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"As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. The Infodemic lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of "censorship through noise," which moves beyond traditional means of state control-such as the jailing of critics and restricting the flow of information-to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths. Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, who...
3) Phaedo
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A classic work of ancient Greek literature from Plato, one of the most famous of all ancient Greek philosophers, the "Phaedo" is the moving story of the last moments of Socrates life as recounted by Phaedo, a student of Socrates and a first-hand witness to his final hours. "Phaedo" is the fourth and last dialogue by Plato of Socrates final days, following "Euthyphro", "Apology", and "Crito". In "Phaedo" we see the famous philosopher in his last hours...
4) Gorgias
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One of the middle or transitional dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, "Gorgias" depicts a dinner gathering attended by Socrates and a group of sophists. Gorgias, a foreigner, has been drawn to Athens by its cultural and intellectual sophistication. In this dialogue Plato contrasts Gorgias, the rhetorician, with Socrates, the philosopher, whose differing specialties are persuasion and refutation, respectively. As Plato delves into arguments...
5) Rhetoric
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Written sometime in the 4th Century BC, Aristotle's "Rhetoric" is the definitive treatise on the art of persuasive public speaking. The art of oratorical persuasion was an essential skill for the successful politician during the days of ancient Greece and Aristotle's "Rhetoric" is considered one of the greatest works from antiquity on the subject. Like many of the surviving works attributable to Aristotle, "Rhetoric" was not intended for public dissemination,...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" R. Douglas Arnold is William Church Osborn Professor of Public Affairs and Professor of Politics at Princeton University. His books include The Logic of Congressional Action, which won the 1990 Fenno Prize for the best book in legislative studies, and Congress and the Bureaucracy.
Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets...
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El instinto de la escritura, la responsabilidad de la prensa o los retos de trabajar como mujer en el mundo árabe son algunos de los temas que abordan las reporteras Maruja Torres (Barcelona, 1943) y Mónica G. Prieto (Badajoz, 1974) en esta conversación de larga distancia. Ambas hablan de sus primeras crónicas, de los cambios en la prensa, del machismo en las redacciones y de su pasión por contar el mundo y por querer saber más.
¿Cuál es el...
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Dos estilos, dos épocas, dos modelos. Una pasión: contar el mundo. Irak, Siria, Afganistán, Sierra Leona... Los reporteros Ramón Lobo (Lagunillas, Venezuela, 1955) y Mikel Ayestaran (Beasain, Guipúzcoa, 1975) comparten sus experiencias en este diálogo de larga distancia sobre periodismo y guerra.
¿Cómo ha cambiado la cobertura de conflictos? ¿Por qué están fracasando los procesos de paz? ¿Cuál es la evolución del terrorismo en las últimas...
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Este libro recoge, en tres bloques generales, una extensa y detallada panorámica sobre la televisión pública en el escenario actual, afectado por una profunda crisis en el contexto presente, en varios niveles, desde el económico al de su propia legitimidad como servicio público en el escenario digital. Según los editores del volumen, la investigación en la historia y en el conocimiento del sistema comunicativo televisivo español y valenciano...
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This timely collection of essays analyses the crisis of journalism in contemporary South Africa at a period when the media and their role are frequently at the center of public debate. The transition to digital news has been messy, random and unpredictable. The spread of news via social media platforms has given rise to political propaganda, fake news and a flattening of news to banality and gossip. Media companies, however, continue to shrink newsrooms,...
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Do the great British public get the press the "Red Tops" think they deserve? Or are the tabloids' pious protestations of public interest really just a self-serving attempt to halt declining circulation? Peter Burden examines the News of the World's performance-with its Fake Sheikh and the illegal mobile phone tapping, which lead to a jail sentence for royal reporter Clive Goodman and the resignation of the editor. Burden also highlights the papers...
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El llamado nuevo periodismo cosechó un éxito ruidoso que llega hasta nuestros días. Martín Caparrós (Buenos Aires, 1957) y Agus Morales (El Prat de Llobregat, 1983) prefieren algo menos pomposo. En este diálogo de larga distancia, discuten sobre el trabajo que hay detrás del reporteo y la escritura. El viejo periodismo.
