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Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2011), 75 pp.
"Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online. Circumvention tools are primarily designed to bypass internet f
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News audiences beware! Insights from Darfur
Media Development (WACC), volume 58, issue 4 (2011), pp. 32-36
Reformen und Öffnung begleiten: Die internationale Arbeit der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in der Volksrepublik China
In: Die Arbeit der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in der UdSSR/Russland und in der Volksrepublik China
Bonn: J. H. W. Dietz Nachf. (2011), pp. 157-301
"Im Rahmen seiner Darstellung der Aktivitäten der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in China beschreibt der Autor in einem Unterkapitel (Seite 180-193) die Medienzusammenarbeit der FES in China zwischen 1980 und 1990." (commbox)
Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E
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From the World's Largest Propaganda Machine to a Multipurposed Global News Agency: Factors in and Implications of Xinhua's Transformation Since 1978
Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 377-393
"The Xinhua News Agency is China's largest state news agency. It is also the largest news agency among developing countries. This research examines the changes Xinhua has undergone over the past three decades under the backdrop of (a) the end of the Cold War, (b) the trend of globalization and vario
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Predicting Political Discussion in a Censored Virtual Environment
Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 341-356
"Contrary to the optimistic view that the Internet would promote democracy in authoritarian countries like China, the pervasive political apathy among younger generations calls for a closer examination of micro-level individual political participation. This study contributes to the nascent body of e
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The Political Consequences of the Rise of the Internet: Political Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Netizens
Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 291-322
"This article addresses a long-standing question: What are the political consequences of the rise of the Internet and the attendant emergence of netizens in China, particularly in terms of China's democratic prospects? Given the Chinese state's firm control in the realm of traditional media, the Int
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"In Europe, Germany and France are ahead in digitally embracing trade books, notably !ction, yet are clearly behind the US and UK. But countries as diverse as Austria, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden have recently seen the implementation of an ebook distribution infrastructure, and at lea
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Soft Power in China: Public Diplomacy Through Communication
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), 221 pp.
"The book provides a glimpse into how China has tried to tell its story to the world. The introduction chapter outlines the broader context for the examination of Chinese public diplomacy. It discusses some of the emerging themes concerning the spirit and practice of the country’s image-building e
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Between Islam and Buddhism Communication in Indonesia
Religion and Social Communication, volume 9, issue 2 (2011), pp. 133-154
Internetzensur in China: Aufbau und Grenzen des Chinesischen Kontrollsystems
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2011), 246 pp.
"Eine Serie von Fallstudien – unter anderem zur Funktion von Blogs und Microblogs als „bottom- up journalism“ und zu Aktivitätsfeldern des chinesischen „hacktivism“ – verdeutlicht, welches Potenzial politischer Mobilisierung auch im chinesischen Kontext in der internetbasierten Kommunik
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Measures of Press Freedom and Media Contributions to Development: Evaluating the Evaluators
Deep Insights
New York: Peter Lang (2011), vi, 343 pp.
"Press freedom indices such as those administered by Freedom House, IREX, and Reporters Without Borders have emerged as crucial tools, not only for the general public, but also for donors, implementers, and academics in their attempts to understand the relationships among media assistance, democrati
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From Steamed Bun to Grass Mud Horse: E Gao as Alternative Political Discourse on the Chinese Internet
Global Media and Communication, volume 7, issue 1 (2011), pp. 33-51
"This article examines e gao (online spoofs) as a popular form of political expression which has recently emerged on the Chinese internet. I first introduce a cultural approach to internet-mediated political communication that emphasizes discursive integration and the mutual constitution of communic
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The Globalization of Chinese Television: The Role of the Party-State
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 7 (2011), pp. 573-594
"China’s television sector has undergone rapid transformation since the country’s reform and opening-up in the late 1970s. This article presents the main results of a recently completed PhD project, aiming to understand the role of the Chinese party-state in this transformation. The project supp
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Changing Media, Changing China
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2011), vi, 281 pp.
Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.
"Is it conceivable that there may be an autonomous evolution of digital publications in developing countries, entirely independent of the richest nations? What support policies could be implemented to promote the growth of this new industry and accompany traditional actors in the process of adapting
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China in South Africa: The Media’s Response to a Developing Relationship
Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies (2011), 20 pp.
"Literature about China’s role in Africa suggests that China’s presence on the continent is often viewed in stark binary terms, as either an exploitative, predatory force or a benevolent, development partner. An analysis of attitudes in the South African media over the last three years (if De Be
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Asia's Media Innovators Vol. 2
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 137 pp.
"Asia’s Media Innovator’s Vol 2 is the offspring of the earlier book that appeared in 2008. This new volume consists of studies of innovations at media companies in the region. The success of these media companies shows the dynamism in the region, and reflects its potential for growth. Each chap
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Winds from the East: How the People’s Republic of China Seeks to Influence the Media in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 32 pp.
"The People's Republic of China is seeking to influence the media in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia through a variety of means: direct aid to state-run media in the form of radio transmitters and financing for national satellites; the provision of content and technology to allies and pote
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