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Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
Deep Insights

Octavio Kulesz
Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.
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Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media

Hannah Byam, Christopher Neu
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2011), 3 pp.
"With a rise in terrorist activity spreading fear through highly publicized attacks, Pakistan’s media landscape has increasingly been used as a battleground between those seeking to promote violent conflict and others seeking to manage or deter it. Pakistan’s media community has not yet develope ... more
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Media, Militarization, and Human Rights: Comparing Media Reform in the Philippines and Burma

Lisa Brooten
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 4, issue 3 (2011), pp. 229-249
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Searching for Home: Explorations in New Media and the Burmese Diaspora in New Zealand

Violet Cho
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 17, issue 1 (2011), pp. 194-209
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New Media Vs. Old Politics: The Internet, Social Media, and Democratisation in Pakistan

Marcus Michaelsen
Berlin; Islamabad: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 72 pp.
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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia

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The Hierarchy of Global Suffering: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Television News Reporting on Foreign Natural Disasters

Stijn Joye
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Towards Renewed Pastoral Communication Strategies for the Church in Myanmar in View of Radio Veritas Asia

Gabriel Htun Myint
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Media Policy Paradigm Shift in Turkey: Rethinking Neo-Authoritarian Media Systems in the Age of Neo Liberalism

Serhat Ahmet Kaymas
Acta Universitatis Danubius. Communicatio, volume 5, issue 1 (2011), pp. 40-69
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Medios que mueven: Entretenimiento educativo para el cambio social
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Virginia Lacayo, Arvind Singhal
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Communicating Research: A Beginner’s Guide for Researchers in Vietnam

Ajoy Datta, Arnaldo Pellini
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Soft Power in China: Public Diplomacy Through Communication

Jian Wang (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), 221 pp.
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Maintaining the Enthusiasm: Economic Viability of Community Radio in the Philippines

Kalinga Seneviratne
Singapur: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2011), 80 pp.
"AMIC undertook a research project to assess the economic viability of the Tambuli model in the Philippines after 15 years of its introduction. This book documents the opinions and the perspectives of many stakeholders in the community radio sector. It reflects both the success stories and barriers ... more
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Asian Media Barometer: Thailand 2010

Bangkok: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 77 pp.
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Environmental Journalism in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: Reporting Scarce Amid Environmental and Media Problems

Eric Freedman
Applied Environmental Education & Communication, volume 10, issue 2 (2011), pp. 126-134
"Independence for the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia has not led to press freedom, solutions to pressing environmental problems, or development of effective grassroots nongovernmental organizations. This article examines relations between journalists and environ ... more
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A News Portal Without a News Team: Journalistic and Marketing Logics at the Malaysian National News Agency

Amira Firdaus
In: Making Online News, Vol. 2: Newsroom Ethnographies in the Second Decade of Internet Journalism
David Domingo, Chris Paterson (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2011), pp. 141-150
"The internet has offered national news agencies the opportunity to extend the reach of their services to non-media consumers. This chapeter analyzes the case of BERNAMA, highlighting the tensions between journalism and marketing in the process of blurring the traditional definitions of news agency ... more
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Between Islam and Buddhism Communication in Indonesia

M. Ikhsan Tanggok
Religion and Social Communication, volume 9, issue 2 (2011), pp. 133-154
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Social Dynamics 2.0: Researching Change in Times of Media Convergence: Case Studies from the Middle East and Asia

Nadja-Christina Schneider, Bettina Gräf (eds.)
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2011), 166 pp.
"Mediated forms of communication increasingly influence the social relations and different spheres of life in the regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and in the Arab-speaking region. In order to understand the profound social and political changes that go hand in hand with these medialisation proc ... more
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Development Communication Programming of the Hindi Service of Radio Veritas Asia

Herman Bandod
Religion and Social Communication, volume 9, issue 1 (2011), pp. 51-77
"Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) is hailed as 'the Voice of Asian Christianity' and the Hindi Service has defined its vision and mission to proclaim human development based on Gospel values. Spiritual, social, economical, human and environmental messages are important for overall development of a person an ... more
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New Social Media and Conflict in Kyrgyzstan

Neil Melvin, Tolkun Umaraliev
Solna: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (2011), 22 pp.
"During 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced two periods of conflict that took the country to the brink of civil war: the overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in April and the ethnic violence in the south of the country in June. The use of blogs and social network sites as well as mobile and multimedia p ... more