Libros

El título responde al uso equívoco de la teoría de Platón sobre el lenguaje, un anzuelo que captura al pescador incauto. El libro extrae los contenidos de tres conceptos: historiador, paradigma y relato. Los historiadores ponen la voz, los paradigmas señalan el punto de vista y los relatos exploran los límites de la legitimidad. Los historiadores destacados son Vilhelm Thomsen, Robert H. Robins y Umberto Eco. En lo referente a los modelos, el paradigma cívico se refiere a la retórica, el paradigma epistemológico estudia el signo lingüístico, el paradigma filológico trata de la gramática y el paradigma hermenéutico considera la interpretación de la historia. A su vez, en los relatos aparecen arquitectos del siglo XX, el conferenciante Mark Twain, el biógrafo secreto Samuel Pepys, Port-Royal y su comentarista Noam Chomsky, o los mitos de la biblioteca de Alejandría y la torre de Babel. Con ello se aporta una visión crítica sobre capítulos fundamentales de la historia de la lingüística. Revela claves de su esplendor así como de controversias sobre su orientación. Y propone un decálogo del historiador ideal, a modo de manifiesto, que sigue la divisa de Nietzsche: “el buen historiador, ¿qué hace sino contradecir?”

Communication and Human Rights / Comunicación y derechos humanos was the theme of IAMCR's 2109 Conference in Mexico City. This bilingual (English & Spanish) book is a collection drawn from the conference held at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). It features thoughtful and expert discussions of a wide range of issues related to communication and human rights.

Edited by Aimée Vega Montiel with contributions by Néstor García Canclini, Jo Glanville, Kwame Boafo, Agnès Callamard, Frank La Rue Lewy, Ibrahim Saleh, Aimée Vega Montiel, Divina Frau-Meigs, Maria Immacolata Vasallo de Lopes, Margaret Gallagher, Cees Hamelink, Raúl Trejo Delarbre, Antonio Pasquali, Fátima Fernández Christlieb, Miquel de Moragas and Jesús Martín Barbero.

450 copies of this book will be made available for IAMCR members attending the association's 2013 conference in Dublin, Ireland.

Alternative media hold the promise of building public awareness and action against the constraints and limitations of media conglomeration and cutbacks to public broadcasting. But what, exactly, makes alternative media alternative? This path-breaking volume gets to the heart of this question by focusing on the three interconnected dimensions that define alternative media in Canada: structure, participation, and activism. The contributors reveal not only how various kinds of alternative media – including indigenous, anarchist, ethnic, and feminist media – are enabled and constrained within Canada's complex policy environment but also how, in the context of globalization, the Canadian experience parallels media and policy challenges in other nations.

Kirsten Kozolanka is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Patricia Mazepa and David Skinner are both associate professors in the Department of Communication Studies at York University. The contributors include Marian Bredin, Nicole S. Cohen, Barbara M. Freeman, Sandra Jeppesen, Karim H. Karim, Evan Light, Michael Lithgow, Sonja Macdonald, Kate Milberry, and Scott Uzelman.

"This volume brings together leading scholars of alternative media, many of whom have practical experience in media production and/or policy advocacy. It will be essential reading for researchers and students of media and politics, as well as for activists and citizens interested in the struggles – both historic and impending – for democratic communication and social change in Canada." – Robert A. Hackett, co-author of Remaking Media: The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication

"This book provides absorbing accounts of Canada's rich and diverse alternative media histories and practices. Contributors produce a multi-faceted analysis of the ever-growing impact of 'nano'-media inside and alongside social activism and alternative cultural expression. Of interest to those in Canadian studies, as well as social movement and ethnic studies, it also should be read by media researchers and media activists everywhere." – John D.H. Downing, editor, Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media

O estudo do significado, tanto em sua dimensão mais ampla quanto em sua dimensão linguística (semântica), é uma busca constante da humanidade. As teorias sobre o estudo do significado linguístico divergem com relação à ênfase em diversos aspectos desse objeto, atuando em várias interfaces distintas, com inúmeras aplicações e dentro de referenciais teóricos diferentes, cada uma delas com seus comprometimentos epistemológicos, sua metalinguagem e sua agenda de pesquisa. Finalmente temos uma obra em que essa ampla gama de teorias semânticas é apresentada. Organizado pelos professores Celso Ferrarezi Junior e Renato Basso, este livro apresenta as principais teorias e vertentes teóricas, mostram o que elas estudam e como estudam. Em cada capítulo, um especialista apresenta, de forma didática, a teoria de sua especialidade e oferece exemplos práticos e sugestões de leitura. Especialmente voltada a estudantes de Letras de graduação e pós-graduação, esta obra traz ao leitor um leque de opções variado para quem quer conhecer a(s) semântica(s).

The first comprehensive encyclopedia for the growing fields of media and communication studies, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication is an essential resource for beginners and seasoned academics alike. Contributions from over fifty experts and practitioners provide an accessible introduction to these disciplines' most important concepts, figures, and schools of thought – from Jean Baudrillard to Tim Berners Lee, and podcasting to Peircean semiotics.

Detailed and up-to-date, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication synthesizes a wide array of works and perspectives on the making of meaning. The appendix includes timelines covering the whole historical record for each medium, from either antiquity or their inception to the present day. Each entry also features a bibliography linking readers to relevant resources for further reading. The most coherent treatment yet of these fields, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication promises to be the standard reference text for the next generation of media and communication students and scholars.