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Responding to an Activist Public: Hangzhou Press Office Rethinks its Role

Hugo de Burgh, Zengole Rong, Mi Miao

Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 8 (2012), pp. 1013-1027

"In China as elsewhere, netizens have made new demands upon government and challenged conventional media to respond to popular concerns. Established approaches to controlling the media may be otiose; Party leaders are stressing the value of cooperation rather than confrontation and calling for a new ... more

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Media Monitoring of the Transitional Phase in Egypt: The Supreme Council of Armed Forces, Justice System, Parties and Elections, July 2011 - January 2012

Arabic Network for Human Rights Information;Egyptian Organization for Human Rights;International Media Support (IMS);Arab Working Group for Media Monitoring (2012), 132 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.

"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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Conceptualising Accountability: An Approach to Measurement

Chris Larkin, Philippine Reimpell

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 31 pp.

"Improving state accountability is a central preoccupation of development efforts. How individuals and institutions can and do hold governments to account for their actions and decisions differs radically between societies. Furthermore, what accountability actually means can differ greatly from one ... more

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Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt, 2004–2011

Merlyna Lim

Journal of Communication, volume 62 (2012), pp. 231-248

"To deepen our understanding of the relationship between social media and political change during the Egyptian uprising of early 2011, events in Tahrir Square must be situated in a larger context of media use and recent history of online activism. For several years, the most successful social moveme ... more

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Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study

Eva Anduiza Perea, Michael James Jensen, Laia Jorba (eds.)

New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), xv, 287 pp.

"This book focuses on the impact of digital media use for political engagement across varied geographic and political contexts, using a diversity of methodological approaches and datasets. The book addresses an important gap in the contemporary literature on digital politics, identifying context dep ... more

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Opening Closed Regimes: Civil Society, Information Infrastructure, and Political Islam

Muzammil M. Hussain, Philip N. Howard

In: Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study

Eva Anduiza Perea; Michael James Jensen; Laia Jorba (eds.)

New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 200-220

"Ruling elites often try to co-opt civil society groups, and in times of political or military crises they can attempt to control the national information infrastructure. But a defining feature of civil society is independence from the authority of the state, even in countries such as Saudi Arabia a ... more

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Cross-Border Media and Nationalism: Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia

Stefano DellaVigna, Ruben Enikolopov, Vera Mironova, Maria Petrova, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

[authors] (2012), 66 pp.

"This paper documents the effect of Serbian public radio on the voting behavior and nationalistic anti-Serbian sentiment of Croats in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem, a post-conflict region of modern Croatia on the border with Serbia. We find that the exposure to the Serbian public radi ... more

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Cambodia: Communication Assistance Project. Baseline Media Research

Umakant Singh (coord.)

Australian Aid (AusAID);ABC International Development;TNS Cambodia (2012), 75 pp.

"Cambodia Communications Assistance Project (CCAP) is a two-year initiative (2012-2013) funded by Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to contribute to the development of the media in Cambodia. The project is in its initial stage and is being implemented by ABC ID, in collaborati ... more

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Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative Perspective: Politics, Economy and Culture

John Downey, Sabina Mihelj (eds.)

Surrey; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate (2012), xii, 199 pp.

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Press Freedom and Democratic Governance in the Gambia: A Rights-Based Approach

Aboubacar Abdullah Senghore

African Human Rights Law Journal, volume 12, issue 2 (2012), pp. 508-538

"The article explores the relationship between democratic governance and the free and independent press in The Gambia since the inception of the Gambian First Republic in 1970. It supports the rights-based approach which perceives the issues of democracy, good governance, and a free and independent ... more

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Los medios masivos de información en el Perú, 1980-2012

Juan Gargurevich

Conexión (Departamento de Comunicaciones de la PUCP, Lima), volume 1, issue 1 (2012), pp. 11-31

"Revisar cuarenta años de historia de los medios masivos de información en tan breve espacio es sin duda insuficiente, pero lo hacemos considerando que cada vez más alumnos —y en especial tesistas— requieren de información histórica básica para sus trabajos. El propósito de este texto es, ... more

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Mediating Cultural Diversity in a Globalised Public Space

Isabelle Rigoni, Eugénie Saitta (ed.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xv, 172 pp.

