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Radio Veritas Asia: Development of a FABC Project

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications (2008), 222 pp.

"This book is not a scientific study or complete documentation on Radio Veritas Asia - the only continental short wave radio station of the Catholic Church in the world. This presentation rather tries to paint a picture of this so-called “missionary of Asia” (John Paul II) using testimonies of p ... more

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Report on Media Workshops for UN-HABITAT’s Water for Asian Cities Programme

Dick de Jong

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (2008), 76 pp.

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Building for the Future: An Overview of Nepal's Media and Recommendations for Development Priorities

International Media Support (IMS);Article 19;Fondation Hirondelle;International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2008), 45 pp.

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The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World

Jesper Strömbäck, Lynda Lee Kaid (eds.)

New York; Abingdon: Routledge (2008), xix, 450 pp.

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Communication for Empowerment in Nepal: An Assessment of Communication and Media Needs Among Indigenous Peoples

Oslo; South Orange, New Jers.: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre;Communication for Social Change Consortium (2008), 102 pp.

"This report provides essential insights to how the indigenous peoples of Nepal are organized and represented by the national and local media. The report describes the media landscape in three districts inhabited by indigenous peoples and reveals that Nepal has one of the most vibrant media environm ... more

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Global Bollywood

Anandam P. Kavoori, Aswin Punathambekar (eds.)

New York; London: New York University Press (2008), vi, 314 pp.

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The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a Health Communication Crisis

John H. Powers, Xiaosui Xiao (eds.)

Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company (2008), vi, 242 pp.

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Church and Social Communication in Asia: Documents, Analysis, Experiences

Franz-Josef Eilers (ed.)

Manila: Logos (Divine Word) Publications, 2nd ed. (2008), 232 pp.

"The book presents all final statements of FABC communication meetings from 1996 to 2007, including the annual meetings of Asian communication bishops (Bishops' Meet), all six BISCOMs (Bishops' Institutes for Social Communication), and special gathering of experts (Roundtables) on Communication Rese ... more

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Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics, and Politics

Pamela Wilson, Michelle Stewart (eds.)

Durham: Duke University Press (2008), ix, 362 pp.

"Whether discussing Maori cinema in New Zealand or activist community radio in Colombia, the contributors describe how native peoples use both traditional and new media to combat discrimination, advocate for resources and rights, and preserve their cultures, languages, and aesthetic traditions. By r ... more

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The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Kirsten Drotner, Sonia Livingstone (eds.)

London et al.: Sage (2008), xxi, 537 pp.

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Information Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and Technology for Development

Geneviève Féraud (ed.)

New York: United Nations (2008), 348 pp.

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Newspapers Monitoring Report

Jafar Mehdi, Ch. Mohammad Idrees, Mazhar Arif

Islamabad: Society for Alternative Media and Research (2008), 16 pp.

"SAMAR did a more in-depth, comprehensive analysis of news coverage. It examined coverage every day for the entire month (15 June to 15 July). Hundreds of stories were examined. The results offer what we believe to be an astonishing view of what the mainstream media delivered in one month as well as ... more

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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making

Roumeen Islam (ed.)

Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.

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Women in Action No.2/2008: People's Communications for Development (PC4D)

Tesa Casal de Vela, Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo (eds.)

Quezon City: Isis International (2008), 94 pp.

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Sri Lanka: Silencing Dissent

London: Amnesty International (2008), 42 pp.

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ICTs and Indian Social Change: Diffusion, Poverty, Governance

Ashwani Saith, M. Vijayabaskar, V. Gayathri (eds.)

New Delhi et al.: Sage (2008), 418 pp.

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The Missing Link: Fostering Positive Citizen-State Relations in Post-Conflict Environments
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Henriette von Kaltenborn-Stachau

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2008), 117 pp.

"Donor policies place great emphasis on the importance of state-building in post-Conflict states, and many donors also recognize the relevance civil society and a professional media sector have for successful transformation processes, says this report. However, operationally and conceptually these a ... more

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World Press Trends 2008

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2008), 966 pp.

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Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives. The South Asian Scenario

Anup Kumar Das

Bimal Kanti Sen; Jocelyne Josiah (eds.)

New Delhi: UNESCO (2008), 137 pp.

"This publication has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of UNESCO-supported th international conferences and workshops including the 4 International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL2001, Bangalore); the International Conferences on Digital Libraries (ICDL2004 & ICDL2006, ... more

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Information Literacy Competency and Readership Study of Five Specific Localities in the Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban Areas of Kolkata Metropolitan City

Chaitali Dutta

New Dehli: UNESCO (2008), 62 pp.

"The objectives of this field survey are as follows: to attempt a critical study of the readership of people from different social strata of five specific localities of Kolkata Metropolitan City; to attempt a study of the influence and to measure the encroachment of different media on people’s rea ... more

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