media And Maltese Society

Author : Carmen Sammut
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739115268
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media and Maltese Society written by Carmen Sammut and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work is the first comprehensive analysis of the media landscape in the Mediterranean island of Malta. It examines the media owned by political parties, trade unions, and the church and how they successfully compete for audiences with the public and private sectors. Carmen Sammut explores institutional efforts to influence the information flow by means of field observations and in-depth interviews in newsrooms. These influences are further examined in an analysis of news content and discourse during the referendum campaign for European Union membership. In a field where literature often overlooks small states, Media and Maltese Society takes advantage of the small context to examine the communication circuit holistically, observing traits that British and American journalism lost with the growth of media capitalism.

Author : Adrian Hillman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000610217
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Construction of News in a Polarised State written by Adrian Hillman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a qualitative approach based on original case studies, this book offers a detailed overview of the contemporary media system in Malta. Three Maltese news organisations are examined to understand the editorial routines, ownership and management structures, and social and cultural factors that affect the day-to-day business of creating news. In-depth interviews with key stakeholders of each organisation are conducted alongside qualitative textual analysis of the content they publish. Contrary to previous research, the work finds that advocacy continues to dominate Maltese journalism, indicating that the country has retained similarities to other media systems within its geographic region. While recognising that the gold standard in journalism is judged to be objectivity and balance, a case is made for a responsible, measured form of advocacy journalism to extend media diversity and contribute to a high level of national political engagement. Presenting an informed case for the need to pay closer attention to small states, especially at a time when many countries are seen to be becoming increasingly socially and politically divided, The Construction of News in a Polarised State is an insightful text for scholars and academics in the fields of media and communication studies, political science, and sociology.

Author : Debra L. Merskin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483375528
Total Pages : 2169 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society written by Debra L. Merskin and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 2169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reference will discuss mass media around the world in their varied forms—newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film, books, music, websites, and social media—and will describe the role of each in both mirroring and shaping society.

Author : Cheryl Martens
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030453944
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Activism, Community Media, and Sustainable Communication in Latin America written by Cheryl Martens and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together academic and activist work on community media, feminist, decolonial, and Indigenous perspectives to digital activism, including Free and Open Communication in Latin America. The essays in this collection speak to major changes over the past decade that are reshaping digital media uses and practices. The case studies presented here question many commonly held assumptions around global media ownership, sustainability, and access relevant to countries beyond Latin American contexts.

Author : Marcus Leaning
Publisher : Informing Science
ISBN 13 : 1932886117
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Issues in Information and Media Literacy written by Marcus Leaning and published by Informing Science. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathryn Rountree
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317158687
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crafting Contemporary Pagan Identities in a Catholic Society written by Kathryn Rountree and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary western Paganism is now a global religious phenomenon with Pagans in many parts of the world sharing much in common - from a nature-revering worldview and lifestyle to a host of chants, invocations, ritual tools and magical practices. But there are also locally-specific differences. Local religious contexts, landscapes, histories, traditions, politics, values and norms all impact on local Paganisms. This is nowhere more evident than in a strongly Catholic society, where religion and culture are deeply entwined. Taking the Mediterranean society of Malta as a case study, this book invites readers inside the world of a small, hidden sub-culture. Showing what it is like being Pagan in a society where the vast majority of the population is Roman Catholic, and Catholicism permeates every sphere of public and domestic, social and political life, Rountree reveals that Paganism here is a unique brew of indigenous and global influences. Pagans employ both creativity and borrowing in constructing identities within a cultural context characterized by antagonism as well as continuity. This book explores the intersections of religious and cultural identity, the global and local, Paganism and Christianity, with insights grounded in rich ethnographic detail based on long-term fieldwork. Rountree makes invaluable comparisons with other studies of modern Pagans and their various worlds.

Author : Lino Briguglio
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000845982
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Civil Society and Social Movements in Small States written by Lino Briguglio and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is unique because of its focus on small states. There are many studies on civil society and social movements, but none that specifically deal with this category of countries. As is well known, small states have particular characteristics, including a limited ability to reap the benefits of economies of scale, a high degree of exposure to forces outside their control, and the proximity of politicians to the voters, often leading to clientelistic relationships and patronage networks. The small island developing states have the additional problem of high environmental vulnerability, with some also dealing with disproportionate ecological footprints. These factors have a bearing on the organization and performance of civil society organizations and social movements, as explained in several chapters of this book. The volume is organized in three parts, dealing with aspects of civil society and social moments in small states in the political, social and environmental spheres, respectively. Various definitions of civil society are proposed in the chapters, but most authors associate the term with organized groups, operating in the interest of citizens, independently of government and commercial business, including various forms of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Civil society also encompasses social movements, which are considered to be loosely organized collective campaigns in pursuit of social goals. These two terms are sometimes used interchangeably; however, some authors argue that social movements tend to engage in ‘contentious politics’ including protests, while NGOs engage through more organized and institutional routes.

Author : Fatima Sadiqi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135136742
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean written by Fatima Sadiqi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in the Mediterranean have helped constitute new meanings of knowledge whilst simultaneously providing a wealth of material that is now part of the knowledge archive of the area. The inception of types of knowledge that differ from the conventional necessitates a re-definition of the concept of ‘knowledge,’ an issue which is addressed in this volume. Employing a range of theories and methodologies, this book explores four main domains in which women’s knowledge is attested: women and written knowledge; women and oral knowledge; women and legal, religious, and economic knowledge; and women and media knowledge. By presenting untapped women’s expressions of knowledge in these domains, this book opens new avenues of research in fields such as sociology, history and literature, amongst others. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of the Middle East, Women and Gender studies and Mediterranean Studies.

Author : Uwe Jens Rudolf
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810873907
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Malta written by Uwe Jens Rudolf and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Malta compiles the unusually rich and long history of the islands comprising the country of Malta. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-reference dictionary entries describing all of the major places, persons, institutions, and events that have shaped the history of the archipelago.

Author : Joseph Borg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789990931488
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Maltese Media Landscape written by Joseph Borg and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: