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Freedom of the Press and Media Regulation in Cambodia: Approaches and Options for Democratic Diversity

Andreas Oldag

Phnom Penh: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2015), 66 pp.

"Two basic principles should prevail for media regulation in Cambodia: 1. Consistent application of the principles of the rule of law on the basis of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and press (Art. 35 and 41: Cambodian Constitution). 2. Transparent and predictable regulative decision- ... more

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Im Gegenlicht: Gesellschaftskritik im Spielfilm

iz3w, issue 384 (2015), pp. 17-40

"Gerade in Ländern des Globalen Südens gibt es eine beeindruckende Vielfalt kritischer Spielfilme aller Genres, vom Roadmovie bis zur Groteske. Mal sind sie explizit politisch, mal eher angedeutet und metaphorisch, um die Zensur zu umgehen oder um eindimensionale Interpretationen zu unterlaufen. I ... more

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Media in Support of Sustainable Development and a Culture of Peace

Jakarta: UNESCO (2015), 123 pp.

"The conference called the 'Global Media Forum: The role of media in realizing the future we want for all' was hosted by the Government of Indonesia in 2014 [...] The event brought together journalists, media experts and young communicators from South East Asia and around the world, as a contributio ... more

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Does the Watchdog Need Watching in South East Asia?

Mark R. Thompson

In: Media and Politics in New Democracies: Europe in a Comparative Perspective

Jan Zielonka (ed.)

Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press (2015), pp. 277-288

"In the transitional states of South East Asia, an alternative media helped mobilize support for popular uprisings against authoritarian rule. In a democratizing context which promoted press freedom, joumalists emphasized their role as ‘watchdogs‘, striving to ensure that new political leaders d ... more

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Media and Religious Communication in Multi-Cultural Asia: An Eclectic Research Agenda

Binod C. Agrawal (ed.)

Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House (2015), xviii, 180 pp.

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Freedom on the Net 2015: Privatizing Censorship, Eroding Privacy

Sanja Kelly, Madeline Earp, Laura Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Mai Truong (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2015), 986 pp.

"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fifth consecutive year, with more governments censoring information of public interest and placing greater demands on the private sector to take down offending content. State authorities have also jailed more users for their online writings, wh ... more

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Country Report: “Media and Gender in Malaysia”

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific (2015), 31 pp.

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Dakwah 2.0: Digital Dakwah, Street Dakwah and Cyber-Urban Activism Among Chinese Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia

Hew Wai Weng

In: New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World

Nadja-Christina Schneider, Carola Richter (eds.)

Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), pp. 199-222

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New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World

Nadja-Christina Schneider, Carola Richter (eds.)

Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), 372 pp.

"This book explores socio-cultural dynamics in Asia and the Arab world, embedding them into current processes of mediatisation. The book is based on the assumption that social and cultural changes never originate exclusively from the media or technological innovations, but rather depend on the chang ... more

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New Practices of Self-Representation: The Use of Online Media by Ahmadiyya and Shia Communities in Indonesia and Malaysia

Saskia Schäfer

In: New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World

Nadja-Christina Schneider, Carola Richter (eds.)

Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), pp. 175-197

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Community Information Flows to Reduce Inter-Communal Violence in Burma

Emily Speers Mears et al.

Search for Common Ground (2015), 71 pp.

