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Soap Operas as a Matchmaker: A Cultivation Analysis of the Effects of South Korean TV Dramas on Vietnamese Women’s Marital Intentions

Hong Tien Vu, Tien-Tsung Lee
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 90, issue 1-2 (2013), 23 pp.
"This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption ... more
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Social Media and Elections in Asia-Pacific: The Growing Power of the Youth Vote

Alastair Carthew, Simon Winkelmann (eds.)
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2013), 164 pp.
"Undoubtedly, politicians have awoken to the political power of social media and it will be increasingly adopted as a mainstream means of information distribution and communications as voters and young people are becoming more politically active in a number of the jurisdictions surveyed in this book ... more
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Bücher öffnen Welten: Medienangebote für Menschen in Haft in Deutschland und international

Förderverein Gefangenenbüchereien, Gerhard Peschers (eds.)
Berlin: De Gruyter Saur (2013), x, 416 pp.
"In diesem Band wird sowohl das Gefangenenbüchereiwesen in Deutschland als auch international vorgestellt. Neben der Geschichte der Gefangenenbüchereien werden die Gesetzesgrundlagen und unterschiedliche Bibliotheksangebote für Menschen in Haft erstmalig in einem Band zusammengefasst." (Verlagsbe ... more
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Global eBook: A Report on Market Trends and Developments

Rüdiger Wischenbart
Carlo Carrenho; Veronika Licher; Miha Kovac; Vinutha Mallya (contrib.)
O'Reilly, revised and updated ed. (2013), 111 pp.
"The report offers a status on the US and UK markets as well as close ups on ebook markets as they take shape across Europe, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and in the Arab world. Thematic chapters focus on critical policy debates and on key driving forces, notably ebook bestsellers and pricing strate ... more
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Freedom on the Net 2013: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Madeline Earp, Laura W. Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Ashley Greco-Stoner (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2013), 881 pp.
"Freedom House has conducted a comprehensive study of internet freedom in 60 countries around the world. This report is the fourth in a series and focuses on developments that occurred between May 2012 and April 2013. The previous edition, covering 47 countries, was published in September 2012. 'Fre ... more
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The World Internet Project: International Report

Jeffrey I. Cole et al.
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Center for the Digital Future, 5th ed. (2013), 87 pp.
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TV's Betty Goes Global: From Telenovela to International Brand
Deep Insights

Janet McCabe, Kim Akass (eds.)
London; New York: Tauris (2013), xv, 259 pp.
"Premiering in 2006, Ugly Betty, the award-winning US hit show about unglamorous but kind-hearted Betty Suarez (America Ferrera), is the latest incarnation of a worldwide phenomenon that started life as a Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, la fea, back in 1999. The tale of the ugly duckling has sin ... more
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Media Perceptions and Portrayals of Pastoralists in Kenya, India and China

Mike Shanahan
London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2013), 28 pp.
"Pastoralists use their mobility to take advantage of resources – pasture and water – that are patchily distributed in space and time. Pastoralism can make major contributions to food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity. However, these benefits often go unacknowledged – by policy mak ... more
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Connecting the Last Mile: The Role of Communications in the Great East Japan Earthquake

Lois Appleby
London; Washington, DC: Internews Europe; Internews (2013), 53 pp.
"Connecting the Last Mile explores how communities in the most devastated areas of the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima got their information. It identifies which communications channels were used before, during and after the earthquake and tsunami, and it attempts to answer a central ques ... more
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The Global Social Network Landscape: A Country-By-Country Guide to Social Network Usage

Mitchel Winkels
eMarketer (2013), 40 pp.
"Though Facebook’s near-ubiquitous lead might indicate that the global social network landscape is simplifying, it quickly becomes clear this is not the case. This report aims to help marketers assess the social network landscape in 27 countries by briefly examining four key factors: top social ne ... more
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Soap Operas as a Matchmaker: A Cultivation Analysis of the Effects of South Korean TV Dramas on Vietnamese Women's Marital Intentions

Hong Tien Vu, Tien-Tsung Lee
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 90, issue 2 (2013), pp. 308-330
"This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption ... more
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The Role of Public Sentiment and Social Media in the Evolving China-Africa Relationship

Yu-Shan Wu
Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2013), 24 pp.
"The demands of public diplomacy have shifted with the development of social media technologies. Increasingly, governments are required to gauge and respond to public sentiment over and above the one-way communication of broadcast media. The social media and accompanying elevated public role have co ... more
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Entertainment Education and Social Change

Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies, volume 27, issue 1 (2013), 146 pp.
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Minderheiten machen Medien: Was gibt's Neues?

Pogrom, volume 44, issue 4-5 (2013), pp. 17-72
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The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World

Sarah Cook
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 67 pp.
"This report focuses on six types of media outlets based outside mainland China that together reach news consumers in dozens of countries: major international media; local outlets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; mainstream media in Hong Kong and Taiwan; exile Chinese outlets providing uncensored ... more
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Digital News Report 2013: Tracking the Future of News

Nic Newman, David A. L. Levy (eds.)
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 108 pp.
This is the second of the annual Reuters Institute Digital News surveys published by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at Oxford University. You Gov online polls commissioned by RISJ were conducted with 11,000 online users in the UK, US, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Bra ... more
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Religion and Public Diplomacy

Philip Seib (ed.)
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp.
"Mixing religion and public diplomacy can produce volatile results, but in a world in which the dissemination and influence of religious beliefs are enhanced by new communications technologies, religion is a factor in many foreign policy issues and must be addressed. Faith is such a powerful part of ... more
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Asian Media Barometer: South Korea 2013

Berlin; Seoul: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2013), 96 pp.
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Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue

Ulla Carlsson, Sherri Hope Culver (eds.)
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom; UNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (2013), 416 pp.
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Environmental Conflict and the Media

Libby Lester, Brett Hutchins (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2013), ix, 357 pp.