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Journalists in India

Jyotika Ramaprasad
Worlds of Journalism Study (2016), 6 pp.
"The top five roles, in order of importance both by mean scores and by percent who said “extremely” and “very” important, for Indian journalists, were: report things as they are (88.4%), educate the audience (85.5%), provide analysis of current affairs (84.7%), let people express their views ... more
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Comparative Analysis of Sustainability of Selected Community Radio Stations

D. K. Krishna, N. V. Kumbhare, Rabindra N. Padaria, Pemlata Singh
International Journal of Extension Education, volume 12 (2016), pp. 39-45
"The community radio has made an impression in all grounds of rural society with specific need of sustenance in the long run. The study was taken up to compare the status of three community radios operational each under State Agricultural University (SAU), Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and Non-Governme ... more
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ICTs in Developing Countries: Research, Practices and Policy Implications

Bidit Dey, Karim Sorour, Raffaele Filieri (eds.)
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 192 pp.
"ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of cont ... more
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Technology and Society as Embedded: An Alternative Framework for Information and Communication Technology and Development

Natascia Boeri
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 107-118
"An emerging topic in the development field is how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used for economic and social development. The general approach relies on technological determinism, whereby the discussion revolves around how and to what extent will ICT support development. It ... more
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Mobilities, ICTs and Marginality in Africa: Comparative Perspectives

Francis Nyamnjoh, Ingrid Brudvig (eds.)
Cape Town: HSRC Press (2016), ix, 244 pp.
"The book aims to situate the cultural, social and, in some cases, transnational context of ICT appropriation and virtual connectivity so as to reposition Africans from various countries and contexts as active agents of social change. The intricacies of local ICT use and the dynamics of mobility in ... more
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Advocacy Campaign for the Rights of People with Disabilities: A Participatory Action Research Within a Community-Based Rehabilitation Project in Maharashtra, India

Atul Jaiswal, Shikha Gupta
Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, volume 27, issue 4 (2016), pp. 76-92
"This paper aimed to demonstrate how participatory action research (PAR) within a Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR) project facilitated community participation to advocate for the rights of people with visual impairment. An advocacy campaign, led by the local people with and without disabilities, ... more
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National Conference on Indian Cinema: Past, Present & Future. 8th and 9th January 2016

Thane (IN): VPM’s Joshi Bedekar College Film Society & Department of Mass Media; VPM’s Joshi-Bedekar College (2016), x, 177 pp.
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Community Radio in India: Towards Diversity & Sustainability

New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (2016), 180 pp.
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The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective

Jan Servaes, Toks Oyedemi (eds.)
Lanham et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xxiv, 269 pp.
" This volume contains chapters by an international array of scholars and provides case studies from various countries with critical empirical analysis of social inequalities and how they shape media narratives and experiences. The topics examined here include poverty in the media in Britain and Tur ... more
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Social Sector Communication in India: Concepts, Practices, and Case Studies

Jaishri N. Jethwaney
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2016), xvi, 268 pp.
"Social sector communication helps address issues by influencing policy and can be used to bring about desired behavioral change among the targeted public. This book not only highlights the theoretical underpinnings, practice, and skill of social sector communications in India, but also provides an ... more
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Digital Journalism Start-ups in India

Arijit Sen, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2016), 48 pp.
"In this report, we analyse six examples of digital journalism start-ups developing new editorial priorities, distribution strategies, and funding models for an increasingly digital Indian media environment. After years of slow growth, internet use and digital advertising has grown very rapidly in I ... more
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Mass Communication: Principles and Concepts

Seema Hasan
New Delhi et al.: CBS Publishers & Distributors, 2nd ed., reprint (2016), 844 pp.
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Stifling Dissent: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India

Human Rights Watch (2016), 117 pp.
"This report details how the criminal law is used to limit peaceful expression in India. It documents examples of the ways in which vague or overbroad laws are used to stifle political dissent, harass journalists, restrict activities by nongovernmental organizations, arbitrarily block Internet sites ... more
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Experiences of Peer Bullying Among Adolescents and Associated Effects on Young Adult Outcomes: Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Viet Nam

Kirilly Pells, María José Ogando Portela, Patricia Espinoza Revollo
Florence: UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2016), 61 pp.
"Being bullied has been found to have a significant impact on children’s physical and mental health, psychosocial well-being and educational performance, with lasting effects into adulthood on health, well-being and lifetime earnings. Little is known about bullying in low- and middle-income countr ... more
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Human Rights and Encryption
Deep Insights

Wolfgang Schulz, Joris van Hoboken
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 83 pp.
"Encryption is a hot topic in the current global discussion on Internet governance. This research delves into the subject, to outline a global overview of the various means of encryption, their availability and their potential applications in the media and communications landscape. The research expl ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2016: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Internet

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2016), 269 pp.
"The 45 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) activists: the right to health, education and culture; the socioec ... more
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Khel Badal: Dismantle Patriarchy. Community Video Production

Khel Badal
Video Volunteers (2016), 54 pp.
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The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research

Andreas Schwarz, Matthew W. Seeger, Claudia Auer (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2016), xix, 525 pp.
"The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research articulates a broader understanding of crisis communication, discussing the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of domestic and transnational crises, featuring the work of global scholars from a range of sub-disciplines ... more
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How the World Changed Social Media

Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang
London: UCL Press; University College London (2016), xxiv, 262 pp.
"The first book in Why We Post, a book series that investigates the findings of nine anthropologists who each spent 15 months living in communities across the world, including Brazil, Chile, China, England, India, Italy, Trinidad and Turkey. This book offers a comparative analysis summarising the re ... more
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Representations of Islam in the News: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Stefan Mertens, Hedwig de Smaele (eds.)
Lanham, Maryland et al.: Lexington Books (2016), xiv, 281 pp.
"The representation of Islam is unquestionably a critical test for comparing journalistic reporting across countries and cultures. The Islamic religion has weight in international reporting (defining what we termed "foreign Islam"), but it is also the religion of numerically important minority group ... more