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May be of interest to many of you. Please respond soon to
klustyik(ATMARK)ithaca.edu, the books are going fast.

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The International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics is looking for
reviewers for its forthcoming special issue, "Convergences: Civil Society
Media (CSM) and Policy" with guest editor, Gabriele Hadl (University of
Tokyo), to be published Feb. 2009.
 
Please find below a list of books available for review.
We invite reviews of around 1000 words (one book) or 1200 (two books),
towards the following editorial deadline: October 27, 2008. If you are
interested in reviewing any of these books, please contact the book reviews
editor Kati Lustyik with  with your contact information and areas of
specialization. 
E-mail: klustyik(ATMARK)ithaca.edu (NOTE: replace (ATMARK) with @)
 
Books:
 
1. 
Understanding Alternative Media By Olga Bailey, Bart Cammaerts, Nico
Carpentier Published by McGraw-Hill, 2007, AND
 
Autonomous Media: Activating Resistance & Dissent By Andrea Langlois,
Frédéric Dubois, Cumulus Press, 2005.
 
 
 
2. 
Broadcasting, Voice, and Accountability: A Public Interest Approach to
Policy, Law, and Regulation By Steve Buckley, Kreszentia M. Duer, Toby
Mendel, Sean O Siochru, Published by Univ of Michigan Press, 2008,

AND
Speech Rights in America: The First Amendment, Democracy, And the Media By
Laura Lynn Stein, Published by University of Illinois Press, 2006.
 
 
3. 
Media and Ethnic Identity: Hopi Views on Media, Identity, and
Communication By Ritva Levo-Henriksson, Published by Routledge, 2007, AND
 
Something New in the Air: The Story of First Peoples Television Broadcasting
in Canada By Lorna Frances Roth, Lorna Roth, Published by McGill-Queen's
Press, 2005. 
 
4.
From the Margins to the Cutting Edge: Community Media and Empowerment By
Peter M. Lewis, Susan Jones, Published by Hampton Press, 2006.
 
  
5. 
Alternative Media Handbook By Alan Fountain, Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt,
Fountain Alan, Published by Routledge, 2008.

 
6.
Communication for Social Change Anthology: Historical and Contemporary
Readings By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Thomas Tufte, Published by CFSC
Consortium, Inc., 2006.
  
7.
Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public
Sphere Clemencia Rodríguez, Dorothy Kidd and Laura Stein (editors),
Publication: forthcoming. Hampton Press.
 
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For more information on the International Journal of Media and Cultural
Politics please 
visit http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17408296
and http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~icsks/mcp/aims.htm.

For more information on the special issue, visit:
http://homepage.mac.com/ellenycx/MCPSpecial/