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Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media

Catherine Gomes, Brenda S. A. Yeoh (eds.)
London; New York: Rowman & Littlefield (2018), xxv, 216 pp.
"This book uses digital ethnography to study critically the impact of digital media on transnational migrations, using case studies on diverse topics including transient migrants, gender and religion, ethnic migrants, refugees, intergenerational relationships, and transnational relationships across ... more
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La radio en Afrique au XXIe siècle: Mutations et enjeux

Étienne Damome (dir.)
RadioMorphoses, issue 3 (2018), pp. 2-79
"Introduite dès les années 1930 sur les terres africaines et durablement ancrée au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, la radio s’est peu à peu adaptée à l’environnement culturel, social et politique africain. Ses évolutions successives ont suivi la courbe des mutations culturelles ... more
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Chinese Media in Africa: Between Promise and Reality

Emeka Umejei
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 104-120
"This article examines the relationship between journalism in Africa and foreign investment in the African media space through an analysis of newsroom practices and the power relations that inform such practices in Chinese media organisations based in Africa. It illustrates the discrepancies between ... more
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Where are all the Asian-led programs to support fellowships and grants for journalists in Asia?

Susan Tam
Niemanlab, April 30 (2018)
"Wealth from Asia isn’t being channeled into media development on anything like the scale seen in the U.S. and Europe: “It’s not just about the money. It’s about priorities.”
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Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective

Monroe Price, Nicole Stremlau (eds.)
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2018), xix, 334 pp.
"This volume explores how societies are addressing challenging questions about the relationship between expression, traditional and societal values, and the transformations introduced by new information communications technologies. It seeks to identify alternative approaches to the role of speech an ... more
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Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines
Deep Insights

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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Digital Inclusion: An International Comparative Analysis

Massimo Ragnedda, Bruce Mutsvairo, Gerard Goggin (eds.)
Lanham: Lexington Books (2018), xx, 223 pp.
"The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ... more
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Re-Evaluating China’s Global Media Expansion

Vivien Marsh (ed.)
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 13, issue 1 (2018), pp. 1-142
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Of Words, Visuals and Inclusivity

Dilrukshi Handunnetti
Internews; USAID, Strengthening Democratic Governance and Accountability Project (SDGAP) in Sri Lanka (2018), 67 pp.
"This practical guide on gender sensitivity and inclusivity is designed specifically with the working journalist in mind and to prompt the practitioner to make conscious decisions about the use of words and visuals as a means of enhancing professionalism. In our everyday life, we encounter countless ... more
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Cyprus and its Conflicts: Representations, Materialities and Cultures

Vaia Doudaki, Nico Carpentier (eds.)
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2018), xi, 311 pp.
"The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the site of enduring political, military, and economic conflict. This interdisciplinary collection takes Cyprus as a geographical, cultural and political point of reference for understanding how conflict is mediated, represented, reconstructed, experienced, and ... more
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Vigilante Publics: Orientalism, Modernity and Hindutva Fascism in India

Shakuntala Banaji
Javnost: The Public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-350
"This paper explores the interconnections of Hindutva fascist repertoires in India and quasi-orientalist discourses. History and common sense are re-written through audiovisual communications to appeal to one section of a dangerously split Indian public and a neoliberal-touristic sensibility elsewhe ... more
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Gendering Leadership in Vietnamese Media: A Role Congruity Study on News Content and Journalists’ Perception of Female and Male Leaders

Hong Tien Vu, Tien-Tsung Lee, Hue Trong Duong, Barbara Barnett
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 95, issue 3 (2018), pp. 565-587
"This study combines two research methods to explore how female leaders are portrayed in the news in Vietnam, and Vietnamese journalists’ perception of female and male leaders. Content analysis indicated that female leaders are under- and misrepresented. Female leader sources seldom appear in the ... more
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Women and TV Culture in Pakistan: Gender, Islam and National Identity

Munira Cheema
London: Tauris (2018), xii, 228 pp.
"The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002. The President, General Pervez Musharraf, introduced a policy of liberalisation that enabled controversial issues such as honour killings, adultery, stoning to death, domestic violence, marriage after divorce and homos ... more
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Social Media Marketing in China mit WeChat: Einsatzmöglichkeiten, Funktionen und Tools für ein erfolgreiches Mobile Business

Yinyuan Liu
Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler (2018), xviii, 247 pp.
"Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Unternehmen den Instant-Messaging-Dienst WeChat für ihr Social Media Marketing in China erfolgreich nutzen können. Denn WeChat ist viel mehr als ein mobiler Messenger – es ist Alltagsbegleiter und bezahlt beispielsweise Stromrechnungen, vereinbart Arzttermine, kauft Flug- ... more
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Social Media in China

Wenbo Kuang
Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxii, 293 pp.
"Redefining the concept of new media in China, this cutting edge book discusses the impact of social media on Chinese public life. Examining its characteristics and the different forms of social media, such as internet and mobile phone media, weibo, wechat and micro-blogging, it considers how public ... more
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De-Centring Western Enlightenment: Revisionist Histories, Contestation and Communication Theory

Shakuntala Banaji (ed.)
Javnost: The Public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-440
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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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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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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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Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World: Market Forces, State Actors, and Political Manipulation in the Informational Environment After Communism

Peter Rollberg, Marlene Laruelle (eds.)
Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2018), 446 pp.
"This collection covers the major trends of the media environment of the post-Communist world and their recent development, with special focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. The term ‘media environment’ covers not just traditional print and electronic media, but new media as well, and rang ... more