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Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth Century

Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Jay Winter, Ruth Ginio (eds.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2010), ix, 223 pp.

"Silence lies between forgetting and remembering. This book explores the ways in which different societies have constructed silences to enable men and women to survive and make sense of the catastrophic consequences of armed conflict. Using a range of disciplinary approaches, it examines the silence ... more

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Afghanistan Media Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges for Peacebuilding

Eran Fraenkel, Emrys Shoemaker, Sheldon Himelfarb

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 40 pp.

"[...] International donor support for Afghanistan's media has had two primary goals. The short-term goal has been to counteract the effects of insurgent communications in order to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. The long-term goal has been to create a free and independent media secto ... r that will continue to function after donor support has ended. Although millions of dollars have been invested in the development of the Afghan media sector and the growth of private media since 2001 is considered one of Afghanistan's greatest success stories, neither of these donor goals is being met. Donor support for Afghan media has led to the growth of radio and television outlets that are almost entirely dependent on foreign funding - direct and indirect. Recent strategic communications policies have neither diminished nor adequately countered the presence of extremist voices in Afghanistan. Despite some examples to the contrary, Taliban communications continue to affect the lives of ordinary Afghans, whereas many communications by and from Western sources do not. Neither short- nor mid-term analysis of the Afghan economy - ranked the third poorest in the world by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - foresees the growth of a market able to sustain Afghanistan's domestic media sector without foreign financing. The limited impact of Western communications endeavors, in conjunction with the predicted continued weakness of the Afghan economy, reveals an urgent need for a dramatic shift in the media strategies and goals pursued by the United States and its allies. First and foremost, donors should invest primarily in the Afghan media's production and dissemination of socially constructive contents rather than in building media institutions or infrastructure that the Afghan economy cannot support. For these contents to be received as authentic and credible, they must reflect the vulnerabilities and priorities that Afghans themselves have identified as vital. Donors should make a multiyear funding commitment to the media in Afghanistan. Support should be allocated to both terrestrial and wireless media through a transparent and competitive process developed jointly by donors and Afghan media experts. Aggressively supporting the dissemination of socially constructive contents through new outlets will permit access to both geographic and demographic segments of the population not adequately served by current media outlets." (Summary, page 3) more

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A Report on National Consultation on Community Radio Policy

New Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India;UNESCO (2010), 130 pp.

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On Air: A Comparative Study of Four Community Radio Stations in India

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik, Vasuki Belavadi

Hyderabad; New Delhi: University of Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication;UNESCO (2010), 31 pp.

"The broad purpose of this study undertaken between March and June 2010 was to document the working of two rural community radio (CR) stations (owned and managed by community-based organizations) and two campus-based CR stations that have completed at least one year of broadcasting. We examined the ... more

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Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Vol. I: Creating New Communication Spaces

Clemencia Rodríguez, Dorothy Kidd, Laura Stein (eds.)

Cresskill: Hampton Press (2010), x, 338 pp.

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The Green Pen: Environmental Journalism in India and South Asia

Keya Acharya, Frederick Noronha (eds.)

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xv, 303 pp.

"This is the first book on environmental journalism in South Asia. It provides an important benchmark for journalism in the region as well as an excellent source of material for the future evolution of environmental journalism. This is a collection of essays by prominent Indian and South Asian envir ... more

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Reality TV and Participatory Culture in India

Aswin Punathambekar

Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, volume 8, issue 4 (2010), pp. 241-255

"This article focuses on events surrounding the third season of 'Indian Idol' in order to assess the changing relationship between television, everyday life, and public political discourse in contemporary India. In the summer of 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol focused on how people in Northeast ... more

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New Opportunities for Environmental and Climate Change Journalism in China

Hugo de Burgh, Zeng Rong

Copenhagen; London: International Media Support (IMS);Chinese Media Center (2010), 24 pp.

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Key Challenges for Media After War's End: Report of the International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka

Sukumar Muralidharan

Deborah Muir (ed.)

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2010), 25 pp.

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Theological Perspectives in Social Communication

George Plathottam

New Delhi; Mumbai: Don Bosco Communications (2010), 290 pp.

"This textbook is a wide-ranging introduction to the theology of communication, written by the executive secretary of the Social Communications Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). The primary aim is to help develop the capacity to understand social communication from the p ... more

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Media Incidents: Power Negotiation on Mass Media in Time of China's Social Transition

Peixin Cao

Konstanz: UVK (2010), x, 183 pp.

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A Sampler of International Media and Communication Statistics 2010

Sara Leckner, Ulrika Facht (comps.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;University of Gothenburg (2010), 237 pp.

"There is a lack of comparative statistics on media and communication, and this is a fundamental problem. National media statistics are very poor in many countries. But some comparative statistics already available within different international and regional organisations and institutions could be m ... more

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Becoming Extra-Ordinary: Negotiation of Media Power in the Case of 'Super Girls’ Voice' in China

Li Cui, Francis L. F. Lee

Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, volume 8, issue 4 (2010), pp. 256-272

"This article aims at understanding the popularity and cultural and social significance of the highly prominent Chinese television show Super Girls’ Voice (the 2005 season), a talent contest largely modeled upon “reality shows” such as American Idol in the United States and Pop Idol in the Uni ... more

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China's Digital Generations 2.0: Digital Media and Commerce Go Mainstream

David C. Michael, Yvonne Zhou

Boston, Mass.: Boston Consulting Group (2010), 31 pp.

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Media Seminars on Militants’ Media in Pakistan and its Impact

Islamabad: Pak Institute for Peace Studies (2010), 5 pp.

"The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a series of policy dialogues to seek expert opinion on a PIPS research report titled ‘Understanding Militants’ Print Media in Pakistan and its Impact’. The report maps the militants’ media, its genesis and evolution, and impact on the Pak ... more

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Politische Kommunikation

KAS Auslandsinformationen, issue 6 (2010), 114 pp.

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Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society

Enrico Ferro (ed.)

Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2010), xxxvi, 737 pp.

"The Handbook presents a comprehensive, integrative, and global view of what has been called the digital divide. Collecting an international collaboration of experts, this Handbook of Research offers policy makers, academicians, managers, and researchers a complete reference source to the interactio ... more

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