"The research presented in this report aims to contribute towards a better understanding of the way in which rumors, hate speech, and manipulated information contribute to inter-communal conflict and outbreaks of inter-communal violence in Myanmar. It focuses on Muslim-Buddhist inter-communal confli ... ct in one urban and one peri-urban area: Lashio, the largest town in Shan state, and Amarapura, a former capital on the outskirts of Mandalay [...] People in Lashio and Amarapura draw upon a wide range of sources for information and news. They mainly obtain information by word of mouth from friends, colleagues, people who travel for their work, and figures of authority. They share this information by phone and online messaging services, and in markets, teashops and pagodas, as well as other places where people gather such as bus stations. Certain individuals in the community are regarded as trustworthy sources of information including religious leaders, teachers, bosses, government officials, and community leaders. Many people also have access to news applications on Facebook, and/or read journals and newspapers, listen to the radio, and watch TV in order to find out about news that affects them. People report a high level of skepticism about the news that they hear, particularly from sources like Facebook and government newspapers. They analyze not only the information itself but also the source of that information, and check whether it is accurate with people who live in the affected area, or by going to see for themselves. Family members or trusted community members are also consulted to verify or analyze news and information. Respondents also claim to try to verify information by checking different news sources. The more they can cross-reference, the more confident they are that the information is accurate. [...] The causes of inter-religious inter-communal conflict in Myanmar are not well understood. There is a long history of Muslim settlement in Myanmar, and of peaceful relations between Muslims and Buddhists. This changed with the arrival of the British, whose colonial policies brought an influx of Indians, including Muslims, to Myanmar. Specifically anti-Muslim (rather than anti-Indian) tensions first came to a head in 1938; however an inquiry into the anti-Muslim riots of that time found that while the riots had religious anti-Muslim undertones, the real causes were political, economic and social. There have been irregular outbreaks of anti-Muslim violence in subsequent decades, but unfortunately few detailed investigations or analyses of their causes, due to the difficulty of conducting research under the socialist and military governments, and to the sensitivity of the issue. This difficulty persists to the present. [...] Both Muslims and Buddhists are worried about religious violence, and the impact that it might have on the economy. However, most people in Lashio are probably more immediately worried about the fighting between the Tatmadaw and the ethnic armed groups that is taking place outside of Lashio, which has negative effect on the economy, on their livelihoods, and on their feelings of security, due to the numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have sought safety in Lashio. Ethnic groups in Lashio are concerned that the religious conflict will also have an impact on ethnic relations, due to the different religions amongst the ethnic groups. In Lashio, there is also a high level of anti-Chinese sentiment on the part of the Bamar and other ethnic groups. [...] The large amount of rumors about Muslims and about Muslim-Buddhist conflict that we heard in Lashio and Amarapura suggest that people are concerned about this conflict. Negative rumors contribute to the background levels of hatred and distrust of Muslims and serve to manifest tensions between the two communities. This kind of background hatred and distrust may not in itself result in violence. But it means that Buddhists and Muslims in these areas do not mix, and fosters an environment of suspicion and hostility, creating an enabling environment for violence. However, on their own, rumors are not sufficient to trigger violence. For every example of a situation where (true or false) rumors have triggered violence, there is an example where rumors have not triggered violence. Other factors – harder to identify – contribute to outbreaks of violence, and to the underlying conflict. It is essential that these factors be understood if the root causes of inter-communal conflict are to be addressed. KEY RECOMMENDATIONS With this analysis in mind, the following recommendations are provided: recognize the important role that word-of-mouth communication plays in the ways that rumors are spread; recognize and understand the nuances in each local context, in order to develop a deeper understanding of why people feel insecure, as well as to identify root causes of the conflict; mitigate the background levels of anti-Muslim hate speech, by engaging with the genuine Buddhist concerns that are expressed through hate speech; and strengthen community resilience to potential ‘trigger’ rumors – and recognize and strengthen existing efforts to combat these rumors." (Executive summary, page 3-7) more

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Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom
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London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), v, 82 pp.

