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Political Violence and Journalism in a Multiethnic State: A Case Study of Burma (Myanmar)

Lisa Brooten

Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 30, issue 4 (2006), pp. 354-373

"Debates about the role of media in situations of political violence call into question whether journalists should focus on “objective” reporting or instead facilitate conflict resolution. Yet an increasingly problematic assumption is that journalists are outsiders to the communities in conflict ... more

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Manifesto for Development Communication: Nora Quebral and the Los Baños School of Development Communication

Linje Manyozo

Asian Journal of Communication, volume 16, issue 1 (2006), pp. 79-99

"This article gives a critical review of the evolution of the concept ''development communication'' in the 1970s under the influence of professor nora quebral. As part of this retrospective, we also reprint the original 1971 article ''development communication in the agricultural context'' by nora q ... more

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IFJ Research Findings on Reporting HIV/AIDS in Six Countries in Africa and Asia

Chansok Lay, Arul Selvan, Tunde Aremu et al.

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2006), 81 pp.

"Media monitoring found a low incidence of HIV/AIDS stories across most media in the six countries. Researchers variously described the incidence of HIV stories during the media monitoring as “small” (Cambodia and the Philippines), “miniscule” (South Africa), and “infrequent” (India). In ... more

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Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame

Anne Tereska Ciecko (ed.)

Oxford: New York: Berg (2006), vi, 250 pp.

"With chapters on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan, the book presents the most authoritative assessment of contemporary Asian cinema available. Each chapter describes the cultural aspe ... more

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Evaluation Reports on Selected Projects

Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Paris: UNESCO (2006), 147 pp.

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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors (eds.)

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.

"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film ... more

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Media's Challenge: Asian Tsunami and Beyond
Top Insights

Kalinga Seneviratne (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2006), 266 pp.

"The tsunami demonstrated that modern journalists can do more than just bring unfolding stories to the world. One of the biggest lessons of the tsunami that is unravelling is that the modern journalist can also help to heal communities, rebuild lives, keep families intact and raise funds. The media ... more

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Covering Islam: Challenges and Opportunities for Media in the Global Village

Syed Farid Alatas (ed.)

Singapore: Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA);Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2005), 181 pp.

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Journalism and Democracy in Asia

Angela Romano, Michael Bromley (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2005), xiv, 205 pp.

"Journalism and Democracy in Asia addresses key issues of freedom, democracy, citizenship, openness and journalism in contemporary Asia, looking especially at China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and India. The authors take varying approaches to questions of democracy, whilst also conside ... more

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Promoting a Culture of Peace

Kuala Lumpur: Signis Asia;Signis Malaysia;Cahayasuara Communications Centre (2005), 186 pp.

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With the Support of Multitudes: Using Strategic Communication to Fight Poverty Through PRSPs
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Masud Mozammel, Sina Odugbemi

Washington, DC; London: World Bank, Development Communication Division;Department for International Development (DFID) (2005), 144 pp.

"This publication has been produced in order to improve the chances of success of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) in two ways: 1. To show policymakers how strategic communication can help them to achieve some of their objectives in formulating and executing effective Poverty Reduction Strategies ... more