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Media Convergence and the Development Strategies of Radio and Television in China

Peng Duan
Singapore: Springer (2020), viii, 166 pp.
"This book discusses the development strategies of Chinese media convergence in the current, fast-changing communication environment. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical data and based on the author's observations, focus groups, and in-depth analyses of selected Chinese radio and TV networks, ... more
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Reporting in Conflict Zones in Pakistan: Risks and Challenges for Fixers

Kiyya Baloch, Kenneth Andresen
Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 1 (2020), pp. 37-46
"As a backbone of reporting in war and conflicts, fixers offer essential assistance to the foreign correspondent in conflict zones, also in Pakistan. With valuable local knowledge and contacts, fixers can arrange travel to secure entry of foreign correspondents into conflict zones in addition to sec ... more
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Arendt’s Algorithm: AI’s Disenfranchising Effect on Refugees as Examined Through China’s Uighur Population

Gideon Salutin
[author] (2020), 23 pp.
"China’s Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) operates in Xinjiang by collecting Big Data and alerting authorities to those it deems potentially harmful to the CCP regime. It does so through two major devices: the mobile phone, and the camera. These act as tools of disablement constraining ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2020. Technology, the Environment and a Sustainable World: Responses from the Global South
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2020), 268 pp.
"The world is facing an unprecedented climate and environmental emergency. Scientists have identified human activity as primarily responsible for the climate crisis, which together with rampant environmental pollution, and the unbridled activities of the extractive and agricultural industries, pose ... more
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Combatting and Defeating Chinese Propaganda and Disinformation: A Case Study of Taiwan’s 2020 Elections

Aaron Huang
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (2020), 63 pp.
"In its 2020 presidential and legislative elections, Taiwan combatted and defeated Chinese propaganda and disinformation through a whole-of-society approach, one in which the government became better at debunking fake news and raising awareness of these attacks; civil society became more alert and c ... more
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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition in Nepal: Informing and Motivating Communities to Pursue Healthier Practices in Mid- and Far-Western Districts

Sanjib Saha, Astha Siwakoti, Bhabasagar Ghimire
London: BBC Media Action (2020), 11 pp.
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What Dampen the Indonesian Journalists' Freedom and Safety in the Post-Soeharto New Order?

Gilang Desti Parahita, Nyarwi Ahmad
In: Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety
Sadia Jamil (ed.)
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2020), pp. 83-105
"This study investigates factors that dampens the Indonesian journalists' freedom and safety in the Post-Soeharto's New Order. To address this research objective, relevant journal articles have been scrutinized. And the in-depth interview data have been derived from the interviews of a former member ... more
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Disorder in the Newsroom: The Media's Perceptions and Response to the Infodemic

Amel Ghani, Sadaf Khan
Media Matters for Democracy; Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2020), 29 pp.
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Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities Around the World Make Sense of Climate Change
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Michael Brüggemann, Simone Rödder (eds.)
Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers (2020), xi, 270 pp.
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Missing in action: Experiences of women with climate journalism

Zofeen Ebrahim
Oxfam Pakistan (2020), 20 pp.
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Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
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Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2020), 2 vols.
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Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability

Gerald Sim
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 224 pp.
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Independent Filmmaking Across Borders in Contemporary Asia

Ran Ma
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 278 pp.
"Independent Filmmaking across Borders in Contemporary Asia examines an array of auteur-driven fiction and documentary independent film projects that have emerged since the turn of the millennium from East and Southeast Asia, a strand of transnational filmmaking that converges with Asia's vibrant ye ... more
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Articulating the Shan Migrant Community in Thai Society Through Community Radio: A Case Study of the Map Radio Fm 99 in the City of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Hyeonsoo Jeon
Asia in Focus, issue 8 (2020), pp. 26-37
"This study examines the social consequences of an ethnic migrant community radio station, Map Radio FM 99, to explore its role for the Shan migrant community in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Fieldwork was conducted for seven weeks between December 2015 and January 2016 to collect data using semi-structured ... more
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Food, Nutrition and the Media

Valentina Marinescu (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xxi, 323 pp.
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Die visuelle Kultur der Migration: Geschichte, Ästhetik und Polyzentrierung des Migrationskinos

Ömer Alkin
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2020), 628 pp.
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The Routledge Companion to Local Media and Journalism
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Agnes Gulyas, David Baines (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xxiii, 497 pp.
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Digital Hinduism

Xenia Zeiler (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2020), 283 pp.
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Policy Paper on Draft Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, 2020

Toby Mandel, Sana Ali
Karachi: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) (2020), 46 pp.
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Minority and Indigenous Trends 2020: Focus on Technology
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Peter Grant (ed.)
London: Minority Rights Group International (2020), 189 pp.