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Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Vol. I: Creating New Communication Spaces

Clemencia Rodríguez, Dorothy Kidd, Laura Stein (eds.)
Cresskill: Hampton Press (2010), x, 338 pp.
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'Chindia' and Global Communication

Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 3 (2010), pp. 243-389
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Theological Perspectives in Social Communication

George Plathottam
New Delhi; Mumbai: Don Bosco Communications (2010), 290 pp.
"This textbook is a wide-ranging introduction to the theology of communication, written by the executive secretary of the Social Communications Commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). The primary aim is to help develop the capacity to understand social communication from the p ... more
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What's on Air: A Study of the Content of Community-Run FM Radios in Nepal

Binod Bhattarai, Ghanendra Ojha
Kathmandu: Community Radio Support Center (CRSC), Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ) (2010), 50 pp.
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Political Economy of Communications in India: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Pradip Ninan Thomas
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xix, 267 pp.
"This book is a critical study of the political economy of communications in India. It explores the ways in which contexts, policies, and processes at national and international levels shape media structures and studies how a political economy-inspired approach can be used to understand both media d ... more
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Facing the Challenges of Climate Change and Food Security: The Role of Research, Extension and Communication Institutions

Cees Leeuwis, Andy Hall
Rome: FAO (2010), 101 pp.
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Minutes from the International Partnership Meeting

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2010), 40 pp.
"This report provides an overview of the discussions and conclusions from the International Partnership Meeting in New York on 26 January 2010 organised by the Open Society Institute and International Media Support. At the meeting, 30 media support and press freedom organisations from across the wor ... more
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Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and Environmental Sustainability

Alan Finlay (ed.)
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2010), 244 pp.
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Religion Macht Frieden: Das Friedenspotenzial von Religionen in politischen Gewaltkonflikten
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Markus A. Weingardt
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 480 pp.
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The War in Afghanistan and Peace Journalism in Practice

Rune Ottosen
Media, War & Conflict, volume 3, issue 3 (2010), pp. 261-278
"This article argues that Johan Galtung’s theory on peace journalism can serve as a fruitful supplement to theory-building in the field of war and peace journalism, and critically reviews the scholarly debate on peace journalism. By using examples from Norwegian media coverage of the war in Afghan ... more
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Baseline Study: Children in Bangladesh News Media

Dhaka: UNICEF Bangladesh (2010), 128 pp.
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Reorienting Global Communication: Indian and Chinese Media Beyond Borders

Michael Curtin, Hemant Shah (eds.)
Urbana: University of Illinois Press (2010), 313 pp.
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Needs Assessment Study on Media Capacity Building in Disaster Reporting

Dhaka: Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) (2010), 52 pp.
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Pakistan

Bernhard Chiari, Conrad Schetter (eds.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2010), 276 pp.
"Al Qaida, Taliban, Kaschmir, Atombombe: Mit diesen Begriffen wird Pakistan meist in der medialen Berichterstattung bedacht, was der komplexen Situation im Land keinesfalls gerecht wird. In Pakistan überlagern sich ethnische, religiöse und soziale Konflikte, die auch das schwierige Verhältnis zu ... more
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Reality TV and Participatory Culture in India

Aswin Punathambekar
Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture, volume 8, issue 4 (2010), pp. 241-255
"This article focuses on events surrounding the third season of 'Indian Idol' in order to assess the changing relationship between television, everyday life, and public political discourse in contemporary India. In the summer of 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol focused on how people in Northeast ... more
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
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Asia's Media Innovators Vol. 2

Stephen Quinn, Kim Kierans
Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2010), 137 pp.
"Asia’s Media Innovator’s Vol 2 is the offspring of the earlier book that appeared in 2008. This new volume consists of studies of innovations at media companies in the region. The success of these media companies shows the dynamism in the region, and reflects its potential for growth. Each chap ... more
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Make it Theirs: The Imperative of Local Ownership in Communications and Media Initiatives
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Simon Haselock
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 17 pp.
"This report presents the author's experiences regarding the relation of international interventions and local institutions in the (post-)conflict countries of Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan. Haselock states that media reforms are most successful where they are the result of partnership ... more
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Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain (eds.)
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa ... more
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Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

Diana Dimitrova (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiv, 226 pp.
"This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia." (Publisher description)