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Our Children at Risk Online: The Example of Thailand

Isabelle Michelet

Bangkok: ECPAT International (2003), 46 pp.

"The results of this survey amply demonstrate that young Thais, like other children worldwide, are attracted to the entertaining and educational qualities of the Internet and related communication tools, and much more intensively so than is appreciated by adults. Young people also quickly understand ... that cyberspace offers possibilities that are different from those in the real world. Rather than trying to replicate in the virtual world what they have at home, they often enthusiastically use these possibilities to gain a whole new sense of freedom. This is apparent in their interest in chat rooms, where they can “meet” people of all ages, social backgrounds and levels of knowledge; their openness to the possibility of posing on the net as an entirely new character; and their fondness for virtual friends with whom they can talk about taboo subjects without any perceivable risk. However, since no environment – physical or virtual – is devoid of dangers, young Thais who engage in such online activities expose themselves to risks. These risks can be minimised, just as they are in the physical world, if children are made aware of them and taught how to behave and respond to imposters. This survey reveals that most young Thais, irrespective of age, are metaphorically diving into a swimming pool without knowing how to swim properly and with no lifebuoy nearby. They are rarely trained on how to use the Internet and related tools, they are scarcely informed of the possible dangers of their actions, they do not benefit from sufficient parental and/or teacher guidance and support, and they are usually alone when they venture online. As expected, their level of exposure online to pornography, invitations to discuss sex and impostors is very high, while their level of readiness to handle such situations is low. Their trust in the strangers they identify as “virtual friends” is such that many do not mind sharing personal details and many accept face-to-face meetings – often alone. Unsurprisingly, the proportion of these young people who have already gone through shocking or even traumatic experiences is far from insignificant, even though most must have been using the net for only a few years." (Conclusion, page 40-41) more

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Rhetoric and Reality: The Internet Challenge for Democracy in Asia

Indrajit Banerjee (ed.)

Singapore: Eastern Universities Press (EUP); Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University (2003), ix, 325 pp.

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Clean Up Your Computer: Working Conditions in the Electronics Sector

Katherine Astill, Matthew Griffith

London: CAFOD (2003), 40 pp.

"Its products may embody the latest in high technology, but labour standards and conditions in computer manufacturing can be appallingly low. Many stages of computer production are carried out by low-skilled, low-paid workers – most of them women – in developing countries. But unlike their count ... more

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Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 4: R-Z, Index

Donald H. Johnston (ed.)

New York: Academic Press (2003), 29, 747 pp.

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Access to Information in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Sven Hamrell, Niclas Hällström, Olle Nordberg (eds.)

Development Dialogue (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation), issue 1 (2002), pp. 3-116

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Poverty in Asia: Media Challenges and Responses

Anjali Puri (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (SCI-NTU) (2002), 176 pp.

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Media Fortunes, Changing Times: ASEAN States in Transition

Russell H. K. Heng (ed.)

Singapore: ISEAS (2002), xviii, 252 pp.

"This book examines how media have brought about or paced dramatic political events in Southeast Asia over the last two decades. It highlights a situation where media dynamics are no longer a simple formula of state control versus media resistance. The state can propel its own media-liberalizing pro ... more

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Community Radio in the Asia Pacific

Sucharita Eashwar (ed.)

Kuala Lumpur: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD); UNESCO (2002), 96 pp.

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Flimmerndes Asien: Die Fernsehentwicklung eines Kontinents im Aufbruch

Jörg Becker, Kurt Luger (eds.)

Wien: Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag (2002), 252 pp.

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The Right to Tell: The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development
Deep Insights

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), ix, 322 pp.

"Clearly as important providers of information, the media are more likely to promote better economic performance when they are more likely to satisfy three conditions: the media are independent, provide good-quality information, and have a broad reach. That is, when they reduce the natural asymmetry ... more

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Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain

Faye D. Ginsburg, Lila Abu-Lughod, Brian Larkin (eds.)

Berkeley: University of California Press (2002), xvi, 413 pp.

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Women, Media and Violence: A WACC Women's Programme Production

London: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2001), 34 pp.

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Refugees and Their Right to Communicate: Perspective from South East Asia

Pradip N. Thomas (ed.)

London; Hong Kong: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC); Christian Conference of Asia (2001), 142 pp.

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Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diaspora

Stuart Cunningham, John Sinclair (eds.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2001), 244 pp.

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Educommunication: Around the World in 50 Stories

Brussels: UNDA (2001), 102 pp.

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The New Communications Landscape: Demystifying Media Globalization

Georgette Wang, Jan Servaes, Anura Goonasekera (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2000), xvi, 343 pp.

"The innovative and rapid growth of communication satellites and computer mediated technologies in the late 1980s and early 1990s, combined with the deregulation of national broadcasting, led many media commentators to assume that the age of national media had been lost. But what has become clear is ... more

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Déontologie des médias: Institutions, pratiques et nouvelles approches dans le monde

Henri Pigeat, Jean Huteau

Paris: UNESCO (2000), 574 pp.

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Development and Management

Tina Wallace (ed.)

Oxford: Oxfam (2000), 326 pp.

"Development is not a question of project-based interventions, or of quantifiable inputs and outputs, but a complex process of negotiation over meetings, values, and social goals within the sphere of public action. This collection of papers, from the journal 'Development in Practice', draws on The O ... more