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28 Feb 2019 Media Development 2019/1 online magazine and pdf

Media Development 2019-1 Brave new digital world What are the challenges confronting a society increasingly dependent on digital technologies? Who is making the rules and determining the values behind using social media? How are societies adapting and what are the prospects for the future? Articles in this...

28 Feb 2019 Media Development 2019/1 Editorial

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Towards the end of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Miranda says,
“O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in’t!”...

28 Feb 2019 The personal is political

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U.S. society is obsessed with social media and online networks while a deep unease is pervading our use of these tools. What should the faith community’s response be to this phenomenon at the local, regional, national, and transnational level? This article explores faith community and...

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28 Feb 2019 Transforming religion and politics

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How new and how brave is the “Brave New Digital World”? When I had to clean up my office as I was retiring from university, I came across a 50-year-old UNESCO paper raising the same issues we are discussing today....

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28 Feb 2019 Social media intoxication – time for a detox?

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Could connecting the next three billion people to the Internet contribute a global decline in mental health? Another argument for a rights-based approach to connectivity....

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28 Feb 2019 Homo sapiens or homo algorithmus?

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The digital revolution is one of the mega-themes of our times – if not the one mega-theme. It certainly stands for the most fundamental cultural revolution I have experienced in my own life-time....

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28 Feb 2019 Churches taking positions in the digital age

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In the German church setting of today, two main positions regarding the challenges of the Digital Age can be found: either a rather defensive rejection or a more enthusiastic welcome. What might be the elements of an adequate and theologically rooted approach upcoming transformations in...

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28 Feb 2019 ¿Radio para los sin voz o radio para los sin voz pública?

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El movimiento de lo que hoy llamaríamos Radios Comunitarias inicia su acción en Latinoamérica en los tiempos en que el sector popular comienza a adquirir presencia pública. Fines de los 60, principios de los ’70, fue una época que en diversos países se comenzaron a...

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28 Feb 2019 The struggle for community radio in the Philippines

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The challenges facing community radio remain similar all over the Asia-Pacific region. That much was evident, during the 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Community Radios held 16-19 November in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. With the theme “Community Radio for Resilient Communities”, the conference gathered over 200...

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28 Feb 2019 Media and conflict in Cameroon today

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Cameroon is on the verge of a separation. Two sets of people; the French and the English – speaking can no longer dialogue. The ugly head of division violently arose in 2016 plunging Cameroon into civil strife. At the nexus of this melee is the...

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28 Feb 2019 Media Development 2019/1 online magazine and pdf

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