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New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17

Laxmi Murthy (ed.)
New Delhi: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific; South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2017), 113 pp.
"South Asia is a region of enormous contrasts, but from the vastness of India to tiny and placid Bhutan, journalism faces several problems in common. The safety situation has improved in some of the countries that were racked by internal strife, but journalists remain at acute risk in India and Paki ... more
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Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora

Radha Sarma Hegde, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xix, 393 pp.
"The Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora introduces readers to the contexts and histories that constitute the Indian diaspora. It brings together scholars from different parts of the globe, representing various disciplines, and covers extensive spatial and temporal terrain. Contributors draw f ... more
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Global Media Giants
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Benjamin J. Birkinbine, Rodrigo Gómez, Janet Wasko (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), xiii, 496 pp.
"Global Media Giants takes an in-depth look at how media corporate power works globally, regionally, and nationally, investigating the ways in which the largest and most powerful media corporations in the world wield power. Case studies examine not only some of the largest media corporations (News C ... more
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Trauma counseling for journalists: A profession in denial

Gowri Ananthan
Media Asia, volume 44, issue 1 (2017), pp. 17-20
"Research suggests between 80 and 90% of journalists have been exposed to a work-related traumatic events such as murder, mass casualties, war and natural disasters. Most journalists exhibit resilience despite repeated exposure to such traumatic events. However, a significant minority are at risk fo ... more
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Conflict and Peace Journalism: Role of Media in Pakistan

Muhammad Zubair Iqbal, Shabir Hussain
Strategic Studies, volume 37, issue 2 (2017), pp. 90-108
"This study aims to investigate the reporting of major conflicts in Pakistan by two leading TV channels i.e. Geo TV and Dunya TV, to ascertain the nature of the coverage in terms of being escalatory or deescalatory. It aims to explore these conflicts from a peace journalism perspective. The conflict ... more
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The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
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Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 363 pp.
"To support joint efforts to protect journalism, there is a growing need for research-based knowledge. Acknowledging this need, the aim of this publication is to highlight and fuel journalist safety as a field of research, to encourage worldwide participation, as well as to inspire further dialogues ... more
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The Cost of Truth Telling in India: Reporting in the Context of Intolerance

Pradip Ninan Thomas
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 87-92
"I would like to begin by stating the obvious. Any way forward has to be based on a clear understanding of the possibilities for change in the environment and context of the press in India. While there is a lot to celebrate about the press in India, its institutional location within the market, its ... more
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Defending Journalism: How National Mechanisms Can Protect Journalists and Address the Issue of Impunity. A Comparative Analysis of Practices in Seven Countries
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Elisabeth Witchel, Esben Q. Harboe (eds.)
International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 250 pp.
"The research documents how, despite immense ongoing challenges, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal and Pakistan, some important advances have been made to develop joint structures and innovative approaches to defend the practice of journalism. It examines the long road Colombia has followed in the establi ... more
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A Country without Mercy: Afghan Journalists Caught in Crossfires

Elisabeth Eide
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 81-86
"In the last Afghan solar year (22 March 2015 – 21 March 2016), twelve journalists and media workers were killed, exceeding any previous year in recent history. In June 2016, the US photographer David Gilkey and his interpreter, journalist Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed in a Taliban attack in Maj ... more
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Religious Television Channels in Tamil Nadu: An Analysis of Tamil Christian Programmes

A. Christopher Joseph Cruz
Salem: Periyar University, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Doctoral Thesis (2017), 238 pp.
"In a nutshell, this research reveals that indigenous Tamil Christian satellite television channels [i.e., Angel TV, Aaseervatham TV, Madha TV, Power of God TV, Salvation TV] are liked by the Christian viewers. The viewers watch those channels for the gratifications of moral, psychological, and reli ... more
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Global Pop: Das Buch zur Weltmusik

Claus Leggewie (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 392 pp.
"Der Begriff "Weltmusik" war in den 1980er Jahren die gängige Beschreibung für Musikstile, die aus westlicher Perspektive "exotisch" wirkten. Er stand für unterschiedlichste musikalische Traditionen, die oftmals nicht viel mehr gemein hatten, als dass sie plötzlich für den westlichen Markt inte ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2017: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Sri Lanka

Washington, DC: IREX (2017), v, 25 pp.
"Despite political and economic progress, the media face increasing political influence and financial instability that threaten the future. This year panelists affirmed the current financial crisis that the media industry is facing. They noted its impact on media freedom and progress, as it relates ... more
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Role of Media in Shaping the Policy Process: Comparative Lessons from the Food Price Crisis in Bangladesh, China, India, and Viet Nam

Suresh Chandra Babu, Smita Aggarwal, Junjie Chen
Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2017), vi, 39 pp.
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Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor

Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson (eds.)
Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press (2016), x, 324 pp.
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Open Mic Nepal: Tracking Rumors in Post-Earthquake Nepal

Internews (2016), 13 pp.
"In July 2015, Internews launched Open Mic Nepal, a project designed to track and debunk rumors in the earthquake-afected communities. Based on previous pilots of this approach in Gaza and Liberia, the project set out to assess and address information needs by using minimally structured qualitative ... more
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Archiving as History-Making: Religious Politics of Social Media in India

Sahana Udupa
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 212-230
"This article explores the case of right-wing Hindu nationalist volunteers in India, to turn a critical eye on a digital practice that has become prominent on new media in India in recent times-the assembling of facts, figures, and treatises as an ideological exercise by the net-savvy "nonexperts." ... more
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The International History of Communication Study

Peter Simonson, David W. Park (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2016), xvii, 527 pp.
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Social Media Challenges and Opportunities for Human Rights: A Case of Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

Sanam Noor
Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg, Master Thesis (2016), 73 pp.
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Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries
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Ravindra Kumar Vemula, SubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxv, 238 pp.
"This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information r ... more
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Public Media Initiatives in Bangladesh and South Asia: Politics and Prospects

Anis Rahman
Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, School of Communication (2016), 35 pp.
"The multidimensional growth and transformation of state broadcasters in South Asia indicate that television occupies a major and significant space in the cultural politics of the region. Based on in-depth interviews and secondary data analysis, this paper examines how the state broadcaster in Bangl ... more