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Responding to an Activist Public: Hangzhou Press Office Rethinks its Role

Hugo de Burgh, Zengole Rong, Mi Miao
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 8 (2012), pp. 1013-1027
"In China as elsewhere, netizens have made new demands upon government and challenged conventional media to respond to popular concerns. Established approaches to controlling the media may be otiose; Party leaders are stressing the value of cooperation rather than confrontation and calling for a new ... more
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Reporting Disaster and Disaster Preparedness: A Training Handbook

New Delhi: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme (IGEP) (2012), viii, 122 pp.
"The main objective of the media component of the Environmental Planning and Disaster Risk Management (EPDRM) programme of GIZ in India is to enable journalists to better and more efficiently perform their roles, functions and tasks in the context of disaster risk management, i.e. information to the ... more
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A Buzz in Cyberspace, But no Net-Revolution: The Role of the Internet in Singapore’s 2011 Elections

Kai Portmann
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2012), 44 pp.
"The May 2011 general election has been the most contested and most discussed in Singapore’s history. Prior to the polls, the government relaxed the rules on election campaigning in the Internet. For the first time in the highly wired city-state with its tech-savvy population of 5 million people, ... 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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Ex Post-Evaluierung: Kurzbericht. Indonesien: Ausbau des Rundfunknetzes, Phase 2

Frankfurt am Main: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) (2012), 7 pp.
"Mit dem Vorhaben sollte der Zugang zu Informationen insbesondere mit regionalen Inhalten landesweit auch auf abgelegenen Inseln in den jeweils relevanten Sprachen Indonesiens verbessert werden. Es umfasste die Modernisierung und den Ausbau des staatlichen Rundfunksendernetzes durch den Aufbau moder ... more
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Open and Closed Communicating Networks: Sectarian and Liberal Muslim Movements in Indonesia

John Mansford Prior
Religion and Social Communication, volume 10, issue 1 (2012), pp. 19-38
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.
"This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency, sustainability, and applications." (Abstract)
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Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

Philip Seib (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), 204 pp.
"For Al Jazeera English (AJE), the Arab revolutions of 2011 offered an opportunity that news executives dream about. It was the biggest story of the century, it was happening on home territory, and the channel had the expertise and the reportorial staff on the ground at levels its competitors could ... 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.
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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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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more
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The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan: Six Years Later, 2006-2012

Javid Hamdard
Internews; USAID (2012), 57 pp.
"This report presents a comprehensive and multidimensional overview of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector in Afghanistan, covering developments and intersections across the areas of Internet and telecom infrastructure; policy, services, accessibility and affordability; key ... more
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Public Memory, Public Media, and the Politics of Justice

Philip Lee, Pradip Thomas (eds.)
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvii, 220 pp.
"This book aims to provide a context in which a clear link can be traced between the politics of memory and its manifold representations and misrepresentations in public media towards a viable politics of justice. The assumption is that public awareness and perceptions of injustice, whether they are ... more
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Blasphemie – Vorwürfe und Missbrauch: Die pakistanischen Blasphemiegesetze und ihre Folgen

Peter Jacob
Aachen: Missio (2012), 64 pp.
"Der Autor untersucht in dieser Studie die spezielle Dynamik der Theokratisierung von Staat und Recht – mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf den in Pakistan geltenden Blasphemiegesetzen. Welchen Einfluss hatten die Blasphemiegesetze, die mir der staatlichen und politischen Bevorzugung einer einzigen Rel ... more
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Rolle der Medien

Ömer Erzeren
In: Länderbericht Türkei
Udo Steinbach (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), pp. 169-181
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Digital Media Preservation: Why Media Organizations Can’t Archive (and What They Can Do Instead)

Anthony Bouch
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2012), 40 pp.
"This study focuses on digital archive management and will review the current “state of play” in archive management for content creators. It includes both academic and industry research, as well as the results of site visits to nine media organizations located in Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and ... more
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How Pakistani Media Reports Terrorism Related Conflict: Media Content Monitoring and Analysis, January - March 2012

Sadaf Baig
Karachi: Intermedia Pakistan (2012), 52 pp.
"This report is part of an ongoing project to monitor various types of conflicts as covered by select samples of media in Pakistan, including newspapers and TV channels the media. In this report, the focus is on terrorism related conflict. The report contains in depth content analysis of terrorism r ... more
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New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders

Bronwyn T. Williams, Amy A. Zenger
New York: Routledge (2012), xiv, 219 pp.
"How do students' online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States illustrate and analyze how literacy practices that are mediated through and influ ... more
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Burma Media Use 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG); Gallup (2012), 2 pp.
"Despite the country’s long history of censorship, Burmese do not currently appear to be apathetic about news coverage. Almost half (47.5%) say they access some type of news – whether via radio, TV, Internet, newspapers, etc. – at least daily, and 78.5% do so at least once a week. Radio remain ... more
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The Use of Radio in Disasters: 2008 Flood Response, North India. Case Study of First Response India

Health Communication Resources (HCR) (2012), 3 pp.
"Since the Bihar flooding, First Response India has gone on to train other teams in disaster radio response. Its aim is to equip other teams across India with the skills needed to improve collaboration and communication with people affected by crisis. Radio can also play a key role in other phases o ... more