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¿Los turcos también lloran? El turkish drama y sus similitudes y/o diferencias con la telenovela latinoamericana. El caso: Las mil y una noches (Binbir Gece)

Irma Milagros Tuccio Valverde
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Resource Materials on Data Privacy Laws in the Asia and the Pacific: Webinar on Data Privacy Laws in ASEAN

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Strategies and (survival) Tactics: The Case of Syrian Oppositional Media in Turkey

Yazan Badran
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 5, issue 1 (2020), pp. 69-85
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Sri Lanka Media Audience Study 2019: Consuming News in Turbulent Times

Nalaka Gunawardene, Arjuna Ranawana
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The lesser evil? Public opinion towards regulating fake news in three Asian countries

John W. Cheng, Hitoshi Mitomo, Youngkyoung Seo, Artima Kamplean
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Off and Online Journalism and Corruption: International Comparative Analysis

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Hate Speech in Southeast Asia: New Forms, Old Rules

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GlobalOriya.com: A Case Study in Sudden Failure of Community Media in India

Subhransu Mohapatra
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Red lines of journalism. Digital surveillance, safety risks and journalists’ self-censorship in Pakistan

Sadia Jamil
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Ingrid Fadnes, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Roy Krøvel (eds.)
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Summary Report: Justice4her 2.0. Strengthening Rule of Law to Reduce Gender-Based Violence

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Combating Bullets With a Pen: The Importance of Free Media and the Safety of Journalists for Building a Public Sphere for Democracy in Pakistan

Fahad Mahmood
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Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 54-71
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Social Media and Polarization in the 'New Malaysia'

Quinton Temby
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Human Development and Advocacy Journalism: Analysis of Low Editorial Coverage in Pakistan

Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh, Muhammad Yousaf
Development Policy Review, volume 38, issue 5 (2020), pp. 646-663
"This article examines advocacy journalism coverage of human development issues versus other issues in the contents of mainstream Pakistani newspapers and investigates the factors behind the inadequate space given to them. The study further explores the association between editorial and readers’ p ... more
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What Works to Prevent Online and Offline Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse? Review of National Education Strategies in East Asia and the Pacific
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Ann Kangas, Harri Lee, Jenny Holden, Erika Fraser
Bangkok: UNICEF (2020), viii, 63 pp.
"The review found that while there is a growing global body of evidence around effective education programming to prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), much of the available evidence is from high income countries (HICs) and largely focuses on programmes which address offline rather tha ... more
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Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves

Kanchan K. Malik, Vinod Pavarala (eds.)
New York et al.: Routledge (2020), 294 pp.
"This book tells the story of community radio in four South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The three parts of the book focus on policy (discussed country by country), issues in practice, and case studies. In effect, however, each of the chapters touches on these topics to ... more
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Public Trust in the Media During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Media Matters for Democracy (2020), 34 pp.
"The public generally approved of the Pakistani news media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. A majority of the respondents agreed that the Covid news coverage had provided them the information they needed, provided largely accurate information, worked for the benefit of the public, and helped th ... more
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"Big changes start small": Geschichten von Menschen, die etwas bewegen. Ein Wirkungsbericht

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 97 pp.
"Die DW Akademie sammelt und dokumentiert die Wirkungen ihrer Projekte auf verschiedenen Ebenen, mit verschiedenen Methoden. Dazu zählen zunächst drei Wege, die heute Standard in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit sind: erstens angewandte Studien, die neues Wissen über Wirkungen ermöglichen, zweiten ... more
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Myanmar Media's Response to COVID-19: A Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Survey

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2020), 39 pp.
"In June 2020, MDIF conducted a survey of 36 Myanmar media outlets to gather information about the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses between March and May. They represent a mix of national media, as well as local media from the ethnic states and regions. Their operations are of various sizes: t ... more
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A Review on the Safety of Journalists in Turkey: A Victims' Rights Perspective

Bora Ataman, Baris Çoban, Özlem Erkmen
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Sadia Jamil (ed.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 148-171
"In the neoliberal media autocracy of Turkey, mass media are propaganda tools rather than the public watchdogs. The coup attempt in 2016 gave the government additional power to institutionalise this regime. Critical journalists have become the enemies of the state and suffered from threats from vari ... more
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Digital Literacy Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Development

Danica Radovanovic, Christine Holst, Sarbani Banerjee Belur, Ritu Srivastava, Georges Vivien Houngbonon et al.
Social Inclusion, volume 8, issue 2 (2020), pp. 151-167
"The concept of digital literacy has been defined in numerous ways over the last two decades to incorporate rapid technological changes, its versatility, and to bridge the global digital divide. Most approaches have been technology-centric with an inherent assumption of cultural and political neutra ... more