"Since independence in 1991, the Central Asian republics to varying degrees have given lip service to democratization and the recognition of free press and political rights. However, the reality has been dramatically different under all five authoritarian regimes. That reality includes limits or ban
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s on opposition parties, as well as elections that are neither fair nor free. Most mass media entities remain state-owned or tightly controlled, and there is pervasive censorship, self-censorship, harassment, and intimidation of individual journalists and their media organizations. One result is inadequate, shallow reporting about political, press, and speech rights and controversies. Western-based Web news sites provide alternative venues for some. Central Asian journalists to independently cover such issues. This study analyzes the coverage of political, press, and speech rights news on three such sites: Eurasianet, IRIN News, and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. It examines the topics covered, the degree to which these stories use unnamed and named sources, and the proportion of journalists writing under pseudonyms. It concludes that even journalists reporting on these issues for Western-based media operate under tight constraints, including the risk of official retaliation." (Abstract)
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"This collection of essays explores current issues surrounding the media and conflict in the Twenty-first Century. Essays will look at the role of evolving media technologies, the globalization of television and communications, public diplomacy, gender and war coverage, terrorism, and other issues."
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"Das Handbuch liefert eine Fülle von Denkanstössen, um Journalisten, Medienmacher und Interessierte für die Bedeutung interkultureller Kompetenz für die Medienpraxis zu sensibilisieren. Im Zentrum des Bandes steht der Alltag der Berichterstattung in und aus Deutschland sowie über Projekte aus d
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em europäischen und aussereuropäischen Ausland, die sich die Verbesserung der interkulturellen Kompetenz von Medienvertretern zum Ziel gesetzt haben. Das Handbuch, von Medienfachleuten geschrieben, bietet zahlreiche Anregungen und Hinweise für einen dialogischen Journalismus, der der Umsetzung des Prinzips 'Dialog der Kulturen' verpflichtet ist." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Band 1 ist eine Einführung in politische und gesellschaftliche Entstehung und Wirkung der Auslandsberichterstattung. Band 2 stellt die Stärken und Defizite des Bildes dar, das die deutsche Presse von Politik, Kultur und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens und der islamischen Welt zeichnet. Michael Kunz
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cik zufolge "das wichtigste deutschsprachige Werk [...] zur Thematik Auslandsberichterstattung im Allgemeinen sowie Nahost- und Islambild im Speziellen..." (in Publizistik 1/03)." (commbox)
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"The CNN Effect examines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by the news reporting in a series of 'humanitarian' interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson challenges traditional views of media subservience and argues that sy
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mpathetic news coverage at key moments in foreign crises can influence the response of Western governments." (Publisher description)
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"Understanding Global News invites the reader to explore contemporary journalistic practice, and questions the assumption that the media provide a mere window on the world. Challenging the often unquestioned notions of media objectivity, the author turns the classic questions: Who? What? When? and W
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hy? onto the news media. By employing a range of theoretical perspectives and a large variety of examples, the author demonstrates the way in which our perceptions of the world are constructed by the news media." (Publisher description)
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"This book explores the rapidly evolving conditions of political communication in China. It examines how ideology and professional roles affect both scholarly and journalistic understanding of China. The book offers insights into Chinese journalism and Sino-American relations." (Publisher descriptio
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"The study examines press commentary on Latin America in U.S. newspapers and magazines during the 1920s, identifying three prevailing stereotypes: the Latin American as a political child; the backward nation that yearns for deliverance from its impoverished condition; and the exotic Latin temperamen
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t that is alien to Anglo sensibilities. Such stereotypes ostensibly served to explain Latin American behavior and political events to the U.S. public; however, these images also served to justify U.S. actions in the hemisphere and defined the United States as a mature, civilized, and rational nation." (Publisher description)
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