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Afghan Media Frame & US Narratives. Trump’s Afghanistan Policy: How Afghan Mainstream Media Borrowed Official US Narratives to Frame the Myth of Peace

Sher Baz Khan, Qaisar Khan
JPDC, volume 2, issue 1 (2018), pp. 104-127
"This study draws from scholarship in framing theory and mediated collective memories for the analysis of the adoption of official narratives of US President Donald Trump’s Afghanistan policy as ready-made news frames by Afghanistan’s Tolo TV’s popular current affairs program as Tawde Khabare ... more
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Digital Asia

Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2018), 40 pp.
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Reimagining Community Media: A Rhizomatic Analysis of Khabar Lahariya in Central India

Annapurna Sinha, Kanchan K. Malik
Media Asia, volume 45, issue 3-4 (2018), pp. 102-113
"Based on an in-depth case study of “Khabar Lahariya” – a community newspaper located in Central India, this research paper analyses its decade-and-a-half journey and examines the metamorphosis it has undergone over the years. The paper borrows from Tanja Bosch’s (2010) synthesis of Gilles D ... 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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Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers: Practising Independence

Shweta Kishore
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2018), 209 pp.
"Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, circulation practices and the analysis of film texts, this book identifies independence as a 'tactical practice', contesting the normative definitions and functions assigned to culture, cultural production and producers in a neoliberal ... more
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From Indra's Net to Internet: Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas

Daniel M. Veidlinger
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press (2018), x, 273 pp.
"In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution ... 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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Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage, But Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver: Deep Political Divides in Many Nations on Satisfaction with News Media

Amy Mitchell, Katy Simmons, Katerina Eva Matsa, Laura Silver
Pew Research Center (2018), 54 pp.
"Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far mo ... more
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No News is Bad News Programme: Internal Mid-Term Evaluation Nepal

Free Press Unlimited (2018), 77 pp.
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Blasphemy and Apostasy “Laws” in the Muslim World: A Critical Analysis

Valparaiso, Indiana (US): Valparaiso University School of Law (2018), 40 pp.
"This chapter reviews the laws of apostasy and blasphemy in the Muslim world, by looking particularly at Pakistani and Malaysian cases. It strongly argues that the death penalty in the laws of apostasy and blasphemy is untenable in the modern period. The chapter demonstrates that these laws conflict ... more
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Politics of Fake News: How WhatsApp Became a Potent Propaganda Tool in India

Gowhar Farooq
Media Watch, volume 9, issue 1 (2018), pp. 106-117
"While the Internet and multimedia applications have made it easy to produce and spread media, they have also made it possible to distribute fake news to masses. With over 200 million active users in India and growing, WhatsApp's reach and features make it a top choice to spread fake news. This not ... more
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Nepal Media Landscape

Ujjwal Acharya
Maastricht (NL): European Journalism Centre (2018), 16 pp.
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A Study on the State of Investigative Journalism in Nepal

Prabin Dhungel
Kathmandu University, Bachelor Thesis (2018), viii, 78 pp.
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"To give publicity to our thoughts": Journale asiatischer und afrikanischer Christen um 1900 und die Entstehung einer transregionalen indigen-christlichen Öffentlichkeit

Klaus Koschorke, Adrian Hermann, Frieder Ludwig, Ciprian Burlacioiu (eds.)
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag (2018), 378 pp.
"Gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts begannen indigen-christliche Eliten in Asien und Afrika, sich stärker in der kolonialen Öffentlichkeit ihrer Länder zu artikulieren. Sie gründeten ihre eigenen Journale, kritisierten Missstände in Gesellschaft und Missionskirchen, beteiligten sich an sozialen Be ... more
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This is Not an Atlas: A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies
Deep Insights

kollektiv orangotango+ (ed.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag; Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2018), 352 pp.
"This Is Not an Atlas gathers more than 40 counter-cartographies from all over the world. This collection shows how maps are created and transformed as a part of political struggle, for critical research or in art and education: from indigenous territories in the Amazon to the anti-eviction movement ... more
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Communication, Culture and Ecology: Rethinking Sustainable Development in Asia

Kiran Prasad (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2018), ix, 199 pp.
"This book offers comprehensive insights into the cultural and ecological values that influence sustainable development across Asia, addressing the cultural, religious and philosophical moorings of development through participatory and grassroots communication approaches. It presents a range of cont ... more
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Mobilität und Zeugenschaft: Unabhängige Dokumentarfilmpraktiken und der Kaschmirkonflikt

Max Kramer
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2018), 324 pp.
"Ist unabhängiges Dokumentarfilmschaffen im Kaschmirkonflikt möglich? Über den Fokus auf Mobilität zeigt Max Kramer neue theoretische und methodische Zugänge zur Erforschung von filmischen Praktiken in Konfliktregionen auf. Er argumentiert, dass die Herstellung von Zeugenschaft zunehmend auf ve ... more
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Dangerous Disinformation

D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue May (2018), pp. 23-38
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Agriculture Extension System in India: Review of Current Status, Trends and the Way Forward

Ashok Gulati, Pravesh Sharma, Anisha Samantara, Prerna Terway
New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) (2018), xvi, 106 pp.
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Childcare Workers, Global Migration and Digital Media

Youna Kim
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2017), x, 204 pp.
"This book explores the transnational mobility, everyday life and digital media use of childcare workers living and working abroad. Focusing specifically on Filipina, Indonesian, and Sri Lankan nannies in Europe, it offers insights as to the causes and implications of women’s mobility, using data ... more