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Political Regimes and the Media in Asia
Hoboken: Routledge (2008), xiii, 233 pp.
"This book analyzes the relationship between political power and the media in a range of nation states in East and Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on the place of the media in authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes. It discusses the centrality of media in sustaining repressive regimes,
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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies
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
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Asian Communication Handbook 2008
Deep Insights
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 548 pp.
Religiöser Wandel und Krisenerfahrung: Tendenzen der islamischen Buchproduktion in Indonesien seit 1945
Asien (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde), issue 104 (2007), pp. 153-165
"Wer sich heute auf eine Reise in die malaiische Welt (Indonesien, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam) begibt, wird beobachten, dass sich das Angebot in den Buchhandlungen von Land zu Land zum Teil erheblich unterscheidet. In Indonesien etwa, das mit seinen zur Zeit etwa 230 Millionen Einwohnern fast 90% d
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Radio Elshinta: No Music, Just News and Stories as the People See it
Media Asia, volume 34, issue 2 (2007), pp. 96-104
"Long before the descriptor “citizen journalism” became a topic of research interest in academia, Indonesia’s Radio Elshinta (www.elshinta.com) in Jakarta had already opened its airwaves for listeners, most with no formal journalism training, to call in their stories. This paper contextualises
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Donors and Media Development: Reports from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
New York: Open Society Institute (2007), 140 pp.
Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives
Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.
"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program
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Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book
Deep Insights
Bangkok; Nugegoda (LK): UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok; Television for Education Asia-Pacific (TVE Asia-Pacific) (2007), x, 150 pp.
"Our 21 contributors -– most of them from Asia, and representing media, development or humanitarian sectors -- do not engage in mere theoretical discussions. In 19 chapters of this book, they draw on their rich and varied experience working in either preparing disaster resilient communities or res
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Community Radio in Indonesia: The Re-Invention of Democratic Communication
Nijmegen; Jakarta: Radboud University Nijmegen (2007), 15 pp.
"This paper discusses the ways in which efforts aimed at democratising the media system and empowering communities in Indonesia in three discursive periods (the 1998 "Revolution Movement," the "Reform Era" follow-up, and the 2002 Broadcasting Act up till the present time) have ebbed and flowed. The
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Money Matters: How Independent Media Manage to Survive. 15-16 September 2006
Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO); Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2007), 77 pp.
"Discussions on how to support sustainability of independent media generally focus on the political conditions, the legal framework and – especially in German development cooperation – on the quality of journalistic coverage. Nevertheless, economic factors are of equal importance, not only for p
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Social Marketing: Marketing Moral, Human, Social and Cultural Values
Kuala Lumpur: Signis Asia (2007), 104 pp.
Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia
Jakarta: Equinox (2007), x, 245 pp.
"This book is the result of a research project covering eight countries in South and South East Asia examining the role and impact of alternative media. The definition of alternative media depends very much on the political, social, cultural and economic environment you live in. Thus, this book give
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Poverty and Digital Inclusion: Preliminary Findings of Finding a Voice Project
New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 48 pp.
"This paper presents preliminary findings from a multi-sited qualitative study of poverty and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India, Indonesia Sri Lanka and Nepal. It draws upon data gathered by 12 ethnographic action researchers working across 15 community ICT initiatives. Thes
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NGO Accountability: Politics, Principles and Innovations
London: Earthscan (2006), xii, 257 pp.
"This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and ques
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Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame
Oxford: New York: Berg (2006), vi, 250 pp.
"With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan, the book presents the most authoritative assessment of contemporary Asian cinema available. Each chapter describes the cultural aspe
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"This study breaks the downward communication challenge in post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka into four main areas. The first looks at the nature of communication problems between organisations and communities. The second covers mass information campaigns, including an overview of the information chann
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Conflict, Terrorism and the Media in Asia
London: Routledge (2006), ix, 149 pp.
"There are many different kinds of sub-national conflicts across Asia, with a variety of causes, but since September 11, 2001 these have been increasingly portrayed as part of the global terrorist threat, to be dealt with by the War on Terror. This major new study examines a wide range of such confl
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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.
"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film
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