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Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia

Larissa Hjorth, Olivia Khoo (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), xii, 475 pp.

"While a decade ago much of the discussion of new media in Asia was couched in Occidental notions of Asia as a "default setting" for technology in the future, today we are seeing a much more complex picture of contesting new media practices and production. As "new media" becomes increasingly an ever ... more

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Media Literacy Education in China

Chi-Kim Cheung (ed.)

Singapore: Springer (2016), x, 179 pp.

"The Chinese government has long kept tight control on both traditional and new media to prevent potential challenges to its authority. But, for better or worse, China has now reached a stage where it is difficult to exercise political hegemony through laws and regulations and the control of the mas ... more

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Chinese War Correspondents: Covering Wars and Conflicts in the Twenty-First Century

Shixin Ivy Zhang

Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 204 pp.

"(1) How do Chinese journalists perceive their roles and practices in conflict zones outside China? (2) How do they cover armed conflicts overseas? (3) Who are the actors, and how do they influence Chinese war correspondence? (4) Do the Chinese news media practice peace or war journalism? To answer ... more

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Intersections Between Public Diplomacy and International Development: Case Studies in Converging Fields

James Pamment (ed.)

Los Angeles: Figueroa Press;USC Center on Public Diplomacy (2016), 178 pp.

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Social Media in China: Wie deutsche Unternehmen soziale Medien im Chinesischen Markt erfolgreich nutzen können

Yinyuan Liu

Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler (2016), xv, 235 pp.

"Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über die chinesische Social-Media-Landschaft sowie die Besonderheiten und Trends des Social Media Marketing in China. Der Autor beschreibt, welche sozialen Medien in China genutzt werden, wo Statistiken darüber zu finden sind, welche Hauptfunktionen die wichtig ... more

China’s Great Media Wall: The Fight for Freedom

Serenade Woo

Brussels: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2016), 68 pp.

"Press freedom in China, Hong Kong and Macau deteriorated further in 2015, as the Communist Party of China used every means at its disposal to control the media. Its ultimate target, as always, was to preserve its power in the mainland, extend its influence over Hong Kong and Macau, and tightly mana ... more

Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor

Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson (eds.)

Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press (2016), x, 324 pp.

Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 199 pp.

Social Media in Industrial China

Xinyuan Wang

London: UCL Press;University College London (2016), xiii, 222 pp.

"Described as the biggest migration in human history, an estimated 250 million Chinese people have left their villages in recent decades to live and work in urban areas. Xinyuan Wang spent 15 months living among a community of these migrants in a small factory town in southeast China to track their ... more

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Geopolitics of Search: Google Versus China?

Shin Joung Yeo

Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 4 (2016), pp. 591-605

"This article focuses on the case of Google, the newly emerged US Internet industry and global geographical market expansion. Google's struggles in China, where Chinese domestic Internet firm, Baidu, controls the market, have been commonly presented in the Western mainstream media in terms of a stru ... more

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Social Media in Rural China: Social Networks and Moral Frameworks

Tom McDonald

London: UCL Press;University College London (2016), xiii, 219 pp.

"Tom McDonald spent 15 months living in a small rural Chinese community researching how the residents use social media in their daily lives. His ethnographic findings suggest that, far from being left behind, many rural Chinese people have already integrated social media into their everyday experien ... more

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China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions
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Xiaoling Zhang, Herman Wasserman, Winston Mano (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xii, 237 pp.

"This volume brings together scholars from different disciplines and nations to examine and assess the effectiveness of China's soft power initiatives in Africa. It throws light not only on China's engagement with Africa but also on how China's increasing influence is received in the African media." ... more

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Medien im Krieg - Krieg in den Medien

Jörg Becker

Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2016), ix, 404 pp.

"Das Thema Medien und Krieg wird in diesem Buch aus einer vierfachen Perspektive heraus behandelt. Es geht zum einen um die Frage nach der Berichterstattung über Kriege, zum zweiten um die Rolle von Medien im Krieg, drittens geht es darum, welche strukturellen Bedingungen von Krieg und Gesellschaft ... more

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Understanding the Use of Circumvention Tools to Bypass Online Censorship

Yi Mou, Kevin Wu, David Atkin

New Media & Society, volume 18, issue 5 (2016), pp. 837-856

"Circumvention tools designed to bypass online censorship such as simple web proxies, virtual private network service, and so on are frequently used in countries whose governments impose heavy Internet censorship. Around 18 million Internet users in China are currently using those tools to bypass th ... more

Darkened Screen: Constraints on Foreign Journalists in China

New York: PEN America (2016), 75 pp.

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The International History of Communication Study

Peter Simonson, David W. Park (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge (2016), xvii, 527 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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Creative Economy Outlook and Country Profiles: Trends in International Trade in Creative Industries

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2016), vii, 161 pp.

"International trade in creative industries showed sustained growth in the last decade. The global market for traded creative goods and services totaled a record $547billion in 2012, as compared to $302 billion in 2003. Exports from developing countries, led by Asian countries, were growing faster t ... more

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