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Oral history and public memories

Paula Hamilton, Linda Shopes (eds.)
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press (2008), xvii, 302 pp.
"Oral history is inherently about memory, and when oral history interviews are used "in public," they invariably both reflect and shape public memories of the past. Oral History and Public Memories is the only book that explores this relationship, in fourteen case studies of oral history's use in a ... more
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The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia: Karaoke Culture and the Evolution of Personality Politics

Jonathan Woodier
Cheltenham; Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing (2008), vii, 368 pp.
"Examining the communications media and its relationship to political change in Southeast Asia, this study endeavours to provide both a regional comparative analysis and an interpretation of the mass communication media in the wake of 9/11." (Publisher description)
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Preliminary Study of Community Radio by the People’s Sector: Executive Summary

Northern People’s Media Network; Northeastern Radio Federation; Eastern Community Radio Network; Southern Community Radio Network; Thai Volunteers Services Foundation; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Southeast Asia Regional Office (2008), 9 pp.
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World Press Trends 2008

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2008), 966 pp.
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Kambodschas Medien: Eine Einführung

Martin Ritter
Asien (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde), issue 107 (2008), pp. 11-25
"Seit Beginn der demokratischen Transformation 1993 begann ein Liberalisierungskurs des kambodschanischen Mediensystems. Viele neue Medienunternehmen entstanden. Trotz dieser positiven Entwicklung, lassen sich zahlreiche Defizite feststellen. Die Medien sind im Besitz der Regierung, die Inhalte werd ... more
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The Missing Link: Fostering Positive Citizen-State Relations in Post-Conflict Environments
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Henriette von Kaltenborn-Stachau
Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2008), 117 pp.
"Donor policies place great emphasis on the importance of state-building in post-Conflict states, and many donors also recognize the relevance civil society and a professional media sector have for successful transformation processes, says this report. However, operationally and conceptually these a ... more
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Pioneering Community Radio: Impacts of IPDC Assistance in Nepal

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2008), 12 pp.
"IPDC’s support for community radio in Nepal has been a strategic, defining factor in the growth of the community media sector. The Programme has regularly supported small, distinct projects that have catalyzed the growth of the sector at different times by promoting replicable models, establishin ... more
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Political Communication in Indonesia: An Analysis of the Freedom of the Press in the Transition Process After the Downfall of the Soeharto-Regime (1998-2004)

Lukas S. Ispandriarno
Ilmenau: Technical University of Ilmenau, Doctoral Thesis (2008), x, 446 pp.
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Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), 449 pp.
"Internet filtering takes place in at least forty states worldwide including many countries in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. This publication examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. The six introd ... more
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Media and Conflict: Afghanistan as a Relative Success Story

Yll Bajraktari, Christina Parajon
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2008), 8 pp.
"The development of media in post-Taliban Afghanistan has been relatively successful (compared with both the Taliban regime and other countries subject to international intervention) in establishing free and responsible expression despite the lack of electricity, harsh terrain, absence of viable med ... more
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Journalism in Central Asia: A Victim of Politics, Economics, and Widespread Self-censorship

Timothy Kenny, Peter Gross
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 13, issue 4 (2008), pp. 515-525
"Significant efforts to develop an independent journalism have stumbled badly in Central Asia, where politics, economics and the unforeseen consequence of widespread self-censorship have derailed development of a Western-style media and the democracy it serves. What is worse, from Kazakhstan to Uzbe ... more
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M-Libraries: Libraries on the Move to Provide Virtual Access

Gill Needham, Mohamed Ally (eds.)
London: Facet Publishing (2008), lvii, 287 pp.
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Church Communications Through Diocesan Websites: A Model of Analysis

Daniel Arasa
Rome: EDUSC (2008), 455 pp.
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Global Bollywood

Anandam P. Kavoori, Aswin Punathambekar (eds.)
New York; London: New York University Press (2008), vi, 314 pp.
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Pop Culture with a Purpose! Using Edutainment Media for Social Change

Virginia Lacayo, Arvind Singhal
The Hague: Oxfam Novib (2008), 53 pp.
"This publication focuses on unique communication-centered approaches to social change and introduces basic concepts, strategies and theories supporting edutainment strategies to foster social change and social movement building. It provides examples of how the organizations have used edutainment st ... more
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Unholy Speech and Holy Laws: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan—Controversial Origins, Design Defects, and Free Speech Implications

Osama Siddique, Zahra Hayat
Minnesota Journal of International Law, volume 17, issue 2 (2008), pp. 303-385
"This article, inter alia, attempts to analyze and focus on the historical, formalistic, and design aspects of Pakistan’s existing blasphemy laws from a comparative perspective. It argues that, quite apart from procedural inadequacies of the Pakistani legal system and its special socio-political c ... more
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Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice

Sina Odugbemi, Thomas Jacobson (eds.)
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xxi, 525 pp.
"This book is a contribution to efforts to improve governance systems around the world, particularly in developing countries. It offers a range of innovative approaches and techniques for dealing with the most important nontechnical challenges that prevent many of those efforts from being successful ... more
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The blogging revolution

Antony Loewenstein
Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press (2008), vii, 294 pp.
"This searching examination explores how the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive governments - including China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-dept ... more
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Kaukasus

Bernhard Chiari (ed.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2008), 288 pp.
"Die Bergregion zwischen Russland, Iran und Türkei ist von größtem geostrategischem Interesse, nicht zuletzt wegen ihrer Ölvorkommen. Seit dem Ende der Sowjetunion beschäftigen deshalb die Konflikte im Kaukasus, der Heimat uralter christlicher und islamischer Kulturen, die Welt. Tschetschenien ... more
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Ten Years for Media Freedom: An OSCE Anniversary

Arnaud Amouroux (ed.)
Vienna: Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (2008), 176 pp.