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Learning by Clicking: An Experiment with Social Media Democracy in Indonesia

Effendi Gazali
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 425-439
"This article revisits the current interplay between the government, the market, civil society, and the media in contemporary Indonesian political communication. Previous research showed a striking increase in the numbers of both Internet and social media users as well as cases of social media influ ... more
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Die orientalischen Christen: Eine unterdrückte und verfolgte Minderheit

Heinz Finger, Werner Wessel (eds.)
Rudolf Solzbacher; Nadim K. Ammann (collab.)
Köln: Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek (2014), 361 pp.
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Medienfreiheit in West Papua: Grenzen freier Berichterstattung in einer Konfliktregion

Norman Voss
Südostasien, volume 30, issue 1 (2014), pp. 35-37
"Mit Platz 139 beim Press Freedom Index von Reporter ohne Grenzen rangiert Indonesien in Sachen Pressefreiheit im weit unteren Bereich des internationalen Spektrums. Innerhalb Indonesiens ist Papua die Region, aus der am häufigsten über Einschüchterungen und Angriffe gegen Journalisten berichtet ... more
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Facebook for Self-Empowerment? A Study of Facebook Adoption in Urban India

Neha Kumar
New Media & Society, volume 16, issue 7 (2014), pp. 1122-1137
"This article presents an ethnographic study of the adoption and use of Facebook among urban Indian youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Mobile-centric use of the Internet is widely prevalent here as general packet radio service (GPRS)-enabled mobile phones and data plans have bec ... more
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The Greedy Giants: Centralized Television in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

Ade Armando
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 390-406
"This article essentially shows how the development of commercial television in Indonesia has conflicted with the country’s media democratization, as illustrated by the growth of local media in the past 15 years. Compared to print media and radio, which are decentralized, Indonesia’s television ... more
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Citizen Participation and Technology

Washington, DC: National Democratic Institute (NDI) (2014), 67 pp.
"Using case studies from countries such as Burma, Mexico and Uganda, the study explores whether the use of technology in citizen participation programs amplifies citizen voices and increases government responsiveness and accountability, and whether the use of digital technology increases the politic ... more
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China's iGeneration: Cinema and Moving Image Culture for the Twenty-First Century

Matthew D. Johnson, Keith B. Wagner, Tianqui Yu, Luke Vulpiani (eds.)
New York et al.: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xvi, 349 pp.
"Following China's accession to the WTO in 2001, personal and collective experiences of changing social conditions have added new dimensions to the increasingly diverse Sinophone media landscape, and provided a novel complement to the existing edifice of blockbusters, documentaries, and auteur cultu ... more
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Changing the Narrative: China‘s Media Offensive in Africa

Sergio Grassi
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2014), 9 pp.
"China’s media offensive in Africa is an expression of the need to create advantageous conditions for its own trade relations and for strategic alliances, for example in international organizations. At the same time, China’s global charm offensive or »charm defensive« is also a reaction to wha ... more
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L'evangelizzazione della Chiesa Coreana e la Radio Vaticana

Ji Ho Park
Roma: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Facoltá di Scienze Sociali, Specializzazione Comunicazione Sociale, Tesi di Licenza (2014), 99 pp.
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Framing Sustainability: A Case Study Analysis of the Environment and Sustainability Discourse in the Indian English Language Press

Prithi Nambiar
Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 1 (2014), pp. 93-110
"Using elements of framing and grounded theory, a qualitative interpretive case study analysis of environment and sustainability related articles from a leading English language fortnightly magazine in India reveals that highly emotive frames are being used in media construction of the environment a ... more
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A Media Campaign to Increase Awareness and Prevention of Human Trafficking in Asia: Background Strategies and Outcome Evaluation of the MTV EXIT Campaign

Prawit Thainiyom
Lincoln: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Third Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking (2014), 33 pp.
"In 2006, MTV and USAID launched, "MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking)," a multi-media, multi-platform awareness and prevention campaign against human trafficking that has reached over 20 million people in 21 countries in the Asia Pacific. This paper describes the campaign background, design ... more
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Lautsprecher und Widersprecher: Ein Ansatz zum Vergleich der Mediensysteme
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Roger Blum
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2014), 440 pp.
"Der Autor porträtiert 23 Länder aus sechs Weltregionen. Anschließend bildet er mittels des pragmatischen Differenz-Ansatzes sechs Modelle heraus: Das liberale Modell, das Public-Service-Modell, das Klientel-Modell, das Schock-Modell, das Patrioten-Modell und das Kommando-Modell. Dabei zeigt sich ... more
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Puppetry for All Times: Papers Presented at the Bali Puppetry Seminar 2013

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof (ed.)
Singapore: Patridge (2014), 389 pp.
"The Puppetry for All Times Seminar held in September of 2013 in Ubud, Bali, was one of the most enchanting of events of its kind held anywhere in recent years. Its success revolved around the fantastic locale, the overwhelming response from performers as well as the paper presenters, and the genero ... more
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The Failure of a Success Story: Reforming Georgia’s Public Service Broadcaster

Marek Bekerman
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 22 pp.
"The Georgian public service broadcaster has been unable to develop into an autonomous and independent media organisation in spite of all the legal and institutional safeguards. It has been a victim of intense political manipulation and interference throughout its existence, and most domestic and ex ... more
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The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism

Cecil M. Robeck (ed.)
New York: Cambridge University Press (2014), xiii, 340 pp.
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Foreign Correspondents and International Newsgathering: The Role of Fixers

Colleen Murrell
New York: Routledge (2014), 176 pp.
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Medien- und Meinungsfreiheit in Osttimor

Jakob Lempp
Südostasien, volume 30, issue 1 (2014), pp. 41-43
"Nachdem sich die Osttimoresen 1999 mit großer Mehrheit für die Loslösung von Indonesien in einem von den Vereinten Nationen durchgeführten Referendum entschieden hatten, eskalierte die Gewalt. Einher gingen die Menschenrechtsverletzungen mit einer massiven Einschränkung der Meinungs- und Press ... more
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The Mobile Economy Asia Pacific

London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.
"Asia Pacific is the world’s largest mobile region but also one of the most diverse regions in terms of the levels of both economic and mobile market development. Asia Pacific dominates the global mobile industry in terms of both unique subscribers and connections, having seen significant growth o ... more
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Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring

Leila Hudson, Adel Iskandar, Mimi Kirk (eds.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xi, 285 pp.
"Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring brings together some of the most celebrated and respected names in Arab media research to reflect on the communication conditions that preceded and made the Arab uprisings possible." (Publisher description)
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Contemporary Media Use in Pakistan

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2014), 2 pp.
"Just 18.1% of Pakistanis say they follow current events about the country “a lot,” but almost half (47.7%) follow current events “somewhat.” About one-third report being less attentive, following current events “very little” (29.6%) or “not at all” (4.6%). Results trend upward with ... more