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"This study looks at how gender is represented in the media in Viet Nam and how those involved directly and indirectly see the issues around gender equality using methods of content analysis and open-ended interviews [...] The study found that although some improvement could be seen in the represent ... more

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Media on the Move: Migrants and Minorities and the Media. 4th Symposium Forum Medien Und Entwicklung (FoME)

Christoph Dietz, Petra Stammen (eds.)

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2009), 84 pp.

"The symposium focused in three sections on migration and ethnic minority media coverage within Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and South-Eastern Europe. Special attention was paid to concrete experiences regarding the strengthening of ethnic and diversity media and the potentials as we ... more

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ICTs for Development: Improving Policy Coherence

Paris: OECD (2009), 203 pp.

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Digital Review of Asia Pacific: Feedback and Assessment

Randy Spence

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2009), 86 pp.

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Massenmedien und die Integration ethnischer Minderheiten in Deutschland. Bd. 2: Forschungsbefunde

Rainer Geißler, Horst Pöttker (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2009), 352 pp.

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China in the African Mediascape: A Critical Injection

Fackson Banda

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 1, issue 3 (2009), pp. 343-361

"This study sets out to historically contextualize Chinese support to the African mediascape, arguing that contemporary Chinese media interventions in Africa must be seen as part of China's long history of anti-colonial and anti-imperial struggle in its project of national and international identifi ... more

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Media Development in Afghanistan

Massoumeh Torfeh

Media Development, issue 1 (2009), pp. 39-44

"The international community entered Afghanistan in December 2001 to oust the Taliban. It promised reconstruction, development and democratisation. At the time, the trauma of 25 years of war had left civil society in Afghanistan shattered and the media had become mere tools in the hands of the dicta ... more

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A Study on Media Influence on Public Policy in Bangladesh: Investment Climate Perspective

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2009), 36 pp.

"This paper has tried to find out whether newspapers in Bangladesh have any influence on policy formulation, revision and improvement in respect to investment climate. Reviewing two Bangla and two English newspapers for three fiscal years, we found that newspapers have strong interest in policy rela ... more

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Peace Journalism Training Manual

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) (2009), 55 pp.

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Final Evaluation Report: Aceh Youth Radio Project

Stefano Derrico, Imam Alif

Search for Common Ground Indonesia (2009), 27 pp.

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How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy

Sally-Ann Totman

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xii, 226 pp.

"This book examines US foreign policy toward the so-called 'rogue states' and the products of the Hollywood film industry in relation to these states, which promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'soft power' that is popular culture." (Publisher description)

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Media Under Fire: Press Freedom Lockdown in Sri Lanka

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 26 pp.

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Seventh Bishops Institute for Social Communication (BISCOM VII). Social Communication in Catholic Universities of Asia: Facts, Experiences, Challenges. Assumption University, Bangkok, May 11-16, 2009

Manila: Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) (2009), 57 pp.

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Usbekistan

Bernhard Chiari, Magnus Pahl (eds.)

Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2009), 312 pp.

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Theatre for Development: Experiences from an International Theatre Project in Asia “Children’s Voice”

Christina Nygren (ed.)

Sida (2009), 186 pp.

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Learning and Knowing in Indigenous Societies Today

Peter Bates, Moe Chiba, Sabine Kube, Douglas Nakashima (eds.)

Paris: UNESCO (2009), 127 pp.

"The book is organised into three sections. The first addresses the link between indigenous knowledge and indigenous language, and explores the opportunities this interconnection provides for understanding and countering declines in both. The second section examines how the loss of indigenous knowle ... more