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Political Economy of Communications in India: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Pradip Ninan Thomas
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 267 pp.
"This book is a critical study of the political economy of communications in India. It explores the ways in which contexts, policies, and processes at national and international levels shape media structures and studies how a political economy-inspired approach can be used to understand both media d ... more
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Notes on the Public Sphere on a National and Post-National Axis: Journalism and Freedom of Expression in Turkey

Miyase Christensen
Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 2 (2010), pp. 177-197
"Since Turkey became a candidate for the European Union in 1999, democratic rights and freedom of expression have been key issues in discourses surrounding EU—Turkey relations. Discussions on these questions often centre on state censorship and legislative constraints. The role of the media themse ... more
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Do Informed Voters Make Better Choices? Experimental Evidence from Urban India

Abhijit V. Banerjee, Selvan Kumar, Rohini Pande, Felix Su
[authors] (2010), 20 pp.
"Disclosure laws for politicians exist in over a hundred countries. But can disclosures about politician performance and qualifications influence electoral accountability in settings characterized by weak institutions and less educated populations? In the run-up to elections in Delhi we implemented ... more
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What's on Air: A Study of the Content of Community-Run FM Radios in Nepal

Binod Bhattarai, Ghanendra Ojha
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2010), 50 pp.
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Reality TV and Participatory Culture in India

Aswin Punathambekar
Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, volume 8, issue 4 (2010), pp. 241-255
"This article focuses on events surrounding the third season of 'Indian Idol' in order to assess the changing relationship between television, everyday life, and public political discourse in contemporary India. In the summer of 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol focused on how people in Northeast ... more
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Social Media and Politics: Online Social Networking and Political Communication in Asia

Philip Behnke (ed.)
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 140 pp.
"This is a compilation of 13 essays and studies that show the role social networking is playing in political communication in Asia. Each of the 13 chapters describes how various online social communities and networks such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs, are being used as tools in general political c ... more
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America Through the Eyes of China and India: Television, Identity, and Intercultural Communication in a Changing World

Edward D. Sherman
New York; London: Continuum (2010), ix, 167 pp.
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McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India

Jonathan D. James
New Delhi: Sage (2010), xxvii, 232 pp.
"This book looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people. The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India, in a new historical, cultur ... more
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A Report on National Consultation on Community Radio Policy

New Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India; UNESCO (2010), 130 pp.
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Asia's Media Innovators Vol. 2

Stephen Quinn, Kim Kierans
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 137 pp.
"Asia’s Media Innovator’s Vol 2 is the offspring of the earlier book that appeared in 2008. This new volume consists of studies of innovations at media companies in the region. The success of these media companies shows the dynamism in the region, and reflects its potential for growth. Each chap ... more
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
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Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa ... more
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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Sheldon Himelfarb, Cecilia Paradi-Guilford
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul ... more
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Free Expression Under Attack: Azerbaijan’s Deteriorating Media Environment

International Freedom of Expression Mission to Azerbaijan
London: Article 19 (2010), 29 pp.
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Community Radio for Social Change: Evaluating Chala Ho Gaon Mein in Jharkhand

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik
Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication (2009), 45 pp.
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Development Communication: Reframing the Role of Media

Thomas L. McPhail (ed.)
Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell (2009), xiii, 239 pp.
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Directory of Community Radios and Related Organizations in Asia Pacific

Kathmandu: AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Office; Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2009), 136 pp.
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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010

Shahid Akhtar, Patricia Arinto (eds.)
Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp.
"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u ... more
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Fundamentalisms and the Media

Stewart M. Hoover, Nadia Kaneva (eds.)
London: Continuum (2009), xii, 223 pp.
"Outside the West, religion is an ever more prominent force in social and political movements of both reform and retrenchment. Across these contexts, no issue in religion is of as much concern as fundamentalism - or rather the fundamentalisms within various traditions - which are seen to be fomentin ... more
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India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes

Karline McLain
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), 240 pp.
"Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the A ... more