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Online@AsiaPacific: Mobile, social and locative media in the Asia-Pacific
London: Routledge (2013), xii, 206 pp.
Connecting the Last Mile: The Role of Communications in the Great East Japan Earthquake
London; Washington, DC: Internews Europe; Internews (2013), 53 pp.
"Connecting the Last Mile explores how communities in the most devastated areas of the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima got their information. It identifies which communications channels were used before, during and after the earthquake and tsunami, and it attempts to answer a central ques
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Global Information Society Watch 2013: Women's Rights, Gender and ICTs
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2013), 240 pp.
"GISWatch 2013 shows that gains in women’s rights made online are not always certain or stable. While access to the internet for women has increased their participation in the social, economic and governance spheres, there is another side to these opportunities: online harassment, cyberstalking, a
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Missionary Printing
"As Europeans began to travel to all corners of the earth beginning in the 15th century, they were determined not only to conquer new lands but also to spread their faith. From Johann Gutenberg they had learned the power of the printed word, and were determined to use this revolutionary new technolo
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The Global Journalist in the 21st Century
New York; London: Routledge (2012), 584 pp.
"The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more
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Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
Deep Insights
Tampere: Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (2012), 125 pp.
"The SuBMoJour study has mapped journalistic startups in nine countries. It has created an online database detailing the business models of journalistic startups that are deemed sustainable (www.SuBMoJour.net) and this accompanying narrative report. The study supports research to date that online en
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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 1: Forms
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2012), xi, 208 pp.
Women and the Media in Asia: The Precarious Self
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiii, 258 pp.
"At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of everyday life." (Publisher de
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Media and New Religious Movements in Japan
Journal of Religion in Japan, volume 1, issue 2 (2012), pp. 121-141
"Many modern new religions in Japan, by using the mass media in their missionary work, managed to increase their influence on society in a very short time. With time, their use of media has also diversified, now covering all available formats: newspapers and journals, radio and TV, CS and video, the
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The Geography of Foreign News on Television: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 301-322
"The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all
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Asian Communication Handbook
Deep Insights
"The first "theoretical perspectives" section has opinions and research articles by academic scholars and expert practitioners on new media and communication Issues and trends in Asia. Some of the topics covered include the dynamics arising out of the shift to the 'digilogue', mobile activism, corpo
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Media Systems and Political Systems: Dimensions of Comparison
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 4 (2011), pp. 273-301
"In social sciences, the interdependence between media systems and political systems is generally not in doubt. However, empirical knowledge about the relation between the two types of systems is rare. A deeper understanding can be gained by an international comparison of media and political systems
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Public Service Broadcasting: A Comparative Legal Survey
Paris: UNESCO, 2nd ed., revised and updated (2011), ix, 96 pp.
"This book explores the legal and regulatory systems governing public service broadcasters in eight different countries around the world, looking at the services they provide, the way in which their mandates are defined, their internal governance systems, mechanisms of oversight or accountability an
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Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E
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Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media
Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2011), 393 pp.
"There is abundant evidence of underrepresentation of women as subjects of coverage, but until now there were no reliable, comprehensive data on which to make a clear determination about where women currently fit into the news-making operation or in the decision-making or ownership structure of thei
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The Practice of Public Diplomacy: Confronting Challenges Abroad
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xviii, 262 pp.
"Relying heavily on scores of first-hand accounts collected through interviews, the studies examine the practice of public diplomacy largely from the perspective of American practitioners in different countries. The analyses follow the standard field officer approach, asking systematically: what iss
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International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World
New York: Routledge (2010), ix, 251 pp.
"This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across t
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Social Media and Politics: Online Social Networking and Political Communication in Asia
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 140 pp.
"This is a compilation of 13 essays and studies that show the role social networking is playing in political communication in Asia. Each of the 13 chapters describes how various online social communities and networks such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs, are being used as tools in general political c
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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010
Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp.
"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u
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