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Vergeben und vergessen? Erinnerungskultur
iz3w, issue 373 (2019), pp. 16-37
"In den 1980er Jahren verstärkte sich das Unbehagen an der Gedenkkultur mit ihren Heldenerzählungen und nationalen Beschränkungen. Mit der größeren Komplexität des Gedenkens und der Hinwendung zu den sozialen Kosten historischer Ereignisse prägte sich eine neue Erinnerungskultur aus. Diese is
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The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xxi, 612 pp.
"This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from international specialists in sociolinguistics, policy studies, sociology, anthropology and law. Individual ch
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Media and the 2015 General Elections
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 251-264
"The first section of the chapter provides a brief overview of the legal framework that defines the concept of media space, with a specific focus on election day. Regulations included constraints on journalists' ability to cover the elections, which affected their access to polling stations. The sec
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"Privacy is Not a Concept, But a Way of Dealing with Life": Localization of Transnational Technology Platforms and Liminal Privacy Practices in Cambodia
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
New York: Association for Computing Machinery (2019), 19 pp.
"This paper describes findings from a qualitative research study that examines practices and perceptions of privacy in Cambodia as the population rapidly moves into an online environment (specifically Facebook, the most popular Internet tool in Cambodia today). We empirically demonstrate how the con
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Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Deep Insights
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), xix, 407 pp.
"Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change is the first volume to overview the country’s contemporary media landscape, providing a critical assessment of the sector during the complex and controversial political transition. Moving beyond the focus on journalism and freedom of th
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Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond
Deep Insights
Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), x, 637 pp.
"The book includes an extensive section on the echoes of Rwanda, which looks at the cases of Darfur, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and South Sudan, while the impact of social media as a new actor is examined through chapters on social media use by the Islamic State and in Syria and in other
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Global Digital Cultures: Perspectives from South Asia
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2019), viii, 317 pp.
"Digital media histories are part of a global network, and South Asia is a key nexus in shaping the trajectory of digital media in the twenty-first century. Digital platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, and others are deeply embedded in the daily lives of millions of people around the world, shaping ho
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Epilogue: Media Studies in Myanmar. Where Do We Go from Here?
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 387-394
"Academic studies of Myanmar media in English are few and far between, although this is starting to change as the country continues to open and a new generation of Myanmar scholars emerges. Many of the studies that do exist fall into common conceptual traps, such as an overemphasis on journalism or
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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
Deep Insights
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is now receiving unprecedented global attention as it finds widespread practical application in multiple spheres of activity. But what are the human rights, social justice and development implications of AI when used in areas such as health, education and social service
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Making it Personal: The Campaign Battle on Social Media in Indonesia's 2019 Presidential Election
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), 11 pp.
"Ranked fourth in the number of Facebook users in the world in 2018, Indonesia has witnessed increasing social media usage as a strategic platform for political campaigns since the third direct presidential election in 2014. Due to their accessibility and relatively low cost, social media platforms
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Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations
London; New York: Routledge (2019), 222 pp.
Health Education Through Mass Media Announcements by Loudspeakers About Malaria Care: Prevention and Practice Among People Living in a Malaria Endemic Area of Northern Myanmar
Malaria Journal, volume 18, issue 362 (2019), 11 pp.
"Background: Interventions to raise community awareness about malaria prevention and treatment have used various approaches with little evidence on their efficacy. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of loudspeaker announcements regarding malaria care and prevention practices among peopl
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Transnational Othering – Global Diversities: Media, Extremism and Free Expression
Deep Insights
Göteborg: Nordicom (2019), 332 pp.
Yangon Film School’s Advanced Filmmaking Course Project: Independent Evaluation
Helsinki: Vikes (2019), 64 pp.
Whispered Support: Two Decades of International Aid for Independent Journalism and Free Expression
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 95-130
"This chapter is drawn primarily from Jane Madlyn McElhone's thirteen years of in-field experience in Myanmar and other nations in transition, as well as key informant interviews she conducted in 2017 and 2018 [...] Our discussion is driven by a series of interlinked questions. Who were the key medi
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Digital Future
D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue September (2019), pp. 19-33
"From the mid-90s to the Arab spring of 2011, a sense of euphoria was common. Before the 1990s, however, information technology simply did not seem relevant in developing countries. That began to change when international media became aware of the IT hub that had evolved around Bangalore. Next, inte
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Fear, trauma and local journalists: Cross-border lessons in psychosocial support for journalists
International Media Support (IMS) (2019), 16 pp.
"95 per cent of journalists killed in armed conflict are locally based journalists. While there has been increasing focus on the physical and digital safety issues these journalists face, there has been less attention towards the need for psychosocial support. Addressing psychosocial needs of local
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Mobile Connectivity in Emerging Economies: Publics See Mobile Phones and Social Media Bringing Certain Benefits to Them and Their Societies. But These Views Are Paired with Widespread Concerns About Their Impact on Children
Pew Research Center (2019), 92 pp.
"Surveys conducted in 11 emerging and developing countries across four global regions [Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia; South Africa and Kenya; India, Vietnam and the Philippines; and Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon] find that the vast majority of adults in these countries own – or have access to – a
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Lessons in Innovation: How International News Organisations Combat Disinformation Through Mission-Driven Journalism
Deep Insights
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 41 pp.
"This report examines how digital-born news media in the Global South have developed innovative reporting and storytelling practices in response to growing disinformation problems. Based on field observation and interviews at Rappler in the Philippines, Daily Maverick in South Africa, and The Quint
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A Study on State Policies and Media Coverage in Bangladesh and Myanmar on the Issue of Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Master Thesis (2019), 32 pp.
"Bangladesh hosts about one million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Rakhine State of Myanmar, majority of them fled to the country following a deadly military crackdown on the community in response to Rohingya militant attacks on Myanmar security forces on August 25, 2017. The United Nations termed th
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