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Die Presse in der Julikrise 1914: Die internationale Berichterstattung und der Weg in den Ersten Weltkrieg

Georg Eckert, Peter Geiss, Arne Karsten (eds.)
Münster: Aschendorff (2014), 271 pp.
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Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces
Deep Insights

Brian Shoesmith, Jude William R. Genilo (eds.)
Bristol: intellect (2014), xvi, 404 pp.
"Among the many topics discussed here are the difference among specific media formats, including television, newspapers, radio, film and photography; policy issues; and the challenge that new media poses to governance in a developing nation faced with innumerable economic, social and political probl ... more
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Ein Fall für Kommissar Amanullah. Justizaufbau mit Fernsehkrimis: Westliche Entwicklungsfachleute rümpfen die Nase, doch in den Wohnzimmern in Kabul kommt die Botschaft an

Dorn Townsend
welt-sichten, 26. Juni (2014)
"Seit einigen Jahren zeigt das afghanische Fernsehen zahlreiche Krimis und Dokumentationen von Gerichtsprozessen. Sie werden von Afghanen produziert, aber aus dem Ausland finanziert, unter anderem von der Europäischen Kommission, den Vereinten Nationen und der US-amerikanischen Entwicklungsagentur ... more
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Cultures of Memory in South Asia: Orality, Literacy and the Problem of Inheritance

D. Venkat Rao
New Delhi: Springer (2014), xvi, 336 pp.
"Cultures of Memory in South Asia reconfigures European representations of India as a paradigmatic extension of a classical reading, which posits the relation between text and context in a determined way. It explores the South Asian cultural response to European “textual” inheritances. The main ... more
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Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance

Yusuf Kalyango, David H. Mould (eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 283 pp.
"Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia a ... more
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Contemporary Korean Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics

Hyang-jin Yi
Manchester: Manchester University Press, paperback ed. (2014), ix, 244 pp.
"The first in-depth, comprehensive study of Korean cinema offering original insight into the relationships between ideology and the art of cinema from East Asian perspectives. Combines issues of contemporary Korean culture and cinematic representation of the society and people in both North and Sout ... more
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ICT Economic Impact Assessment

Philibert de Mercey, Daniel Skillings, Camille Le Coz
Altai Consulting; USAID (2014), 90 pp.
"The ICT sector is one of few undeniable success stories in Afghanistan’s development over the past 12 years. In 2002, telecommunications services were virtually non-existent, restricted to a very small number of fixed-line connections and satellite communications were unaffordable to the general ... more
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The Two Faces of Chinese Communication

Guo-Ming Chen
In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 273-282
"In this chapter, Guo-Ming Chen portrays two faces of communication in Chinese culture. He thematizes harmony, one of the core Chinese cultural values, to paint a picture of the first face. According to him, in order to achieve harmony, Chinese people would (1) follow the principles of jen (benevole ... more
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Business Journalism Thrives - Even Under Repressive Regimes

Don Podesta
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 8 pp.
"Even as a growing number of authoritarian regimes crack down on the political press, business news is thriving. And the coverage is more vigorous than might be expected. Enterprising journalists are exposing mismanagement and unearthing shady business deals, and — even at times exposing official ... more
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Das indonesische Blasphemiegesetz: Hintergründe und Auswirkungen auf Politik und Gesellschaft im Demokratisierungsprozess Indonesiens

Zainal Abidin Bagir
Südostasien, volume 30, issue 3 (2014), pp. 37-40
"Rezente Berichte über den Zustand von Religionsfreiheit und Pluralismus in Indonesien zeichnen häufig ein wenig schönes Bild. Gleichzeitig findet sich vielfach aber auch die Ansicht, Indonesien als ein Land zu sehen, das erfolgreich einen Demokratisierungsprozess in Gang setzen konnte und daher ... more
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Beyond State-Centric Frameworks: Transversal Media and the Stateless in the Burmese Borderlands

Lisa Brooten
In: Global Communication: New Agendas in Communication
Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Joseph D. Straubhaar, Shanti Kumar (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2014), pp. 142-162
"Transversal dissent by communities whose actions and identities are no longer primarily state centric but, rather, have shifted to cross identity boundaries is one of the most important developments for understanding how politics is being transformed today. Burmese media groups, political activists ... more
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The Commercialization of Da'wah: Understanding Indonesian Sinetron and Their Portrayal of Islam

Inaya Rakhmani
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 340-359
"The impact of media industrialization on mediated religious expression all over the world has been substantial, and this study tries to understand the Indonesian case by looking at the intersections between commerce and Islamic expression. Focusing on Indonesian Islamic sinetron (soap operas), we s ... more
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Practical Guide for Media Practitioners on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues in Asia

Jacqueline K. Cariño
Chiang Mai: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) (2014), 60 pp.
"This practical guide for media practitioners is aimed at providing basic knowledge, guidelines and tips that are useful for effective and respectful coverage of Indigenous peoples issues in Asia. Greater efforts are needed to improve media reporting on indigenous concerns so that Indigenous peoples ... more
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Media Freedoms and Covert Diplomacy: Turkey Challenges Europe Over Kurdish Broadcasts

Christian Sinclair, Kevin Smets
Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 3 (2014), pp. 319-331
"Focusing on Kurdish television broadcasts in Europe, this article sheds light on how minority broadcasting interrelates with national and intergovernmental political agendas and issues of national security. Drawing from a thorough analysis of policy and diplomatic documents, press articles, academi ... more
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Ethics in Conflict Coverage

Karachi: Pakistan Press Foundation; Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism (2014), 33 pp.
"This discussion paper studies several main sources to assess the health of ethical journalism in Pakistan today. It takes three main areas of conflict and examines the ethics of reporting in relation to them. They are faith based issues (the blasphemy charge against 14-year-old Rimsha Masih, a Yout ... more
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Citizens' Access to Information in South Asia

Kathmandu: Asia Foundation (2014), vii, 58 pp.
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A Gesture of Compliance: Media Convergence in China

Liangen Yin, Xiaoyan Liu
Media, Culture & Society, volume 36, issue 5 (2014), pp. 561-577
"This study aims to examine journalistic convergence in China. Using qualitative data drawn from the case study of Shenzhen Press Group in Guangdong, South China, we argue that the media's response to the Chinese government's push for media convergence is simply a gesture of compliance. While media ... more
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Media Survey Findings: Nationwide National Opinion Survey, Wave III, September 2014

Internews (2014), 36 pp.
Key findings include: 35% of people interviewed had family members working outside of Nepal; 86% of households had a working mobile phone (92.5% in urban; 84.3% in rural areas); 49% had a working television (79.5% in urban; 42.3% in rural areas); 45% a working radio (46.1% in urban; 45.3% in rural a ... more
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Public-Interest Journalism: A Guide for Students

Arvind Sivaramakrishnan
New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan (2014), 222 pp.
"In the context of increasing corporatisation of the media, this volume shows why public-interest journalism is crucial to a healthy democracy. It also introduces aspiring journalists to the main methods of the craft. Those methods are sorely needed in the contemporary news media, and will be be a c ... more
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From the Ground Up: Changing the Conversation About Climate Change

Stephan Faris, Steven Lipscombe, Sonia Whitehead, Damian Wilson
London: BBC Media Action (2014), 28 pp.
"[...] The briefing looks at the everyday experience of people living in the world’s most populous continent: Asia. It draws on data from BBC Media Action’s Climate Asia project, which interviewed more than 33,000 people in seven countries – Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan ... more