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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts

Lina Khatib (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), x, 198 pp.
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Pakistan: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide

infoasaid (2012), 139 pp.
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Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass.; Ottawa et al.: MIT Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2012), xv, 414 pp.
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Sanja Kelly, Sarah Cook, Mai Truong (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching ... more
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Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan's Digital Doldrums

Ottawa: SecDev Group (2012), 21 pp.
"Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more ef!cient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. However, the ... more
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Propagandaschlacht am Hindukusch

Merjam Wakili, Kefa Hamidi
Message, issue 4 (2012), pp. 22-25
"Afghanische Journalisten sind weit davon entfernt, unabhängig arbeiten zu können. Ihre Etats kommen aus dem Westen, aus Pakistan oder Iran. Die Kritik daran wächst." (Seite 22)
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Role of Media in Uncovering Political Corruption in South Asian Perspective

Farruque Ahmed
Asian Journal of Public Affairs, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-37
"Bangladeshi media have undergone significant changes since the 1990s. Despite a boom in the media industry, journalists are reluctant to uncover the misdeeds of politicians because of threats and torture. The media has been politicised in Bangladesh as media supporting the incumbent party in power ... more
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Media Freedom and Independence in 14 European Countries: A Comparative Perspective

European Commission; Mediadem (2012), 188 pp.
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„The Whole Idea is to Entertain Them": Musik im indischen Wahlkampf

Cornelia Günauer
Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2012), 93 pp.
"Music is an omnipresent part of the often so-called great Indian election circus and much more than a mere by-product of what is the greatest democratic exercise worldwide. Songs and tunes are an integral part of political communication, strategically used by political actors which are confronted w ... more
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Safety on the Line: Exposing the Myth of Mobile Communication Security

Cormac Callanan, Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner
Washington, DC: Freedom House; Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (2012), 175 pp.
"This report evaluates the risks and vulnerabilities of mobile phone services and apps in 12 specified countries: the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the People’s Republic of China, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom ... more
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Analyzing the Spell of War: A War/peace Framing Analysis of the 2009 Visual Coverage of the Sri Lankan Civil War in Western Newswires

Rico Neumann, Shahira Fahmy
Mass Communication & Society, volume 15 (2012), pp. 169-200
"The goal of this study was to analyze the extent to which the visual coverage of the final stages (April=May 2009) of the long-lasting Sri Lankan Civil War relied on war and peace frames. Based on the revolutionary conceptual work of Norwegian scholar Johan Galtung, who viewed war and peace journal ... more
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Christian communication in Sri Lanka

Avanka Fernando
Media Development (WACC), volume 59, issue 1 (2012), pp. 43-47
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Verlagslandschaft und Lesekultur

Erika Glassen
In: Länderbericht Türkei
Udo Steinbach (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 497-501
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Internet Enemies Report 2012

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 72 pp.
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The Mobile Media Reader

Noah Arceneaux, Anandam Kavoori
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), vi, 198 pp.
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The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad

Anjali Gera Roy (ed.)
New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xviii, 334 pp.
"This anthology aims to portray the “soft” power of Bollywood, which makes it a unique and powerful disseminator of Indian culture and values abroad. The essays in the book examine Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations and diplomacy ... more
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The Use of Radio in Disasters: 2008 Flood Response, North India. Case Study of First Response India

Health Communication Resources (HCR) (2012), 3 pp.
"Since the Bihar flooding, First Response India has gone on to train other teams in disaster radio response. Its aim is to equip other teams across India with the skills needed to improve collaboration and communication with people affected by crisis. Radio can also play a key role in other phases o ... more
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Reporting Disaster and Disaster Preparedness: A Training Handbook

New Delhi: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme (IGEP) (2012), viii, 122 pp.
"The main objective of the media component of the Environmental Planning and Disaster Risk Management (EPDRM) programme of GIZ in India is to enable journalists to better and more efficiently perform their roles, functions and tasks in the context of disaster risk management, i.e. information to the ... more
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Blasphemy Laws and Pakistan's Human Rights Obligations

Bilal Hayee
University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review (UNDALR), volume 14 (2012), pp. 25-54
"Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are criticised for being discriminatory against religious minorities and inconsistent with human rights standards. There have been attempts in the past to amend these laws. However, after protests by religious parties, each of these attempts failed. In 2011 the debate to ... more
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more