Los autores reflexionan, en esta conversación transformada en libro, sobre la cobertura periodística de la pandemia. Hablan...
13) África adentro
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Ambos aman África, pero la han vivido en momentos diferentes. A Alfonso Armada (Vigo, 1958) le marcó el genocidio de Ruanda. A Xavier Aldekoa (Barcelona, 1981), las guerras de la vecina República Democrática del Congo. En África adentro, los reporteros repasan las grandes crisis que sacuden al continente y reflexionan sobre su identidad cultural, los desafíos medioambientales o el auge del ciberactivismo.
La conversación entre ambos viaja por...
14) Humor político audiovisual en Colombia: de los gloriosos años noventa en televisión a Internet como
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El humor político alrededor del mundo ha sido un recurso para criticar al poder y a la esfera política con la mordacidad que otros escenarios no permiten y con lenguajes que generan empatía con el público. En la capacidad de criticar a todos los poderes -y a los poderosos- por igual, sin condescendencias, recae la credibilidad de esa crítica, la cual se debe poder hacer sin censura en una sociedad pluralista y democrática. En Colombia, el humor...
15) Cratylus
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The Cratylus has always been a source of perplexity to the student of Plato. While in fancy and humour, and perfection of style and metaphysical originality, this dialogue may be ranked with the best of the Platonic writings, there has been an uncertainty about the motive of the piece, which interpreters have hitherto not succeeded in dispelling. We need not suppose that Plato used words in order to conceal his thoughts, or that he would have been...
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Crime stories fascinate the public. But between factual news stories, overblown "human interest" reports, and salacious murder mystery exposes, it's difficult to tell where news ends and entertainment begins. Mark Fuhrman, best-selling author of Murder in Brentwood, explores this fine line, revealing new and shocking details on such high-profile cases as Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Moxley and Chandra Levy.
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Recueil de chroniques sur la presse, sa liberté et la déontologie journalistique.
Les journalistes sont sur la sellette. Le public leur dispute sa confiance, les pouvoirs tentent de rogner leur liberté. Réseaux sociaux, informations falsifiées et post-vérités (« fake news ») menacent l'information des citoyens et le fonctionnement des démocraties. Un journalisme professionnel de qualité, indépendant et responsable est la seule réponse...
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Luego de cuatro ediciones, puede decirse que este documento ha llegado a su madurez y hace parte de la bibliografía sobre la materia, debido a la acogida entre el estamento académico. Se presenta, entonces, esta nueva edición con los cambios y los ajustes necesarios para evitar que su contenido pierda actualidad, por el vertiginoso desarrollo legislativo y jurisprudencial en los diversos campos de que se ocupa. El libro está dirigido al estudiante...
19) Apology
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"Apology" is the famous account of the trial of Socrates. Plato's dialogue presents the charges brought against Socrates by the people of Athens and lays out the arguments that the accused presented in his defense. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of the city with his radical ideas and of impiety against the pantheon of the Athenian gods, or more specifically, of not believing in the gods of the city and believing instead in no gods or...
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"The Wizard of Spin."—Los Angeles Times
"The spin doctor's spin doctor." —Financial Times
"The Winston Wolf of Public Relations....Wolf, if you recall, was the fixer in Pulp Fiction. Played by Harvey Keitel, he washed away assassins' splatter and gore. Sitrick, 65, cleans up the messes of companies, celebrities, and others, and he's a strategist who isn't averse to treating PR as combat. Over the years, clients of...
"The spin doctor's spin doctor." —Financial Times
"The Winston Wolf of Public Relations....Wolf, if you recall, was the fixer in Pulp Fiction. Played by Harvey Keitel, he washed away assassins' splatter and gore. Sitrick, 65, cleans up the messes of companies, celebrities, and others, and he's a strategist who isn't averse to treating PR as combat. Over the years, clients of...
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