[ecrea] From NWICO to WSIS & The Social Use of Media - Two new ECREA Series books published by Intellect

From NWICO to WSIS & The Social Use of Media
Two new ECREA Series books published by Intellect

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From NWICO to WSIS: 30 Years of Communication Geopolitics Actors and 
Flows, Structures and Divides, a new book in the ECREA series, edited by 
Divina Frau-Meigs, Jérémie Nicey, Patricio Tupper, Michael Palmer and 
Julia Pohle, has been published.

Two major regulatory activities have framed global media policies since 
World War II: the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) 
and the more recent World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). 
Through extensive research and testimonies from those involved, this 
book presents an in-depth account from the 1970s to the present of the 
major issues concerning information flow in international geopolitics, 
including a look at the negotiations surrounding the major policy 
debates. Few studies of NWICO and WSIS have considered the continuity 
between the two activities – or included in the debate the crucial 
intermediary period between – and this book provides new insight into an 
issue of multilingual and multicultural importance.

> Book profile on the publisher's website, Intellect: 
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4895/

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The Social Use of Media
Cultural and Social Scientific Perspectives on Audience Research

Edited by Helena Bilandzic and Geoffroy Patriarche and Paul Traudt

This collection of essays provides an overview of research on the social 
uses of media. Drawing on long traditions in both cultural studies and 
the social sciences, it brings together competing research approaches 
usually discussed separately. The topics include up-to date research on 
activity and interactivity, media use as a social and cultural practice, 
and participation in a cultural, political, and technological sense. 
This volume presents visions of current audience and reception studies 
and makes a significant contribution to the development of 
interdisciplinary approaches to audience and user studies.

> Book profile on the publisher's website, Intellect: 
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4923/

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The ECREA book series consists of books arising from the intellectual 
work of ECREA members. Books address themes relevant to the ECREA’s 
interests; make a major contribution to the theory, research, practice 
and/or policy literature; are European in scope; and represent a 
diversity of perspectives.

> ECREA Book Series: http://www.ecrea.eu/publications/bookseries
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