"Through enhancing reflection on the treatment of cultural diversity in contemporary Western societies, this collection aims to move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalised societies." (Publisher desc ... more

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Zar und Star: Vladimir Putins Medienimage

Alexandra Engelfried

Osteuropa, volume 62, issue 5 (2012), pp. 47-68

"Anfang Mai 2012 wurde Vladimir Putin erneut ins Präsidentenamt eingeführt. Die pompöse Zeremonie unterschied sich nur graduell von seinem ersten Einzug in den Kreml im Jahr 2000. Man glaubt ihn inzwischen zu kennen. Doch Putin ist ein Verwandlungskünstler. Die mediale Inszenierung als omnipoten ... more

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Medias et démocratie au Burkina Faso

Serge Théophile Balima, Augustin Loada, Nestorine Sangaré

Dakar; Leiden: CODESRIA;African Studies Centre (2012), 108 pp.

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Radio Progreso: Historias cabales, picantes y catrachas

José Ignacio López Vigil

El Progreso (HN): Editorial Guaymuras;Radio Progreso (2012), 84 pp.

"De Honduras se habla poco, salvo cuando hay huracanes o golpes de Estado. Y de las emisoras populares hondureñas se habla menos, se conoce nada. Por eso, cuando las compañeras y compañeros de Radio Progreso me invitaron a relatar lo que vivieron aquel trágico 28 de junio 2009, no dudé en acept ... more

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Strategic Communications in Afghanistan’s Transition Context

Jamil Seddiqui

Swansea: Swansea University, Thesis (2012), v, 64 pp.

"Following a decade of extensive international involvement and arduous fighting, Afghanistan is currently going through a significant Transition intended to enable Afghans to assume responsibility for their own security, development and governance. In addition to opportunities, this process provides ... significant challenges to the Afghan society and its development partners. This study raises awareness of the role and potential of strategic communications to address some of these challenges and aid Afghanistan’s Transition objectives beyond the timeframe set for 2014. In treatment of this topic, this study provides a theoretical and historical overview of communication for development, Afghanistan’s pre- and post-2001 situation with reference to the use of important channels of modern and traditional communications, and examines pertinent perspectives on the importance of strategic communications, particularly in strengthening Afghanistan’s Transition context. In addition, this study focuses on the contribution of strategic communication in non-security matters, particularly governance and peace promotion, and identifies some major challenges where the potential of strategic communications to contribute has remained underexploited. Drawing on these discussions, the results indicates that, in spite of some measures put to the fore, the Afghan government lacks an overarching strategic communications framework integrating multi-media, multi-outlet and public outreach to help in achieving the Transition goal; a stable Afghan state. Pointing clearly to the need for such an integrated campaign, the dissemination of negative perspectives, such as that suggesting that Afghanistan would collapse after 2004, has given space to insurgents propaganda, a challenge which can be addressed through effective strategic communications. In the conclusions, this study argues on the importance of strategic communications as an strategic tool to aid Afghanistan development agenda particularly in the Transition context and presents some practical recommendations to the Afghan government and its deployment partners for effective use of strategic communications in view of a holistic approach aimed the strengthening development of Afghanistan and particularly the Transition process." (Abstract) more

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Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy

Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner (eds.)

Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press (2012), xxvii, 176 pp.

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Out of Control: Palestinian News Satire and Government Power in the Age of Social Media

Matt Sienkiewicz

Popular Communication, volume 10, issue 1-2 (2012), pp. 106-118

"This article analyzes the Palestinian sketch comedy show Watan Ala Watar, placing the groundbreaking program in the context of theories of satire, government control, and popular resistance. Detailing the show’s tumultuous relationship with the Palestinian Authority, the article argues that despi ... more

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Social Media, Social Movements and the Diffusion of Ideas in the Arab Uprisings

Halim Rane, Salem, Sumra

Journal of International Communication, volume 18, issue 1 (2012), pp. 97-111

"This article studies the 2011 Arab uprisings as social movements for political reform and regime change. Social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, are perceived to be playing a central role in these events, which have even been described as ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter revolutions’. Using ... more