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Understanding Public Diplomacy in East Asia: Middle Powers in a Troubled Region

Jan Melissen, Yul Sohn (eds.)

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xi, 283 pp.

"Set against the backdrop of tensions in East Asia, this book analyzes how East Asia's "new middle powers" and emerging powers employ public diplomacy as a key element of their foreign policy strategy and in so doing influence regional power dynamics. The volume brings together contributions from an ... more

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China in Africa's Media and Telecommunications: Cooperation, Connectivity and Control

Iginio Gagliardone, Sam Geall

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF) (2014), 6 pp.

"China is changing Africa’s media sphere. The country supports African broadcasters with loans, training, and exchange programmes and has set up its own media operations on the continent, creating an African arm of the state-run broadcaster CCTV and expanding existing initiatives, such as the stat ... more

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In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
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Jan Lublinski, Petra Berner, Merjam Wakili (eds.)

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 300 pp.

"This study constitutes the attempt to draw some initial conclusions from the work conducted by DW Akademie and other media development organizations in the past. It aims at a better understanding of which public service functions former state broadcasters can provide at all and which approaches of ... media development actors have proved to be successful. Reforming of state mouthpieces into public service media can indeed be achieved. This is one of the most important findings of this study. DW Akademie researchers here present examples of media outlets that fulfill their public service remit of creating a public sphere and supporting integration to a substantial degree. Even among the success stories, not all the media outlets studied here have adopted a public service ethos to its full extent. Their work, however, improved considerably. In assisting reform, media development actors were thus able to enhance the public’s freedom of expression as well as its access to information – two basic human rights we see as important prerequisites for peace and democracy. On the other hand, this study shows how difficult and complex transformation is. State media are often highly politicized. Successful transformation, therefore, requires support of a lot of different actors: the political elite, civil society, the management of the broadcaster, its staff, and last but certainly not least, the public as a whole. It is vital that media development actors identify windows of opportunity and profit from them in order to propel change forward. At the same time, this study demonstrates that media development organizations have to think beyond their traditional fields of expertise: capacity development and newsroom consultancy. A much broader approach is needed if substantial and sustainable development is to be achieved. DW Akademie is currently implementing a new, more complex strategy for successful media development cooperation that takes this into account. Political and legal frameworks have become a strategic area of activity. Other equally important areas comprise qualifications, professionalism, and economic sustainability of the media sector, participation in society, and digital change. With regard to public broadcasting, political and legal frameworks are especially important in order to ensure editorial independence of former state broadcasters. Furthermore, media development actors have to engage more in organizational development. Therefore, at the end of this study, we dedicate a whole chapter to this question. This study of selected media outlets from twelve countries does not attempt to provide a final answer to the question of successful public service transformation. It aims at giving an overview of what has been achieved in practical work in this field in the course of the past years. More research is needed to understand which steps of reform are needed for a genuine transformation that is sustainable in the long term. The media are undergoing crucial developments. Digital change, convergence, and social media have increased pluralism of opinion substantially in many parts of the world. At the same time, the media face new challenges with respect to their economic sustainability. The notion of public service media that offer a model for providing journalistic quality without financial dependence deserves further thought." (Preface) more

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Länderbericht China

Doris Fischer, Christoph Müller-Hofstede (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 1030 pp.

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Texting, Tweeting, and Talking: Effects of Smartphone Use on Engagement in Civic Discourse in China

Ran Wei

Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 1 (2014), pp. 3-19

"Media use and talking with others have been found to have positive effects on citizens' civic participation according to Wyatt, Katz, and Kim (2000). Recent research links informational uses of the mobile phone to increased involvement in civic and political life. Building on this line of research, ... more

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Social Media, Culture and Politics in Asia

Lars Willnat, Annette Aw (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), xi, 350 pp.

"Leading media scholars from nine Asian nations focus on three main questions: How frequently do Asians use social media to access and discuss political information? Does the use of social media increase political participation? What political, social and cultural factors influence the impact of soc ... more

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Global Citizenship in a Digital World

Sherri Hope Culver, Paulette Kerr (eds.)

