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Church and Social Communication in Asia: Documents, Analysis, Experiences

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)
Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications, 2nd ed. (2008), 232 pp.
"The book presents all final statements of FABC communication meetings from 1996 to 2007, including the annual meetings of Asian communication bishops (Bishops' Meet), all six BISCOMs (Bishops' Institutes for Social Communication), and special gathering of experts (Roundtables) on Communication Rese ... 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 Bollywood Reader

Rajinder Dudrah, Jigna Desai (eds.)
Maidenhead: Open University Press (2008), xi, 301 pp.
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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008: Reports on 31 Economies and 2 Sub-Regional Associations

Felix Librero, Patricia B. Arinto (eds.)
New Dehli: Sage India; Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), xv, 373 pp.
"This edition (2007/2008) continues the tradition of providing an analytical overview of the state of ICT4D in Asia Pacific. It covers 31 countries and economies, including North Korea for the first time. Each country chapter is an attempt to provide a relatively comprehensive coverage of the variou ... 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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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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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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Evaluation Reports on the Projects Selected by the IPDC Bureau: Intergovernmental Council of the IPDC, Twenty-Sixth Session

Paris: UNESCO (2008), 108 pp.
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Community Radio: Strategic Planning Manual
Key Guides

Bikram Subba, Raghu Mainali
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 66 pp.
"This is an overview of strategic planning tools designed for Nepalese community radios. In plane language, it introduces to the basics of strategic planning, situation and stakeholder analysis, long-term vision and guiding principles, identification of risk factors, definition of indicators and the ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2008: Focus on Access to Infrastructure

Alan Finlay (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos; Third World Institute (ITeM) (2008), 204 pp.
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Radio for Peace Building: Project Evaluation Report

Arpita Nepal, Samyukta Rupakheti
Washington, DC; Brussels: Search for Common Ground (2008), 35 pp.
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Taliban Propaganda: Winning the War of Words?

Kabul; Brussels: International Crisis Group (2008), 47 pp.
"This report examines the Taliban’s evolving propaganda strategy and its role in shaping perceptions of legitimacy and strength during the Afghan conflict. It argues that the Taliban developed a sophisticated, multi-platform communications apparatus that exploited Afghan nationalism, local grievan ... more
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The Vital Drop: Communication for Polio Eradication in India

Gitanjali Chaturvedi
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2008), xviii, 319 pp.
"This book records the communication journey that began in 2002 through important innovations aimed at including segregated and marginalised populations, as well as a very successful mass media campaign featuring cine star Amitabh Bachchan. An important lesson learnt was that for any public health c ... more
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Community Radio: Collective Marketing Strategy

Bikram Subba, Yadav Chapagain, Raghu Mainali
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 91 pp.
"This is an introduction to the collective marketing strategy with a regional and thematic emphasis on Nepalese community radio stations. In this publication, airtime is viewed as the "product" that all community radio stations sell, and which builds a link between them, as well as their mutual aim ... 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.
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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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In the Balance: Press Freedom in South Asia 2007-2008

Sukumar Muralidharan (ed.)
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2008), 39 pp.
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Media and Conflict Reporting in Asia
Deep Insights

Shyam Tekwani (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 203 pp.
"The thirteen significant case studies presented here examine the challenges faced by media practitioners reporting on conflicts across the diverse media ecologies of Asia. Significant themes covered include: how media culture affects the way conflict is covered, including aspects such as resource l ... 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