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Professionalism, Safety Measures, and Threats: An Exploratory Approach

Syed Muhammad Bilal Shah, Farish Ullah Khan Yousafzai
Paradigms, volume 14, issue 1 (2020), pp. 117-124
"All citizens have equal rights to lead their life in any country in the world. The primary responsibility of the government is to protect the rights of all human beings on equal basis residing in a country. This study is an endeavor to highlight the intensity and reasons behind the threats received ... more
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Bangladesh Right to Information (RTI) Survey 2019

Washington, DC: World Bank (2020), viii, 123 pp.
"The Right to Information (RTI) Survey was conducted between January and March of 2019. The survey was split into five segments: a) a survey among 768 Designated Officers (DOs) in 64 districts, b) a survey among 768 Heads of Office covering both government and non-government organizations (NGOs) in ... more
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A Case Study of Community Radio: As an Emerging Platform to Discuss Developmental Issues in Rajasthan

Amit Verma, Rayaz Hassan
Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, volume 12, issue 3 (2020), pp. 3090-3099
"Radio as a medium is continuously playing a significant role not only in the dissemination of information but also in the propagation of culture and nation-building, providing many minorities, remote, and disenfranchised areas with a low-cost civic sphere. Radio is an essential and useful tool for ... more
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Security challenges for journalists and the mass media in advancing free speech in war torn countries: The case of Afghanistan

Mohammad Tamim Sediqi, Farid Sufian Shuaib
Journal of Islamic Law, volume 16, issue 1 (2020), pp. 59-77
"The challenges faced by journalists and mass media in war torn countries are serious. The same could be said to be the case in Afghanistan. Though freedom of speech and of the mass media are among the on-going struggles of the Afghan people after the fall of the Taliban regime, it is worrying that ... more
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States of Control: COVID, Cuts and Impunty. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2019-2020

IFJ (2020), 93 pp.
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When the News Takes Sides: Automated Framing Analysis of News Coverage of the Rohingya Crisis by the Elite Press from Three Countries

Hong Tien Vu, Nyan Lynn
Journalism Studies, volume 21, issue 9 (2020), pp. 1284-1304
"Triangulating several methods including automated framing analysis and assessment of textual elements, this study examines how the elite press from three countries frames the Rohingya refugee crisis in 2017. Results from our framing and textual analysis show differences in how the press from the th ... more
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Voices of Pakistani Youth: Lessons for Civil Society in the Development of Effective Counter-Narrative Campaigns

Jasmeet Sahotay
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2020), 33 pp.
"This report ties together young Pakistani people’s experiences of hate and extremism – with contextual research and questions put to young people in Pakistan, centred around their views on identity, media consumption patterns and perceptions of the state and national news media. This research h ... more
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Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries
Deep Insights

Irene V. Pasquetto, Eaman Jahani, Alla Baranovsky, Matthew A. Baum
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (2020), 27 pp.
"We conducted a mixed-methods research project in Nigeria, India, and Pakistan consisting of surveys, survey experiments, and semi-structured interviews, to better understand the spread and impact of misinformation, and in particular of misinformation on mobile messaging apps (MIMs). One of our goal ... more
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A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India

Andrew M. Guessa, Michael Lernerb, Benjamin Lyonsd, Jacob M. Montgomerye, Brendan Nyhanf, Jason Reiflerg, Neelanjan Sircarh
PNAS, volume 117, issue 27 (2020), 10 pp.
"Using data from preregistered survey experiments conducted around recent elections in the United States and India, we assess the effectiveness of an intervention modeled closely on the world’s largest media literacy campaign, which provided “tips” on how to spot false news to people in 14 cou ... more
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Journalism Education in Bangladesh: From Aspiring Journalists to Career Professionals

Jude William Genilo, Fahmidul Haq, Shameem Mahmud
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 66 pp.
"This study aimed to identify the factors that facilitate or inhibit new and aspiring journalists in Bangladesh to prepare for and join the profession. It also sought to determine the factors that would enable or restrict them from acquiring the necessary skill sets (particularly in educational inst ... more
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The False Information Ecosystem in India

Spandana Singh
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 20 pp.
"Over the past few years, internet access and adoption in India has grown tremendously, giving Indians more access to the online information ecosystem than ever before. Today, India is one of the largest markets for technology platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook. However, the adoption of these t ... more
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Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital

Pradip Thomas
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2019), viii, 216 pp.
"Communication for Social Change: Context, Social Movements and the Digital is a critical introduction to communication for social change (CSC) theory. The book presents refreshingly new perspectives and specifically makes the case for CSC theory to factor in context, leanings from social movements ... more
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Afghan journalists in a balancing act: Coping with deteriorating safety

Elisabeth Eide, Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar, Hasina Shirzad
Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 16 pp.
"Afghan journalists have been experiencing a deteriorating situation, due to a multitude of threats. They operate in a situation of low popular literacy, as well as low media literacy. Threats from Taliban and other insurgents cause many journalists to live in constant fear. This article is based on ... more
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Recognition and Transformation: Beyond Media Discourses on the BRICS

Tom Dwyer, Olivier Arifon
Global Media and Communication, volume 15, issue 1 (2019), pp. 27-47
"Based on literature review and interviews with journalists, we argue that the BRICS countries are constructing a collective vision, guided by logics of recognition and of transformation. The production of discourse reaches its high point during the BRICS leaders’ summits. To go beyond analysis of ... more
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Trust in the Media

Ipsos (2019), 48 pp.
"People across 27 countries are divided on whether they trust traditional media (magazines and newspapers, TV and radio). These sources are equally trusted as they are distrusted. However, levels of trust in media sources vary greatly at the country level. Trust in traditional media is perceived to ... more
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Participatory Communication Approach for Rural Development: Evidence from Two Grassroots Community Radio Stations in Rural India

Dhanraj A. Patil
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, volume 29, issue 1 (2019), pp. 98-110
"The traditional approach of communication for rural development (RD) was greatly influenced by the dominant paradigm of development. The retort against this paradigm gave birth to the participatory approach of communication wherein the common people in rural areas were considered as the ‘subjects ... more
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Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan

Reporters Without Borders; Freedom Network (2019), 1134 pp.
"The Media Ownership Monitor found that a high degree of concentration in ownership and audience share prevails in the media industry in Pakistan and a professionally weak regulatory system poses a threat to media pluralism and freedom of expression in the country." (http://Pakistan.mom-rsf.org/en)
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Online Audience Engagement with Legacy and Digital-Born News Media in the 2019 Indian Elections

Silvia Majó-Vázquez, Subhayan Mukerjee, Taberez Ahmed Neyazi, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 16 pp.
"In this factsheet, we study online audience engagement with legacy and digital-born news media across social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter) and the open web during the 2019 Indian General Election on the basis of data collected between 11 April and 19 May. We analyse cross-platform online a ... more
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Mobile Connectivity in Emerging Economies: Publics See Mobile Phones and Social Media Bringing Certain Benefits to Them and Their Societies. But These Views Are Paired with Widespread Concerns About Their Impact on Children

Laura Silver, Aaron Smith, Courtney Johnson, Kyle Taylor, Jingjing Jinag, Monica Anderson, Lee Rainie
Pew Research Center (2019), 92 pp.
"Surveys conducted in 11 emerging and developing countries across four global regions [Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia; South Africa and Kenya; India, Vietnam and the Philippines; and Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon] find that the vast majority of adults in these countries own – or have access to – a ... more
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Digital Economies at Global Margins
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Mark Graham (ed.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London; Ottawa: MIT Press; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2019), x, 378 pp.