New media are maturing, and it is increasingly evident that they wield great influence on traditional journalism as we find it in newspapers, radio and TV news programmes. The present article1 deals
As argued by Joshua Meyrowitz, in his acclaimed book entitled No sense of place, media change the situational geographies of social life (Meyrowitz 1985). Meyrowitz claims that social roles and
Bono’s launch of Product (RED)TM at Davos in 2006 opens a new frontier for development aid. Product RED is ‘a brand created to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with
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