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Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book
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Nalaka Gunawardene, Frederick Noronha (eds.)

Bangkok; Nugegoda (LK): UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok;Television for Education Asia-Pacific (TVE Asia-Pacific) (2007), x, 150 pp.

"Our 21 contributors -– most of them from Asia, and representing media, development or humanitarian sectors -- do not engage in mere theoretical discussions. In 19 chapters of this book, they draw on their rich and varied experience working in either preparing disaster resilient communities or res ... more

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A State of Denial: The Crisis of Press Freedom and Journalist Safety in Pakistan

Chris Morley, Maheen A. Rashdi, Iqbal Khattak

Redfern: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific (2007), 15 pp.

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Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment

London; Buenos Aires: Article 19;Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) (2007), 36 pp.

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The Televised Community: Culture, Politics, and the Market of Visual Representation in India

Britta Ohm

Frankfurt, Oder: European University Viadrina, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Doctoral Thesis (2007), 384 pp.

"This thesis provides, firstly, an analysis of the interplay of transnational media corporations, particularly Rupert Murdoch's Star TV, in their pursuit of creating profitable national consumer markets, preferably in a democracy like India, with the anti-minority politics, modes of popular/populist ... mobilisation and discursive strategies of Hindu nationalism. It looks at the economic, technological, medial, political, social, visual/iconographic and legal aspects of this interplay and delineates their concrete manifestations in news as well as in entertainment programming of everyday television (particularly in very popular shows and channels at the time). These aspects are set into the larger framework of globalisation, privatisation, commercialisation and neo-liberal policies, the related thrusts of social upward mobility (especially in the new middle classes), ‘good governance’ (instead of socio-economic justice) and shifting class-, caste-, majority-minority and national-regional relations in the context of a re-formulation of nation and state that defines and legitimises new logics of inclusion and exclusion. Secondly, this work is a study of "Indianisation" and lingual/representational politics in the context of the growing precariousness of the liberal-secular discourse and of democratic, independent mass media in India. Especially English-language journalists, whose largely critical coverage of the anti-Muslim violence experienced an hitherto unknown rejection on the part of TV audiences (and consequently produced a slump in advertising revenues), turned with the Gujarat crisis out to epitomise the ambivalence of challenging the definitional power of a privileged postcolonial class: its rightful critique carries the danger of vindicating and naturalising anti-minority cultural nationalism. The study follows and examines, before the background of a normative construction of a Hindi-speaking, ‘authentic’ media consumer, the changing position of both English and Hindi-producing journalists and producers, their respective perceptions of alienation, speechlessness and empowerment, their unwanted role as activists in the context of shifting meanings of 'neutrality' and 'objectivity', their difficulties or agility in assessing their options and maintaining, changing or even developing their convictions, and the strategies they find or reject for adapting to the circumstances." (Abstract) more

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Social Marketing: Marketing Moral, Human, Social and Cultural Values

Magimai Pragasam (ed.)

Kuala Lumpur: Signis Asia (2007), 104 pp.

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Empowering Radio: Good Practices in Development and Operation of Community Radio
Inspiring Practice

Bruce Girard (Coord.)

Amparo Cadavid; Martin Faye; Raghu Mainali; Carlos Rivadeneyra; Nkopane Maphiri (contrib.)

Washington, DC: World Bank Institute (WBIST), Program on Civic Engagement, Empowerment & Respect for Diversity (CEERD) (2007), 249 pp. [60 pp. + 5 annexes]

"This report is one of the first studies comparing systematically different aspects of community radio practice in developing countries. Based on five country surveys - Colombia, Mali, Nepal, Peru and South Africa - it provides descriptions and analyses of: participatory processes and volunteerism; ... more

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Communication and Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-1930

Dwayne Roy Winseck, Robert M. Pike

Durham: Duke University Press (2007), xx, 429 pp.

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Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow

Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)

Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2007), 267 pp.

"Media on the Move provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. This comes at a time when the political, economic and technological contexts within which media organisations operate are becoming increasingly global. The surge in transnational traffic in ... more

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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

Tom Vick

New York: Collins (2007), xiv, 274 pp.

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Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media
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Kalinga Seneviratne (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2007), vi, 273 pp.

"This book is the result of a research project covering eight countries in South and South East Asia examining the role and impact of alternative media. The definition of alternative media depends very much on the political, social, cultural and economic environment you live in. Thus, this book give ... more

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Women and Media: Changing Roles, Struggle and Impact

Pooja Kataria

New Delhi: Regal Publications (2007), xi, 289 pp.

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Other Voices: The Struggle for Community Radio in India

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik

New Dehli et al.: Sage (2007), 319 pp.

"This book not only offers a historical account of the struggle for community radio in India, but also provides a documentation of the efforts of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and rural communities to realise the Brechtian mandate to use radio as a tool to build a robust civil society in the ... more

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Headlines from the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere

Sevanti Ninan

New Dehli et al.: Sage (2007), 309 pp.

"Headlines From the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere is the first in-depth study of the ongoing newspaper revolution in the Hindi-speaking states of India. With improved literacy levels, communications and purchasing power, the circulation of Hindi newspapers has grown rapidly in small ... more

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People's Communications for Development: How Intermediary Groups Use Communication Tools for Grassroots Women's Empowerment

Tesa Casal de Vela, Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo

Manila: Isis International (2007), 608 pp.

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Dramas of Social Change: Theatre for Development or the Development of Theatre?

Monica Mottin

Studies in Nepali History and Society, volume 12, issue 2 (2007), pp. 321-347

"This paper provides an ethnograpic analysis of the relationship between theatre groups and donors/theatre groups and audiences that moves away from the national planning / social engineering vs domination/resistance frameworks to highlight what happens at the interface of the development encounter. ... more

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The Internet and Governance in Asia: A Critical Reader

Indrajit Banerjee (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (2007), 380 pp.

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Ten Years On: The State of Community Radio in Nepal

Ian Pringle, Bikram Subba

Paris: UNESCO (2007), 46 pp.

"1. There has been remarkable growth in both private and non-for-profit radio in Nepal since 1997: 216 licenses had been issued as of July 2007 with 78 FM stations broadcasting; of 93 licenses issued to non-profit groups, 31 were operational as of May 2007. 2. To its detriment, the FM radio sector h ... more

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Community Radio: A User's Guide to the Technology
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N. Ramakrishnan

New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 274 pp.

"According to the foreword, 'this manual is designed to accompany you in the demystification of each piece of equipment usually found in community radio stations'. This is exactly what the guide does. The first section provides an overview of all relevant technical questions to non-technicians, incl ... more

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Community Radio in Nepal: A Case Study of Radio Madanpokhara

Arjun Banjade

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, Scripps College, Doctoral Thesis (2007), 353 pp.

"This study is about Community Radio Madanpokhara (CRM) in Palpa district in Western Nepal. Initiated and managed by the local residents, CRM has been on the air on frequency modulation (FM) band serving 800,000 potential listeners in the region since 2000. Triangulating in-depth interviews, observa ... more

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Community Radio in India

New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 50 pp.

"This is a series of five introductory booklets on how civil society, government, donor agencies, media and the United Nations can strengthen the community radio sector in India." (commbox)

Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book Inspiring Practice

Empowering Radio: Good Practices in Development and Operation of Community Radio Inspiring Practice

Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media Top Insights

Community Radio: A User's Guide to the Technology Key Guidance

Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book
Inspiring Practice

Empowering Radio: Good Practices in Development and Operation of Community Radio
Inspiring Practice

Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media
Top Insights

Community Radio: A User's Guide to the Technology
Key Guidance