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Why Information Matters: A Foundation for Resilience
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Tara Susman-Peña
Internews (2014), 84 pp.
"This report: 1. Defines “information ecosystems” and proposes an analytic framework of eight critical dimensions for understanding them; 2. Analyzes information ecosystems across a spectrum of change and their impact on resilience, referencing four case studies of Internews’ previous work [In ... more
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The role of community radio in empowerment and social change: An analysis of Radio Jamia 90.4 FM, Delhi and Sangham Radio 90.4, Medak, Andhra Pradesh

Moina Khan
Indira Gandhi National Open University, School of Journalism and New Media Studies, Doctoral Thesis (2014), 256 pp.
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Freedom on the Net 2014. Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls

Sanja Kelly, Madeline Earp, Laura Reed, Adrian Shahbaz, Mai Truong (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 986 pp.
"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fourth consecutive year, with a growing number of countries introducing online censorship and monitoring practices that are simultaneously more aggressive and more sophisticated in their targeting of individual users. In a departure from the pa ... more
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Theorizing Development, Communication, and Social Change

Pradip N. Thomas
In: Communication Theories in a Multicultural World
Clifford Christians, Kaarle Nordenstreng (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 213-227
"This chapter will focus on the theorizing of communication and social change. It will argue that theory must enable people to know the world. It will also argue the limits to token participation and the unsustainability of "behavioral change communication'' that is theorized outside of structures, ... more
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Trust, Influence, and Connectivity: Understanding Information Ecosystems in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas. A Design Research Approach

Panthea Lee
Reboot; Internews (2014), 75 pp.
"This report offers a fresh perspective on the information and media landscape in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It presents insights into the human impacts of information challenges and articulates opportunities to design development programming. By bringing a ground-level ... more
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Indiens Kino-Kulturen: Geschichte, Dramaturgie, Ästhetik

Susanne Marschall, Rada Bieberstein (eds.)
Marburg: Schüren (2014), 356 pp.
"Das Thema „Bollywood“ ist in aller Munde, aber Indiens Kino-kultur ist mehr als Bollywood. Dieses Buch verschafft einen Überblick über das facettenreiche Filmwerk Indiens. Die Beiträge befassen sich mit Männerbildern im indischen Kino, mit der Symbolik und Ästhetik von Naturphänomenen, mi ... more
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Theatre for Peace: CPS Work in Cameroon, DR Congo, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Uganda

Kasereka Lusenge Joshua, Claus Schrowange, Charlie Haffner, Jean Blaise Kenmogne, Silvia Stroh, Jeanne Medom, Anne Dirnstorfer
Bafoussam; Berlin: Brot für die Welt; Civil Peace Service (CPS) (2014), 143 pp.
"This manual is an opportunity for the Civil Peace Service (CPS) networks to share the experiences of some of the people and organisations who use theatre as a tool for communication, change and peace. You will find theoretical bases, concrete examples related to the contents and some techniques and ... more
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Role of Media in Fostering Democracy in Afghanistan 2001 to 2013

Norma Rahmanzai Isaczai
University of Leicester, Master Thesis (2014), 103 pp.
"This dissertation is a study about the growth and development of media in Afghanistan and its role and contribution to national and international collective efforts to build a modern, stable and democratic Afghanistan in the last decade. In pursuing my dissertation, I have examined the Afghan media ... more
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Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition

Maria Raicheva-Stover, Elza Ibroscheva (eds.)
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through pers ... more
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The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis

Peter J. Anderson, George Ogola, Michael Williams (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2014), xi, 330 pp.
"This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, includes a comparative analysis of possible alternative business models that may save the future of the quality news business across the developed, intermediate, and developing worlds. Its detailed evaluat ... more
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"Offiziell haben wir Meinungsfreiheit"

Kirsten Herrmann
Message, issue 4 (2014), pp. 76-79
"Farida Nekzad leitet die Nachrichtenagentur Wakht in Afghanistan. Im Message-Interview erklärt sie, unter welchen Gefahr Journalistinnen in ihrem Land arbeiten und welche Medien Warlords bevorzugen." (Einleitung)
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Strategy Paper for Community Television in India

Vasuki Belavadi
New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2014), 6 pp.
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How Structure Shapes Content, or Why the 'Hindi Turn' of Star Plus Became the 'Hindu Turn'

Santanu Chakrabarti
Media, Culture & Society, volume 36, issue 4 (2014), pp. 473-490
"Why was there in the year 2000 a significant shift in the representation of families on Indian soap operas, from middle-class nuclear families with independent working women to upper-class joint families with only homemakers; and from milieus in which the religion of the characters was incidental, ... more
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Ein Fall für Kommissar Amanullah. Justizaufbau mit Fernsehkrimis: Westliche Entwicklungsfachleute rümpfen die Nase, doch in den Wohnzimmern in Kabul kommt die Botschaft an

Dorn Townsend
welt-sichten, 26. Juni (2014)
"Seit einigen Jahren zeigt das afghanische Fernsehen zahlreiche Krimis und Dokumentationen von Gerichtsprozessen. Sie werden von Afghanen produziert, aber aus dem Ausland finanziert, unter anderem von der Europäischen Kommission, den Vereinten Nationen und der US-amerikanischen Entwicklungsagentur ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications Surveillance in the Digital Age

Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2014), 283 pp.
"This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approaches the issue from a different perspective. Some analy ... more
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ICT Leadership in Higher Education: Selected Readings

Sanjaya Mishra (ed.)
New Delhi: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) (2014), 106 pp.
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Promoting Alternative Views in a Multipolar World: BRICS and Their Evolving Role in Developing Media Markets. 9th Symposium Forum Media and Development, 10/11 October, 2013, Berlin

Stuttgart; Aachen: Robert Bosch Stiftung; Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2014), 75 pp.
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ICT Economic Impact Assessment

Philibert de Mercey, Daniel Skillings, Camille Le Coz
Altai Consulting; USAID (2014), 90 pp.
"The ICT sector is one of few undeniable success stories in Afghanistan’s development over the past 12 years. In 2002, telecommunications services were virtually non-existent, restricted to a very small number of fixed-line connections and satellite communications were unaffordable to the general ... more
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The Functions of Silence in India: Implications for Intercultural Communication Research

Nemi C. Jain, Anuradha Matukumalli
In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 248-254
"Although it is often viewed negatively in the West, silence is interpreted as a sign of interpersonal sensitivity, mutual respect, a sens of personal dignity, affirmation, and wisdom in the cultural context of India. At the individual level, silence serves as the means for the individual soul to ac ... more
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Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood

Steven Livingston, Gregor Walter-Drop (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), xi, 195 pp.
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone ... more