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Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools

Cormac Callanan, Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner, Alberto Escudero-Pascual, Robert Guerra

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2011), 75 pp.

"Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online. Circumvention tools are primarily designed to bypass internet f ... more

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Religious Media Content: A Cable TV Phenomenon

Gayatri Murthy

audiencescapes (2011), 7 pp.

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Framing Religious Conflict: Primordialism Writ Large

Steve Sharp

Asia Pacific Media Educator, issue 21 (2011), pp. 1-23

"Is there a dynamic correspondence between the unfolding of media narratives about conflict and how that conflict plays out on the ground? In particular, can this question be applied productively to the Maluku wars, an outbreak of religious violence at the end of Indonesia’s long developmentalist ... more

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Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management: Online Dispute Resolution, Governance, Participation

Marta Poblet (ed.)

Dordrecht et al.: Springer (2011), xii, 220 pp.

"Mobile phones are the most ubiquitous communications technology in the world. Besides transforming the way in which we communicate, they can also be used as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and management. This book presents innovative uses of mobile technologies in the areas of early warnin ... more

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Media Piracy in Emerging Economies

Joe Karaganis (ed.)

New York: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (2011), 425 pp.

"This publication is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in the developing world, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, the study tells two overarching stories: on ... more

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China in South Africa: The Media’s Response to a Developing Relationship

Herman Wasserman

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, School of Journalism and Media Studies (2011), 20 pp.

"Literature about China’s role in Africa suggests that China’s presence on the continent is often viewed in stark binary terms, as either an exploitative, predatory force or a benevolent, development partner. An analysis of attitudes in the South African media over the last three years (if De Be ... more

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The Globalization of Chinese Television: The Role of the Party-State

Hong Zhang

International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 7 (2011), pp. 573-594

"China’s television sector has undergone rapid transformation since the country’s reform and opening-up in the late 1970s. This article presents the main results of a recently completed PhD project, aiming to understand the role of the Chinese party-state in this transformation. The project supp ... more

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Development Communication Programming of the Hindi Service of Radio Veritas Asia

Herman Bandod

Religion and Social Communication, volume 9, issue 1 (2011), pp. 51-77

"Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) is hailed as 'the Voice of Asian Christianity' and the Hindi Service has defined its vision and mission to proclaim human development based on Gospel values. Spiritual, social, economical, human and environmental messages are important for overall development of a person an ... more

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The Political Consequences of the Rise of the Internet: Political Beliefs and Practices of Chinese Netizens

Ya-Wen Lei

Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 291-322

"This article addresses a long-standing question: What are the political consequences of the rise of the Internet and the attendant emergence of netizens in China, particularly in terms of China's democratic prospects? Given the Chinese state's firm control in the realm of traditional media, the Int ... more

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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia

Andrew N. Weintraub (ed.)

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2011), xv, 259 pp.

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The Hierarchy of Global Suffering: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Television News Reporting on Foreign Natural Disasters

Stijn Joye

Journal of International Communication, volume 15, issue 2 (2011), pp. 45-61

"In 2007 nearly 17,000 people died because of natural disasters and more than 211 million others were directly affected. News media play a basic role in giving publicity to these numerous instances of global suffering as it is mainly through media reports that the world perceives international crise ... more

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International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World

Angela Romano (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2010), ix, 251 pp.

"This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action. Authors from across t ... more

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Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends

Thomas L. McPhail

Malden; Oxford: Blackwell, 3rd ed. (2010), xiv, 400 pp.

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Journalism and Politics in Indonesia: A Critical Biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as Editor and Author

David Hill

London, New York: Routledge (2010), xviii, 266 pp.

"Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia's best-known newspaper editors, authors and cultural figures, with a national, regional and international prominence that he retained from the early 1950s until his recent death in 2004. This book traces the major events in the life of Mochtar Lubis, which is also ... more

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Technology for Transparency: The Role of Technology and Citizen Media in Promoting Transparency, Accountability, and Civic Participation

David Sasaki (ed.)

[no publisher] (2010), 75 pp.

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Beaten, Blacklisted, and Behind Bars: The Vanishing Space for Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan

New York: Human Rights Watch (2010), 90 pp.

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Baseline Study: Children in Bangladesh News Media

Dhaka: UNICEF Bangladesh (2010), 128 pp.

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Another Radio is Possible: Thai Community Radio from the Grass Roots to the Global

Patricia W. Elliott

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 8, issue 1 (2010), pp. 7-22

"By considering the example of community radio development in Thailand, we can see this movement represents a new communications paradigm in formation, one that fundamentally alters the manner in which the broadcast frequency spectrum is monopolized by state and commercial interests and, consequentl ... more

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International Film Guide 2010: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema

Ian Haydn Smith (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press, 46th ed. (2010), 460 pp.

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Focus 2010: World Film Market Trends = Tendances Du Marché Mondial Du Film

Cannes: Marché du Film;European Audiovisual Observatory (2010), 64 pp.

"With its key indicators, FOCUS 2010 gives you a complete overview of the fi lm industry worldwide, and highlights new and up-and-coming areas such as Latin America and the Middle East. It is an indispensable guide to understanding the undercurrents and changes in the international market, in a cont ... more