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Communication for Development: Case Study Compendium 2013-2017

New Delhi: UNICEF (2018), 205 pp.

"This compendium of 15 SBCC cases presents results and learning from the Communication for Development (C4D) cross-sectoral interventions from 15 states of India – all implemented during the country programme 2013- 2017. Additionally, a national level C4D Results Report ‘Resonating Change’ has ... more

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Monitoring Media Pluralism in Europe: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2017 in the European Union, FYROM, Serbia & Turkey. 2018 Policy Report

Elda Brogi, Iva Nenadic, Pier Luigi Parcu, Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha

European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies;Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) (2018), 86 pp.

"2017 was marred by the assassination, in Malta, of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an event which represented the darkest hour for media freedom and media pluralism in the European Union since the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre in France. This crime has profoundly shaken Europe an ... more

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Development and Communication in Trade Relations: New Synergies in Theory and Practice

Maria Touri

Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 388-399

"This article examines trade relations in alternative food networks as a space where communication practices can prove empowering for rural communities. Drawing on a theory of diverse economies, the article offers an alternative view of the global market, highlighting the social relations that under ... more

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"You Can’t See Them, But They’re Always There": Censorship and Freedom of the Media in Uzbekistan

Steve Swerdlow et al.

Human Rights Watch (2018), 32 pp.

"For more than two decades, Uzbekistan has been a country with severe restrictions on free speech and media and some of the longest-imprisoned journalists in the world. There are now tentative signs of change in Central Asia’s most populous country. Opportunities for more open debate and independe ... more

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Potential for Social Media to Challenge Gender-Based Violence in India: A Quantitative Analysis of Twitter Use

Tilly A. Gurman, Catherine Nichols, Elyssa S. Greenberg

Gender & Development, volume 26, issue 2 (2018), pp. 325-339

"Gender-based violence (GBV), a global issue that disproportionately affects women, is especially pervasive in India and reinforced by existing gender norms. Starting late 2012, India experienced increased GBV-related media attention, when a young Delhi woman was fatally gang raped. Public outcry en ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2018: The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism

Mai Truong, Jessica White, Allie Funk

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2018), 28 pp.

"Key findings: Declines outnumber gains for the eighth consecutive year. Out of the 65 countries assessed in Freedom on the Net, 26 experienced a deterioration in internet freedom. Almost half of all declines were related to elections; China trains the world in digital authoritarianism: Chinese offi ... more

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Conflict and Controversy in Small Cinemas

Janina Falkowska, Krzysztof Loska (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (2018), 268 pp.

"This book examines small cinemas and their presentation of society in times of crisis and conflict from an interdisciplinary and intercultural point of view. The authors concentrate on economic, social and political challenges and point to new phenomena which have been exposed by film directors. Th ... more

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Hören, Sehen, Staunen: Kulturgeschichte des mündlichen Erzählens

Johannes Merkel

Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 2. überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2018), 598 pp.

"Beim Stichwort „mündliches Erzählen“ denkt man hierzulande vor allem an „Märchen“, kurze und wundersame Erzählungen der Landbevölkerung vergangener Zeiten. Tatsächlich aber kannten alle Kulturen raffinierte Erzählkünste, die häufig auch Schriftliteratur und Theater inspirierten. Au ... more

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Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China

PEN America (2018), 90 pp.

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Tiangao or Tianxia? The Ambiguities of CCTV's English-Language News for Africa

Vivien Marsh

In: China's Media Go Global

Daya Kishan Thussu; Hugo de Burgh; Anbin Shi (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2018), pp. 103-121

"Sustained media interest in African countries, funded from deep pockets in Beijing, may well attract admirers if the coverage is positive or uncritical. The forward-looking narrative promoted by 'constructive' or 'positive' reporting may help developing nations by not crushing them under too much e ... more

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Cambodia 2040: Culture and Society

Sok Udom Deth, Bradley J. Murg, Virak Ou, Michael Renfrew (eds.)

Future Forum;Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2018), ix, 224 pp.

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Buddhism, the Internet, and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus

Gregory Price Grieve (ed.)

New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2018), viii, 232 pp.

"Contributors consider the ways Buddhism plays a role and is present in digital media through a variety of methods including concrete case studies, ethnographic research, and content analysis, as well as interviews with practitioners and cyber-communities. In addition to considering Buddhism in the ... more

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The Promise and Challenge of Data Journalism: Lessons from Pakistan

Eva Constantaras, Asad Jan, Asma Usman, Muhammad Adil

Internews (2018), 19 pp.

"The barriers to data journalism identified by academics and industry are very real. Several veteran journalists with a strong history of public interest reporting lacked the basic grasp of mathematics and technology needed for the pace of the program, and were unable to complete the course. Similar ... more

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Failing to Prepare? Journalism Ethics Education in the Developing World: The Case of Cambodia

Fergal Quinn

Journal of Media Ethics, volume 33, issue 1 (2018), pp. 50-65

"This article examines the relationship between emphases on ethics within journalism programs in the developing world and the subsequent work practices and conceptualisations of journalists who participated in them. It hypothesises that particular normative emphases within such programs, whose bases ... more

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Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines
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Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jason Vincent A. Cabañes

Newton Tech4Dev Network;University of Leeds;British Council (2018), 74 pp.

"The study explains how strategists set campaign objectives based on input from their political clients, then delegate political marketing responsibility to a team of digital influencers and fake account operators. These operators infiltrate online communities, artificially trend hashtags to hijack ... more

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Case Studies on Paywall Implementation: Gazeta Wyborzca and Malaysiakini

Marius Dragomir, Dumitrita Holdis, Ian M. Cook

New York; Prague: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) (2018), 27 pp.

"When Wyborcza.pl was launched back in 2008, besides its quality, one of the best things about it was that its content was freely accessible. Once the paywall was up in 2012, the publisher had to find a way to present this content differently. According to Bregula, this was the most important task w ... more

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Dangerous Disinformation

D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue May (2018), pp. 23-38

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Toward Gender Equity: Women and Media in Cambodia

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2018), 45 pp.

"More men than women work in the media, including in management positions. Women have joined the industry in greater numbers in recent years, particularly through recruitment of university graduates; radio has the highest proportion of young women journalists. A higher proportion of women had full-t ... more

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Surrendering to Silence: An Account of Self-Censorship Among Pakistani Journalists

Waqas Naeem et al.

Media Matters for Democracy (2018), 55 pp.

"The following are the ve key takeaways from the study: Pakistani journalists work in an environment that makes self-Censorship diffcult to avoid [...] 2. Pakistani journalists exercise self-Censorship in personal settings [...] 3. Journalists perceive the policies of their own news organizations a ... more

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Kept in the Dark: Social and Psychological Impacts of Network Shutdowns in India

Zothan Mawii, Ritu Srivastava, Shivani Lal, Bijo P. Abraham

New Delhi: Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) (2018), 70 pp.

"While the State has been justifying network shutdowns as matters of “national interests”, it is interesting to note that the effect has been the total opposite. Interviewees in Kashmir and Darjeeling have stated that their mistrust in the Indian government has grown due to these actions. These ... more

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