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Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

Nalin Mehta (ed.)
New York: Routledge (2008), ix, 170 pp.
"This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which cam ... more
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BCO Impact Assessment Study: The Final Report

David Souter et al.
London: BCO Building Communication Opportunities (2008), 192 pp.
"This report investigates the impact media and ICTs can have on the lives of the poor, based on the experiences of nine donors and NGOs forming part of the "Building Communication Opportunities (BCO)" alliance. It suggests that radio will have the most influence on social and political change where ... more
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Free Markets Free Media? Reflections on the Political Economy of the Press in Asia

Cherian George (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2008), 164 pp.
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Women in Action No.2/2008: People's Communications for Development (PC4D)

Tesa Casal de Vela, Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo (eds.)
Quezon City: Isis International (2008), 94 pp.
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Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention: Documentation 2008

Christoph Schmidt, Wilfried Solbach, Marc von Boemcken (eds.)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (2008), 209 pp.
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Freie Medien für ein liberales Afghanistan: Demokratisierung durch Journalismusförderung zwischen Theorie und Praxis

Maike Albrecht
Stuttgart: VDM Verlag Müller (2008), 106 pp.
"Die Arbeit untersucht, welche Rolle die Medien für die Demokratisierung des von 24 Jahren Krieg zerstörten Landes spielen können. Vor allem internationale Hilfsorganisationen sind gefordert, die aufkeimende afghanische Presse auf dem Weg zu Demokratie und Freiheit zu begleiten. Nach theoretische ... more
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Communicating with Radio: What Do We Know? Findings from a Review of Selected Rural Radio Effectiveness Evaluations
Deep Insights

Linje Manyozo
Ottawa: Farm Radio International, African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI) (2008), 105 pp.
"This study reviews and analyses what has already been documented on the links between radio-based communication strategies and rural development outcomes, particularly with regards to smallholder farming and food security outcomes. The report explores best radio practices, including issues related ... more
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Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives

Indrajit Banerjee, Madanmohan Rao (eds.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.
"This book brings together some of the most outstanding and novel papers on media and development presented at the AMIC Annual Conferences in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004. It features over a dozen contributions from around the region, providing a wealth of fresh case studies as well as breaking ne ... more
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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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Jugend, Medien und Migration: Empirische Ergebnisse und Perspektiven

Heinz Bonfadelli, Priska Bucher, Christa Hanetseder, Thomas Hermann, Mustafa Ideli, Heinz Moser
Wiesbaden: Springer VS, Online-Ausg. (2008), 269 pp.
"Man hat Arbeitskräfte gerufen, und es kamen Menschen. Sie fressen den Wohlstand nicht auf, im Gegenteil, sie sind 1 für den Wohlstand unerlässlich." Max Frisch Die modernen Massenmedien besitzen in unserem Alltag einen wichtigen Stellenwert und tragen bei Erwachsenen, aber gerade auch bei Heranw ... more
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Sri Lanka: Silencing Dissent

London: Amnesty International (2008), 42 pp.
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Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry

Selvaraj Velayutham (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2008), xvi, 201 pp.
"Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It o ... more
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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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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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Status and Relevance of Journalism Education in Asia

Media Asia, volume 35, issue 2 (2008), pp. 60-132
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Die Nase des Sultans: Karikaturen aus der Türkei = Padisahin burnu: Türkiye'den Karikatürler

Sabine Küper-Büsch, Nigar Rona (eds.)
Berlin; Istanbul: Dagyeli; Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari (2008), 263 pp.
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Global Bollywood

Anandam P. Kavoori, Aswin Punathambekar (eds.)
New York; London: New York University Press (2008), vi, 314 pp.
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Community Radio Principles and Prospects

Raghu Mainali
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2008), 108 pp.
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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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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies

James E. Katz (ed.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone ... more