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Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture

Surabhi Mittal, Sanjay Gandhi, Gaurav Tripathi
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Guidelines for the Production of Radio Programmes on Disaster Risk Management

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Pakistan

Bernhard Chiari, Conrad Schetter (eds.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2010), 276 pp.
"Al Qaida, Taliban, Kaschmir, Atombombe: Mit diesen Begriffen wird Pakistan meist in der medialen Berichterstattung bedacht, was der komplexen Situation im Land keinesfalls gerecht wird. In Pakistan überlagern sich ethnische, religiöse und soziale Konflikte, die auch das schwierige Verhältnis zu ... more
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Nicht frei, aber lebendig? Massenmedien und Journalismus in Kasachstan

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

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Media and governance in Pakistan: A controversial yet essential relationship

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Media Development Assessment 2010

Thimphu (BT): Ministry of Information and Communications, Department of Information and Media; UNESCO; UNDP; International Media Support (IMS) (2010), xxi, 96 pp.
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International Film Guide 2010: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema

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Right to memory

Media Development, volume 57, issue 2 (2010), pp. 3-59
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Investigative journalism in China: Eight cases in Chinese watchdog journalism

David Bandurski, Martin Hala (eds.)
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Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa ... more
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Notes on the public sphere on a national and post-national axis: Journalism and freedom of expression in Turkey

Miyase Christensen
Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 2 (2010), pp. 177-197
"Since Turkey became a candidate for the European Union in 1999, democratic rights and freedom of expression have been key issues in discourses surrounding EU—Turkey relations. Discussions on these questions often centre on state censorship and legislative constraints. The role of the media themse ... more
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New Media for a New China

James F. Scotton, William A. Hachten (eds.)
Malden; Oxford: Wiley Blackwell (2010), x, 244 pp.
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Media and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Sheldon Himelfarb
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 5 pp.
"Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the Afghan media sector has experienced dramatic growth in all areas: television, radio, print, internet, mobile phones. As such, the sector holds tremendous potential for making significant contributions to peacebuilding in the country. However, the media sec ... 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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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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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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Baseline Study: Children in Bangladesh News Media

Dhaka: UNICEF Bangladesh (2010), 128 pp.
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Asian Media Barometer: India 2009

Kuala Lumpur; New Delhi: Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 82 pp.