21 Nov 2014 Media Development 2014/4 pdfs

Media Development 2014/4

Seeing and Hearing is Cool

Hip hop and graffiti affirm identity and open up space for alternative views and opinions. As early forms of social media, graffiti and hip hop can be said to embody true freedom of expression. But who is listening? And more to the point – for good or ill – who is acting on what they hear? This cool issue of Media Development covers some of the ground.

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	Media Development 2014/4 editorial Philip Lee
	“Beats, Rhymes, and Life”: Hip hop’s unlikely movement Michael W. Waters
	Rap, graffiti and social media in South Africa today Itunu Bodunrin
	Social media protest in Iran: Re-imagining the Iranian people Samira Rajab
	God wears Tom Ford: Hip hop’s revisioning of divine authority Anthony B. Pinn
	Why global Internet governance must matter to social justice activists Seán Ó Siochrú, Sally Burch, Bruce Girard, Michael Gurstein, Richard Hill
	Voices of icons Hans W. Florin
	Soft power and the Chinese dream (中国梦) Jan Servaes
	Religion in plain view Manuela Kalsky
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