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Media and Empowerment

INTRODUCTION

Introduction
Exploring and Conceptualizing Empowerment: Introduction to the Special Issue on Media and Empowerment
Vesna Dolničar & Leopoldina Fortunati
Pages: 165-168
Published online: 12 May 2014
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ARTICLES

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Media Between Power and Empowerment: Can We Resolve This Dilemma?
Leopoldina Fortunati
Pages: 169-183
Published online: 12 May 2014
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Individual and Collective Empowerment in Online Communities: The Mediating Role of Communicative Interaction in Web Forums
Gregor Petrič & Andraž Petrovčič
Pages: 184-199
Published online: 12 May 2014
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The Capability Approach Community Informatics
Larry Stillman & Tom Denison
Pages: 200-211
Published online: 12 May 2014
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Measuring the Dynamics of Information Societies: Empowering Stakeholders Amid the Digital Divide
Vesna Dolničar, Katja Prevodnik & Vasja Vehovar
Pages: 212-228
Published online: 12 May 2014
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
Reinventing Data Protection?, edited by Serge Gutwirth, Yves Poullet, Paul de Hert, Cecile de Terwangne, and Sjaak Nouwt. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Springer, 2009. 342 pp.$219.00 hardcover. ISBN 9781402094972 (hardcover).
Kalpana Shankar (Reviewed by)
Pages: 229-231
Published online: 12 May 2014
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From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen: Urban Informatics, Social Media, Ubiquitous Computing, and Mobile Technology to Support Citizen Engagement, edited by Marcus Foth, Laura Forlano, Christine Satchell, and Martin Gibbs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. xvii + 521 pp. $52.00 hardcover. ISBN 9780262016513 (hardcover).
Tom Denison (Reviewed by)
Pages: 232-233
Published online: 12 May 2014
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Media Regulation: Governance and the Interests of Citizens and Consumers, by Peter Lunt and Sonia Livingstone. London, UK: Sage, 2012. 216 pp. $44.00 paper. ISBN 9780857025708 (paper).
Irene I. van Driel (Reviewed by)
Pages: 234-235
Published online: 12 May 2014
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How to Do Things With Videogames, by Ian Bogost. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. 180 pp. $18.95 paper. ISBN 9780816676477 (paper).
Nathan Kruis (Reviewed by) , Chris Lehman & Nicholas J. Rowland
Pages: 236-237
Published online: 12 May 2014
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(Re)Inventing the Internet: Critical Case Studies, edited by Andrew Feenberg and Norm Friesen. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2012. 146 pp. $43.00 paper. ISBN 9789460917325 (paper).
Larry Stillman (Reviewed by)
Pages: 238-239
Published online: 12 May 2014
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Internet Inquiry: Conversations About Method, edited by Annette N. Markham and Nancy K. Baym. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008. 264 pp. $50.00 paper. ISBN 978-1412910019 (paper).
David Nemer (Reviewed by)
Pages: 240-242
Published online: 12 May 2014
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