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Covering Religion-Related News and Conflicts in the Caucasus: A Case Study of a Western “Christian Initiative” News Service

Eric Freedman, Kuang-Kuo Chang, Richard Shafer
Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, volume 1, issue 1 (2008), pp. 150-175
"This study examines how a Christian-oriented Western press organization [Forum 18 News Service, Norway] covers religion-related news in the Caucasus. Coverage in 2005 overwhelmingly focused on Christianity. Although governmental sources are more likely to be cited than religiously affiliated source ... more
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Radio for Peace Building: Project Evaluation Report

Arpita Nepal, Samyukta Rupakheti
Washington, DC; Brussels: Search for Common Ground (2008), 35 pp.
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Political Regimes and the Media in Asia

Krishna Sen, Terence Lee (eds.)
Hoboken: Routledge (2008), xiii, 233 pp.
"This book analyzes the relationship between political power and the media in a range of nation states in East and Southeast Asia, focusing in particular on the place of the media in authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes. It discusses the centrality of media in sustaining repressive regimes, ... more
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Television in India: Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change

Nalin Mehta (ed.)
New York: Routledge (2008), ix, 170 pp.
"This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which cam ... more
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The Media and Political Change in Southeast Asia: Karaoke Culture and the Evolution of Personality Politics

Jonathan Woodier
Cheltenham; Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing (2008), vii, 368 pp.
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The Participatory Web: New Potentials of ICT in Rural Areas

Annemarie Matthess, Christian Kreutz (eds.)
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2008), 42 pp.
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The Promise of Ubiquity: Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
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John West
Paris: Internews Europe (2008), 89 pp.
"There have been an estimated 3.8 billion mobile phones in the world in 2008 and most of the growth has been taking place in the Global South. 15 million people in Africa now individually own mobile phones but do not have access to a TV at home. A higher percentage of Kenyans use mobile commerce tha ... more
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Free Markets Free Media? Reflections on the Political Economy of the Press in Asia

Cherian George (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2008), 164 pp.
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Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives

Indrajit Banerjee, Madanmohan Rao (eds.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.
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Media and Conflict Reporting in Asia
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Shyam Tekwani (ed.)
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 203 pp.
"The thirteen significant case studies presented here examine the challenges faced by media practitioners reporting on conflicts across the diverse media ecologies of Asia. Significant themes covered include: how media culture affects the way conflict is covered, including aspects such as resource l ... more
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Community Radio in Asia: Putting People in Charge

Carlos A. Arnaldo, Louie N. Tabing et al.
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The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture

Kirsten Drotner, Sonia Livingstone (eds.)
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New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia

Matthew Vanderwerff
Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.
"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine ... more
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Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry

Selvaraj Velayutham (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2008), xvi, 201 pp.
"Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It o ... more
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Freie Medien für ein liberales Afghanistan: Demokratisierung durch Journalismusförderung zwischen Theorie und Praxis

Maike Albrecht
Stuttgart: VDM Verlag Müller (2008), 106 pp.
"Die Arbeit untersucht, welche Rolle die Medien für die Demokratisierung des von 24 Jahren Krieg zerstörten Landes spielen können. Vor allem internationale Hilfsorganisationen sind gefordert, die aufkeimende afghanische Presse auf dem Weg zu Demokratie und Freiheit zu begleiten. Nach theoretische ... more
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Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

Karol Jakubowicz, Miklós Sükösd (eds.)
Bristol: intellect (2008), 301 pp.
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Journalistic Training in Conflict-Related Situations

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2008), 82 pp.
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In the Balance: Press Freedom in South Asia 2007-2008

Sukumar Muralidharan (ed.)
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2008), 39 pp.
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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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East Asian Screen Industries

Darrell William Davis, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
London: British Film Institute (bfi) (2008), vi, 202 pp.