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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies

James E. Katz (ed.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone ... more
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The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a Health Communication Crisis

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Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company (2008), vi, 242 pp.
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Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry

Selvaraj Velayutham (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2008), xvi, 201 pp.
"Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It o ... 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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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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Developing Alternative Media Traditions in Nepal

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Kathmandu; Lanham, Md.: Chautari; Lexington Books (2008), xvi, 239 pp.
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M-Libraries: Libraries on the Move to Provide Virtual Access

Gill Needham, Mohamed Ally (eds.)
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World Press Trends 2008

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2008), 966 pp.
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The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Kirsten Drotner, Sonia Livingstone (eds.)
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Free Markets Free Media? Reflections on the Political Economy of the Press in Asia

Cherian George (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2008), 164 pp.
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Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs

Sheila Kinkade, Katrin Verclas
Washington, DC; Berkshire: United Nations Foundation; Vodaphone Group Foundation (2008), 59 pp.
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Voices from the Field: Press Freedom in Nepal from CPA to the Constituent Assembly

Forum of Development Journalists (FODE)
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Growth Under Adversity: Afghanistan Press Freedom Report 2007-2008

Sukumar Muralidharan (ed.)
Redfern; Kabul: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific; Afghan Independent Journalists' Association (AIJA) (2008), 19 pp.
"Independent media have expanded and diversified in Afghanistan, though the country remains a precarious and hazardous place for journalists and media organisations. Nine journalists have been killed between January 1, 2007 and the writing of these lines (though one case remains a little unclear), w ... more
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The Asia Media Directory: A Handbook for Media Practitioners in the Region Interested in Establishing a Contact Network

Werner vom Busch, Alastair Carthew (eds.)
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2008), 305 pp.
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Communication for Empowerment in Nepal: An Assessment of Communication and Media Needs Among Indigenous Peoples

Oslo; South Orange, New Jers.: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre; Communication for Social Change Consortium (2008), 102 pp.
"This report provides essential insights to how the indigenous peoples of Nepal are organized and represented by the national and local media. The report describes the media landscape in three districts inhabited by indigenous peoples and reveals that Nepal has one of the most vibrant media environm ... more
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Newspapers Monitoring Report

Jafar Mehdi, Ch. Mohammad Idrees, Mazhar Arif
Islamabad: Society for Alternative Media and Research (2008), 16 pp.
"SAMAR did a more in-depth, comprehensive analysis of news coverage. It examined coverage every day for the entire month (15 June to 15 July). Hundreds of stories were examined. The results offer what we believe to be an astonishing view of what the mainstream media delivered in one month as well as ... more
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The Participatory Web: New Potentials of ICT in Rural Areas

Annemarie Matthess, Christian Kreutz (eds.)
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 42 pp.
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Afghanistan Media Survey

D3 Systems; ACSOR-Surveys; BBC Trust (2008), 30 pp.
"BBC listenership in Afghanistan remains strong and the station has retained a strong brand presence. BBC radio is among the most listened to stations in Afghanistan. Over half (57%) of adults had listened within the past week at the time of the survey in January 2008. 75% of the population claimed ... more
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Performance Analyses of the Cooperation Between Swedish Radio and Radio Republic Indonesia 2000–2005

Madeleine Elmqvist, Lars Rylander, Lukas Luwarso
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2008), 30 pp.
"The main conclusion is that the cooperation project has been very relevant for Indonesia and for Swedish development cooperation with Indonesia. Despite being a small donor, the project is implemented in a strategic sector, both for Indonesia and with regard to Swedish development cooperation goals ... more
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Emergency in Pakistan: Crisis Mission Rapid Assessment

Sukumar Mulidharan, Kanak Mani Dixit, Iqbal Khattak
Sydney: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2008), 18 pp.