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom (2014), 404 pp.

"We are pleased to be sharing with you the second yearbook on media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue. The first MILID Yearbook was published in June 2013 [...] The theme of the 2014 Yearbook is Global Citizenship in a Digital World. Global citizenship assumes ease of participation ... more

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Meanings of Audiences: Comparative Discourses

Richard Butsch, Sonia Livingstone (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2014), xi, 206 pp.

"With essays on audiences in ancient Greece, early modern Germany, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, Zimbabwe, contemporary Egypt, Bengali India, China, Taiwan, and immigrant diaspora in Belgium, each chapter examines the ways in which audiences are embedded in discourses of power, representation, and ... more

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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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Curtailing Corruption: People Power for Accountability and Justice

Shaazka Beyerle

Rienner (2014), vi, 325 pp.

"Campaigns and movements targeting corruption often face decentralized targets rather than an identifiable dictator or external government, and can be found both in undemocratic and democratic systems. Graft and abuse are manifested in a systemic manner rather than a hodgepodge collection of illicit ... more

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Global Digital Statistics 2014: We Are Social's Snapshot of Key Digital Indicators

Singapore: We Are Social (2014), 181 slides

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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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Media Development with Chinese Characteristics

Iginio Gagliardone

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 16 pp.

"China’s concessionary loans and support to development projects have tended to shift balances of power by favouring certain actors over others and have challenged existing development paradigms, revitalizing ideas of the developmental state. Building on fieldwork conducted in Ghana, Ethiopia, and ... more

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De-Americanizing Soft Power Discourse?

Daya Kishan Thussu

Los Angeles: USC Center on Public Diplomacy;Figueroa Press (2014), 31 pp.

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Business Journalism Thrives - Even Under Repressive Regimes

Don Podesta

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2014), 8 pp.

"Even as a growing number of authoritarian regimes crack down on the political press, business news is thriving. And the coverage is more vigorous than might be expected. Enterprising journalists are exposing mismanagement and unearthing shady business deals, and — even at times exposing official ... more

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China's iGeneration: Cinema and Moving Image Culture for the Twenty-First Century

Matthew D. Johnson, Keith B. Wagner, Tianqui Yu, Luke Vulpiani (eds.)

New York et al.: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xvi, 349 pp.

"Following China's accession to the WTO in 2001, personal and collective experiences of changing social conditions have added new dimensions to the increasingly diverse Sinophone media landscape, and provided a novel complement to the existing edifice of blockbusters, documentaries, and auteur cultu ... more

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L'evangelizzazione della Chiesa Coreana e la Radio Vaticana

Ji Ho Park

Roma: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Facoltá di Scienze Sociali, Specializzazione Comunicazione Sociale, Tesi di Licenza (2014), 99 pp.

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Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia

Louise Williams, Roland Rich (eds.)

Canberra: Australian National University (ANU) E Press (2014), xvi, 282 pp.

"Losing Control: freedom of the press in Asia takes us right up to the end of this tumultuous century. It deals with the Chinese media cranking up its latest propaganda campaign, this time against the Falun Gong. It discusses how the Indonesian media lost its way in reporting the tragedy in East Tim ... more

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Expansion of International Broadcasting: The Growing Global Reach of China Central Television

Si Si

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2014), 28 pp.

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Contemporary Korean Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics

Hyang-jin Yi

Manchester: Manchester University Press, paperback ed. (2014), ix, 244 pp.

"The first in-depth, comprehensive study of Korean cinema offering original insight into the relationships between ideology and the art of cinema from East Asian perspectives. Combines issues of contemporary Korean culture and cinematic representation of the society and people in both North and Sout ... more

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries Inspiring Practice

Why Information Matters: A Foundation for Resilience Top Insights

In the Service of the Public: Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries
Inspiring Practice

Why Information Matters: A Foundation for Resilience
Top Insights