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Radio in Small Nations: Production, Programmes, Audiences

Richard J. Hand, Mary Traynor (eds.)
Cardiff: University of Wales Press (2012), xi, 199 pp.
"Whether at a local, national, or international level, radio has played and continues to play a key role in nurturing or denying—even destroying—people’s sense of collective identity. The essays in this volume provide a historical and contemporary overview of radio in small nations. A number o ... more
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Development Communication: The Changing Technological Parameters Needed to Address Social Applications

Kalinga Seneviratne
In: Asian Communication Handbook
Sundeep R. Muppidi (eds.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2012), pp. 67-75
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Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives

Des Freedman, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2012), xiii, 322 pp.
"Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world's media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current case studies, it is a perfect student text and is an ... more
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What’s it For? Expectations of Internet Value and Usefulness in Central Asia

Rebecca Walton, Judith Yaaqoubi, Beth Kolko
Information Technologies & International Development, volume 8, issue 3 (2012), pp. 69-84
"Research on Internet usage in developing regions typically focuses on user demographics or challenges to usage. However, few studies explore the needs and desires of users in developing regions—that is, what users want from the Internet—and even fewer connect those needs with the skills require ... more
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Controlling the Internet in China: The Real Story

Fan Dong
Convergence, volume 18, issue 4 (2012), pp. 403-425
"This article examines the complexity of the internet control mechanisms in China by breaking it down to five layers, ranging from the government, service and content providers to webmasters and individual users. It inquires into the logic of the control mechanisms and how such logic is naturalized ... more
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Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

Philip Seib (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), 204 pp.
"For Al Jazeera English (AJE), the Arab revolutions of 2011 offered an opportunity that news executives dream about. It was the biggest story of the century, it was happening on home territory, and the channel had the expertise and the reportorial staff on the ground at levels its competitors could ... more
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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World

Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini (eds.)
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.
"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring ... more
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A Buzz in Cyberspace, But no Net-Revolution: The Role of the Internet in Singapore’s 2011 Elections

Kai Portmann
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"The May 2011 general election has been the most contested and most discussed in Singapore’s history. Prior to the polls, the government relaxed the rules on election campaigning in the Internet. For the first time in the highly wired city-state with its tech-savvy population of 5 million people, ... more
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Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, and Constraints on Online Political Communication in Central Asia

Brian J. Bowe, Eric Freedman, Robin Blom
Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1 (2012), pp. 144-152
"This paper reviews recent events and legal developments related to the Internet and social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include legislation extending libel laws to online communications, blocking of oppositional and independent websites, and punishi ... more
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Mapping Digital Media: Georgia

Ana Keshelashvili, Nino Danelia, Ninia Kakabadze
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 101 pp.
"This report finds that the momentous change in ownership transparency regulation and the dynamic and free online environment are the most notable success stories since 2005. Yet these achievements are overshadowed by the lack of independence of the broadcasting regulator and the public broadcaster, ... more
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Forum Theatre on the Air: Towards a Model of Participatory Radio Drama for Development on Community Radio

Mary Traynor
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 10, issue 2 (2012), pp. 173-187
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The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad

Anjali Gera Roy (ed.)
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xviii, 334 pp.
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Conference on Media Development in Myanmar

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2012), 47 pp.
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Opening Closed Regimes: Civil Society, Information Infrastructure, and Political Islam

Muzammil M. Hussain, Philip N. Howard
In: Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study
Eva Anduiza Perea, Michael James Jensen, Laia Jorba (eds.)
New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 200-220
"Ruling elites often try to co-opt civil society groups, and in times of political or military crises they can attempt to control the national information infrastructure. But a defining feature of civil society is independence from the authority of the state, even in countries such as Saudi Arabia a ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
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Pakistan: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 139 pp.
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The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan: Six Years Later, 2006-2012

Javid Hamdard
Internews; USAID (2012), 57 pp.
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Attribute Agenda Setting, Priming and the Media’s Influence on How to Think About a Controversial Issue

Sei-Hill Kim, Miejeong Han, Doo-Hun Choi, Jeong-Nam Kim
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 1 (2012), pp. 43-59
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The World News Prism: Challenges of Digital Communication

William A. Hachten, James F. Scotton
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 8th ed. (2012), xi, 249 pp.
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Digital Politics and Political Engagement

John Postill
In: Digital Anthropology
Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller (eds.)
London: Berg (2012), pp. 165-184