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Vietnam: Programmed Death of Freedom of Information

Reporters Without Borders (2013), 39 pp.

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Soap Operas as a Matchmaker: A Cultivation Analysis of the Effects of South Korean TV Dramas on Vietnamese Women’s Marital Intentions

Hong Tien Vu, Tien-Tsung Lee

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 90, issue 1-2 (2013), 23 pp.

"This cultivation study examined the effects of South Korean soap operas on Vietnamese female audiences. It also assessed cultivation effects in combination with the theory of reasoned action. Based on a survey of 439 female viewers, it explicated the link between South Korean soap opera consumption ... more

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The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global

Youna Kim (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2013), xvi, 233 pp.

"Since the late 1990s South Korea has emerged as a new center for the production of transnational popular culture – the first instance of a major global circulation of Korean popular culture in history. Why popular (or not)? Why now? What does it mean socially, culturally and politically in a glob ... more

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Operational Handbook on Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) for RNTCP

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

New Delhi: FHI 360;ihbp;USAID India (2013), 95 pp.

"The Handbook on Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM) for RNTCP aims to provide momentum and build ACSM capacity by clearly describing the processes involved in planning and implementation of ACSM activities in support of TB control and prevention. It seeks to help the reader bett ... er understand the significance of ACSM in TB-control interventions under the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP). The handbook provides practical guidelines and describes the ‘nuts and bolts’ of operational activities with examples of planning and implementing different ACSM programs and activities. The experience of assessing the ACSM scenario in five states, viz., Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, and Meghalaya, conducted by IHBP during 2012, came useful in developing this handbook. This document remains a dynamic and living document that will be updated with inputs from the field during its operationalization at state and district levels. The handbook has been organized into seven parts: Part 1 of the handbook describes the background and context of TB-related ACSM in India and provides conceptual clarity on the strategy framework of ACSM as distinct but mutually supporting interventions for TB prevention and cure. Part 2 outlines the strategy and explains step-by-step processes of ACSM situation analysis to prepare robust, evidence-based program implementation plans (PIPs). Part 3 describes ACSM objectives, approach, and implementation plan. Part 4 discusses the selection of channels and messages based on the ‘strengths’ and ‘weaknesses’ of different channels to enable selection of costeffective channels/vehicles of message delivery to targeted audiences and design of appropriate messages. Part 5 describes the different tools that could be used for ACSM activities and preparation of PIPs at district and state levels as well as describes various ACSM activities with practical operational details for implementation. Part 5 outlines the processes and targeted staff for ACSM capacity building. Part 6 emphasizes the need for rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and provides simple guidelines for conducting M&E to make ACSM activities more effective in support of RNTCP." (About this handbook, page 9) more

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Mapping Digital Media: Malaysia

Jo-Ann Ding, Lay Chin Koh, Jacqueline Ann Surin

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 120 pp.

"Two out of three Malaysians regularly use the internet (even though large areas of the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, where nearly a fifth of the population lives, pose logistical challenges regarding infrastructure) and a third of the population have a 3G mobile subscription. Broadban ... more

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The Role of Public Sentiment and Social Media in the Evolving China-Africa Relationship

Yu-Shan Wu

Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2013), 24 pp.

"The demands of public diplomacy have shifted with the development of social media technologies. Increasingly, governments are required to gauge and respond to public sentiment over and above the one-way communication of broadcast media. The social media and accompanying elevated public role have co ... more

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India’s Media Boom: The Good News and the Bad

James Painter (ed.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xv, 86 pp.

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Shades of Expression: Online Political Journalism in the Post-Colour Revolution Nations

Simon Gwyn Roberts

Chester: University of Chester Press (2013), xi, 188 pp.

"This book captures a snapshot of the contemporary role of online journalism in rapidly evolving post-Soviet, post-Colour Revolution political environments, exploring the wider journalistic and political context alongside the use and influence of online news sites. In particular, it aims to fill a g ... more

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Changing Media and Politics in Tajikistan

Esfandiar Adinabay

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), 66 pp.

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Special Issue on Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia

Weiyu Zhang, Emmanuel C. Lallana (eds.)

