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Chasing Sustainability on the Net: International Research on 69 Journalistic Pure Players and Their Business Models
Deep Insights

Esa Sirkkunen, Clare Cook, Risto Kunelius (eds.)
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 ... more
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The League of Thirteen: Media Concentration in Indonesia

Merlyna Lim
Tempe, Ariz.: Arizona State University, Participatory Media Lab; Ford Foundation (2012), 18 pp.
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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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Role of Media in Uncovering Political Corruption in South Asian Perspective

Farruque Ahmed
Asian Journal of Public Affairs, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-37
"Bangladeshi media have undergone significant changes since the 1990s. Despite a boom in the media industry, journalists are reluctant to uncover the misdeeds of politicians because of threats and torture. The media has been politicised in Bangladesh as media supporting the incumbent party in power ... more
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Tibet Media Use 2012: Word-of-Mouth a Top Source for Reliable Information

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 46 slides
"Television is the most widely used media among this population: 9 out of 10 interviewed reported watching it at least once last month; satellite dishes are the dominant way of receiving television signal in rural areas (Cable more prevalent in urban areas). Chinese channels are largely reserved for ... more
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Media Freedom and Independence in 14 European Countries: A Comparative Perspective

European Commission; Mediadem (2012), 188 pp.
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.
"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)
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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
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Home of Hope: Voicings, Whiteness, and the Technological Gaze

Yahui Zhang, Radhika Gajjala, Sean Watkins
Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 36, issue 3 (2012), pp. 202-221
"This article is an attempt to explore the issues of online representations of orphans in China and India in the intersection of power, voice, and placement. Textual and visual representations of orphans at www.homeofhopeindia.org and www.homeofhope.org are analyzed using the theoretical frameworks ... more
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Global and Local Televangelism

Pradip Thomas, Philip Lee (eds.)
Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xiv, 250 pp.
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Development Communication in Directed Social Change: A Reappraisal of Theory and Practice

Srinivas R. Melkote (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2012), vi, 266 pp.
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Social Accountability Status of Community Radios in Nepal

Chakupat, Lalitpur (NP): Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB); United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2012), 82, xli pp.
"About half of the community radios have set their Strategic Plan and Annual Budget System in place. Out of eight such institutional documents, the majority of radios have at least six of them and fewer of them are yet to set these frameworks. Radios are found to be socially inclusive. Though there ... more
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Exile Media, Global News Flows and Democratization: The Role of Democratic Voice of Burma's 2010 Elections

Julianne Pidduck
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 5 (2012), pp. 537-554
"This article explores the links between transnational media flows and social and political change in authoritarian regimes through a conjunctural study of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a Burmese exile media organization. Drawing on observation and interviews conducted at DVB's Oslo studio during ... more
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Freedom to Publish in Vietnam: Between Kafka and the Thang Bom Logic

Geneva: International Publishers Association (IPA) (2012), 16 pp.
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Mapping Digital Media: China

Hu Yong, Fang Kun, Liu Yang, Iris Ha, Zhang Yuping, Wang Mengyao, Kathryn Nute
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.
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Cluster Evaluation Report: UNDEF-Funded Media-Related Projects

Pierre Robert
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF); Transtec (2012), 40 pp.
"This report is the cluster evaluation of 12 UNDEF-supported projects related to the media. It concerns projects that either focused on media capacity building or included a significant element of work with the media. The projects were implemented between 2007 and 2011; they lasted between 12 and 24 ... more
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Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action

Sina Odugbemi, Taeku Lee (eds.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xxv, 507 pp.
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Medios que mueven: Entretenimiento educativo para el cambio social
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Virginia Lacayo, Arvind Singhal
La Haya: Oxfam Novib (2011), 82 pp.
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Designs, Devices and Development: Audience Research as Creative Resource in the Making of an Afghan Radio Drama

Andrew Skuse, Marie Gillespie
Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 8, issue 1 (2011), pp. 132-153
"This essay analyses the role of audience research as a change agent in media development interventions in Afghanistan. It analyses how audience research in transnational contexts involves a complex set of intercultural negotiations and translations that contribute to the enduring relevance and sust ... more
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Cyber-Buddhism: Fundamentalism, the Internet and the Public Sphere in Thailand

Sonja Hongladarom, Krisadawan Hongladarom
In: Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere
Ulrika Mårtensson, Jennifer Bailey, Priscilla Ringrose, Asbjorn Dyrendal (eds.)
London; New York: Tauris (2011), pp. 216-236
"In the case of contemporary Buddhism, we have seen how fundamentalism and democracy are connected to each other, and also how the public sphere, mediated by the new technology of the internet, has a role to play in these relations. We have seen how groups such as the 'Santi Asoke' are succeeding de ... more