«The book Concentration, Diversity of Voices and Competition in the Media Market addresses one of the most important issues in democratic societies: knowledgeable citizens with access to diverse opinions and perspectives are less manipulable and can become also actors of a clear and rigorous way the concentration of media: scans correctly the legal framework and strategies of the leading business groups; and provides relevant indicators to detect and read the abuses of dominant positions in the European communications market». — Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero. Rector de la Universidad de Navarra. «Concentration, Diversity of Voices and Competition in Media Market provides the latest Faustino and colleagues’ study combines case studies and other methods to produce a volume that is a welcome addition to the literature in media management and economics.» — Dr. Alan B. Albarran. University of North Texas. «In the midst of global media disruption, the steady pace of ownership concentration is that and a fascinating portrait of who owns what not as a static portrait, but as a dynamic guide for understanding.» — Everette E. Dennis. Northwestern University in Qatar.
«The book Concentration, Diversity of Voices and Competition in the Media Market addresses one of the most important issues in democratic societies: knowledgeable citizens with access to diverse opinions and perspectives are less manipulable and can become also actors of a clear and rigorous way the concentration of media: scans correctly the legal framework and strategies of the leading business groups; and provides relevant indicators to detect and read the abuses of dominant positions in the European communications market». — Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero. Rector de la Universidad de Navarra. «Concentration, Diversity of Voices and Competition in Media Market provides the latest Faustino and colleagues’ study combines case studies and other methods to produce a volume that is a welcome addition to the literature in media management and economics.» — Dr. Alan B. Albarran. University of North Texas. «In the midst of global media disruption, the steady pace of ownership concentration is that and a fascinating portrait of who owns what not as a static portrait, but as a dynamic guide for understanding.» — Everette E. Dennis. Northwestern University in Qatar.
This book, which analyzes the internal and external environment of the media industry, compiles scientific articles, written by 33 authors coming from 13 diverse countries, emphasizing the complex and multifaceted nature of the industry, of the business and of the media economy. The authors got more than 130 detailed definitions of relevant concepts from the business and media technology area, having quoted in their articles more than 720 books, monographs, articles and research papers. This work intends, on one hand, to emphasize the necessity from the companies and the media consumers side, to define strategies that allow to give an answer to the appearing of the new media. On the other hand, it intends to adopt and adapt relevant business frames and concepts for the economic and technological analysis of media markets.
This volume provides a significant contribution to the understanding of the effects of foreign direct investment on trade. Through an investigation of the pattern and determinants of trade in Portuguese manufacturing, it demonstrates FDI's long term transforming effect and how it has the potential to transfer and embed knowledge within the EU through upgrading host economies. The volume will be of interest to academics, postgraduate students, researchers and policy makers.
Ernesto “Che” Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the early 1950s. Based on his accounts of those trips (published in English as The Motorcycle Diaries and Back on the Road), as well as other historical sources, Che’s Travels follows Guevara, country by country, from his native Argentina through Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela, and then from Argentina through Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. Each essay is focused on a single country and written by an expert in its history. Taken together, the essays shed new light on Che’s formative years by analyzing the distinctive societies, histories, politics, and cultures he encountered on these two trips, the ways they affected him, and the ways he represented them in his travelogues. In addition to offering new insights into Guevara, the essays provide a fresh perspective on Latin America’s experience of the Cold War and the interplay of nationalism and anti-imperialism in the crucial but relatively understudied 1950s. Assessing Che’s legacies in the countries he visited during the two journeys, the contributors examine how he is remembered or memorialized; how he is invoked for political, cultural, and religious purposes; and how perceptions of him affect ideas about the revolutions and counterrevolutions fought in Latin America from the 1960s through the 1980s. Contributors Malcolm Deas Paulo Drinot Eduardo Elena Judith Ewell Cindy Forster Patience A. Schell Eric Zolov Ann Zulawski
Writing a biography about Pessoa is a seemingly impossible task. The great Portuguese poet did not have just one life, but his existence virtually exploded in over a hundred different personalities. Only by placing oneself close to Pessoa, only by becoming almost one with him, is it possible to trace the life of this poet who was himself a multitude. José Paulo Cavalcanti has done such a thing, sewing together a path that runs through Pessoa’s multiple voices and personalities, seamlessly moving in and out of the poet’s work, daily habits and interactions. Following the great success of the Brazilian edition, Fernando Pessoa. A quasi Memoir is the first English translation of the book, and it provides new insights on the complex nature of the Portuguese poet.
Pedagogy of the Heart represents some of the last writings by Paulo Freire. In this work, perhaps more so than any other, Freire presents a coherent set of principles for education and politics. For those who have read Freire's other works the book includes new discussions of familiar subjects including community, neoliberalism, faith, hope, the oppressed, and exile. For those coming to Freire for the first time, the book will open up new ways of looking at the interrelations of education and political struggle. Freire reveals himself as a radical reformer whose lifelong commitment to the vulnerable, the illiterate and the marginalised has had a profound impact on society and education today. The text includes substantive notes by Ana Maria Araújo Freire, a foreword by Martin Carnoy, a preface by Ladislau Dowbor, as well as a substantive new introduction by Antonia Darder, who holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Translated by Donaldo Macedo and Alexandre Oliveira.
Famous for his advocacy of 'critical pedagogy', Paulo Freire was Latin America's foremost educationalist, a thinker and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today. Education for Critical Consciousness is the main statement of Freire's revolutionary method of education. It takes the life situation of the learner as its starting point and the raising of consciousness and the overcoming of obstacles as its goals. For Freire, man's striving for his own humanity requires the changing of structures which dehumanize both the oppressor and the oppressed. This edition includes a substantial new introduction by Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute, UCLA, USA. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos.
Paulo Torres shows us the path we can take in order to prevail over the adversity and ghosts of the past, taking back the course of our history in a courageous and exciting way. Setting clear goals, being resilient and also having a positive mindset are some of the tips that will help you achieve your goals and have a true meeting with God.
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