International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 3 (2013), pp. 249-337

"The articles collected in this special issue share a common focus: young adults’ use of new media for civic engagement in South and Southeast Asia. Youth engagement problems are evident when established democracies witness a decline in youth participation in traditional civic activities (e.g., vo ... ting) compared to the participation levels of older generations. MacKinnon et al. (2007) stated, ‘[y]outh are turned off by the game of partisan politics and increasingly refuse to learn or apply the rules. In large measure, they are reinventing civic and political engagement.’ We began our project with the observation that the youth in South and Southeast Asia demonstrate distinctive patterns of civic and political engagement, and we sought information about whether these patterns are a consequence of a generational shift or a result of contextual changes, such as those in political systems and media technologies. We examined two propositions that are often associated with youth engagement and new media. First, new media change the relationship between youth and existing political systems. Second, new media change the nature of civic engagement itself, especially for the youth. As we inquired further, we found that using established democracies as our reference point might have been incorrect. The difference between the so-called young or semi-democracies and established or mature democracies is not that the former is an inadequate version of the latter. Instead, the political systems found in South and Southeast Asia have their own characteristics, and these systems cannot be simply classified as a lack of democratic components. The same thing can be said about new media. The difference between the region in question and other regions, such as North America and Europe, is not that the former lacks access to technologies that are common in the latter. Instead, the type and use of technologies in the region show unique patterns that cannot be simply defined as less advanced. When we refer to the region, we make no attempt to generate a singular discourse for all the countries involved. Instead, we are highly sensitive to the diversity presented in the individual cases that belong to the region in this study. The end product, therefore, becomes a juxtaposition of multiple reference points that can be not only compared to established democracies but also compared to the other countries in Asia." (Page 249) more

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How the Segmentation Analysis for Climate Asia Was Conducted

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 12 pp.

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Exploring the Diegesis of the Haridasi Kirtan: A Critical Study

Sanjay Ranade

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 22-32

"It is argued that to identify an Indian theory of communication Rasa and Dhvani experience must be studied in multimedia and multicultural contexts of the contemporary media universe and that such a theory shall emerge better from an in depth study of Indian folk media. The study explores the world ... more

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Film und Politik in Myanmar: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel durch politischen Film?

Lena Bullerdieck

Südostasien, volume 29, issue 4 (2013), pp. 23-25

"Myanmar durchläuft derzeit einen rasanten gesellschaftlichen Öffnungsprozess. Nicht zuletzt wachsen die Freiräume für politische Aktivisten, Journalisten und Filmemacher. Welche Wirkungen aber haben Filme auf politische Reformen in Myanmar, dessen Medienzensur zu den striktesten Zensursystemen ... more

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ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness

Nor Aziah Alias

New York: Springer (2013), viii, 46 pp.

"ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness provides an introduction to the concept of 'connectedness', and explores how this socio-psychological term has evolved during the age of the Internet. The book surveys the principles of ICT for development (ICTD), and closely examines how ICT has p ... more

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Communicating India's Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood

Daya Kishan Thussu

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), 227 pp.

"Daya Thussu's book rescues the concept of soft power from American hands and applies it insightfully to India, and the concept is made richer and more useful as a result. With its dynamic and prosperous diaspora, the growing global popularity of its spiritual beliefs and practice, its reach as a gl ... more

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Communication Technology Impacts Thai Culture and Buddhist Way of Life

Samran Khansamrong

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 108-120

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How the people of Nepal live with climate change and what communication can do

Anna Colom, Sabina Pradhan

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 72 pp.

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Diplomacy, Development and Security in the Information Age

Shanthi Kalathil (ed.)

Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (2013), v, 142 pp.

"[...] This series thus proposes to unpack the concepts of transparency and volatility across three major arenas of international affairs: security, diplomacy, and development. Each issue-area features two essays, each focusing on different aspects of transparency and/or volatility. Two additional e ... more

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World Radio TV Handbook: The Directory of Global Broadcasting 2014

Oxford: WRTH Publications, 68th ed. (2013), 672 pp.

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Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013

Berthold Pelster (Red.)

München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.