Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.
Contains illustrations, tables, bibliogr.
Series: AMIC Asian Communication Series
ISBN 9789814136075
Signature commbox: 300:10-Development 2008
"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 new ground in highlighting emerging frontiers of media development discourse in Asia, comparing regional development along multiple dimensions and frameworks and pointing the direction towards further media initiatives at a national level. The papers selected are grouped into three key themes: media and development; new narratives and political discourse; and media impacts and capacity building. Part I addresses macro-level impacts and policies pertaining to media and development in Asia. Part II deals with more direct media issues such as new narratives and emerging forms of political discourse and groupings in Asia. Part III shifts the focus to traditional media impacts on youth and tribal audiences, as well as new media impacts on the education and business sectors. The contributors to this book have highlighted not just an interesting range of media and development issues in Asia, but have also introduced a good variety of media research methods. These include quantitative assessments of media impacts in society, comparative and longitudinal frameworks for evaluating regional ICT competitiveness, structural analyses of political and activist communication systems, in-depth case studies of individual organisations, and broad-based surveys of stakeholders in ICT4D." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Indrajit Banerjee and Madanmohan Rao
PART I: MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT
2 Toward Good e-Governance for the Future in Southeast Asia / Kenneth E. Corey and Mark L Wilson, 15
3 ICT for Human Development: Indicator or Instigator? / Hao Xiaoming and Zhao Jinqiu, 40
4 Competitiveness of ASEAN-5 in the Information Economy: An Empirical Analysis / Mahendhiran Nair, Ron Davison and Mudiarasan, 61
5 Addressing the Information Needs of a Developing Nation: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea / Dick Rooney and Evangelia Papoutsaki, 99
PART II: NEW NARRATIVES AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE
6 Participatory Journalism and Asia: From Web Logs to Wikipedia / Andrew Lih, 119
7 Between Freedom and Censorship: Asian Political Parties in Cyberspace / Joames Goamez, 139
8 The Impact of Counterpublics in Asian Civil Society: Filipino Smart Mobs and Estrada's Ouster / Marie A. Maner, 161
9 Branded Political Communication: Euro-Asian Campaigns for Global Citizenship / Sigrid Baringhorst, 173
10 Political Communication Research in China: A Paradigm Shift from Propaganda to Public Opinion? / Zhou He, 190
11 Making Development Communication "Hip" and "Cool": Rebranding the Development Message for the MTV Generation / Kalinga Seneviratne, 204
PART III: MEDIA IMPACTS AND CAPACITY BUILDING
12 Technology Enabled Learning Systems for Developing Countries: Points for Communication Specialists to Ponder / Usha Vyasulu Reddi, 221
13 ICT-Readiness among Small and Medium Enterprises in the Rural Philippines: The Case of Oriental Mindoro / Ioleda A. Umali and Antonio P. Pagaduan II, 233
14 Environmental Concern and the Malaysian Press: A Case-Study of the Reporting of Energy Issues / Mohammed Zin Nordin, Shanthi Balraj and Ng Ju Li, 256
15 Shifting Frames from Consumers to Critical Viewers of Television: A Case Study on Youth and Television Literacy in Penang, Malaysia / Ambigapathy Pandian and Shanthi Balraj, 284
16 Remote Indigenous Media Audiences: Radio, Gender and Development in Southern India / Yesudhasan Thomas Jayaprakash and Brian Shoesmith, 298
17 Hong Kong Media Ownership Trends: A Case Study of Conglomeration, Expansion and the Rise of the Market Principle / Doreen Weivenhaus, 323
PART I: MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT
2 Toward Good e-Governance for the Future in Southeast Asia / Kenneth E. Corey and Mark L Wilson, 15
3 ICT for Human Development: Indicator or Instigator? / Hao Xiaoming and Zhao Jinqiu, 40
4 Competitiveness of ASEAN-5 in the Information Economy: An Empirical Analysis / Mahendhiran Nair, Ron Davison and Mudiarasan, 61
5 Addressing the Information Needs of a Developing Nation: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea / Dick Rooney and Evangelia Papoutsaki, 99
PART II: NEW NARRATIVES AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE
6 Participatory Journalism and Asia: From Web Logs to Wikipedia / Andrew Lih, 119
7 Between Freedom and Censorship: Asian Political Parties in Cyberspace / Joames Goamez, 139
8 The Impact of Counterpublics in Asian Civil Society: Filipino Smart Mobs and Estrada's Ouster / Marie A. Maner, 161
9 Branded Political Communication: Euro-Asian Campaigns for Global Citizenship / Sigrid Baringhorst, 173
10 Political Communication Research in China: A Paradigm Shift from Propaganda to Public Opinion? / Zhou He, 190
11 Making Development Communication "Hip" and "Cool": Rebranding the Development Message for the MTV Generation / Kalinga Seneviratne, 204
PART III: MEDIA IMPACTS AND CAPACITY BUILDING
12 Technology Enabled Learning Systems for Developing Countries: Points for Communication Specialists to Ponder / Usha Vyasulu Reddi, 221
13 ICT-Readiness among Small and Medium Enterprises in the Rural Philippines: The Case of Oriental Mindoro / Ioleda A. Umali and Antonio P. Pagaduan II, 233
14 Environmental Concern and the Malaysian Press: A Case-Study of the Reporting of Energy Issues / Mohammed Zin Nordin, Shanthi Balraj and Ng Ju Li, 256
15 Shifting Frames from Consumers to Critical Viewers of Television: A Case Study on Youth and Television Literacy in Penang, Malaysia / Ambigapathy Pandian and Shanthi Balraj, 284
16 Remote Indigenous Media Audiences: Radio, Gender and Development in Southern India / Yesudhasan Thomas Jayaprakash and Brian Shoesmith, 298
17 Hong Kong Media Ownership Trends: A Case Study of Conglomeration, Expansion and the Rise of the Market Principle / Doreen Weivenhaus, 323
