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Tamil Cinema

Perianayagam Jesudoss
Communication Research Trends, volume 28, issue 4 (2009), pp. 3-27
"India, unlike the USA, has multiple centers of production just as its languages and cultures still maintain their identities in India instead of being amalgamated into a singlular overarching popular culture as appears in the Los Angeles-dominated film industry of the United States. Even with produ ... more
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From Monologue to Dialogue: Radio and Reform in Indonesia

Edwin Jurriëns
Leiden: KITLV Press (2009), 190 pp.
"Analyses how radio journalism since the late 1990s has been shaped by and contributed to Reformasi, or the ambition of democratizing Indonesian politics, economy and society. The book examines ideas and practices such as independent journalism, peace journalism, meta-journalism, virtual interactivi ... more
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Best Practices and Potential for Improved Information Flows in Media and Civil Society

Colombo: Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) (2009), 84 pp.
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Internationalizing Media Studies
Deep Insights

Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2009), xiii, 320 pp.
"This collection of essays by internationally-acclaimed scholars from around the world aims to stimulate a debate about the imperatives for internationalizing media studies by broadening its remit, including innovative research methodologies, taking account of regional and national specificities and ... more
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Usbekistan

Bernhard Chiari, Magnus Pahl (eds.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2009), 312 pp.
"Usbekistan ist schon seit 2001 der »Flugzeugträger« für den Nachschub des ISAF-Einsatzes und damit auch der Bundeswehr in Afghanistan. Das Land an der sagenumwobenen Seidenstraße hat eine Schlüsselrolle in Zentralasien, nicht nur für den aktuellen deutschen Einsatz oder seiner Rohstoffe wege ... more
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India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes

Karline McLain
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), 240 pp.
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Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid: From Bollywood to the Emergency

Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), x, 441 pp.
"Ashish Rajadhyaksha argues that any exploration of the social uses to which cinema is put in a place like India can only make sense if it transforms our understanding of cinema itself. Taking as his timeframe the era of celluloid, which is also marked by public experiences of spectatorship and uses ... more
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Peking-Express: Das junge Kino aus China

Maik Platzen, Qin Hu
Marburg: Schüren (2009), 205 pp.
"Maik Platzen und Qin Hu sind nach Peking ge-reist und haben mit jungen Filmemachern über ihr Land, ihre Filme und was sie uns damit über die Situation in China zeigen wollen, gesprochen. Die jungen Filmemacher stehen in der chinesischen Kunsttradition und gleichzeitig inmitten der gesellschaftlic ... more
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Popular Culture in a Globalised India

K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake (eds.)
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International Film Guide 2009: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema

Ian Haydn Smith (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press, 45th ed. (2009), 472 pp.
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Fokus Bollywood: Das indische Kino in wissenschaftlichen Diskursen

Claus Tieber (ed.)
Wien et al.: Lit (2009), 184 pp.
"Bollywood ist nicht nur ein Lifestylephänomen, auch die Wissenschaft beschäftigt sich zunehmend mit indischer Populärkultur. An der Universität Wien findet seit Jahren wichtige Forschung zu diesem Thema statt. Dieser Sammelband vereint Beiträge aus so unterschiedlichen Disziplinen wie Kultur- ... more
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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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Violence, Intimidation and Legal Cases Against Journalists and the Media in Armenia 2008-2009

Liana Sayadyan (ed.)
Yerevan: Investigative Journalists NGO (2009), pp. 88-159
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Exploring the Role of Civil Society in the Formulation and Adoption of Access to Information Laws: The Cases of Bulgaria, India, Mexico, South Africa, and the United Kingdom

Andrew Puddephatt
Washington, DC: World Bank; World Bank Institute (2009), vii, 45 pp.
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The Impact of the BBC World Service Trust's Programme Afghan Woman's Hour: Results from a National Survey in Afghanistan

Andy Bhanot, Emily LeRoux-Rutledge
Safia Haleem (ed.)
Kabul: BBC World Service Trust (2009), 68 pp.
"1. Overall awareness of Afghan Woman’s Hour (AWH) in Afghanistan was found to be high; 50% of all those who had listened to the radio in the previous month were aware of AWH. Awareness was higher in the South Western region at 64% compared with the lowest level of awareness at 23% in the Hazarjat ... more
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Community Radio for Social Change: Evaluating Chala Ho Gaon Mein in Jharkhand

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik
Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication (2009), 45 pp.
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Medien, Migration, Identität: Migranten und ihre Mediennutzung. Drei Projektberichte aus der Urbanregion Stuttgart

Oliver Zöllner (ed.)
Stuttgart: Hochschule der Medien (2009), 105 pp.
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Radiomost 100.5 FM: Pioneer of Community Radio in Kyrgyzstan

Gulmira Osmonova, Bettina Ruigies
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2009), 134 pp.
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Journalismuswelten: Ein Vergleich von Journalismuskulturen in 17 Ländern

Thomas Hanitzsch, Josef Seethaler
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 57, issue 4 (2009), pp. 464-483
"Der vorliegende Aufsatz berichtet erste deskriptive Befunde aus einer multinationalen Studie zum Vergleich von Journalismuskulturen. Im Rahmen des Projekts wurden insgesamt 1700 Journalisten in 17 Ländern zu ihren professionellen Orientierungen befragt. Im Vordergrund standen Fragen nach dem Verst ... more
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Video in Development
Key Guides

Rico Lie, Andreas Mandler
Wageningen; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA); FAO (2009), 60 pp.
"The book was written mainly to inform rural development professionals, practitioners and decision-makers in a variety of organisations – from NGOs and farmer associations to government departments and research and educational institutions – about the diverse uses of video in development. Specif ... more