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Community MHz II: Assessing Community Radio Performance in Nepal

Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ);Open Society Foundation (2012), 94 pp.

"The Community Radio Support Centre (CRSC) at the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) assessed the performance of 15 community radios based on the Community Radio Performance Assessment System (CR-PAS) in 2012. The assessment was a first full-fledged test after a successful piloted the ... more

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Community Radio Directory in Bangladesh

Amin Al Rasheed (comp.)

Dhaka: Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) (2012), 48 pp.

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Compendium 2012: Community Radio Stations in India

Jayalakshmi Chittoor (ed.)

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA);Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (2012), 275 pp.

90 Indian community radio stations present their background, programming focuses, lessons learned and contact details.

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Abiding Voices: Sustainability of Community Radio in India

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA);UNICEF (2012), 131 pp.

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Community Radio in Bangladesh: Achievements and Challenges

Amin Al Rasheed

Dhaka: Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC);Free Press Unlimited (2012), 19 pp.

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Community Radio and Gender: Towards an Inclusive Public Sphere

Kanchan K. Malik, Daniela Bandelli

Brisbane: Paper presented at the India Media Symposium: Public Spheres, the Media & Social Change in India (2012), 20 pp.

"Gender is a significant dimension in community radio (CR) initiatives that are seeking to deploy communication technologies for social change in general and empowerment of women in particular. CR not only provides an opportunity for women’s access to information, but, more significantly, also all ... more

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Social Accountability Status of Community Radios in Nepal

Chakupat, Lalitpur (NP): Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal (ACORAB);United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2012), 82, xli pp.

"About half of the community radios have set their Strategic Plan and Annual Budget System in place. Out of eight such institutional documents, the majority of radios have at least six of them and fewer of them are yet to set these frameworks. Radios are found to be socially inclusive. Though there ... more

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Reaching the Community Through Community Radio: Readjusting to the New Realities. A Case Study Investigating the Changing Nature of Community Access and Participation in Three Community Radio Stations in Three Countries New Zealand, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Ahmed Zaki Nafiz

Canterbury: University of Canterbury, Doctoral Thesis (2012), xii, 331 pp.

"In this case study, I have studied three community radio stations- RS in Nepal, KCR in Sri Lanka and SCR in New Zealand- investigating how the radio management policies are positively or negatively, affecting community access and participation. The study shows that in their effort to stay economica ... more

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Guidelines for Community Radio Support Scheme (CRSS)

New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Ministry (2012), 41 pp.

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Exploring Citizen Journalism for Rural Indonesia: Research Report on a Pilot Project Using Text Messaging and Interactive Voice Response Technology

Restu Pratiwi

Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 26 pp.

"To help improve the flow of information among marginalized communities of West Kalimantan Indonesia, where large palm oil companies wield tremendous power, the Internews Center for Innovation and Learning initiated a three-month pilot project in September 2011 that combined the power of mobile phon ... more

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Digital Storytelling in Bangladesh: Experiences, Challenges and Possibilities

Samia A. Rahim

IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 98-103

"This article reflects on a digital storytelling project undertaken for research, communication, and advocacy purposes in Bangladesh. The project trained young women from different regions of the country to make digital stories about their everyday struggles and journeys of personal growth. Excerpts ... more

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Contemporary Indonesian Film: Spirits of Reform and Ghosts from the Past

Katinka van Heeren

Leiden: KITLV Press (2012), 239 pp.

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Country Case Study: Bangladesh. Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights Are Constrained

Francis Rolt

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 24 pp.

Examining Bangladesh’s booming and dynamic media sector, this report finds that there is an increasing tendency for political discourse to be based around personality rather than policy.

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Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study

Eva Anduiza Perea, Michael James Jensen, Laia Jorba (eds.)

New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), xv, 287 pp.

"This book focuses on the impact of digital media use for political engagement across varied geographic and political contexts, using a diversity of methodological approaches and datasets. The book addresses an important gap in the contemporary literature on digital politics, identifying context dep ... more

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National Minorities and the Media: Situation in Georgia

Tobias Akerlund

Flensburg: European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) (2012), 28 pp.

"This working paper envisages analyzing issues related to media and national minorities in Georgia in order to provide a comprehensive picture of the current situation of minority media and of the impact of media on majority-minority relations. To gather data on this topic, 30 interviews with variou ... more

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Ten Years That Shook the Media World: Big Questions and Big Trends in International Media Developments

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2012), 73 pp.

This report documents some very significant differences in how media companies in different countries have fared over the last decade, examining six affluent democracies (Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States) as well as two emerging economies (Brazil and India).

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Old Tricks in a New Era: Self-Censorship in Indonesian Journalism

Ross Tapsell

Asian Studies Review, volume 36, issue 2 (2012), pp. 227-245

"Even though Indonesia has entered a new era of democracy and press freedom, self-censorship still exists in the professional practice of many Indonesian newspaper journalists. Indonesia has a long history of censorship, particularly pressure from the government encouraging journalists to self-censo ... more

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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World

Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini (eds.)

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.

"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring ... more

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Beyond Click-Activism? New Media and Political Processes in Contemporary Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho, Sofie Shinta Syarief

Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 110 pp.

"We investigate the extent to which new media impacts upon political processes in Indonesia and the factors that affect it. Reflecting on the Indonesian political systems and structure, and detailing some empirical case studies on new media use, we argue that most uses of social media, including tho ... more

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Ethical Practice Guidelines for Community Radio Stations

Jayalakshmi Chittoor

New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2012), 37 pp.