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Communication for Empowerment: Global Report

Elizabeth McCall, Birgitte Jallov

Oslo; South Orange, New Jers.: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre;Communication for Social Change Consortium (2010), 52 pp.

"The 52-page report summarised here is the result of the three-year partnership between UNDP Oslo Governance Centre and the Communication for Social Change Consortium in piloting the C4E approach in five least-developed countries: Mozambique, Madagascar, Ghana, Lao PDR, and Nepal. The report present ... more

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Religion and Communication in Asia: Towards a Research Agenda

Franz-Josef Eilers

Religion and Social Communication, volume 8, issue 1-2 (2010), pp. 1-19

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Youth Civic Participation in Cambodia: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Media

Heng Phoastey, Trak Peaseth, By Virak et al.

Phnom Penh: UNDP Cambodia (2010), 263 pp.

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Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

Diana Dimitrova (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiv, 226 pp.

"This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia." (Publisher description)

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Media and governance in Pakistan: A controversial yet essential relationship

Marco Mezzera, Safdar Sial

Brussels: Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP);Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations (2010), 47 pp.

"Probably one of the most relevant pieces of military legislation affecting the media has been the establishment and formalisation of a media regulatory authority. The Regulatory Authority for Media Broadcast Organisations (RAMBO), the predecessor of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authorit ... more

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Diasporas: Concepts, Identities, Intersections

Kim Knott, Seán McLoughlin (eds.)

London; New York: Zed Books (2010), viii, 319 pp.

"Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping the field, such as migration, ethnicity, post-colonialism and cosmopolitanism. It also examines key intersecting agendas and themes, including political economy, security, race, gender, and material and electron ... more

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McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India

Jonathan D. James

New Delhi: Sage (2010), xxvii, 232 pp.

"This book looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people. The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India, in a new historical, cultur ... more

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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Sheldon Himelfarb, Cecilia Paradi-Guilford

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.

"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul ... more

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The Media in Kyrgyzstan: A Window of Opportunity

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS);AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters;Article 19 (2010), 32 pp.

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Cambodia: "Prime Minister, You Promised That no More Journalists Would Go to Prison"

Vincent Brossel

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 11 pp.

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World Day Against Cyber Censorship: 12 March 2010. Enemies of the Internet, Countries Under Surveillance

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 62 pp.

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Die China-Berichterstattung in den deutschen Medien

Carola Richter, Sebastian Gebauer

Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2010), 300 pp.

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Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture

Surabhi Mittal, Sanjay Gandhi, Gaurav Tripathi

New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (2010), 46 pp.

"The study found evidence that mobiles are being used in ways which contribute to productivity enhancement. However, to leverage the full potential of information dissemination enabled by mobile telephony will require significant improvements in supporting infrastructure and capacity building amongs ... more

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Southeast Asian Media: Patterns of Production and Consumption. A Survey of National Media in 10 Countries of Southeast Asia

Jeremy Wagstaff

London: Open Society Foundation, Media Program (2010), 128 pp.

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Living as Dissidents: Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan

Rebecca Vincent

London: Article 19 (2010), 37 pp.

"The freedom of expression situation in Azerbaijan has deteriorated significantly over the past five years. Since the 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, the authorities have demonstrated an intolerance to criticism, using a variety of tactics to silence critical voices. As a result, many ci ... more

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Communication Assessment and Action Plan for the LACC Project in Bangladesh

Rome: FAO (2010), x, 63 pp.

"FAO and the Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory have agreed to a joint initiative named Communication for Sustainable Development Initiative (CSDI) to strengthen national efforts in the applications of ComDev approaches and strategies to sustainable development policies and programmes, as ... more

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Media Policies and Regulatory Practices in a Selected Set of European Countries, the EU and the Council of Europe

European Commission;Mediadem (2010), 524 pp.

"This collective report examines the principal dimensions of media policy in 14 European countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and the UK), probing into the historical forces, national traditions and distinct politi ... more