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Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Globalization
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2006), 348 pp.
Gender in the Information Society: Emerging Issues
Bangkok; New Delhi: UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP); Elsevier (2006), xi, 142 pp.
"This publication features a series of papers that represent an early exploration of the challenges and opportunities for actors committed to gender equality in the information society. It is meant to open up the debates that can pave the way for a sustained engagement of gender activists with one o
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Media's Challenge: Asian Tsunami and Beyond
Deep Insights
"The tsunami demonstrated that modern journalists can do more than just bring unfolding stories to the world. One of the biggest lessons of the tsunami that is unravelling is that the modern journalist can also help to heal communities, rebuild lives, keep families intact and raise funds. The media
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Support to Media in Sri Lanka: An Overview of Activities and Proposals for the Future
Amsterdam; Chandigarh: International Media Support (IMS) (2006), 34 pp.
Exploring New Modalities: Experiences with Information and Communications Technology Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review and Analysis of the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme
Bangkok; New Delhi: Elsevier (2006), x, 155 pp.
"This book is a review of 56 projects funded by the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2005. The aim of this book is to examine trends within these particular information and communications technology (ICT) projects in order to determine factors for success, and, common cha
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Native on the Net: Indigenous and Diasporic Peoples in the Virtual Age
London; New York: Routledge (2006), xi, 338 pp.
"From the Taino Indians of the Caribbean, the U’wa of the Amazon rainforest, and the Tunomans and Assyrians of Iraq, to the Tingas and Zapatistas, Native on the Net is a lively and intriguing exploration of how new technologies have enabled these previously isolated peoples to reach new levels of
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Perspectives on Distance Education: Educational Media in Asia
Deep Insights
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2005), 206 pp.
"The book opens with a review of the key issues in using media for education. It then proceeds through five country studies, written by highly qualified and experienced policy-makers and practitioners of educational media. The country studies are followed by research reviews that synthesise the majo
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A Study of Media in Sri Lanka (excluding the North and East)
Colombo; Copenhagen: Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA); International Media Support (IMS) (2005), 44 pp.
Perspectives on Distance Education: Educational Media in Asia
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2005), xviii, 206 pp.
"The collection captures the variety of experience gained and of lessons learned in using educational media in Asia. Singapore, with its well-established policies of educational use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is at one end of the spectrum. At the other is Bangladesh, where the
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Tsunami Media Evaluation Report. Period: December 26th 2004 to March 26th 2005
UNICEF; Echo Research Inc. (2005), 29 pp.
"This media analysis report by global reputation analyst Echo Research reviews UNICEF’s communications following the Tsunami and the impact of communication on government policies and UNICEF programs in Sri Lanka and Indonesia (the Tsunami Zone). The analysis looks at UNICEF coverage related to th
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The Role of Women Journalists in Conflict Reporting in Sri Lanka
Media Asia, volume 32, issue 1 (2005), pp. 31-33
"There is a huge disparity seen in the representation of men and women in the coverage of the twenty-year-old civil war in Sri Lanka. Most of the media coverage had been facilitated by the military during the period of the conflict. These, however, were not regular and only afforded a one-sided view
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On the Road to Peace: Reporting Conflict and Ethnic Diversity. A Research Report on Good Journalism Practice in Sri Lanka
Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2005), 23 pp.
"This report presents the findings of the research into journalists’ attitudes towards and experiences of reporting conflict. It includes the results of two media monitoring exercises: the first, how the media has covered conflict; the second, how it performed in the immediate aftermath of the tsu
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War of Words: Conflict and Freedom of Expression in South Asia
London: Article 19 (2005), 241 pp.
"This study considers the conflicts in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, primarily looking at restrictions, highlighting similarities and differences and drawing some general conclusions about the ways in which authorities and combatants restrict freedom of expression. It also sets out international stand
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"Inspired by innovations that emerged from the Kothmale Community Radio and Internet project, Sri Lanka, in 1999 and 2000, UNESCO has since established some fifty CMCs in a wide range of contexts in some twenty countries on three continents. In addition to new facilities and increased local capacity
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Asian Cyberactivism: Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship
Bangkok; Hong Kong: Friedrich Naumann Foundation; University of Hong Kong (2004), 644 pp.
"This book aims to record political activism on the Internet and "take stock of some of the successes and failures of cyberactivists as they try to beat the various censorship regimes in Asia." The sections of this 664-page book comprise of 'Political Frameworks & New Technology', 'Regulations and C
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