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Shakuntala Rao (ed.)

New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2019), xii, 384 pp.

" Given the breadth and scope of India's media, there is little meaningful literature available about journalism practices. This book brings together contribution from 21 Indian and global scholars and journalists to write informatively and critica ... more

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The Critical Role of Mass Media in International Norm Diffusion: The Case of UNDP Human Development Reports

Devin K. Joshi, Roni Kay O'Dell

International Studies Perspectives, volume 18, issue 3 (2017), pp. 343-364

"What role does mass media play in the promotion of global norms? We address this question through an analysis of Human Development Reports (HDRs) produced by the United Nations Development Programme. Although HDRs have promoted human development ideology over the past twenty-five years, ... more

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Hallyu 2.0: The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Press (2015), vi, 268 pp.

"Collectively known as Hallyu, Korean music, television programs, films, online games, and comics enjoy global popularity, thanks to new communication technologies. In recent years, Korean popular culture has also become the subject of academic inquiry. Whereas the Hallyu's impact on Korea's nationa ... more

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Visual Propaganda and Extremism in the Online Environment

Carol Winkler, Cori Elizabeth Dauber (eds.)

Carlisle, Pennsylvania: U.S. Army War College Press; Strategic Studies Institute (2014), x, 242 pp.

"Visual images have been a central component of propaganda for as long as propaganda has been produced. But recent developments in communication and information technologies have given terrorist and extremist groups options and abilities they never would have been able to come close to even 5 or 10 ... more

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Measurement Issues and the Relationship Between Media Freedom and Corruption

Lee B. Becker, Teresa K. Naab, Cynthia Englisch, Tudor Vlad

Athens, Ga.: Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Georgia (2013), 17 pp.

"Advocates for media freedom have consistently argued that corruption goes down when journalists operating in a free media environment are able to expose the excesses of governmental leaders. An evolving body of research finds evidence to support this assertion. Measurement of corruption is a compli ... more

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A Review of SPINF's Program: Exchange Media Personnel Between the Pacific Islands Region and Japan

F. K. Takeuchi

Tokyo: Sasakawa Peace Foundation (2005), ?? pp.

"Takeuchi (Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 2005) completed an evaluation of a program that, from 1991 to 2004, brought 81 journalists from the Pacific Islands to Japan for visits of differing duration. The purpose of the program was to expose the journalists to Japanese culture, politics and media. Takeu ... more

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Cross-Cultural Broadcasting

Eduardo Contreras, James Larson, John K. Mayo, Peter Spain

Paris: UNESCO (1976), 49 pp.

"The most striking impression is the fact that little research exists. Our review touched studies and discussions of many kinds, all with some relation to the central question, "What are the effects of cross-cultural broadcasting?" Much of what we ... more

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The Sociological Implication of the Film in Colonial Areas

K. Little

Colonial Review (London), volume 6, issue 1 (1944), pp. 15-16

"The author considers that the film in itself tends to strengthen existing social attitudes rather than start new social movements — He suggests some points which might be considered in attempting to modify the function of the film so that it promotes new ideas in education." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, ... more