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Walking on Eggshells: A Study on Gender Justice and Women's Struggles in Malayali Cyberspace

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Global Information Society Watch 2019. Artificial Intelligence: Human Rights, Social Justice and Development
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Article 19; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2019), 87 pp.
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Routledge Handbook of Ecocriticism and Environmental Communication

Scott Slovic, Swarnalatha Rangarajan, Vidya Sarveswaran (eds.)
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ABC International Development (2019), 11 pp.
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Gulnura Toralieva
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2019), 22 pp.
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Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital

Pradip Thomas
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Juliet Fox
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Fragende Blicke: Neun Zugänge zu ethnografischen Fotografien. Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Museum Fünf Kontinente in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Ethnologie der LMU München vom 07. Juli 2018 bis 05. Januar 2020

Paul Hempel, Anka Krämer de Huerta, Silvia Lamprecht (eds.)
München: Institut für Ethnologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2019), 126 pp.
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An Introduction to Religious Pluralism in Sri Lanka

Sulochana Peiris
Colombo: Internews (2019), 39 pp.
"While the first chapter looks at the existing constitutional and legal provisions for the exercise of freedom of religion and religious plurality, the other four chapters reflect upon some of the key sites of religious interface and syncretism that promote inter-religious understanding and pluralit ... more
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Mobile Myanmar: The Impact of Social Media on Young People in Conflict-Affected Regions of Myanmar

Brad Ridout, Melyn McKay, Krestina Amon et al.
Singapore: Save the Children; University of Sydney (2019), 137 pp.
"Most young people lack the digital citizenship skills required to protect themselves from the online dangers and emotional and mental health impacts of social media highlighted in this report. The study finds evidence that young people across Myanmar suffer from ‘hate speech fatigue’, often exa ... more
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Catalysing Social Change in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Evaluating the LIN Model of Participatory Community Development

Chau Doan-Bao, Evangelia Papoutsaki, Giles Dodson
Community Development Journal, volume 54, issue 3 (2019), pp. 519-540
"In communication for social change, a catalyst can play an important role in creating dialogue within the community, leading to collective actions and providing solutions for common problems. In urban communities of developing countries, this role is more essential because of the complexities of ur ... more
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Media Representations and Refugees Crises: Framing of Afghan Refugees in Mainstream Print Media of Pakistan

Sumera Batool
Pakistan Social Sciences Review, volume 3, issue 1 (2019), pp. 461-473
"The main objective of the study is to analyze the framing of Afghan refugees in print media of Pakistan and attempts to generate a substantial body of information about the role of Pakistani media in this regard and presents the issues and problems of afghan refugees after the operation of Zarb-e- ... more
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Facebook India. Towards the Tipping Point of Violence: Caste and Religious Hate Speech

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Abishek Kumar, Priya Nair, Josh Greely
Equality Labs (2019), 65 pp.
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Journalism Education in Bangladesh: From Aspiring Journalists to Career Professionals

Jude William Genilo, Fahmidul Haq, Shameem Mahmud
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 66 pp.
"This study aimed to identify the factors that facilitate or inhibit new and aspiring journalists in Bangladesh to prepare for and join the profession. It also sought to determine the factors that would enable or restrict them from acquiring the necessary skill sets (particularly in educational inst ... more
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Getting it Right Online: Young Women's Negotiations in the Face of Cyberviolence in Karnataka

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IT for Change (2019), 52 pp.
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Newspaper Suicide Reporting in a Muslim Country: Analysis of Violations and Compliance with International Guidelines

Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh, Muhammad Ittefaq
Journal of Media Ethics, volume 34, issue 1 (2019), pp. 2-14
"Suicide attempt rates are on the rise in predominantly Islamic Republic of Pakistan. However, there exists an indigenous academic apathy toward exploring media-suicide relationships. This study, using content analysis and interviews, examines the lack of compliance with international ethical guidel ... more
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Tiangao or Tianxia? The Ambiguities of CCTV's English-Language News for Africa

Vivien Marsh
In: China's Media Go Global
Daya Kishan Thussu, Hugo de Burgh, Anbin Shi (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 103-121
"Sustained media interest in African countries, funded from deep pockets in Beijing, may well attract admirers if the coverage is positive or uncritical. The forward-looking narrative promoted by 'constructive' or 'positive' reporting may help developing nations by not crushing them under too much e ... more