"This report, which has been produced by a group of distinguished journalists and their supporters, examines the broad scope of the crisis. It covers countries where media are on the frontline of tough political battles, such as Egypt and Turkey. In Ukraine, for instance, the practice of paid-for jo ... urnalism is a tool routinely used by politicians at election time. The same is true in India. In other countries, including Nigeria, Philippines, and Colombia the precarious working conditions of news staff provide fertile conditions for corruption and “brown envelopes” or under-the-table cash payments to reporters and editors which are a routine feature of journalistic work. The struggles facing journalists in settled democracies, such as the United Kingdom and Denmark, are less brazen, but no less challenging and in a range of countries across the Western Balkans with a shared and painful history, media corruption hinders aspirations to break free from the legacy of war, censorship and political control during decades of communist rule. The story is of an uphill struggle. Everywhere there is a crisis of confidence inside newsrooms caused by crumbling levels of commitment to ethics, a lowering of the status of journalistic work and a pervasive lack of transparency over advertising, ownership and corporate and political affiliations. Government control over lucrative state advertising, which is often allocated to media according to their political bias, remains widespread. At the same time, the elimination in most countries of the invisible wall separating editorial and advertising has created a surge of so-called “native advertising,” hidden advertorials and paid-for journalism. It was this conflict of interest that plunged the crisis-prone UK press into a new bout of handwringing in February 2015 when Peter Oborne, a leading political journalist, quit his job at the Daily Telegraph accusing the management of censoring stories about HSBC bank, a leading advertiser caught up in a tax scandal. These reports tell essentially the same story of deep cuts in editorial investment, undue pressure on newsrooms, and media increasingly dependent upon atypical models of ownership in which media have become the trophy possessions of powerful figures and institutions in pursuit of wider corporate and political objectives." (Introduction, page iii-iv) more

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Mother Figured: Marian Apparitions and the Making of a Filipino Universal

Deirdre de la Cruz

Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press (2015), xii, 302 pp.

"Historical anthropologist Deirdre de la Cruz offers a detailed examination of several appearances and miracles of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines from materials and sites ranging from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. By analyzing the effects of the mass media on the perception and prol ... more

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Religion, Hate Speech and Social Media in Myanmar: Analysing Methods of Intervention

Bethany Davis

University of Winchester, Master Thesis (2015), 77 pp.

"Myanmar is home to one of the longest running intrastate conflicts in the world, involving a series of ethnic and religious clashes that have caused harm to all parties involved. The ideology of a homogeneity based on Buddhism and the Bamar ethnicity has marginalized minority groups, which make up ... more

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Bridging the Gender Gap: Mobile Access and Usage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Connected Women 2015

Shireen Santosham, Dominica Lindsey

GSMA; Altai Consulting (2015), 128 pp.

"Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, which translates into 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38% less likely to own a phone than men, highlighting that the gender gap in mobile phone ownership is wider in certain parts of ... more

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Catholic Communities Online

Miriam Díez Bosch, Josep Lluis Micó, Josep Maria Carbonell (eds.)

Barcelona: Universitat Ramon Llull, Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna (2015), 109 pp.

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Muslims in Cyberspace: Exploring Factors Influencing Online Religious Engagements in Malaysia

Azimaton Abdul Rahman, Nor Hazlina Hashim, Hasrina Mustafa

Media Asia, volume 42, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 61-73

"The emergence of Islam and Muslim public spheres in cyberspace has progressed along with the development of Information and Communication Technologies. Just like believers of other faiths, Muslim individuals are enthusiastic in sharing their faith, beliefs, and values at the click of a mouse. Based ... more

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Radio in Timor-Leste

David Foster

In: World Radio TV Handbook: The Directory of Global Broadcasting 2016

Oxford: WRTH Publications (2015), pp. 34-36

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Standards of Journalism Education: An International Comparative Study in the Context of Media and Development

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)

Leipzig; Bonn: Vistas; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2015), 265 pp.

"Training and educating of journalists around the world with the aim of enhancing free and independent media has been a major field of media development cooperation for decades. Nevertheless, the state of scientific research in this area remains limited, specifically with regard to the status quo of ... more

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Typhoon Hayian Learning Review: A Review of 'Communicating with Communities' Initiatives and Coordination in the Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Caroline Austin, Nicki Bailey

CDAC Network (2014), 53 pp.

"The review acknowledges that a stronger commitment by humanitarian agencies to address communication and information needs was seen after Typhoon Haiyan than in previous disasters. However, efforts are still required to ensure the consistency and coordination of ‘communication with communities’ ... more

Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom Deep Insights

Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom
Deep Insights