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With few exceptions, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals are generally ignored in the realm of digital games. This ethnography of members of an online gay gamer, or gaymer, community allowed me to better understand their thoughts on LGBTQ representation in games, as well as the construction of the gaymer community. How gaymer identities are constructed, how this community is formed, and how its members discuss the representation of LGBTQ individuals in video games are discussed here. Gaymer identity was found to be more complex than the simple 'homosexual gamer' defi nition often used implies. Finding a space to express this identity was much more important to members than the invisibility of LGBTQ individuals in video game texts. The relative importance of in-game representation was tied to the context of play. The political implications of these fi ndings are discussed in the conclusion of this article.

This document analyzes how the power to create universal meaning produces social exclusion. Using the case of drug trafficking in Colombia, the author illustrates the importance of transcending political power structures when re-conceptualizing human development. For example, information disseminated by the media undoubtedly affect the production of stereotypes that influence political decisions. The importance of developing international cooperation mechanisms that question the imposition of cultural values inherent to the countries from where the cooperation comes from is also discussed.

"Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1 Community Media and Identity in Ireland" -- "Identity, Community, and Geography" -- "Fundamental Constructs" -- "Identity, Community, Symbolic Construction, and Modernization" -- "2 Construction and Evolution of Irish Identity" -- "Irish Ireland: Constructing Identity From Geography and Culture" -- "Shifting Identity: Entering a Modern Age" -- "A Nation Once Again? Or at Last?" -- "Conclusion" -- "3 Irish Media and Irish Identity" -- "Media Articulations of Cultural Nationalism" -- "Government Policy and Media Control" -- "Opening Up: Media and Modernization" -- "Conclusion" -- "4 Contemporary Irish Media" -- "Three Systems Comparative Model" -- "Media System Overview" -- "Conclusion" -- "5 Community Media Theory and Project Methodology" -- "Community Ties Hypothesis" -- "Research Questions and Methodology" -- "6 Local Media Reflections of Identity" -- "No Place Like Home" -- ""All News Is Local"" -- "Game On!" -- "Conclusion" -- "7 Irish-Language Media and Identity" -- "From Cultural Nationalism to Community Expression" -- "Preserving "Who We Are"" -- "Language Integration" -- "Conclusion" -- "8 Local Focus in a Global Society" -- "Symbolic Construction of Identities" -- "Problems of the Business Model" -- "Conclusion" -- "Appendices" -- "Appendix A Quoted Interviewees" -- "Appendix B Content Reviews

This book explores how Ireland's community media outlets reflect and shape identity at the local level. While aspects of its culture date back centuries, the nation-state of Ireland is less than one hundred years old. Because of this and other elements of the island's history, Irish identity is a contested topic and the island is a place where culture, identity and geography are tightly intertwined. By addressing how community media serve as agents for community building, the book examines how they in turn influence the way individuals connect with their communities.

To see how the community media played a role in establishing democracy in different parts of the world in the last one year, a study on different news, current affairs and publications between February-April 2011 was done. From the study it was evident that, community media indeed played a significant role in creating mass public awareness against their respective autocratic rulers and thereby prompting them to overthrow those governments. It was because of the community media that democratic principles are widely disseminated and adopted.

The new questions raised by the introduction of satellite television in Third World countries are crucial and require reflections that go beyond an analysis of the media per se. What is public space? What are the loci and relations that connect media to social movements? Are media transformed by the new public spaces? What meaning is to be given to the notion of community? This article starts by discussing the context in which satellite television has been developed in Algeria. Then it discusses the processes of organization that satellite television produced, as well as the consequences of these processes for the conception of emerging public spaces. Finally, it examines the meanings of the use of satellite television with respect to the problematic of identity and the nature of mediation.